I would actually bust a gut if American protestantism actually lead to a re-decentralized interpretation of all the dumb shit catholics have spent the past 2 millenia fighting to centralize.
LETS GO CATHARISM! LETS GO MANICHAEISM! LETS GO OPHITES SECTARIANISM!
I want to see them intuit the garden of eden was actually Lucifer's trap for humanity and the snake that persuaded Eve to eat from the fruit of knowledge is an angel of God sent to liberate Adam and Eve through the act of the self-actualization that comes from becoming conscious of good and evil and in turn learning the truth of their existence in utopia is actually a dystopia and the story of them being "cast out" is demonic revisionism meant to trick mankind into seeking the blissful embrace of stagnation in the arms of the Great Satan.
All hail the Snake of God.
Seriously though, in many of the predominant cultures of ancient times, the snake was a symbol of knowledge and transformation. The inclusion of this specific animal in scripture means something. Its not a salamander or a rat or a bird. Its an animal whose ancient symbolic meaning is transforming yourself through the acquisition of knowledge.