Reply #122: i disagree (in part)

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yes, she was doing something monumentally stupid...snake handlers are ALWAYS at higher risk than those who are doing the average stupid thing here and there. However, there is nothing different, calculated risk wise, than the person standing on the top rung of a ladder (I actually knew someone who died from a fall off a ladder, oddly enough). She had reason to believe what she was doing was dangerous, and took the calculated risk that she would not be bitten (or if she was the Gawd would heal her, I guess).

Look, I think it was stupid too...stupendously stupid. But faith that you can balance on the top rung of a ladder, or drive the wrong way on the freeway or use your tongue as a circuit bridge to test a 220 circuit and survive are really just as dangerous as her beliefs.

You don't want to give this lady a pass, then don't give one to that guy who rides his motorcycle without a helmet either...both are a leap of faith!

sP