quote:
I do not believe in talking snakes.
You believe in a magical Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you believe in a magical god who poofs people and animals, and in fact the whole universe, into existence, you believe in a magical Noachian Flood that magically left no evidence behind, etc. etc. etc.
You believe in all sorts of magic, I don't know why talking snakes should give you a problem.
quote:
And yes God did put a curse on the snake because the devil had used him.
Can you show me the biblical verse where it specifically says that Satan had used the serpent in Genesis, and that God cursed the serpent
specifically because of Satan's actions?
My copy of Genesis mentions nothing at all of the rather wild interpretations you seem to be making about Satan's involvement.
Satan
is not mentioned in Genesis at all.
A
serpent is. You are putting Satan into the Genesis story where he doesn't belong.
By the way, that's not very just of God to curse a poor, dumb animal if it was only being posessed by Satan and had no choice in what it did, is it?
Edited by nator, : No reason given.