I don't think I've ever heard of the snake associated with death specifically, just sin and the loss of innocence in general.
♭What.You are seeing symbolism where there is a fairytail. Go and read some epic litterature instead or watch Neon Genesis Evangelion.
A guy called dvorak is tired. Tired of humanity not wanting to change to improve itself. Quite the sad tale.Human death may or may not have existed, the prototypes hadn't broken down yet.
Fight smart, not fair.@del diablo: Unfortunately, neither of those win any religious debates.
edited 26th Feb '11 5:04:39 AM by GayJesus
Love everyone!No one's sure. To quote The Other Wiki (emphasis original):
Specifically, although he says that he, personally, will "greatly increase your pains in childbearing" etc. to the woman, but he isn't really clear on wether he's personally responsible for all that "you will return to dust" business, or if that's just a natural result of listening to your wife's voice eating of the tree. In the last case, it would be kind of the snake's fault.
edited 26th Feb '11 5:43:06 AM by kurushio
I don't know much about the Bible, but, as far as I can remember, in Paradise Lost Satan takes over the snake's body and it's him that does all the you-will-become-as-gods stuff. If that's how it is in the Bible as well, is it really fair to blame the snake?
Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence Darrow@cityofmist I don't believe very many people are blaming the snake at this point, seeing as most people assume that the snake was Satan in disguise.
There's no justice in the world and there never was~I don't know if very many people do. I was specifically responding to @kurushio 'it would be kind of the snake's fault.'
Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence DarrowWell, I didn't say it's fair to blame the serpent. (I certainly don't.) Just that you could. God thought so and punished it for the whole mess, but it isn't like the serpent forced the fruit down Eve's and Adam's throat. Blaming it would be a little like blaming god for not putting up a fence around the tree.
Genesis itself doesn't mention any spiritual possession of the poor aninmal - that's Word of Dante -, only that it "was more subtle than any beast of the field".
edited 26th Feb '11 7:17:22 AM by kurushio
? People keep having nine-hundred-year lifespans for quite a while after.
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Could someone indicate me the specific verses that indicate that eating from the Tree of Life and Death literally unleashed death into the world?
Because the story, at least within Genesis, seems to indicate God simply shortened human life (as humans didn't didn't died from eating the fruit itself, it was a punishment). How is it possible that the snake/Satan/whatever has anything to do with death's release directly?
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