Because God doesn't favor you; you're fat and lazy… you'll go through life unlucky and invisible. Prayer is important but if you're gunna stand around and look and be useless when you have everything you need then you're also stupid to boot.
It all started in a beautiful Garden so maybe that's a clue for everyone to have their own damn Garden full of herbs, fruits, veggies.
The serpent is code for Eve fucked another cock.