Reasons why people are afraid of snakes

[frankykeno]

Well I always respond to the bible issue by asking if they are also afraid of Mom and Apple Pie, since a woman and an apple were also involved...why just hate the snake LOL.

Humans always fear what they don't know well to some extent. Even if you explain to them the fact that their yappy lap dog is a far bigger risk to their small kids, they still tend to think my snakes are the greater risk. Silly really but that's folks and all you can do is try to educate the ones with minds open to it.

[McAdry]

ponders if lap dog will fit in ? no just kidding. I personally love the question don't they bite ? Like dogs, cats, goats, horses, swans,rats,mice,pike all don't or wont bite. And yes I have been bitten by all the aboved mentioned animals the horse might take the cake for pain. Simple answer if it has teeth it will bite so will kids under like 10 give or take a few years.I think people just don't have any facts on snakes other then what they get from silly movies or folk lore. Though I will never have a venomus snake in the house as I do get bit by everything. That's not out of some silly fear just a given fact at some point it would bite me.

[ctrlfreq]

I'm sure lots of people read the Bible, but honestly, how many people are afraid of snakes because of their role in the Bible? Pretty much nobody!

It's not a question of whether someone is afraid of snakes because of their role in a story, but rather one of whether that base preconception of snakes (which are used as a metaphor for satan in the bible) as evil animals becomes accepted as being a foundation truth.

Beyond that, all rationalizations about them are jaded by that single inaccurate grain of information that was mentally ascribed as truth.

[ctrlfreq]

Well I always respond to the bible issue by asking if they are also afraid of Mom and Apple Pie...why just hate the snake LOL.

Because neither the woman or the apple were the earthly embodiment of satan. Many other irrational fears have been instilled by ancient claims of something or other being evil, and such fears will continue to thrive as long as we hold on to these irrational beliefs.