Theory about Eren: a reference to the Anti-Christ

FloRathalos said:
Hello everyone, I would like to share you a theory I just imagined about Eren.

First of all, I'd like to add that I do NOT think that this is actually what the author tried to represent. I really want to precise that I DON'T THINK Hajime Isayama did want to represent Eren as the Anti-Christ, BUT, there is a lot of things that do not appear as coincidences to me.

I'd also like to say that I am myself catholic, so my opinion might seem biased, but, this theory is in fact theologic by nature so please do not get offended if it doesn't fit your religious believes.

START OF THE THEORY:
First of all, Eldia is very similar to Israel. A unique people that has been hated and humiliated for centuries, that were hated so much that they were sent in their own country, to be left there with no interactions with the outside world.

These people share one thing: their ancestry, something the jews are very proud of, and of course, in real life, jews are not connected, and are not a different race, but eldians in shingeki no kyojin are their own kind of people and are all connected by the same God and blood.

Now, about the outside world, Mahr represents to me obviously the nazis. They want to eliminate eldians as quick as possible, they wear a red bandana on the arm, they are an authoritarian power that humiliates and discriminate eldians and they even force them to wear a yellow bandana with a star on it (similar to the star of David), and they have their own party's youth dedicated to eliminate the eldians.

So why would Eren be the Anti-Christ?

In the christian Bible, the Anti-Christ is represented as a false savior, someone that will lead people, and especially jews who rejected who we think is the true messiah, Jesus-Christ, and are starving for a new messiah, they would accept anyone, we can see that Eren is presented as a savior of his people, of the Eldian people, he also has long hair similar to Jesus.
But most importantly, he has hatred. He is terribly hateful and he wants to destroy the whole world. "I'll kill them all", what he has always repeated turns out to have a very different sense, in some way, those that praise him and wish for eldian supremacy could be compared to orthodox jews who wish for the kingdom of Israel to dominate the world and gentiles to be inferior and treated as strangers, or even slaves.

So that is why I see in Eren a reference to what could be the anti-christ, a false hope of a savior which is in fact, the worst threat humanity has ever known.

Of course, we know (or at least where I am at in the series) that Eren does not care about the eldian people and the eldian supremacy, but only of his friends, and if he wants eldian supremacy and the extincition of other races, it is only for the purpose of giving his beloved friends a future without war and conflict, so that they can be happy and live their lives fully, but I hope you did like my thread and if you have thought about it or enjoyed it, tell me :))

deg said:
Isyama repeatedly calls Eren the Devil of Earth anyway and the Eldians as Devils

-Nir- said:

leave anime and fiction aside for a minute. I really hope you didn't mean it that way, but wth do u mean by wish to dominate the world? you actually think that's the intention? it's how it is in aot and no further. it's just insult to my race tbh if you actually think that way. I'm sincerely hope I got you wrong tho

dark_knight107 said:
Here's some interesting stuff I just wanted to share after reading your theory :-

FloRathalos said:


Wow, incredible, these screens are mind blowing

FloRathalos said:


Wow, incredible, these screens are mind blowing

FloRathalos said:
Hello everyone, I would like to share you a theory I just imagined about Eren.

First of all, I'd like to add that I do NOT think that this is actually what the author tried to represent. I really want to precise that I DON'T THINK Hajime Isayama did want to represent Eren as the Anti-Christ, BUT, there is a lot of things that do not appear as coincidences to me.

I'd also like to say that I am myself catholic, so my opinion might seem biased, but, this theory is in fact theologic by nature so please do not get offended if it doesn't fit your religious believes.

START OF THE THEORY:
First of all, Eldia is very similar to Israel. A unique people that has been hated and humiliated for centuries, that were hated so much that they were sent in their own country, to be left there with no interactions with the outside world.

These people share one thing: their ancestry, something the jews are very proud of, and of course, in real life, jews are not connected, and are not a different race, but eldians in shingeki no kyojin are their own kind of people and are all connected by the same God and blood.

Now, about the outside world, Mahr represents to me obviously the nazis. They want to eliminate eldians as quick as possible, they wear a red bandana on the arm, they are an authoritarian power that humiliates and discriminate eldians and they even force them to wear a yellow bandana with a star on it (similar to the star of David), and they have their own party's youth dedicated to eliminate the eldians.

So why would Eren be the Anti-Christ?

