User blog comment:Dam1730/Not the Ending we were Expecting/@comment-90.201.17.11-20120311234250

Does no one else think that the ending is supposed to be a representation of religion and faith, with the Reapers being some sort of angels carrying out an organic rapture?

The catalyst VI is this universes 'God' if you will. The citadel is heaven - or at least the part of the citadel Shepard is in at the end is - as he 'ascends' there - much in the way that Jesus did in the bible. Destroying the relays makes everyone cut off from one another, meaning that species cannot intermingle and will probably never meet - eliminating the possibility of war (I.e the First Contact War), and the planet that the remainder of the team lands on is a metaphor for paradise (Eden?)

The VI realises that he is no longer omnipotent, and cannot control the universe or it's denizens any longer - and thus gives Shepard the ultimate decision. Does he learn how to control these apocalyptic 'angels,' destroy them and their 'heretic' worshippers (Geth) or grant all sentient life in the galaxy the ultimate gift(?) and essentially let them all become 'ascended' or 'enlightened?'

I'm not religious, so if anyone is offended by my suggestions I apologise - but that is bascally what I have got from the whole Mass Effect series ... Thus far ...