[EVA]Jesus, Jesus Everywhere

[Rachel K. Clark]

<< And as the people who worked on Evangelion have already stated, they used 
Christian (Gnostic Christianity to be precise, which is generaly considered 
a heretical sect by most christian traditions) imagery because it seems 
exotic to most Japanese, as Christians in japan are a very small minority, 
and most Japanese know little about Christianity >>

I haven't done an investigation into Gnosticism, but what is the basis for 
your claim? Many of the religious/esoteric references can be pinpointed, 
without too much effort, to the Old and New Testament, Judaic apocrypha, and 
the bounty of Kabbalistic tradition.

>  So no, there is NO Christ figure in Eva.

The references and allusions to Christ seem fairly blatant, at the very 
least. Gendo even uses an alternate description for the Human 
Instrumentality Project that is pulled straight from Jesus Land -- that is, 
/kami e no michi/, the Way/Path to God. More here: 
http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5819443#post5819443

--Reichu