It is heavily implied in texts found in the course of the game (that is,
Silent Hill 3) that the religion of the cultists is vastly different from its original incarnation. It is said that when it fell into the hands of immigrants, it was deeply influenced by their own Christian beliefs. For example, the traditional representatives of the primal gods were given the names and descriptions of Christian angels (such as Metatron). Thus, shared characteristics begin to appear.
According to the game designers, the form of the god of the cultists, sometimes called the Creator of Paradise or the Lord of Serpents and Reeds, changes because the form it takes is projected by the minds of those who summon it. For example, when Claudia summoned it in
Silent Hill 3, it took the form of Alessa (Claudia's best friend and her personal savior). However, the game designers have also implied that the god of the cultists does not actually exist, that it is simply a delusion brought to life by Silent Hill's power, like many of the other creatures in the game. Like everything else in the series, the truth about the religion of the cultists is open to interpretation.
The only thing we know for sure is that the town of Silent Hill possesses some sort of power. The land the town stands on had always been considered sacred by its former inhabitants. Although it seems that its power was not originally evil in nature, its power has been distorted by a number of tragic events that occurred in the town that was built upon that land (including an epidemic and executions at the prison). Furthermore, due to the large-scale shift to the Otherworld that occurred in the first game, the town has become a great catalyst for the manifestations of people's subconscious minds. It is a place that beckons to those who hold darkness in their hearts.
Also, I thought I'd mention something about this sigil, which appears many times in
Silent Hill 3.
This sigil represents the deity known as the Halo of the Sun (which, of course, implies that, in its original incarnation, the god of the cultists in Silent Hill was a solar deity). According to texts found in the course of the game, the two outer circles represent charity and resurrection and the three inner circles represent present, past, and future. It said that it is usually drawn in red, occasionally in black or other colors, but blue reverses the meaning into a curse on the god and is therefore forbidden.
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