2007-09-13 18:01:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry but none of us can possibly understand the mind of God.
Consider the fact that snakes can't talk. The serpent in the garden talked to Eve...this suggests that it wasn't an animal at all, at least not anything we can visualize.
Perhaps the serpent WAS the devil...the "angel" that decided he wanted to rule his own kingdom and knew that God would throw him AND the two people out of the garden if he could persuade them to disobey the rule. If the passages are actually describing a snake as we know it today, perhaps that's because God also had to cast out the animal that was used/created for the deception and the "no-legs" thing was similar to the "painful childbirth" thing...necessary for that animal to survive on the earth.
2007-09-13 18:19:37 · answer #1 · answered by KAL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes have generally gotten a bad rap throughout the history of mankind. Generally speaking they just try to mind their own business and stay out from underfoot, avoiding trouble.
I suspect the Old Testament has done them a disservice, but people tend to dislike them anyway because of the way snakes have of not being blessed with enough intelligence to strike with greater cunning.
2007-09-13 18:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jack P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't actually curse snakes. Thats just how they were made, all crawly on their bellies and stuff. Genesis was a book written by rabbis much much later than the creation of the freaking world/universe. They weren't there in person to take notes.
2007-09-13 18:07:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You do not want to psychoanalyze God as depicted in the Old Testament, cos he's basically one psycho mo fo.
2007-09-13 18:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The devil is a Roman invention, thats NT, not OT..
2007-09-13 18:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revelation calls the serpent Satan.
2007-09-13 18:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by son of God 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This story is symbolic, not literal. There is nothing wrong with snakes. There is also not a Satan, because all of God's creations are good. Angels are not given free will, only humans. Therefore, it was IMPOSSIBLE for Lucifer to rebel against God. That disproves the fallen angel thing.
2007-09-13 18:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
the same reason he makes women suffer once a month cause of some dumb B!TC# who ate an apple and gave head to a guy known as Adam.
2007-09-13 18:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think thew bible is made up coz alot of things dont fall into place together and others just go against each other...
2007-09-13 18:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God can be both good and evil.
2007-09-13 18:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