I always thought snakes were super cool, but then again, I was always an advocate for misunderstood animals such as snakes, wolves, bats, and bugs. Actually, those were always some of my favorite animals as a little kid. Snakes are really quite fascinating!
As for them being evil, I don't believe that putting any type of organism under an umbrella of "good" or "evil" makes any sense. That's stereotyping, for one thing. Even if you ignore that however, snakes don't generally do things for the purpose of "evil". Think about it: Could you see a snake maliciously thinking "Oh, a person! I'm going to bite them because I'm just so mean!" No. Of course not. That would be silly. Snakes "attack" things because they need food to survive, or they are frightened and defending their habitat. I don't think they generally do things just to be mean, and therefore they cannot really be evil. Of course, I'm not saying snakes are made of rainbows and sunshine either. Like most organisms, I think they generally just do things out of survival instinct. Don't get me wrong here, I think many animals,(probably snakes as well, although I haven't done my research here, so don't call me out on it,) probably do have feelings to at least some extent, but I think they're so focused on survival that they're not doing things just because. Their actions are generally just to keep themselves alive. Humans generally (I know some less developed countries or impoverished places may not fall into this category,) have fewer survival needs (and yes, more complex minds), because we have organized into such an affective society which grants us easier access to food, clean water, and shelter, so we have had more time to develop more complex motives. Still, you couldn't claim that humans as a whole are either good or evil, could you? Even individuals probably have some of both, because I can't see a person being genetically designed to be this 100% evil monster from birth. Perhaps snakes can be dangerous if they see you as a threat, but no, they are not evil, merely misunderstood. Anyway, as for the snake in the story of Adam and Eve being Satan, I'm not religious so I don't know much about the topic, but I'm pretty sure I heard (in a documentary video in class watched whilst studying this kind of thing in school when reading Dante's Inferno), that that snake was not originally identified as Satan, and that it was interpreted as a metaphor for Satan later in history, when religious groups were searching for more evidence of Satan and hell in religious writings to inspire fear in the populace and drive them into the arms of the ideal religious lifestyle. Before that point, hell and Satan were actually mentioned fairly sparingly as a small number of counter examples, and religious writings were more focused on God and heaven than on hell. But, like I said, I'm not religious or anything, and this was just from a video we watched in class, so I could be wrong. For all I know, that was always the purpose of the snake, and it just wasn't recognized until later. At any rate though, metaphors are undoubtedly important, but I think it would be foolish to take any symbol too literally. It's the idea behind the metaphor that you are meant to believe and take into mind.
Snakes are awesome. Just awesome. That is all.

Mr. Zed :
1. It would do you well to not believe everything everyone tells you. Always keep your mind open and make your own decisions. It might be your mother but she isn't always right.

2. Creatures are neither good not bad. Just because some book has a snake doing something evil, no offense to religious people, doesn't make an entire kind of creatures evil. Snakes are part of the world's ecosystem and do the world a favor by controlling rodents and more.

This is an easy question to answer, but difficult to explain.
no, snakes are not "evil". Snakes run pretty much entirely on instinct and memory, and their thought process doesn't allow the complicated thinking required to decide whether to be "good" or "evil". But even saying that, "good" and "evil" are both fluid concepts. An action that is normally considered to be "evil" in some situations is actually "good" and vice versa. Take the Crusades for example...a bunch of fearful, superstitious, medieval men deciding that all who do not follow their god must be exterminated. The Crusades were considered by men to be in the name of "good", but I personally cant imagine a more "evil" reason to start a war. Now flash forward a few hundred years to WWII... again a man rises to power with the intent of starting a war to exterminate all who he deemed inferior. The key difference however is that Hitler was defeated, and thus went down in history as one of the most evil men to have ever lived.
(before finishing this post, I'd like to say that I am not endorsing Nazi-ism or saying that Hitler was not evil, I'm merely using this as an example)
so, in closing, most animals are not capable of being "good" or "evil" because the concept of "good" or "evil" is entirely human.
"good" and "evil" are fluid concepts, and subject to change when viewed differently.
history is written by the winners, and the losing side is usually considered "evil"

P.S.: It might be interesting to point out that the concepts of "good" and "evil" cannot exist unless they both exist. It could never be possible to completely eradicate either side. Balance must always be kept, and all things serve their own purpose.

Despite Biblical stories, anime interpretations, and news reports, I don't really think that snakes are evil. Just like any other animal, they live life based on instincts. I don't think they're evil, but they do have many negative connotations. Some of them seem questionable, since there are quite a few animals that are more banal and dangerous to humanity than snakes.

Snakes, like humans, can have various intentions. They're animals just like we are, though their intentions of good or evil are less apparent because they are not as intelligent as humans, and are driven by instinct. Eat, sleep, mate, don't get killed, repeat.

However, for an organism of any kind to be evil, you first have to define what evil is. What one organism, human or otherwise, may see as evil, it might be a great boon to the other organism. What one organism might see as good, it could bring great pain and destruction to another. Snakes are carnivores, so they eat other organisms. They swallow them whole. I would imagine this is very, very uncomfortable and painful for the other organism, to be swallowed and digested alive. But if the snake doesn't do this, it isn't going to live for very long. Does this mean that snakes are evil by nature? What about wolves, tigers, and anything else carnivorous? And what about humans? The majority of us eat meat too!

Snakes only do this because they have to, not because they're trying to do evil deeds. Can a snake possibly be evil if it doesn't even understand what evil is? I don't think so.

Snakes are dumb animals just like any other. They do not have the capability of being evil any more than an elephant, an insect, or a rock does. This is because in order to be evil, you need to be able to intentionally cause harm to others for the sake of causing harm. No snake can do this. The only time a snake will do anything that could be considered in any way hostile would be if it wanted to protect itself.

No not really I don't believe in any religion which says they are evil as I'm an atheist and therefore I really just think they're like any other predatory animal. That's without bringing up the fact that snakes probably don't even understand what evil is and are driven by instincts.

Snakes are not inherently evil. It is just how people seem to perceive snakes. People have been brought up to believe that snakes are evil, sinful, and generally not good. I happen to like snakes, but I probably would not live with one. Especially if it were poisonous. Poisonous snakes are not evil either. They have to obtain food and survive, just like any other living thing on the planet. So, it all depends on your mindset, but snakes are not evil, they are just another living creature, and one that happens to scare many people.

No. I do not think that snakes are evil. Snakes just have to do what they have to do to survive. When an animal needs to kill other animals to live, or to protect themselves, it is ok. If they need to kill something, let them. Humans kill cows and chickens and all of those,and if snakes are evil, then we are evil. No animal on this planet is evil (except for wasps and those kind of things) so my final opinion is that snakes are not evil.