How to tell a Christian is for real

Thanks to Shav and Frogstomp for pointing this out.

Mark 16:17-18

16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/mk/16.html

How many of you who claim to be believers have done these things?

Want to run this scientifically? We can have a "believer" drink poison and then give them an AIDS patient to cure. The other indicators are not so easy to experiment with it seems to me. Maybe have some serpents available...this implies the snake is poisonous right?

Ha! I accept your challenge as The Lord will watch over me and protect me. I've just taken some strychnine and i feel absoluteley fi

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Thanks to Shav and Frogstomp for pointing this out.

Mark 16:17-18

[b]16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

16:18 They shall take up ...[text shortened]... me serpents available...this implies the snake is poisonous right?

Originally posted by KellyJay
A yes vote will do what for you, will it prove something?
Kelly[/b]

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
What will it prove ? -"Goes towards the credibility of the witness , your honor." - as they say on Law and Order all the time .

Here's my test as to whether a xtian is real or not : Throw him to a lion . If he goes "BBBWWAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" , and runs then he's not for real . If he prays while being eaten , then he's real .

Originally posted by KellyJay
Okay, and you'll believe anyone who says yes?
Kelly

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
This is a highly scientific test , my man . I'll believe what the test tells me after a large enough sample group has been run through .

Originally posted by KellyJay
I see, and how many people would be required for this test?
Kelly

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
To be truely accurate you'd have to test every single one.

Originally posted by KellyJay
Personally, I'm just as happy to wait on Jesus to separate the
sheep from the goats, that day is coming. What you are suggesting
here can be faked.
Kelly

Originally posted by e4 effort
Ha! I accept your challenge as The Lord will watch over me and protect me. I've just taken some strychnine and i feel absoluteley fi

It's a miracle.

Originally posted by telerion
Certainly a test of this sort is flawed. Personally, I have never witnessed something I would call a miracle. I've been in plenty of situations where people believed that a miracle was being performed (I even tried to believe it myself.). But I have never witnessed any of the things Thousand mentions, and I know of no one that I can really trust that has either.

Originally posted by KellyJay
That is my point here it doesn't matter, even if you did trust someone
here, would you after they said they have been apart of or witnessed
something like that?
Kelly

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Thanks to Shav and Frogstomp for pointing this out.

Mark 16:17-18

[b]16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall r ...[text shortened]... it seems to me. Maybe have some serpents available...this implies the snake is poisonous right?