Snake Brandishing a Crime???????

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tj2000

Discussion Starter · May 2, 2007

Check it out: CNN today, sorry I don't know how to link.
SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman accused of holding police at bay by brandishing poisonous snakes was sentenced to house arrest and probation.

"I just wasn't in the right frame of mind that night," said Terry Jackson, 36, at her sentencing Monday.

Officers were trying to prevent the despondent woman from harming herself with a hunting knife when the confrontation took place October 25, police said.

Jackson picked up two western diamondback rattlesnakes, a pigmy rattlesnake and two copperheads to try to keep police from taking her into custody, authorities said.

Jackson, who was raising the snakes for laboratories, received several bites during the standoff and was taken to a hospital after police subdued her with a stun gun.

The snakes were later donated to a zoo in Hershey.

Jackson pleaded no contest in March to one count of reckless endangerment. She was sentenced to two years' probation and will spend the first six months of her sentence under house arrest. She must also receive drug and alcohol counseling.

She said she was beset by alcohol abuse and family problems and had wanted to kill herself.

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Malum Prohibitum

· #21 · May 3, 2007

If you are really interested in examining my views further, I tend to agree with this one page article on the subject of What Is a Pastor?

And, of course, those who get easily offended in such matters need not click on it!

Malum Prohibitum

· #22 · May 3, 2007

As to my particular religion, into which you inquired, it is important to be able to identify the church of the New Testament.

Malum Prohibitum

· #23 · May 3, 2007

I understand from reports of others, that it is a very backwards sort of thing.

â€œa little-known fundamentalist Christian sect . . . primarily based in the rural sections of the South and Appalachia.â€

. . . average educational level among members of the church is below the 12th grade, and that an â€œeducatedâ€ person among us is â€œan anomaly.â€

. . . charges that â€œthey make being a member of their church co-extensive with being a Christian.â€

Our Methodist friend contends we teach that the â€œonly way to avoid damnation is to repent, be baptized, and joinâ€"and be accepted intoâ€"[our] denomination.â€

â€œLike other fundamentalist sects, the Church of Christâ€™s teaching focuses heavily upon sexual conduct.â€

:roll:

Source for the above nonsense Sort of conjures up images of one toothed gun-toting hillbillies, doesn't it? :lol:

tj2000

Discussion Starter · #24 · May 3, 2007

Ok, Cool!

Malum Prohibitum said:
As to my particular religion, into which you inquired, it is important to be able to identify the church of the New Testament.

Like I said, I didn't want to sound offensive about this. I guess that the church I attend calls our undershepheard, Pastor. We are baptist based with a little pentecostle mix. So I guess we're bapticostle. :lol: :lol:
No matter how you want to say it, it's still ignorance gone to seed(refering to the original article).
:righton:

Malum Prohibitum

· #25 · May 3, 2007

Re: Ok, Cool!

tj2000 said:
it's still ignorance gone to seed(refering to the original article).
:righton:

I thought it was funny.

GeorgiaGlocker

· #26 · May 4, 2007

As far as snaking handling goes, I believe th good LORD gives us common sense too.

Malum Prohibitum

· #27 · May 4, 2007

Malum Prohibitum said:
:shock:

Common sense not to do this? :lol:

Malum Prohibitum

· #28 · May 4, 2007

GeorgiaGlocker said:
As far as snaking handling goes, I believe th good LORD gives us common sense too.

The problem is with so many sincere religious people out there teaching that miracles are something ocurring in the modern day. They are sincere, but misguided, and have never really chosen (most of them anyway) to devote any serious time to studying what God's word has to say on the subject.

That is why the title of that article was Sincere But Wrong: Dead Wrong.

Malum Prohibitum

· #29 · May 4, 2007

Malum Prohibitum said:
:shock:

If this guy was running after you in the parking lot of a mall screaming incoherent threats about God's judgment on people who carry guns, would you be justified in shooting?

How is that for back on topic ("snake brandishing")?

tj2000

Discussion Starter · #30 · May 4, 2007

??????

Malum Prohibitum said:
GeorgiaGlocker said:

As far as snaking handling goes, I believe th good LORD gives us common sense too.

Click to expand...

