The internet tends to have huge sticks up their asses when dealing with any theme even remotely religious, so yeah some people took this episode way too seriously.
I really liked it, I think this episode is the tipping point when the animation and stories start climbing to a whole 'nother level. From this point on, some really crazy awesome stuff is coming up.
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'You are obviously intelligent and insightful' - Sir Chris about me