>>7455604
It's a natural human process to consolidate archetypical stories into a single overarching super-ordinate principle.
The Pharisees essentially hijacked Christianity during the existence of Rome. They used it as a tool, yes, to consolidate power behind the new pharohs, the emperors of rome.
What you're explaining is the essence of the Adam and Eve story.
Evil (the snake) attacks child (the apple) which is symbolically represented as receiving the apple of knowledge (loss of investment, emotional and physical, in child).
This evil was the catalyst for the enlistment of man (sharing of the apple) to form the family unit.
The Cult (the snake) sees itself as the energizer, the thing to run from, for the focus of the people. It's pure evil, but they justify it.
That's the whole idea of the awakening. Being aware of the world from a high enough view that evil isn't needed to drive society development.
All we need is selfless help of one another, in service to the truth.
That's going to be a tumultuous transition, if not world ending.