It cant be a snake as it wallked on four legs...so what was it?
2006-11-28 06:25:46 · 17 answers · asked by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was taught that the snake/serpent was changed when cursed by God to from then on it had to crawl on its belly and eat dust. All of creation changed after the fall.
Of course this particular serpent was Satan, but the animal he used to represent himself was cursed as well.
Gen 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
"Cursed are you above all the livestock
and all the wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
2006-11-28 06:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by Zee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The serpent is presenting the ability for us to have freewill. In order for humans to make a choice as far as what they want or do not want (freewill) then we need to be able to identify what is good and what is evil. Without this knowledge we would be no different then animals that opperate on instinct!
The God of this story doesn't want us to have freewill but only blind obedience! A further note is that the liar in this story is God! Note Genesis 3:7 & 3:20 everything the serpent said was proven true!
2006-11-28 14:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the "snake" represented the Great Mother Goddess which was worshiped in the lands that the human authors of the Bible lived near. With the coming of monotheism (the worship of one god) that was also patriarchial (run by men) the Great Goddess was "demonized" and became synonomous with the "Ultimate Evil" which christians know as Satan, Lucifer, or the Devil.
For more on this read "When God Was A Woman" a well-known and respected anthropoligical study of pre-monotheistic diety worship.
2006-11-28 14:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by harpertara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably Satan entered the snake, so he could talk with Eve without her realizing it was him.
Because the serpent/snake allowed it, God declared "on thy belly shalt thou go all the days of thy life".
Probably it did walk on four legs prior to then; but not since then.
2006-11-28 14:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely nothing.
the point of the serpent is a symbolism to show how "sneaky" lucifer can be, and how quickly he can strike without one knowing. its nothing but a symbol. if else, how did they document this? did got put them here with pen and paper in their hand? or did their telephone game come out 100% accurate? (have u ever played that? form a line tell person at one end a long sentance, and they pass it down one by one, and eventually the story gets quite skewered)
2006-11-28 14:32:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't find in Genesis that the serpent walked on four legs. God said to the serpant, "....upon your belly you shall go,..." -- that does not necessarily mean that it walked on four legs before God cursed it. The Serpent is usually interpreted to be Satan.
2006-11-28 14:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Serpent is a Snake
Snake represents the Devil
2006-11-28 14:27:57 · answer #7 · answered by ~Annette~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Satan.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
That old serpent.
The tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Satan has numerous names and plays many roles.
2006-11-28 14:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan. Snakes then (serpents) had legs, the curse took away the legs.
2006-11-28 14:28:04 · answer #9 · answered by newcovenant0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Satan controlling a serpent because he wanted to challenge God that if it weren't for all the things he gave us not one person would serve him.
2006-11-28 14:34:20 · answer #10 · answered by Lilcuda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