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Originally Posted by DaveInOz

I'm defiantly not a theologian or an expert on religious symbology but I believe that the deamonisation of the snake was a deliberate act by the head of the Christian church in Rome, (one of the Caesars) very early in Christian history.

In order to make the Christian hierarchy more powerful they made the symbols of other (pagan) religions' signs of evil, or incorporated them.

The snake was (is) one of the most powerful pagan symbols, along with the cup and rod, the goat, the pentangle etc. Generations of linking snakes to evil has ingrained the association in our culture and built on our very sensible fear of anything that can hurt us.

ps any fundamentalist Christian or Jews that have a problem with this, I'm sorry and fully realise I'm going to hell.

Of cause youll go to hell for stating the bleeding obvious. Isnt that the whole thing, youve obviuosly been listening in scripture, you just wheren't buying. [like myself] Well at least I'll have somone to keep me comany if "they" aren't lying.