"... God cursed the serpent "Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life"... "

My first reaction is, what a prick. Then I thought, if a snake is "just an animal" which has no soul and doesn't discern between right and wrong, why would God punish it? Then I thought, what am I thinking about this bullshit for?