getting bit by large rattlesnake and not getting an antivenin shot = suicide. if it were a child that was bitten and one didn't take him in for antivenin, it would be considered criminally negligent parenting.
Worshiping suicide is even more lame than worshiping the Planet Kolob. And that is what snake charming is... daring suicide to impress other bible thumpers.
I hear you that he was a nice guy. Loving, sincere, and oblivious to reality. Maybe he should have thought of a different way of testing his "faith", such as peeing on electric fences or swallowing tapeworms. Not as photogenic, i guess.
But his choices meant that his family is now without him as a father and husband. I wonder if snake charmers have to pay more for life insurance because of their hobby? It was a totally preventable and senseless death. It sounds like snakes are trying hard to to keep them out of the gene pool, but were a little late on this one. So i guess it proves that he wasn't a true christian since he didn't recover from the bite?
Personally, the bible verse they use as justification also contains the concept of drinking anything deadly and getting a pass. Drinking moonshine might have been a safer test of faith.
At least when people like Evel Knevel did suicidal stunts, he recovered in the hospital. And sold more tickets. Snake charming without anivenin is like ol' Evel jumping 20 buses with a brick wall as a down ramp.
Ironically, i have been bitten by a rattlesnake, but only in the act of trying to make a living. A trip to the doctor, and an antivenin shot that made one of my ass cheeks puff up like a basketball, and was back in the woods in a week. The only reason for his death was his religion.
News 
Market Data 
Discover 
AI
