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The mutual trust is not a simple goal, and a number of betrayals ensue. | The mutual trust is not a simple goal, and a number of betrayals ensue. | ||
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In season 4 episode 7 "[[the100:Gimme Shelter|Gimme Shelter]]", Bellamy is distraught by not being able to go out and save his sister Octavia, who wandered away from Arkadia before the fall of the Black Rain. He eventually reconciles himself with the situation, stating: "You cannot save someone who doesn't want saving". Beyond the reference to being saved from the Black Rain, there is a reference to the choices that Octavia makes for her own destiny: where she shows her loyalty, where her heart belongs, and whether she still wants to see in Bellamy a loving brother who is looking out for her. Similarly, there can be no salvation on God's part from the slavery of sin where there is no consent and willingness on man's part to welcome God's grace into one's own life. See Saint Augustine "On Grace and Free Will": | |||
* The Ark: a reference to the biblical [[w:Noah's Ark|Noah's Ark]] as narrated in the book of Genesis chapters 6-9, seen as a means of salvation for a portion of humanity in the circumstance of a global disaster which seemingly wiped out the human race. | {{Quote|text=There are some persons who suppose that the freedom of the will is denied whenever God's grace is maintained, and who on their side defend their liberty of will so peremptorily as to deny the grace of God. This grace, as they assert, is bestowed according to our own merits. It is in consequence of their opinions that I wrote the book entitled ''On Grace and Free Will''. This work I addressed to the monks of Adrumetum, in whose monastry first arose the controversy on that subject, and that in such a manner that some of them were obliged to consult me thereon. The work begins with these words: "With reference to those persons who so preach the liberty of the human will."|author=Saint Augustine|title=On Grace and Free Will|source=Book II, Chapter 66}} | ||
* The computer chip with A.L.I.E.'s program is distributed and received on the tongue, to be ingested. It would almost seem a reference to receiving communion during the Eucharistic celebration, however considering that the result is a form of possession, it would almost seem to be more of a reference to a Black Mass. | |||
* The City of Light hints at the idea of a paradise, however it certainly does not have much in common with the Eternal Life of Christian doctrine. Though the state of absence of pain and sorrow might sound a little bit along the lines of {{Bible quote|ref=Apocalypse 7:16-17;21:4}}, however the City of Light only gives an appearance of freedom, when in reality the program A.L.I.E. takes away the free will from any person who takes the pill that creates an implant in the brain, and is consequently quite a deviation from the Paradise of Christian theology in which true charitas reigns above all. The City of Light, instead of bringing fulfillment, brings about a diminution of one's own humanity where memories of loved ones lose all importance. A.L.I.E. could be considered in some way a figure of the [[w:Antichrist|Antichrist]], as mentioned in the New Testament ({{Bible quote|ref=Matthew 24:24}};{{Bible quote|ref=2 Thessalonians 2:7–10}}), seeing she brings many promises of Unity and Happiness, but uses quite unethical means to achieve her goals even to the point of provoking self-inflicted wounds to the point of suicidal death (see [[the100:Fallen|season 3 episode 10 "Fallen"]] where Raven, possessed by A.L.I.E., slits her own wrists in order to force Abby to take the chip and enter the City of Light). | |||
* In season 3 episode 13, Marcus is nailed to a cross for not giving up the location of the small group trying to stop A.L.I.E. by finding Luna and giving her the chip for the second AI. The form of the cross is that of [[w:Andrew the Apostle|Saint Andrew]]'s cross, aka the [[w:Saltire|Saltire]] or Crux Decussata (diagonal cross). Christian tradition has it that Saint Andrew deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been and for this reason was hung on a crux decussata. | ==Religious references== | ||
*The Ark: a reference to the biblical [[w:Noah's Ark|Noah's Ark]] as narrated in the book of Genesis chapters 6-9, seen as a means of salvation for a portion of humanity in the circumstance of a global disaster which seemingly wiped out the human race. | |||
*The computer chip with A.L.I.E.'s program is distributed and received on the tongue, to be ingested. It would almost seem a reference to receiving communion during the Eucharistic celebration, however considering that the result is a form of possession, it would almost seem to be more of a reference to a Black Mass. | |||
*The City of Light hints at the idea of a paradise, however it certainly does not have much in common with the Eternal Life of Christian doctrine. Though the state of absence of pain and sorrow might sound a little bit along the lines of {{Bible quote|ref=Apocalypse 7:16-17;21:4}}, however the City of Light only gives an appearance of freedom, when in reality the program A.L.I.E. takes away the free will from any person who takes the pill that creates an implant in the brain, and is consequently quite a deviation from the Paradise of Christian theology in which true charitas reigns above all. The City of Light, instead of bringing fulfillment, brings about a diminution of one's own humanity where memories of loved ones lose all importance. A.L.I.E. could be considered in some way a figure of the [[w:Antichrist|Antichrist]], as mentioned in the New Testament ({{Bible quote|ref=Matthew 24:24}};{{Bible quote|ref=2 Thessalonians 2:7–10}}), seeing she brings many promises of Unity and Happiness, but uses quite unethical means to achieve her goals even to the point of provoking self-inflicted wounds to the point of suicidal death (see [[the100:Fallen|season 3 episode 10 "Fallen"]] where Raven, possessed by A.L.I.E., slits her own wrists in order to force Abby to take the chip and enter the City of Light). | |||
*In season 3 episode 13, Marcus is nailed to a cross for not giving up the location of the small group trying to stop A.L.I.E. by finding Luna and giving her the chip for the second AI. The form of the cross is that of [[w:Andrew the Apostle|Saint Andrew]]'s cross, aka the [[w:Saltire|Saltire]] or Crux Decussata (diagonal cross). Christian tradition has it that Saint Andrew deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been and for this reason was hung on a crux decussata. | |||
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