[VRWC_minion]

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Thank you for this truth.

I have never held a snake in my life and don't plan to, but I'm told every snake has two spots on its underbelly where there once were legs.

Evolutionists can theorize all they want, but many of us know the truth as stated in the Bible.

[Modernman]

Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field

I wouldn't call snakes cursed. They're very effective predators, good at what they do. Also, science seems to be discovering some very interesting uses for the chemicals that they produce.

Snakes have gotten a bum rap.

[IncredibleHulk]

Actually, the serpent referred to in the bible is a Dragon, not a snake. The snake reference is not supported by scripture but the dragon reference is found in Sumerian cuneiform writings of 3000 BCE. The dragon is a reference to Enkei, a "god", not a talking animal.

[ZULU]

A PERFECT example of Biblicial literalists extracting a passage from Genesis as though it explains Biological facts.

A lot of the pagan cultures around Palestine worshipped snakes. Some snakes are venomous.

Human beings are primates. Primates have no INHERENT fear of snakes. HOWEVER, primates form a portion of the diet of large tropical snakes and are exposed to venomous tropical snakes. Hence, primates have been shown in behavioral tests, to have an innate capacity to DEVELOP a fear of snakes.

This passage represents more of an attmept to teleogically
explain why snakes crawl on the ground and why they are limbless and why the Jews hated them. The real reference in the Bible is to Satan, not to members of the Order Squamata. Having worked with snakes for many years, I can assure you, there is absolutelyu NOTHING Satanic about the animal. They are actually beautiful and quite interesting.