• 5too@lemmy.world
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      33 minutes ago

      Yeah, I see a lot of people claiming that - but does the Bible make that claim?

      Here’s how the serpent was cursed:

      Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.

      I don’t see Satan going on his belly, bruising our heels, or getting his head bruised! How did he escape a curse placed by God? Or is this just the snake’s origin story too? I’m not going to claim the serpent might not have been put up to it, but I don’t see Satan himself making an appearance here.

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      1 hour ago

      That’s a common interpretation but it’s not actually confirmed anywhere in the bible that the serpent was Satan

      • HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip
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        24 minutes ago

        The types of christians who would dig this repressive mobile network are the kind who prefer overly simplified and easily digestible theology; that is to say the people who would pitch and want this phone definitely are in the “serpent is satan” camp not, “lets have a nuanced discussion about metaphors”. Not that they would accept the rebuttal, but i don’t think it’s invalid from the frameworks that produce this nonsense