In the christian Bible, the Anti-Christ is represented as a false savior, someone that will lead people, and especially jews who rejected who we think is the true messiah, Jesus-Christ, and are starving for a new messiah, they would accept anyone, we can see that Eren is presented as a savior of his people, of the Eldian people, he also has long hair similar to Jesus.
But most importantly, he has hatred. He is terribly hateful and he wants to destroy the whole world. "I'll kill them all", what he has always repeated turns out to have a very different sense, in some way, those that praise him and wish for eldian supremacy could be compared to orthodox jews who wish for the kingdom of Israel to dominate the world and gentiles to be inferior and treated as strangers, or even slaves.

So that is why I see in Eren a reference to what could be the anti-christ, a false hope of a savior which is in fact, the worst threat humanity has ever known.

Of course, we know (or at least where I am at in the series) that Eren does not care about the eldian people and the eldian supremacy, but only of his friends, and if he wants eldian supremacy and the extincition of other races, it is only for the purpose of giving his beloved friends a future without war and conflict, so that they can be happy and live their lives fully, but I hope you did like my thread and if you have thought about it or enjoyed it, tell me :))

Vivek_DxD said:

who is the monster and the girl in the last pic?
is that eve in the garden of eden?

RylanStix said:
Wow, this theory makes a lot of sense. I feel like in the back of my head while watching Season 4, I knew there was some kind of potential Christian parallel, but this theory feels like it hit the nail on the head. Thanks for this!

FloRathalos said:


I think before the religious parallel the most obvious one is the nazi-jewish conflict

EternalScar said:
If your entire evidence is the similarity to orthodox jews, then bring evidence to the similarity. The Israel analogy is true, but AoT has almost nothing to do with Christianity. It's only since AoT has taken a lot from Judaism, and Christianity is based on Judaism.

-Nir- said:

leave anime and fiction aside for a minute. I really hope you didn't mean it that way, but wth do u mean by wish to dominate the world? you actually think that's the intention? it's how it is in aot and no further. it's just insult to my religion tbh if you actually think that way. I'm sincerely hope I got you wrong tho

E_Abot05 said:

Agreed.
OP’s train of thought is weird, and as another Jewish person I think I have full authority to say this, but Orthodox Jews do not in fact rule the world. I think they come from a place of misunderstanding, instead of hate, though I thought I should make the inaccuracy clear.

elderonn said:

leave anime and fiction aside for a minute. I really hope you didn't mean it that way, but wth do u mean by wish to dominate the world? you actually think that's the intention? it's how it is in aot and no further. it's just insult to my race tbh if you actually think that way. I'm sincerely hope I got you wrong tho

Hatreddd said:
anti-semitic*

(30 char limit)

FloRathalos said:


All christians and christianity is anti-semitic then because we think the Anti-Christ is gonna be jewish that's it, I told it that my theory would be biased but it's based on theology anyway so don't get offended and get out

Hatreddd said:


>christians and christianity is anti-semitic


may explain and source? i'm not one of them btw.

FloRathalos said:


There are a lot of jews who still think like that todays, that does not include all jews but only "orthodox jews", they follow the deuteronomy laws, they sacrifice animals for the redemption of sins, they wish blasphemers to be stoned, and gentiles to be treated differently or even as slaves, and they want Israel to be the top nation dominating the world, that is of course terrible extremists but no one said every jew was practicing it this way?

elderonn said:

What the hell are you talking about? Sacrificing animals? What? I live in Israel and there is nothing like that. Don’t talk about religion and any subject that you are not reasonably informed about.

FloRathalos said:


I am not reasonably informed? That's literally MY religion too, that is what God asked to the people of Israel before Jesus-Christ came on earth, but jews do not believe in the new covenant so they should follow the old covenant laws, and in the old covenant laws, it was not Christ' body and blood that was sacrified but animals, men and women sacrified animals and offered their blood to YHWH for the redemption of their sins, this is not practiced anymore today in Israel but this is what is asked in the Bible

FloRathalos said:


I am not reasonably informed? That's literally MY religion too, that is what God asked to the people of Israel before Jesus-Christ came on earth, but jews do not believe in the new covenant so they should follow the old covenant laws, and in the old covenant laws, it was not Christ' body and blood that was sacrified but animals, men and women sacrified animals and offered their blood to YHWH for the redemption of their sins, this is not practiced anymore today in Israel but this is what is asked in the Bible