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(Contains spoilers.) One of the many things I love about GOT is its honest portrayal of human behaviour. The show really expresses the dangers of religious extremism and taking things too far. Even in this make-believe world, everyone believes that ‘their’ God; be it the Seven Gods, the Lord of Light, the Many Faced God or the Drowned God, is the ‘true’ God.
Season 5 showed scenes that really depicted the horrors of religion to the point where I could barely watch. One scene is where Stannis Baratheon’s daughter is burned alive as a ‘sacrifice’ to the Lord of Light. Lady Melisandre, a fanatic of her ‘Lord’, believes that in order for them to win Winterfell, they need to sacrifice Princess Shireen. (Just as she felt they ‘needed’ to sacrifice others for this Lord of Light). It’s one of the more disturbing scenes of the show (and there are a ton). What’s sadder is when Queen Selsye runs to save her only daughter, clearly regretting her agreement regardless of her beliefs, she is pushed back. King Stannis turns away, expressionless as his daughter is killed in the name of religion.
Luckily, not all people are ‘radical’ followers of their religion; i.e. most people in the world of GOT and real life don’t follow their Holy Books of Bullshit down to a t. I think it’s nice and ironic that in the show there are all these different religions and Gods with us as viewers not knowing which is ‘right’. I believe a ‘God’ is as real in Game of Thrones as it is in our world. (Though I suppose you could say George R R. Martin is the true God of Game of Thrones, as he created it). People truly believe that their beliefs and their God is real, making them atheist to all of the other possible ‘Gods’ out there. When you step back and take them all for what they are, you realise that perhaps maybe none of them are right and have all been invented by humans to ‘explain’ things we can’t understand.
good post
Thank you!