# Snake-handling pastor dies of snakebite.

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**Created:** [February 16, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-dies-of-snakebite/681489 "2014-02-16T19:47:43Z")\
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The Bible also has Jesus saying that we shouldn’t do things just to test God. The example is Satan telling Jesus to throw himself off a cliff, to test God saying that he would not even stub his toe. Sound familiar?

Seems someone already covered that before in the previous thread:

> [@Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/6):
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> He forgot about Matthew 4:5-7.
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> In a nutshell: Don’t deliberately put yourself in harm’s way to show off. He won’t intervene.

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