Is religion not important in We're Alive?

[Kc]

Ok, names are just names.

Not all names are just "names"

[LiamKerrington]

Not all names are just "names"

Mkay.

[Kc]

For instance, and I can mention this now, Angel's father is modeled after a real person with a VERY similar name. Someone was very close to finding out who that person was on the forum somewhere... but I'll save that post and topic for another thread.

[7oddisdead]

*scratches beard...

[yarri]

*scratches beard...

Is it beard season?

[7oddisdead]

Is it beard season?

it is most definitely beard season

[yarri]

it is most definitely beard season

Tis the season to be fuzzy.

[YetAnotherBloodyCheek]

Ok, names are just names.
But wrapping my mind around the meaning of religion in thw WA-verse is pretty hard, as it had no (major) role in the show so far. And the only things I see are just two things: a few names with a possible religious inclination as well as the cursing ... That's the only two things connecting WA with religion or religious question - and that only, if you choose this pass of interpretation.

But wondering about the meta-question whether to forgive re-turned (cured) humans or to treat them like shit is somewhat challenging. And I wonder why there is a distinction between zombies and re-turned humans anyway. Since zombies in WA are living beings - especially according to the judgement of Tanya - the more important question would be: Why treat zombies like shit, although they still are human? OR better that way: What exactly makes the zeehs inhuman allowing anyone to shoot them on first sight - based on moral, ethics and religious beliefs? Wasn't there an article around on the WWW about the top ten bible-quotes that refer to something like zombies???

Well, anyway ... Way to much for me. Plz, forgive my rambling ...

All the best!
Liam

Nice one, Liam!
Interesting question.

[LiamKerrington]

@Kc: Still okay; my final conclusion was about the names relating to religion; thus names are just names in WA-verse, as I understand it (now).
@YetAnotherBloodyCheek: Thank you. A friend pointed me to this some weeks ago. He told me something like this: "The zombie-genre is kind of thankful, because you can shoot humans in the face without risking complications with ethics, moral and religious beliefs. ANd I think: He is right. Just look at the amount of games (video-, board- and card-games), movies, graphic and text novels and narrations and the many, many blogs, wikis, websites dedicated to this topic ... It is kind of hilarious. And you may raise the question: Is this the expression of a subconscious hatred of humans?
To be frank and honest: Your questions are really, really challenging, may only scratch the real issue behind it and stuff ... But somehow I consider them a deathtrap as well, because you might make this whole genre far too complicated. You got the idea, where I am aiming at?

Liam

[YetAnotherBloodyCheek]

@Liam, one of my friends is actually a law student and really an expert for complicated questions. I guess that I simply follow his footsteps...