Christians. Doe you literally believe there was a talking snake?

Question

I couldn't get past that one.

Answer 1

This is a question I have answer at least 25 times, No he was not a talking snake, He was an upright creature of the highest form of the animal kingdom that God resurrected from the prehistoric age, to be a worker for Adam. You find nowhere that he was a snake talking to Eve, that is man made ideals, You see an upright creature that God was going to let work for Adam. Now when the serpent inticed Eve, she concieved & bare Cain, Cain is not a son of Adam but a son of the serpent, Read Jude verse 14. Enoch is the 7th from Adam, Then read Gen. Chapter 5 & see Adam's seed line, You can not make Cain a son of Adam & yet have Enoch the 7th from Adam. Enoch then would be # 8. Only during & after the curse do you find this serpent being strip of his legs & arms into that reptile family. Read people, don't take my word for it, Read it, Gen 3:14 This is where God curses the serpent & put him upon his belly & NOT BEFORE, Then God turns to the woman & curse her repoductive organs, & Multiply her conceptions, & then God did not curse Adam, But he cursed the ground, & Adam now don't have his worker, he will now earn his living by his sweat of his face.This is so simple that any 10 yrs. old child can see it. But yet people, the first thing you all want to do is thumbs down, Because you were never taught this, well don't you think it is time you learn what really happened in the garden, those 2 trees, was 2 reproductive laws of God, If they had partake of the tree of life then every baby born would have been born with eternal life, But since they partake of this sexual relationhip out of God's due time frame, then they partake of the tree of knowledge of good & evil, that brought forth death. Why can't a woman today know exactly when she can conceive, because she lost that knowledge in the garden, The animal kingdom knows when they can conceive. Think about it, instead of just passing over it,

Answer 2

The bible (and many sacred books to that effect) is full of allegorical or metaphorical meanings most of which are intended to excite the inquisitive mind into a deeper search, which eventually will result to a broader conscious level.
The snake is the symbol of the life force (kundhalini) and knowledge in almost every culture, which once awakened unveils the hidden secrets of the divine nature and creation as it bestows a human being with supernatural abilities.

Answer 3

The snake didn't literally talk. Revelation 12:9 identifies Satan the devil as the 'original serpent'. The devil used a snake, much like a ventriloquist uses a dummy, to deceive Eve. Satan was selective in his choice of animals. The snake was called one of the most cautious animals in the garden, so when it approached Eve, it really raised her curiosity.

Answer 4

i know there is some symbolism in scripture, but i also know that God's ways are higher than ours. God, the Creator, can do all things.

not only did the snake speak in the book of Genesis... but the LORD has a donkey speak in Numbers 22:28 saying,

"And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? "

there is no lie nor contradiction in the bible....
so, yes, i dio believe it ... & i believe everything else in the Word of God, as well.

Answer 5

Skeptics of Christianity often throw out statements like this in an attempt to dismiss both the Bible and the Christian faith: "Well, if I could believe in a talking snake, maybe then I'd take the Bible seriously."

Can you believe what the Bible says about history, Jesus, and more when it has narratives that describe animals speaking like human beings? I think you can; let me explain why.

I firmly believe that the correct way to interpret the Bible is to adhere to what is called the Literal-Historical-Grammatical method of interpretation, which aims to discover the meaning of a particular passage as the original author would have intended and what the original hearers would have understood. As the first part of the name implies, this means a literal reading of the text.

Once a Christian affirms a literal interpretation of Scripture, immediately skeptics pounce and ask questions such as, "If that's true, then Jesus must be a literal door, because he says in John 10:9, 'I am the door.'" Unfortunately for the doubter, their argument is flawed in a couple of ways. First, it commits the logical fallacy of reductio ad absurdum, which seeks to establish an argument based on the supposed absurdity of its opponents' claims.

