Wow. Some people's fear/ignorance.

[littleindiangirl]

To answer your question, Genesis 3, verses 14 and 15:

14 The LORD God said to the serpent,
"Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all the wild beasts
and all the living creatures of the field!
On your belly you will crawl
and dust you will eat all the days of your life.
15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman
and between your offspring and her offspring;
her offspring will attack your head,
and you will attack her offspring's heel."

See, what I was taught in catechism was that God was talking to Satan himself. Not to the serpent, but to satan in the serpents form.
Of course, us rebellious Lutherans are known for stirring things up a bit.

lol, I just reread the chapter, and the use of serpent is in the context that the serpent is satan. I can see where people would misconstrue the serpent part meaning God was actually talking to a snake. I think the context of the chapter is denoting that God was (again) talking to satan and referring to him as a "serpent".