Blainer you are so far off base I don't know where to begin. I have a good personal friend who was a medical missionary in Africa. For many years he medically treated people, started churches, hospitals, clinics, etc., He told me the snake on the medical symbol goes back to witchcraft, etc..
DavidM, our resident scholar, do you know anything about the medical symbol?
Jesus referred to the Pharisees as a generation of vipers. Right, I agree. I now refer to Mormonism as generations of vipers. Vipers who refuse to put the cross on the top of their buildings.
Blainer) Ever see the serpent on a rod as symbol of the medical
profession on a doctor's license plate? The serpent alludes to the
BENIGN serpent Moses raised up on a rod for the Children of Israel to
look upon with faith to be healed of the wounds recieved by the poisonous
vipers that were biting them. Many died, however, because of failure to
take such simple measures as to look upon the benign serpent. A serpent
as a symbol of Jesus Christ is not so far-fetched after all, huh? Didn't
Jesus refer to the Pharisees as "a generation of vipers?" He was
alluding to the vipers of Moses' time, and it was therefore understood
that the benign serpent Moses raised up symbolized Jesus Christ.
Quetzalcoatl was called the serpent God, and had plumes emanating from
his head to symbolize the light that came from Jesus as he ministered to
these people.
