This summer Jason and I thought we would give this snake handling thing a try. We have a video of our efforts. Check it out.
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I woke up grumpy, but now I’m laughing. Thanks!
Great stuff!
I however think your animal lovers will hate it, oh well the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing and snakes also possibly.
Great stuff, guys. Although, the PETA folks will be none to happy about this!
You should have left that rattler alone. Now there are more rats that need to be eaten!
I don’t get it. Maybe I missed something. Was the snake on your property, and you were protecting the children?
You just killed the cover model on MacArthur’s new book!
Anthony, it is a Southern thing.
I never thought when I left the church you guys would resort to snake handling. You california Preachers will try anything to fill the seats. What’s next bear wrestling?
Excellent production values and I thought the script was top notch. Whoever you got to play Grace and Colin were perfect look alikes. I really love movies based on true stories.
Just for the record, my son’s name is Collin. And you two were staffers. Were.
The degree of insensitivity by both of you is astounding. I hope you meet up with that snake in heaven and he bites both of you. Of course in heaven it’s venom will only cause mild discomfort.
Next Sunday I’m gonna release a snake in the sanctuary and see if Jason is as effective with his wireless mic as he was with the stick. That would definitely put him in striking distance.
So the LORD GOD said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall do, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall brusie your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
Nothing wrong there, as adopted sons of God ya’ll did what the Father said. A stick is good, but God in His wisdom gave us firearms.
What were good ole suthern boys doing out in the woods without one?
Ya’ll been out of God’s country too long.
Mark
(Alabama)
Jason is a GREAT actor! He really looked like a “guy with stick.” You don’t see good character acting like that anymore.
Was that a “stunt snake?”
Here in West Texas that’s called a good kill. Of course here I use the shotgun off the gun gunrack in the back window of my pick-up.
Dudes,
You should hear some of my 12 yr old brothers stories. I think they’ve caught and killed a wopping 30 rattlers by now (been doing it since they were 9). They’ll sit there and tease it for a while before they decide to kill it. Crazy stuff man. Crazy.
Great little movie guys – loved the soundtrack.
What’s next accapella singing? (that’s a backwoods Church of Christ reference for those who don’t know) I certainly hope that snake wasn’t wasted but that you skinned it and made a belt not to mention some chili out of the meat.
Speaking of singing… this is worth watching just for the music!
If you kill it – eat it.
You should try it. It’s really good.
In my humble opinion any rattlesnake should be dead. There are other snakes out there to eat the rats and things.
I’ve had rattlesnake and I don’t think it should be in the “really good” category. Maybe in the ok if battered adn fried category.
Yep, Scott is right. Pretty much anything battered and fried is good. Its the only way my grandmother could get me to eat okra and yellow squash when I was a kid.
(I am sort of surprised there are no comments from some emergent types ball babying about loving all of God’s creatures to the point of a phony appeal to the “authority” of scripture, and how insensitive you all were with wacking that snake to death).
Fred
Actually Fred I am surprised too.
Dad gum! You guys rock!
Oh, and
If you’re calves are whiter than a rattlesnake’s belly…you might be a redneck!
I’m not emergent and I’m not going to appeal to the authority of scripture. I’m just gonna appeal to good old common sense. Unless a snake, of any kind, is threatening you leave it alone. I assume Jason and Scott were being “threatened”, although I do have my doubts, and were justified in fatally deterring the snake. If not they should have let it go it’s own way, in my opinion.
Ryan Carpenter,
All rattlesnakes should be killed? Obviously you’re just communicating your irrational fear of rattlesnakes. Yeah, God made a mistake when he created rattlesnakes, there are other snakes who can eat the rats and stuff.
Hey CD,
I tend to be a live and let-live guy. I don’t normally go out of my way to even squash a bug, unless it is in my house. I love snakes. I use to catch them regularly, and I would become annoyed to the point of anger at my mother and grandmother who never met any snake they liked and would bring them to their quick fate with the end of a hoe.
However, there is still a place to say our friends here have every right, as men, to exercise dominion over a snake, even a snake that is minding its own business. There is certainly nothing “sinful” in what they did, and I am not sure why it would be a “common sense” thing.
We can perhaps argue about whether it was necessary as well, but that is more out of subjective personal preferences than anything else.
Fred
Just for the record, this snake was killed in the field in which my children play. Warning to all snakes: If you play in the same field as my children and I see you, you will die.
Fred,
Maybe I should have said, “uncommon sense”, since many people don’t have any. That is not a stab at you unless it applies. As I said in my post, they’re fully justified in killing the snake if they believed that it was threatening them or in this case possibly their children.
“However, there is still a place to say our friends here have every right, as men, to exercise dominion over a snake, even a snake that is minding its own business. There is certainly nothing “sinful” in what they did…”
Where’s the good stewardship in killing a snake (or any animal for that matter), that’s minding it’s own business, for no other reason than we can? That seems like a perfect example of “lording it over” those we’ve been given charge of. How is needlessly harming an animal God has made us steward of not a sin?
I shot a bluejay when I was 12 with my new bb gun. It made me real sad like the Andy Griffith episode where Opie killed the bird with the rock.
