Comments on: Snakes had/have legs?

By: lori hornack

lori hornack — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:30:15 +0000

The serpent did not speak it was Satan in the serpent. Amen Sharon and very very well put we are studying this at church.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:56:15 +0000

Pat, I don’t think that Maria meant that actual child birth is a punishment. What she meant, I’m sure, can be read in the Bible at Genesis 3:16 (To the woman he said,” I shall greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy, in birth pangs you will bring forth children”…..

I believe too, that snakes had legs because if they were always on their belly, Genesis 3:14 would not be a punishment to them when they were told “upon your belly you will go and dust you will eat all the days of your life.” Science and the Bible agree in this respect because science is sure snakes used to have legs.

By studying further into the Bible it has been brought out that the actual snake as an animal did not speak but Satan , as am evil spirit spoke through the snake.

By: nonbeliever

nonbeliever — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:50:36 +0000

i believe that god is real but i don’t believe that the snakes had legs …only snakes who are born mutations with legs

By: pat

pat — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:13:20 +0000

“b/c of ONE woman now we all have to suffer”:

what a depressing thing to read. it’s a sad reflection it is on the human spirit to see that there are people — some of them women! — who believe childbirth is a punishment issued by a misogynistic higher power. i can only imagine what marie’s convictions about the “rights” and “wrongs” of female sexual expression might be…

some people will always cling to the christian tradition. doing so in the face of issues like the “snakes/vocal chords” question is merely a testament to their faith. doing so in the face of (and even in the service of) the socially devastating gender roles mentioned above, well…that is an atrocity.

no good that will ever come of teaching our daughters that their bodies are dirty. when the bible is used to promote an androcentric model of the universe, human beings only fall farther away from god.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:30:04 +0000

yes flip all snakes were cursed for the action of one… is that a new concept for you? All women were cursed with painful chilbirth and men cursed to have to work the land to reap from it. Have you ever seen an animal give birth? Completely calm, and painless…. that is the way it was supposed to be for us too… but b/c of ONE woman now we all have to suffer. Not sure about the vocal cords though…

By: maria

maria — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:45:59 +0000

i think snakes did use to have legs because the word of god never lies because god is a true living god . so i really think dat is true as hard dat it is to belive it.

By: psiloiordinary

psiloiordinary — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:26:45 +0000

Hi Hans,

I have put the fist bit of my review/reaction to the book you suggested here.

As you will see I am “stuck” after chapter 4 – let me know what you want me to do.

By: psiloiordinary

psiloiordinary — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:19:56 +0000

Great.

Post a piccie if you like.

I was hanging on before reading your recommendation – I will start it today.

By: psiloiordinary

psiloiordinary — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:15:18 +0000

Any news yet Hans – Have you go the Blind Watchmaker or not?

By: flip

flip — Tue, 15 May 2007 09:25:43 +0000

Hans -have I got this right? As you read Genesis, snakes were created something like lizards – long, thin with legs of some some kind. Then Satan posessed one of them, or took on the shape of one, and tempted Eve. And because of that God cursed all subsequent snakes, of all species to live on their bellies without legs?

Is that about right?
flip

By: flip

flip — Mon, 14 May 2007 01:13:05 +0000

So did the snake lose its vocal chords, and the part of it’s brain that allowed it to speak at the same time? And was this all species of snakes cursed at the same time for the bad behaviour of one individual?