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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2012, 04:52:52 am »
Not that I actually expect any fundie to poison themselves to prove a point to a stranger on the internet, but don't we have a rule against telling people to commit suicide?

Yes but according to the verse it wouldn't be suicide :-)
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2012, 04:59:15 am »
Does not matter. Please do not suggest such things again. Thank you.

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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2012, 08:59:10 am »
You do know, don't you, that there are churches in the US, particularly in Appalachia, that are based on these verses and actually do drink poison and "take up serpents."   Many have died from this practice, but their usual, expected response is, "Well, der, hate he's (she's) gone, but obviously he (she) didn't have enough faith."
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2012, 01:22:05 pm »
I was thinking poison ivy. Of course, the problem with poison ivy is that you can be immune. And allergic, but if I said calling the OP an invitation to suicide was a stretch, I'll be damned if I'm going to be held responsible when they're assassinated by a fucking leaf.

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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2012, 05:36:24 pm »
You do know, don't you, that there are churches in the US, particularly in Appalachia, that are based on these verses and actually do drink poison and "take up serpents."   Many have died from this practice, but their usual, expected response is, "Well, der, hate he's (she's) gone, but obviously he (she) didn't have enough faith."
I knew about snake handlers, though I hadn't hear of self-poisoners.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2012, 07:09:44 pm »
You do know, don't you, that there are churches in the US, particularly in Appalachia, that are based on these verses and actually do drink poison and "take up serpents."   Many have died from this practice, but their usual, expected response is, "Well, der, hate he's (she's) gone, but obviously he (she) didn't have enough faith."
I knew about snake handlers, though I hadn't hear of self-poisoners.

Oh, yeah.  There's been documentaries about them.  The poison takers are almost always snake handlers as well, although not all snake handlers take poison, IIRC.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2012, 07:48:13 pm »
I second the idea of getting them smashed on some cheap, dime-store rotgut.  Failing that, we could always see if their god saves them from having a massive trip courtesy of some fine psilocybin mushrooms...
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2012, 02:10:35 pm »
Also can't tell people to do anything illegal.

A rule which I blatantly broke on the old board by posting, & I quote, "Do something illegal."

I plan to up the ante on this board.

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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2012, 05:37:04 pm »
I don’t think I ever heard of the snake handler types until I got the Whistle Down the Wind soundtrack.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2012, 02:12:12 pm »
I used to be friends with a man who was a Snake Handling, poison drinking Christian/ Mulderite. For those of you who don't know what a "Mulderite" is... if you've ever watched The X Files, they believe that Fox Mulder really exists in another dimension and they follow his teachings. The hardcore Mulderites even believe it was no coincidence that David Duchovony was the one chosen by Chris Carter for the role.

Yeah, I'm open minded, but not THAT open minded...

Oh! More fun facts about this guy! He was also a member of the modern-day version of the Heaven's Gate Cult. He made a fake facebook profile and used it to stalk me for almost a full year after I had cut off ties with him. It wasn't until we started talking again in rl that he admitted what he had done. Then there was the time he pretty much faked his death to see how my family would react to the news...

That guy was a piece of work and I'm just happy he no longer has a way of contacting me.

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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2012, 08:29:01 am »
Also can't tell people to do anything illegal.

There are still a few bastions of freedom where psilocybin mushrooms aren't illegal.  In the spirit of not telling anyone to break the law, those are the *only* places they should eat em.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_psilocybin_mushrooms

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In Brazil, where at least Psilocybe cubensis and Panaeolus cyanescens psychedelic mushrooms grow naturally, only psilocybin is listed, but not the fungal species themselves. The Federal Constitution says that an act must be previously stated as illegal by a law. So, psilocybian mushrooms cannot be considered illegal themselves. There are also no legal jurisprudences available on the topic. Ayahuasca religious usage is authorized, so sacramental mushroom use is expected to fall under the same protection.

I'll become a fundamentalist if someone takes me to Brazil and eats 5g dried cubensis* without tripping (as indicated by dilated pupils, can't fake that).  Also, 5g for me, to *ahem*... test... whether they're real or not.  All perfectly legal, of course, because it does fall under the category of religious practice :)  The price of anyone's salvation SHOULD be worth any earthly price, like, oh I don't know, the price of a plane ticket to Brazil.

*perfectly safe, LD50 is something ridiculous like 500g.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2012, 11:18:26 pm »
Never underestimate religion's power to hoax your pants off.

You might be able to fake dilated pupils with some sort of contact lens.

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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #27 on: January 18, 2012, 12:51:22 pm »
Never underestimate religion's power to hoax your pants off.

You might be able to fake dilated pupils with some sort of contact lens.
Yeah, but if you're watching them so they can prove it to you, you'd notice them putting in contact lenses.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #28 on: January 18, 2012, 05:32:48 pm »
You could always restrain them...claiming some kinda kinky BDSM hallucinogen-play.
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Re: My challenge to all fundamentalist Christians
« Reply #29 on: January 18, 2012, 05:51:13 pm »
You could always restrain them...claiming some kinda kinky BDSM hallucinogen-play.

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