Final Fantasy & Religion

[Fynn]

I cannot believe Kefka wasn't mentioned here. His final battle is a sort of mockery of the Divine Comedy with the tiers representing Hell (with Kefka-Satan from waist up, as described by Dante), Purgatory (the tortured naked people, again, Dante) and Heaven (here Kefka is doing a full-blown pieta, complete with Mary). After climbing all of these layers, Dante met God. Whom does the party meet? Kefka, who has attained godlike power. I always thought he raised the whole monument as a mockery of religion, considering his nihilistic views, as he believes his power makes him the only one worthy of being called "God". I kinda like the symbolism of this fight and there's no denying this was intentional.

Besides that, can't really say they made some purposeful allegories to Christianity. Except maybe X. As mentioned before, it's this "evil church" stereotype that's dominant here and which has become pretty much cliched in recent years (and quite clumsilly, IMO, it's like most people there are in there for the evulz, whereas, ie. Xenogears had legitimately good people within it, even if all of it was a facade). Considering all the other references, though, I agree with Forsaken Lover - they're just gratuitous stuff thrown in there for the coolness factor, like in NGE.

BTW, I'm Catholic. Don't flame me