Quote Originally Posted by kevinb View Post
I also feel that a lot of the hatred towards snakes comes down to the bible, now I'm not religious in any respect, but as the bible says evil took form of a snake and made adam and eve eat the apple from the garden lf eden. I feel this is part of why people think they have the ability of scheming, thinking, and judgement. Just my $.02
I agree with you that many people think snakes are evil because of the bible. The only problem is that there are 4 times as many snake references in the bible that show snakes in a positive manner as there are negative references (actually read the whole thing). I'm not the most religious person these days but I grew up with religion (both my dad and grandfather work for the Methodist church). Just another case of people misunderstanding what the bible was trying to say.