What is the Serpent?

[Patrick]

@Argon

Peaceful Science: Science does not answer the questions we care most about; maybe God directly intervened, or not, but we cannot tell from evidence. Moreover, even in a literal reading, nothing in Scripture is in conflict with mainstream science; Adam could be ancestors of us all, and de novo created. Science is much more silent about the questions of theology than we ever imagined.

I would venture to say that a talking snake would be in conflict with mainstream science