Fear of Snakes and Spiders Rooted in Evolution?

Recently Arne Ohman and his colleagues have conducted an experiment to show that "fear of snakes and spiders has been shaped by evolution, stretching back to a time when early mammals had to survive and breed in a environment dominated by reptiles, some of which were deadly." I strongly disagree with this statement. Because their beliefs involve evolution, I have a problem with their conclusions. There remain different ways to interpret the data of this experiment. God's Word addresses the subject of the fear of snakes, and I will explain that evolution could not have occurred.

for the experiment, researchers had psychology students from the Karolinska Institute, sit in front of a slide show. When the students identified an object on the screen they pressed a button with the object's name on it. By pressing the buttons, which had different words on them, the researchers knew how fast they could identify the images. Most of the students had identified the snakes and spiders faster than the mushrooms an flowers. Arne Ohman concluded that mammals had to learn what was dangerous so they could survive an that evolution equipped mammals with this ability.

Instead of the researchers' evolutionary interpretation, the Bible gives a different perspective on this subject. Genesis 3:14 says. "The LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life.'" This says that God cursed the snake after tempting Eve. In verse 15, He talks to Adam, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." These verses show us that God placed the fear of snakes in us after Adam and Eve disobeyed Him.

Another counter-example to disprove the researchers' finding consists of the falsehood of the theory of evolution. I have three pieces of evidence to prove it. First, the earth contains no evolutionary history or fossil record. Second, the evolutionary "Geological Column" includes 13 different levels of the earth, but scientists got them from all over the globe, but not in the order of the Geological Column. Evidence does not support the Geological Column because 95% of all the fossil record consists of only clams and oysters. Last, scientists did research on the cytochrome C of various animals, which include, yeast, wheat, silkworm moths, tuna, pigeons, and horses. Evolution would have it that the yeast would have the least difference from the bacteria. Studies showed that the yeast differed from the bacteria's cytochrome C by 69%, while the difference between the horse and the bacteria's cytochrome C came to 64%!

My argument shows the unsoundness of Ohman's and his colleagues conclusion. Their evidence does not lead to their conclusions. They just added evolution in to support their idea to kick God out of the picture. God says He put the fear of snakes in us after Adam and Eve sinned. There will remain enmity between man and snakes until the return of Christ.