[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Well, it started as a referendum on the christianity, the concept of forgiveness, and the commercialization of the church and Christ. It said, to me at least, "Y'all may be paying lip service to the whole bible thing, but the God in the bible is clearly not the God you're worshiping. So what DOES the god you're worshiping really look like?"

That brings it up to the point where Jesus scales the red tower. That's a bit of a transition point, the character definitely lost his identity as Jesus from there. I'll admit to being a bit lost as to what exactly was meant by the removing of that thing from him, perhaps simply a return to his mortal state, to re-experience this new world he was resurrected in. And then it became an exploration of the spiritual journey, of the concepts of meditation and higher consciousness, as well as throwing in some sarcastic social commentary for fun. And the message in the end was, while it's always important to open your eyes and mind to the reality that our earthly needs, wants, emotions, and desires are largely, if not entirely, of our own making, that it does not invalidate the human experience.

That's my read. It was obviously not a particularly literal storyline, and can certainly be seen in a very different light than I saw it in, but it had a very linear progression of events, following a single character through a pretty discrete journey.

I fell asleep just trying to read that.

I think I'll go with ISM's review on this one...