A few days ago a visitor to my web site called me to say he was going to test the belief of his congregation, according to Mark
16:17-18", and these signs shall follow them that believe,.... and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them".
He said he had read my chapter of the Clarence Chronicles, "Martians And God" and decided to rid his own congregation of unbelievers. While talking to him I got the idea that he was simple-minded with the childlike faith described in Matt.18:3.
He told me he had gotten some potassium cyanide from a jeweler friend. He said he was going to his church kitchen before the communion was prepared, put a couple of spoonfuls in a bottle of "Christ' blood" (grape juice), shake it up and watch the fun as he separated the sheep from the goats.
I asked him if he meant to take it himself. He said he wouldn't since he had prayed for Gore and so his faith had been shaken. He was a staunch Democrat, you see.
I advised against it and he accused me of being an unbeliever and hung up.
I remember once, as a child, I wandered back into the church kitchen, saw some bottles of grape juice and drank half a bottle without being noticed. So his plan would be easy to carry out.
I have no idea what sect he belonged to. We can rely on CNN to tell us when it happens.
