LOL no but I did get the feeling that they were talking about Christ. When Richard is talking about how he feels now that the man he followed has died it made me think about how the disciples must have felt when Christ died. It just seemed like they were alluding to that, but maybe I am making a big leap.
Then, when they discussed one of them (Jacob) thinking humans were good and the other guy thinking they were naturally bad, it made me think of Christian theology. I haven’t read the thread yet, but that was what struck me.
There have been a lot of Christian overtones in this series. Not sure about how accurate the theology is, though. :)