Scott, I had a similar experience at the same age. I took out a Mockingbird with my Red Ryder. I buried it after finishing it off. I spent the rest of my time knocking the twigs out from under them.
Church Dog:
what happened? Were all the poodle pictures taken? Perhaps Church Cat, or Church Parakeet? Those are a little more docile, easier to handle. Pit Bulls engage in wanton killing like Jason and Scott. I had a pit bull named Dog Johnson, and he’d eat armadillos, and would start right in the middle of the back through the shell.
I am thinking about hunting big game now.
I don’t hunt Bamby here in southern Kansas, but if we did not have people that hunted deer and killed them there would be alot more cars that hit them.
I see that what is hunted and killed is between that person and God. I am not going to pressure someone else to hunt and kill. I bird hunt and enjoy the sport. I do not have a problem shooting quail and pheasants and eating them.
Praise God that we have the freedom in Him to enjoy His creation and have dominion over them.
Colinb,
Back off wannabe i’ve handled dogs that could eat you, your pit bull and every armadillo in your neighborhood for breakfast. Not to mention the fact that i’ve forgotten more about dogs than you’ll probably ever know. Also, did you just equate man’s level of responsibility for his actions with that of a pit bull?!
Ryan and colinb,
As a CHILD I also shot my fair share of birds and varmints. For no other reason than it was fun. That was when I was a CHILD. Today I hunt chukar, quail, pheasant, deer and rabbit every chance I get. All of which I eat. There is a difference between killing for food, to manage game levels or defense and killing for no reason whatsoever.
Ryan, the hunting rant was a weak diversionary tactic. If you and colin are too stupid to see the difference between killing for no reason and hunting or defense then you should probably stop posting. I know you’re most likely not that dumb, but rather you were anticipating an avalanche of posts from the tree hugger’s and when they didn’t come the only target you had to shoot at was my post.
I feel sorry for anyone who can’t see the difference between the two.
Lastly, please explain to me how killing for no reason whatsoever squares with being a good steward of that which God has entrusted us. I am really interested in your answer.
who kills for no reason?
Per Jason, he killed in defense of his children. I will not second guess him, I was not there. I am a father of five. I do not have a problem with what happened.
Though, I do think they need to practice their whacking skills. :^)
You can say that again. Everytime I watch that video I laugh at how many times he missed. But you really needed to be there to get the full effect. It was hilarious watching him dance around the snake. I wish I had videod that instead of the snake itself.
Mark,
You are correct. Jason and Scott were protecting their children.
As I said previously, “…they’re fully justified in killing the snake if they believed that it was threatening them or in this case possibly their children.”
My “don’t kill animals for no reason” comments were in response to Ryan’s statement that, “…there is still a place to say our friends here have every right, as men, to exercise dominion over a snake, even a snake that is minding its own business. There is certainly nothing “sinful” in what they did…”
church dog:
in my past life I managed a game ranch. scary, huh? I guess I was too dumb for that. I also hunted pigs with dogs, then tied them up to sell them. I guess I was too dumb to kill ‘em. Oh yeah, that’s what my dogs were catching- 500lb boars that tore their kevlar vests to shreds. Idiot, huh?
btw, I have rarely made it a practice to kill without reason, esp. this side of salvation.
Your Christian character really shines through in your post. What do you use, Brasso?
colinb,
Exactly…brasso. I noticed with your initial snide remarks that you use the same product yourself. If you read my post you’ll see that i never said you were stupid. I said “if” and then went on to say that you probably weren’t.
“btw, I have rarely made it a practice to kill without reason, esp. this side of salvation.”
Exactly, that is what I have been saying all along! I’ve been saying it in response to Ryan’s statement that killing without reason is acceptable.
Btw, I’m not really into parakeets, cats or poodles. Although, some poodle’s are damn fine dogs. Hopefully none of the words in that last sentence tarnished my shiny character.
Anyway, you seem like an alright guy and anybody involved that closely with Catch Dogs can’t be all bad. Did you ever see any of the Rufus dogs work?
Colin you and Tim need to sniff and makeup.
simul justus et peccator
(thats Latin for you rednecks from So. California)
Church Dog,
I didn’t say those exact words that that it is alright to kill without reason, but I guess if one chooses to shoot a blackbird or meadowlark with a shotgun it is between him or her and their Lord.
I do want to say that I do not make it a habit to kill just to be killing animals.
I’d like to know if you have ever stepped on a bug or something like that and murdered one of God’s innocent creatures in that way?
Church Dog,
You now have caught on to my jest- From one redneck to another. I was suprised you bit in the first place.
Poodle-pointers- fine dogs.
Never saw any Rufus dogs work. Seen a bunch of dogs get torn up, though.
In seriousness, it is refreshing to hear of another hog-dog fan espouse such a concern for hunter’s stewardship.
LEt’s make a video in response to Scott’s timely and energetic piece. Something with hogs, dogs, women who chew, hank williams jr, and the Word of God!
All I saw in this video was stupidity. Good idea to teach your children to kill without provacation or reason. Perhaps they will put that lesson to use one day. Hunting is one thing, this was just stupid.