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Subject: The Great Journey = Heaven; The Flood = Hell

We know that the forerunnners could access higher dimensions through their consciousness and use it to share information

We know that the flood is a group consciousness which must be connected through some higher dimension

We know that the Forerunner would have died when the Halo array destroyed their brains, but since they spoke of something called The Great Journey it sems they had somewhere to escape to

Basically they figured out how to transfer their neural consciousness into a completely new domain in a higher dimension. They were no longer in the galaxy, per se, because they had left physical space completely. They had become, in essence, angels.

This ties up a few things.
Firstly gives the title of the series, Halo, a lot more significance.
Secondly, brings the ideas of heaven and hell into the fold, which had been mysteriously absent in a fictional universe otherwise rich in Christian analogies.
Thirdly, it explains why the MasterChief was so 'lucky' - because the Forerunner are literally watching over him like angels. Christians believe angels are all around us giving invisible protection.
Fourthly, we can now explain the Captive/Gravemind. He is Satan/Lucifer. He was expelled from Heaven by the Precursors (who would have been transdimensional beings all along) for trying to take over, and sentenced to a nether realm. But he created hell/The Flood, and began to harvest souls for all eternity. Cf. "I am a ,monument to all your sins" "A sentence I never deserved"

Being part of the flood would be hell - you would have no freedom to do anything, except canibalize other people, and it would go on forever.

  • 02.06.2011 3:57 PM PDT
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That's a pretty interesting theory. I wish I had thought of that. Much respect.

  • 02.06.2011 4:19 PM PDT

I'm agent Nahman Jayden, eff-bee-eye.

Halo is religous? Damn, time to sell it now.

  • 02.06.2011 4:21 PM PDT

Awesome. Good to see other share my views on the incredible symbolism.

  • 02.06.2011 4:28 PM PDT

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Interesting theory.

Only time will tell if it is valid.

  • 02.06.2011 5:06 PM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

The Great Journey is fake so it couldn't be heaven. I guess The Flood could be Hell, though. But, that's all figurative stuff.

  • 02.06.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
The Great Journey is fake so it couldn't be heaven.
The great journey is fake, so it is heaven.

  • 02.06.2011 5:28 PM PDT

It's not fake it's just that the Covenant did not understand what the Forerunners really meant by it

  • 02.06.2011 5:30 PM PDT
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This is a pretty good theory. It would also open up the idea of the Forerunners sacrificing themselves to save everyone as symbolism for Jesus.

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Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
The Great Journey is fake so it couldn't be heaven.
The great journey is fake, so it is heaven.


Are you hating on Christianity?

  • 02.06.2011 6:39 PM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.


Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
The Great Journey is fake so it couldn't be heaven.
The great journey is fake, so it is heaven.

Don't be hatin' on Catholicism and Christianity.

  • 02.06.2011 6:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9

Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
The Great Journey is fake so it couldn't be heaven.
The great journey is fake, so it is heaven.

Don't be hatin' on Catholicism and Christianity.


Thank you.

  • 02.06.2011 6:46 PM PDT

Me not hatin, Halo 2 is.

Also, "catholicism and christianity"?

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Posted by: Mutoid Log
Me not hatin, Halo 2 is.

Also, "catholicism and christianity"?


You were hating, and learn to freaking speak.

  • 02.06.2011 6:54 PM PDT