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>> SOUNDS INTENSE.
I AM TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND WHY ONE WOULD WANT TO DO
THIS.
ISN'T PART OF IT THE NOTION?
I'M GOING TO HANDLE THE SNAKES
AND YES THEY ARE VENOMOUS.
IF THEY TAKE MY LIFE, IT IS
GOT'S WILL FOR THEM TO DO SO.
IS THAT THE NOTION?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT IS A DIVINE
COMMANDMENT AS THEY SEE IT, IT'S
A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT
COMMANDMENT IS GOD'S WILL.
PEOPLE LIKE THE PASTOR WILL NOT
SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE
AMBULANCES AND MEDICAL PEOPLE AT
HIS HOUSE, THEY DECIDE AND HE
TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.
IN THE SHOW HE TALKED ABOUT THIS
AS WELL.
HE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT.
HE PUTS HIS IN GOD'S HANDS IN
THAT CASE.
>> AND THE QUESTION, GABRIEL, TO
YOU.
THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT
IN CHURCHES.
FROM EVERYTHING I READ, POLICE
LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND DON'T
WANT TO INTERRUPT SUNDAY CHURCH
SERVICE?
>> IT'S A FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS
EXPRESSION AND ISSUES GET
INVOLVED IN IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
THEY -- THE FACT IS THAT THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THIS
COMMUNITY IS FOR THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO IT IS
INCREDIBLY SMALL.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER
100 YEARS.
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, BUT YOU
WOULD BE SURPRISED ATTA HOW
INFREQUENTLY PEOPLE ARE BIT.
MUCH MORE THAN HOW FREQUENTLY.
I THINK IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT
A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE SO
TIGHT KNIT THAT THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND RELIGIOUS