RogerN wrote:

Ok, I got some "miracles" for you to match. Like I told you, some
take God life and death serious. They believe and perform the
following Bible verses:

Mark Chapter 16
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they
will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will
pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison,
it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick
people, and they will get well."


That's not a miracle. That's just a quote from a fundamentally flawed piece
of mythological writing.

I see your quote and raise you one:

insert here a quote from "Batman" or "Cinderella" [etc]


So, since you know it's all fake and you can match anything done by
God, I found you a church to go to where you prove your case by
showing that you can also handle poisonous snakes without them
harming you and you can also drink poison with no harm. Take Harold
with you, you can both prove there is nothing to it. They think God
protects them but you can match it can't you? Oops, more sarcasm
slipping out :-) Go on, are ya chicken?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUdc5h10zTo


Oh pshaw!
How do we know those snakes are deadly, anyway?

Roger, the last time I cleaned out my septic tank, I had my fingers under
the concrete disk which serves as a lid to the tank. I felt something soft
brushing against my (bare) fingers, but thought nothing of it until I had
removed the lid and discovered that I had just "stroked" a deadly redback
spider. True story. No bite, no illness, no prayer, no divine
intervention.

Am I chicken? No! I clean out septic tanks with my bare hands.

There.
Matched.
....and my example is a personal, real one, not just an injunction to read a
piece of discredited fiction.

BTW, Roger, if I did visit the Pentacostal church (wrong side of the globe,
sorry) and one of the snakes looked me in the eye and said "Would you like
to eat a piece of apple? Its very nice..." *then* I'd be impressed.

--
Jeff R.