Charleen Nix
Charleen Nix voted up Darik Majoren's answer
Is judaism and Christianity a serpent cult? Moses turns a snake into brass in the desert and heals people and Jesus compares to a snake on a pole. Hermes carried a snake on a pole, Mercury teo snakes on a pol, and Buddha had a serpent above him.

Serpents and Snakes have been symbolic in many religions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)

The definition of "Cult" fits all religions if one regards its initial meaning:


Charleen Nix
Charleen Nix voted up Anonymous' answer
Is judaism and Christianity a serpent cult? Moses turns a snake into brass in the desert and heals people and Jesus compares to a snake on a pole. Hermes carried a snake on a pole, Mercury teo snakes on a pol, and Buddha had a serpent above him.

I looked up "Serpent cult" wondering if that's an actual adjective used to describe a group of religions.  It is not.  But the closest thing I came to was "Snake worship".  Christianity and Judaism is not a religion that worships snakes as gods or overly wholly creatures.

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Charleen Nix
Charleen Nix voted up Ancient Hippy's answer
Is judaism and Christianity a serpent cult? Moses turns a snake into brass in the desert and heals people and Jesus compares to a snake on a pole. Hermes carried a snake on a pole, Mercury teo snakes on a pol, and Buddha had a serpent above him.

The instances you stated in your question are just stories passed down through thousands of years. I'm sure the word serpent is just a synonym for something else.

Charleen Nix
Charleen Nix voted up Darik Majoren's answer
Is judaism and Christianity a serpent cult? Moses turns a snake into brass in the desert and heals people and Jesus compares to a snake on a pole. Hermes carried a snake on a pole, Mercury teo snakes on a pol, and Buddha had a serpent above him.

Serpents and Snakes have been symbolic in many religions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)

The definition of "Cult" fits all religions if one regards its initial meaning: