Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed the review. :) And yes, Castiel's hypocrisy is really something that frustrates me greatly, and I hope the writers deal with it at some point.
I don't like that they think that they can use the Bible do no research and then bash it when ever they feel like it. Well, I can't quite relate to how you feel, since I am not religious, so here's how I see it: The writers use the bible just like they use every other mythology book. They don't intend to be theologically accurate at all, they simply take what they need from every text they find interesting to tell the story that they want to tell. In fact, for example Jesse's story from 5x06 was mainly based on the book Good Omens by Gaiman&Pratchett. I don't think the writers treat Christianity as a lesser religion by using the bible as a storybook, God, Lucifer, angels and demons and variations thereof are part of many different religions, they simply treat those as fictional characters like they do anything else.
I was really annoyed at Dean's calling Jesse's use of his powers 'awesome' when all of last season he was condemning Sam's powers as evil. The kid is half demon his powers are of the devil and he's supposed to be the antichrist. Where's the good in his powers again? Well, the thing is, Dean didn't condemn Sam powers as evil all of last season. As I pointed out, Dean did make an effort to come to terms with Sam using his powers mid-season, but then Dean was bogged down by his post-hell depression and Sam made a quick slide into darkness and lies because of his addiction and from there it just all went to hell. The point of last season and this episode - well in fact it's an ongoing theme since S1 - is that it's our choices that define us, not our blood or destiny. The powers don't make Jesse evil, just like Sam's powers never made Sam evil. He made a row of bad choices, yes, but Sam never turned evil. :)
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Re: I believe the children are our future
Date: 2009-10-23 09:40 pm (UTC)I don't like that they think that they can use the Bible do no research and then bash it when ever they feel like it.
Well, I can't quite relate to how you feel, since I am not religious, so here's how I see it: The writers use the bible just like they use every other mythology book. They don't intend to be theologically accurate at all, they simply take what they need from every text they find interesting to tell the story that they want to tell. In fact, for example Jesse's story from 5x06 was mainly based on the book Good Omens by Gaiman&Pratchett. I don't think the writers treat Christianity as a lesser religion by using the bible as a storybook, God, Lucifer, angels and demons and variations thereof are part of many different religions, they simply treat those as fictional characters like they do anything else.
I was really annoyed at Dean's calling Jesse's use of his powers 'awesome' when all of last season he was condemning Sam's powers as evil. The kid is half demon his powers are of the devil and he's supposed to be the antichrist. Where's the good in his powers again?
Well, the thing is, Dean didn't condemn Sam powers as evil all of last season. As I pointed out, Dean did make an effort to come to terms with Sam using his powers mid-season, but then Dean was bogged down by his post-hell depression and Sam made a quick slide into darkness and lies because of his addiction and from there it just all went to hell. The point of last season and this episode - well in fact it's an ongoing theme since S1 - is that it's our choices that define us, not our blood or destiny. The powers don't make Jesse evil, just like Sam's powers never made Sam evil. He made a row of bad choices, yes, but Sam never turned evil. :)