The problem is with so many sincere religious people out there teaching that miracles are something ocurring in the modern day. They are sincere, but misguided, and have never really chosen (most of them anyway) to devote any serious time to studying what God's word has to say on the subject.

That is why the title of that article was Sincere But Wrong: Dead Wrong.

Malum,
I don't want to start another debate here, but could you explain this statement? Or maybe I am looking at this and you didn't write it.
If you would rather PM to me that is fine. :-k

GeorgiaGlocker

· #31 · May 4, 2007

Malum Prohibitum said:
[quote="Malum Prohibitum":xyolubnt]

:shock:

Common sense not to do this? :lol:[/quote:xyolubnt]

Exactly. :-k

GeorgiaGlocker

· #32 · May 4, 2007

I will be the first one to say that GOD does perform miracles today just like HE did 2000 years ago. I have seen them in my own life. Would you place your hand on a red hot stove burner and expect not to get burned? Could GOD stop you from getting burned if HE wanted to? Yes HE could.

Rammstein

· #33 · May 4, 2007

GeorgiaGlocker said:
I will be the first one to say that GOD does perform miracles today just like HE did 2000 years ago. I have seen them in my own life. Would you place your hand on a red hot stove burner and expect not to get burned? Could GOD stop you from getting burned if HE wanted to? Yes HE could.

It's all interpretation. You see it as an act of god, I see it as an act by his holiness the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and others still say it was nothing at all and you're just putting your own bias on a situation.

Good thing America lets us believe in nonsensical things, like FSMs.

GeorgiaGlocker

· #34 · May 4, 2007

Rammstein said:
GeorgiaGlocker said:

I will be the first one to say that GOD does perform miracles today just like HE did 2000 years ago. I have seen them in my own life. Would you place your hand on a red hot stove burner and expect not to get burned? Could GOD stop you from getting burned if HE wanted to? Yes HE could.

Click to expand...

It's all interpretation. You see it as an act of god, I see it as an act by his holiness the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and others still say it was nothing at all and you're just putting your own bias on a situation.

Good thing America lets us believe in nonsensical things, like FSMs.

True. That's why GOD gave us each the ability to make our own decisions in life on this earth. But I will get down to the nitty, gritty here. It will not be the FSM that sends me to heaven nor will it be the FSM for those who will be sent to hell. It doesn't matter to me how others view me. I know that the world will be against me. Jesus himself said that it would be.

Rammstein

· #35 · May 4, 2007

sure sure

Adam5

· #36 · May 4, 2007

It's threads like this, that me glad to be the damned Jew in the group.

GeorgiaGlocker

· #37 · May 4, 2007

Religion is not a good subject to talk about on a gun forum. I'm done.

Malum Prohibitum

· #38 · May 4, 2007

GeorgiaGlocker said:
I will be the first one to say that GOD does perform miracles today just like HE did 2000 years ago. I have seen them in my own life. Would you place your hand on a red hot stove burner and expect not to get burned? Could GOD stop you from getting burned if HE wanted to? Yes HE could.

Who said he could not? Me? If so, quote it from above. That is a strawman argument, I think. :wink: What I mean is - what you stated, whether God could, is irrelevant to whether he would.

Malum Prohibitum

· #39 · May 4, 2007

Adam5 said:
It's threads like this, that me glad to be the . . . Jew in the group.

I was wondering about that from a previous post. :lol:

Malum Prohibitum

· #40 · May 4, 2007

Re: ??????

tj2000 said:
Malum,
I don't want to start another debate here, but could you explain this statement?

Miracles in the modern day? Sure. Let me ask you a question first. This is not biblically based, but merely your observation. Ever seen anybody raised form the dead? How about an ear instantaneously re-attached. Ever see any non-disputable miracle? The kind that everybody present would affirm was miraculous and nobody would deny?

The miracles Jesus did were of that sort. Even his enemies did not deny the miracles, but attributed them to Satan rather than God.

(1) Ever see any like that?

(2) What is the purpose of a miracle in the New Testament?

That first question is simple common sense, which, I assume you affirm God wants you to use.

The second question will begin to get us into the biblical portion of answering your question, since that should be the answer that matters to you. I will simply assume this matters to you, on the basis of the question you asked (as you probably would not have asked if you did not care about what God's word has to say on the subject).

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