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Posted by: Wolverfrog
I don't think the series actually wants to be spiritual and talk about divine powers and realms as if they exist. Halo seems to try to do the exact opposite of that, in fact.
it is all symbolic, like how the Thel's persecution and reinstatement as a hero for the Covenant as "Arbiter" is like Christ's crucifixion and rebirth a few days later (and Thel's persecution looked almost exactley like the Crucifixion, in the way he was strung up by the wrists in the shape of a cross.)
How the Ark was where all beings in the galaxy for Halo and the earth for the Bible both were the only way to survive an all consuming Flood.
don't know if you've ever seen thispage, but its got a whole list of how biblical Halo really is.
So it would actually seem it IS trying to instill at least some sort of religious-spiritual mindset. Is the entire premise for all of the major conflicts in Halo not based on the religious, spiritual, and faiths of civilizations?
The Covenant's searching for spiritual answers through the Great Journey
The Forerunners unwavering and blind worship of the Precursors and the Mantle of Life (and how that was there down fall)
All of Humanity's faith poured into a small group of near mythical super-soldiers
Halo is grounded very much in spirituality, but the thing is its not very obvious; its all hidden in obscure symbolism, but its there.
What we've seen, and how it can arguably be considered to be the opposite of spirituality, is a "realistic" view. Other stories take things too literally; thats why I like Halo so much.
Halo isn't filled with Chariots in the Sky, or Lightning Bolts from Heaven; it is based more in our small, insignificant interpretation of things far-- far --greater then us, things we can't comprehend.
So of course it'll appear as if this isn't a spiritual story; its how we percieve things in the modern world. But if you open your eyes and look at how truly deep this story really goes, you might just be amazed at what you'll find.
So it may not be a straight up story of religion on the exterior, but it is--at its deepest, most obscure core--something that definetly touches the religious side of things.
Remember: Halo is known for its obscurity, for its vast mysteries that we can't fully comprehend even ten years later.
I'm not saying you're ever going to see Jesus himself come down from Heaven and battle the Devil, but a symbolic event similar to that could happen.
And does the word "Tran-Sentient" not imply some sort of power we cannot comprehend? Does the ability to wipe out the entire galaxy with the push of a button not sound like playing God? Does accelerating Evolution and the Precursors apparently creating Humanity and the Forerunners "in their image" not imply some sort of god-like power (Even almost word for word taking something out of modern Religions)?
and on a less philosophical note: Does it HAVE to be spiritual for there to be gods and demons? Like the Ancients in Stargate, those guys from Warhammer 40K, etc.
Gods=/="praise Jesus"
It could also less symobolically be a simple plot element.
Posted by: Wolverfrog
Ascend to what, though?
Don't know, that's why it was an assumption. See, I, like you, enjoy thinking up random thoughts and opinions based on limted evidence, and seeing if they end up ammounting to anything.