# Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 31, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656 "2012-05-31T14:40:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/61 "2012-06-07T20:36:55Z")

</div>

> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#):
>
> The book _Salvation on Sand Mountain_ is about “snake-handling” churches and a pastor who tried to kill his wife by having a rattlesnake bite her. The events in the book took place near where I grew up in Alabama. The incident generated a lot of media coverage at the time (at least in Alabama).  
> [Salvation on Sand Mountain - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvation_on_Sand_Mountain)

Holy crap, how did I miss the fact that this is quite possibly the best username + post combo ever?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/62 "2012-06-08T04:46:23Z")

</div>

> [@Czarcasm](#):
>
> That’s just God’s way of saying, “Dude, I love your act! In fact I love it so much I’m giving you a permanent gig up here at The Pearly Gates Resort.”

Well, either that, or he didn’t have enough faith. It’s a convenient way of making everything bad that happens to you your fault.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/63 "2012-06-09T03:26:52Z")

</div>

> [@Imago](#):
>
> Holy crap, how did I miss the fact that this is quite possibly the best username + post combo ever?

Ha! I didn’t even think about that. 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/64 "2012-06-09T12:58:04Z")

</div>

> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
>
> 1. If you divide your time between producing movies in Hollywood, arranign financing in NYC, and handling snakes in WV, does that make you a Bi-coastal Pentecostal?

Tri-coastal… WV is on the shores of heaven… Almost Heaven, West Virginia…

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656.md?page=3)