[Alex Murphy]

I demonstrated in the span of little more than an hour, that Christians are hypocrates, that judge others based on their own beliefs-and their beliefs have very little to do with the written word.

I find this chatter4 post, found in the comments under his YouTube video "Who or what is Lucifer? Pt 1", to be IMO more illuminating than all of his posts on FR combined. Check it out:

The serpent has always been the symbol of enlightenment, but in the Bible, the serpent is a symbol of both good and evil. Look at the story of St. Patrick destroying the serpents in Ireland. What he did in fact is bring Roman Catholism to the isle, and destroyed those that knew the truth.

[Grunthor]

My post at 57 seems even more accurate given your most recent, Alex.

[raybbr]

I checked some of the other videos, too. Honestly, people who think like this should be shunned like the Westboro tribe.

[OneWingedShark]

He's not 100% wrong; yet, because of his overly pedantic attitude I'll "language lawyer" a bit. He said: "The serpent has always been the symbol of enlightenment, but in the Bible, the serpent is a symbol of both good and evil. Look at the story of St. Patrick destroying the serpents in Ireland. What he did in fact is bring Roman Catholism to the isle, and destroyed those that knew the truth." The serpent is a symbol of WISDOM in the bible, not 'enlightenment,' else why would Jesus say "be as wise as serpents, yet as harmless as doves."? In the bible the serpent is also a symbol of the devil, but in those cases the bible is pretty consistent in flatly saying so (see Revelation). The serpent has heavy connections with pagan religions and therein is commonly given an association with fertility (because of their many eggs). The story of St Patrick could be seen as banishing those snakes, the ones connected with paganism... or it could be taken literally, James [the book] says that our faith is useless if we, seeing a brother or sister naked and destitute, say "be warm and well-fed" yet do nothing to help them with nakedness and lack of sustenance. I have some HUGE disagreements with Roman Catholics on theological matters. (The perpetual virginity of Mary, praying *to* saints & angles, etc.) Yet I am reluctant/loathe to take a broad brush and say "all Roman Catholics are not Christians." As a case in point, Mother Theressa is very likely much more of a Christian in her bearing and attitude and impact than I will ever be... and she WAS Roman Catholic. The same could be said of Mormonism, there are things there that are as disturbing and incorrect as the Catholic church's embraced theology. HOWEVER, I do see that they try/strive to live a more moral life than many "nominal Christians." One thing the Mormon Church does do that far surpasses other Christian churches [as a denomination] in America is making people feel like they belong/are-needed/are-useful; look at how they assign jobs (like landscaping or building maintainence) among their congregants. Jesus said that "a city set on a hill cannot be hid" and likewise we see light banishing the darkness wherever it is present. So even if there is a lot of crap in Roman Catholicism or Mormonism or 'nominal Christianity' so long as there is even a hint of the redemptive power of Jesus' work there is a chance that a sinner may come to god through that organization: this is the power of Jesus Christ, who is the Light of the World.