Appalachian Snake Handler Travels to "Snake Island" Brazil
EAP: Appalachian Snake Handler Travels to "Snake Island" Brazil EAP: Tex Byrnes, a preacher from the Appalachian region who has handled many thousands of snakes over the years decided to follow what he believed was God's voice to embark on the ultimate snake handling challenge. Byrnes caught a flight to Brazil to visit the infamous "Snake Island" more properly called "Ilha da Queimada". It is illegal to visit the island because of its huge concentration of poisonous snakes. Tex told an EAP reporter prior to departure that it is proper, indeed moral, to break the laws of mankind where these conflict with God's laws. He took seriously the teaching of Mark 16:17-18 which tells Christians that they shall take up serpents and they will not be harmed and of Luke 10:19 that they can tread on snakes and scorpions. Tex was inspired by John Chau who visited North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar island group. He believed that to m...