- jack0fhearts
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"Where ere thou hast been, here or in yon world manifest? Canst thou tell what is, or what was, or what is to come? No thing shall last. Yet there are some things that will never change. History is written in blood, yet are battles really lost on the battlefield? Canst thou tell me where thou comest, and where thou goest, and what is, or what was, or what will be? For everything remains, AS IT NEVER WAS."
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
It isn't a mockery of religion, the Covenant merely represent those who are misguided.
Perhaps "mockery" was a little strong. Satirical representation would be more accurate.
However, in terms of assigning Christian figures to elements in the Halo Universe, we run into a couple problems;
-There were several Precursors, which would suggest Polytheism rather than Monotheism, potentially much in the same way that Assassin's Creed has all the ancient Roman Gods as an alien race.
-The Flood (and in turn the Gravemind,) didn't "fall from grace" in any way. If anything they were a "Pandora's Box" of sorts, again another Pagan allegory.
Now, as for the Covenant, they find all of this ancient stuff and completely misinterpret it, and become misled through various issues. Through reading several of the books, we know the Covenant's religion to be a complete lie, one that is upheld for political and personal reasons through the whim of a mad-man. I'll leave my personal insights out at this point, but the Covenant seem to "represent" organized religion, if anything at all.