does god punish animals like he does man? make our punishment passed down through generations?
Genesis 3:14
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.
obviously the snake had legs before it tempted eve to eat the apple. how come from then on, all snakes crawl on their belly? how come god made this punishment pass down through generations? is that fair to the snake?
and does that mean having a pet snake is like having a pet satan?
2007-01-30 06:48:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have to remember the snake addressed here was a snake in the Garden. That snake could communicate with man. He knew more than man. He knew what he was doing was wrong. So by virtue of the fact that the snake knew he was punished accordingly.
does owning a pet snake mean you own a pet satan? Of course not. That snake in the Garden was not Satan--his employee maybe--but not satan himself.
2007-01-30 07:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No.
It means the snakes screwed up and disobeyed God.
If God truly is perfect and just, he'd have to punish them.
He doesn't want to punish us. That's why he gave us Jesus, to atone for our mess-ups.
Keep reading the Bible, seriously. Try to prove it wrong, try to make valid contradictions. I know 2 good friends that did that---then got saved.
I'm not being sarcastic.
By the way, 90% of snakes have 4 distinctive markings on thier bellies, according to my unsaved old biology teacher/book.
I thought that was cool...
2007-01-30 07:06:07 · answer #2 · answered by Doug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animals don't go to heaven or hell on the day of judgment they are all turned to dust. They will have served there purpose.
2007-01-30 07:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