1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
The problem is quite obvious.....explain how a serpent can speak.
2007-05-31 05:07:10 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Talking snakes and great floods and pillars of fire are the things of fantasy... Without this kind of romanticism, who would ever believe that a man could cause the blind to see, the crippled to walk and then, himself, to die and live again.
Fantasy stories are full of romantic happenings and bazaar realities. Don't take it seriously - there are already far to many who can't tell the difference between real and not.
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2007-05-31 05:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not so much an answer but just something interesting to think about: Why is it that the things people seem to struggle with in the Bible are things such as - how can a serpent speak, or how could Jonah have been swallowed by a whale and then spit back out, or how did Moses part the Red Sea? Yet, the same people do not hesitate to believe (or at least seem to understand how we Christians can believe) that God spoke the universe into existence. If we, as Christians, take that part of the Bible as truth (as well we should) and if non-Christians can acknowledge the fact that we do believe that, then why is it surprising or difficult for anyone to believe that anything else in the Bible is just as possible? Just wondering.
2007-05-31 05:35:10 · answer #2 · answered by Slash Irwin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are making certain mistaken assumptions:
1. The earth at that time followed the natural laws that govern this earth here and now.
The earth fell just like Adam and Eve did, and a new set of natural laws began to govern the earth.
2. Animals cannot speak.
Just because they don't speak to us here and now doesn't mean that they could not ever speak. Nor does it mean that they never will. Many animal lovers know that animals can communicate without words.
3. You are assuming that inclusion in the Bible meant condoning the behavior reported.
Just because a story is in the Bible does not mean that the writers condoned the behavior of the characters. Many of the writers and readers were shocked and disgusted, even at the time of the events.
The Serpent was a symbol of Satan. Many of the stories that seem farfetched in the OT are full of metaphors, similes, allegories and parables.
BTW: Day (as in the world was created in six days...) also has more meanings than "24 hours". It can mean a variable period of time having some continuity that causes it to be called a "day".
I'm not embarrassed at all.
2007-05-31 05:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Free To Be Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all know for a fact that sepent does not speak, The one who is speaking here is satan disquise as a sepent. Since the sepent was more subtil than any beast of the field, satan used this beast to get through Eve.
Actually there is no problem here, anyone can be decieved by anythings that can be seen by our naked eyes. The purpose of satan to do this, is to get back the dominion of the earth from Adam. Satan loss his dominion through the great flood in Genesis 1:1-2 which all the previous inhabitant of the earth was killed through drowning.
The re-creation process of the earth give satan another foothold to decieved Gods precious creation 'MAN'.
By they way, read more of the Bible, you will find that the donkey also speaks.
2007-05-31 05:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by NIGHT_WATCH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe the serpent was like a snake we see now and you have to remember it wasn't CURSED to crawl on it's belly till AFTER it tempted Eve, so maybe it swirled in the air, or something captivating... coupled with the ability to speak. The devil and demons can posses anything even PIGS, and can make voices come from nowhere, so it would be nothing to posses a serpent. It must have had some kinda beauty, for it to have sucked Eve in so badly. lol
2007-05-31 05:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by ™Tootsie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The serpent was right in that the body would die. We were created to be eternal , but when Adam sinned, God couldn't allow us to eat the fruit or we would be lost eternally. After Adam was driven from the garden, he didn't doom himself. Moses was given the law and then Jesus later paid the price for us to be redeemed and live eternally with God.
2007-05-31 05:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the serpent can speak the same way God can speak. Have you ever heard a burning bush talk? It is one of those unexplained facts of the bible. Adam and Eve were able to hear God just as Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses were. Obviously the serpent was a test sent by God (at least that is how i interpret it) and as the story goes, Adam and Eve fail the test.
2007-05-31 05:14:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♪♫hmm...♪♫ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
answer: I usually see this ranting from Muslims, is that why each and every of the questions approximately Judaism and Christianity and attempting to tutor them incorrect? answer: Lot's daughters have been terrified they have been the only human beings left on earth. what's so confusing approximately believing truthfully everyone seems to be human and make errors? G-d did no longer carry it against them this is it. end of clarification. Islam tries to avert the full incident and rewrite the Tanakh and then turn around and accuse the Jews of rewriting the Tanakh whilst this is forbidden to the Jews to even exchange one letter. which might i think first? the unique Hebrew writings predating the Koran by employing 5-6,000 years or the Koran, recited by employing an illiterate conflict monger and written down after his dying? i will pass with the Tanakh.
2016-10-06 09:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The serpent is identified in Revelation 12:9, 20:2. Satan took control of the serpent and used it as an instrument in his work of temptation. This passage has an object lesson...be careful! satan uses many different ploys to entrap his victims.
2007-05-31 05:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by HeVn Bd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Serpents used to have a very adept larynx and tongue. Over time their DNA lost the information necessary to speak.
Or god smote the larynx right out of them.
Or maybe Eve had been eating some of the fungus that was growing on the tree.
Oh man, I just read that the serpent was a puppet! That's awesome. I want to see some of Satan's puppet shows!
2007-05-31 05:11:51 · answer #10 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well if the Serpent is Satan then yes, the Serpent can speak and disguise himself as whatever he wants in this case the Serpent.
2007-05-31 05:09:47 · answer #11 · answered by Jackie H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