But more importantly, the skeptic fails to understand that the Bible utilizes many different genres (e.g. poetry, narrative, didactic teaching, etc.) and literary techniques in the same way that other literature does. These methods do not take away from a literal reading of the Bible at all, but instead add much depth to the text—just as they're designed to do. Some of the most common practices found in Scripture include the following:
Phenomenological language, which is used to describe everyday things in common speak. Example: "It came about at sunset that Joshua gave a command..." (Joshua 10:27)
Hyperbole, which is an obvious and intentional exaggeration. Example: "look, the world has gone after Him"(John 12:19)
Metaphors, which are a figure of speech used to suggest a resemblance. Example: "For I proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock!" (Deuteronomy 32:3-4)
Anthropomorphisms, which are attempts to represent God under a particular form, or with some type of living attributes and affections. Example: "Let me dwell in Your tent forever; let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings." (Psalm 61:4)
Personification, which is the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notion. Example: "The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." (Isaiah 55:12)
Symbolism, which represents some reality by depicting it in a figurative fashion that is descriptive of that reality. Example: "Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands..." (Revelation 1:12)
These literary techniques in no way circumvent a literal reading of the Bible and, in truth, the intellectually honest skeptic understands that. However, what does one do when some biblical narrative seems so fantastic and opposed to everyday experience—like an animal speaking in human language? How does one interpret the Bible then?

The narrative found in Genesis 3 about a talking snake and the fall of humankind is both literal and archetypical. From a literal perspective, we see how sin entered into humanity through the first parents. In regard to history, while some have tried to argue that Adam and Eve were not literal people, the fact that both Jesus and Paul refer to them as such, and that Adam appears in literal genealogies makes it difficult to make the case that they are fictional if one is to exegete Scripture with any kind of discipline.

On the archetypical level, the text in Genesis 3 showcases how temptation occurs constantly in human experience, and that Christians are not to be ignorant of the enemy's schemes (2 Corinthians 2:11). But did that enemy actually speak through a snake?

Those affirming that Satan did indeed converse with Eve through a literal serpent argue that if you believe the first verse in Genesis, then there is no problem believing anything else, including a snake speaking to a human being. Would such a thing be too hard for a God who spoke everything into being? Hardly. Moreover, Paul seems to reference the event as truly occurring in space-time history (2 Corinthians 11:3).

Others see Genesis 3 as using symbolism to tell a story that actually occurred in history. Just as Satan is described as a serpent and dragon in Revelation 12, the serpent in Genesis represents a very real personal being (the devil), but some argue that symbolism is used to communicate traits of Satan that would otherwise be difficult to convey.

Can you actually believe the Bible, be a Christian, and hold to the latter method of interpreting Genesis 3? Atheist-turned-Christian C. S. Lewis seemed to think so. Lewis, a literature expert who served on the faculty at Oxford, wrote of Genesis: "The first chapters of Genesis, no doubt, give the story of creation in the form of a folktale." [1] Further, verse 15 clearly states that the snake's offspring will be at odds with the woman's. Nearly all theologians agree this refers to two actual and literal spiritual lines—one godly, the other ungodly—that run through humanity (the seed of God and the seed of Satan).

Whether the serpent is literal or symbolic, one thing that cannot be denied is the reality of the tempter's effects—the universality of sin. Of that, Reinhold Neibuhr has gone so far as to argue that "the doctrine of original sin is the only empirically verifiable doctrine of the Christian f

Answer 6

Some snakes do talk and type

Answer 7

yes ,they talked and they walked the snake was like satin and talked eve into eating the forbidden fruit then she gave to Adam and he ate GOD made snakes get on their belly's and crawl and throw-ed Adam and eve out of their paradise and Adam had to work and eve had to bear kids and listen to her husband

Answer 8

I've heard some christians believe that Adam and Eve could talk to animals. (Them and Dr. Doolittle, apparently).

Answer 9

There were several people who could talk to snakes. The Slytherins are over and thus, only one parseltongue is left, the boy who lived.

(let's see if this pisses christians off)

Answer 10

Yes. And they talk today also. Listen. But don't trust a snake.