because many bible believers say that anything they consider to be evil is satan.

ITS THE DEVIL. lol.

The fruit of the tree that Eve ate of is also never mentioned why is it believed to be an apple?

its not satan the serpent represents our human nature thats why when they ate the fruit the serpent wanted them to eat they felt naked and hid from god

any harmful or suductive evil is considered satans joy.

In the bible there seems to be a bit of ..ohh contradiction and selective evil..though shalt not kill..but if they dont believe in god..kill them all..and so on..

The serpent in the Garden is described as a serpent. It is never referred to as a demon, a devil, Satan, or in any other way implied to be anything but an ordinary run of the mill talking snake. As punishment for deceiving Eve, the snake is commanded to crawl on it's belly and 'eat dust'. It's offspring would bite at the heals of humans, who would step on it's head. Does that make any sense in regard to a devil? No.

Evil comes to us in many forms we have the choice!

Your question shows one of the problems of taking one part of the Bible while ignoring others. Anyone studying the Bible needs keep an eye on it's entire message. The serpent was regarded as the devil for all of Jewish and Christian history whether or not it is mentioned in the third chapter of Genesis and is shown in related Scriptures. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are in his possession experience it. (Wisdom 2:25) You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44) The huge dragon, the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it. (Revelation 12:9) He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan, ... (Revelation 20:2) With love in Christ.

actually it does. it said it came as a form of a snake.

Its called making things up.....the religious are very good at it.

Maybe because Satan and "his" angels can appear in many forms, even as a serpent. And all disobedience's to the Holy Father, comes from Satan & the temptations he puts into peoples mines. And by the way. The Bible dose speak of Satan being called by many different names, one being that old serpent. Just check out the book of Revelation Ch 12 V-9....Quote--And the great dragon was cast out, that old "serpent", called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Unquote..............M.C.S.

this is all coming from people who dont believe in the bible. if u don't believe. thats one thing but dont contradict something u don't know. u make the bible seem like it is jibberish when its not. and the BIBLE DO NOT SAY IF YOU DONT BELIEVE KILL ALL FOR ANSWER NUMBER TWO. STOP BEING IGNORANT.THANK YOU NUMBER 5 .

Here's a thought: the serpent represents the Kundalini, the power of the spirit of man. 'Satan' literally means 'adversary'. When mankind opened his third eye, and released the Kundalini, he created an adversary to God's plan for him. Just a thought. No need to downrate.

The bible does identify Satan the devil as the Serpent in Eden. Rev.12:9 So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him Rev.20:2 And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. (The KJV reads 'old' serpent. "Old" from the Greek word ARCHAIOS literally means 'original, ancient' - according to Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.) It's also of interest that Jesus identified Satan as 'the father of the lie', since the serpent told the first lie there in the garden of Eden.

The book of Genesis does not mention the name or title “Satan,” nor does it specifically state that Lucifer or any demonic being controlled the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Having said that, however, we can ascertain who this serpent was (or rather who was controlling and speaking through this serpent) from other passages of Scripture, and from the context of Genesis 3 itself. Satan is called a serpent, not once but three times in the book of Revelation (Revelation 12:9, 12:15, 20:2). When combined with Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 11:3, the identification of the serpent in Genesis 3 with Satan is unmistakable. Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3). We see an obvious parallel here with Genesis 3. Revelation 12:9 says that Satan is called “that serpent of old,” that he was punished (cast out), and that he presently deceives the whole world (remember that Adam and Eve were even the “whole world” of humanity at the time of the Fall). Revelation 20:2–3 also calls Satan a serpent and speaks of his punishment again. This time he will be bound and thrown into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years, so that he will not be able to deceive the nations. Satan’s work of deception began in the Garden of Eden and has continued worldwide ever since then. Only Christians can escape Satan’s deceptions by simple and pure devotion to Christ (i.e., trusting and obeying His Word by His Spirit). Finally, in Genesis 3:14-15 we read of God’s curse upon the serpent and the promise of a Savior from the seed of the woman. So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” The prediction of enmity (hatred and warfare) between the seeds (in some sense offspring or descendant) of the woman and of the serpent makes no sense if the serpent was merely a physical animal. The seed of the woman is a future male child. If only serpents and natural human descendants are in view here, then that means that snakes are doomed to go around biting men in the heels and then getting their heads crushed. Given the verses in Revelation and 2 Corinthians, this obviously is not the intent of the prophecy. Orthodox Christians have always understood this to be the first prophecy of the Messiah, who would be the savior of the world. Satan did bruise Jesus on the heel (so to speak), by moving men to crucify Him. But it was only a temporary wound, for He rose from the dead. But the same act by which Satan thought he had defeated Jesus Christ, was the very act by which Jesus destroyed the power of Satan, and His resurrection was the proof and seal of that victory.