In which our regular writers toss around
subjects a little more volatile than usual.
According to Infogalactic, the late George Went Hensley, a mover and shaker in the Holiness movement, argued that believers who truly have the Holy Spirit
within them should be able to handle rattlesnakes and any number of other
venomous serpents. David Kimbrough writes that Hensley even insisted his
congregation in rural Tennessee prove their salvation by holding a snake.
He also died after one of his snakes bit
him during a revival meeting in Florida one afternoon in July 1955. His
death was understandably ruled a suicide since he picked up the snake
voluntarily and refused treatment after the bite.
Tom: I suppose one could attribute that to a temporary failure of faith.
What do you think, IC?