This is surely a time for everyone to realize that he/she is a theologian. The woods are full of people who are demanding that the government express their belief---An Arizona governor vetoed a bill yesterday that party members passed and then three of them came and asked her to veto. Our Missouri senator filed the same sort of liberty-seeking, liberty-quenching (depending on your view) yesterday. But the truth is, as I see it, people are not changed by rulings--and seldom changed by society. What they believe, they believe sincerely, even when the majority dictates that they are wrong. It's like the old saying, "My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with the facts!"
Take the story of the snake handler. Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite, mourners left the mortuary and went to the church to handle snakes. He was a third generation "handler" and his son is taking over so I don't see any lessons being learned down the line. Ralph Hood, a professor of psychology at Un of Tennessee, Chattanooga said it best: "People think they will stop handling snakes because someone got bit, but its just the opposite. It reaffirms their faith"!
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