Here will be a discussion of the true meaning of Skyrim based on events in the game. I made a similar thread in General Discussion but it gone. It probably got removed because it is not considered an appropriate topic for General Discussions. I will post about my theory of the true meaning soon after analyzing notes I took on a Skyrim video.

I have college today, but I will have time to post my theory this afternoon(In the US Eastern Time Zone)

The reason I made this post is because guy on another site challenged me to take notes on a YouTube video of Skyrim gameplay and find out the true meaning of the video.

The true meaning is the atheist struggle for a better society. The Stormcloaks are fighting for the freedom to worship Talos, which the Empire at the behest of the Thalmor has forbidden considering it to be idolatry as Talos was once a mortal man called Tiber Septim which is a metaphor for the atheists venerating mankind instead of worshipping deities. The Thalmor and Empire are religious oppressors.

The player is a rebel because he chooses to go with the Stormcloaks instead of the Empire. He also says Jesus Christ when surprised in the game, showing he is rebellious against religion by saying the Lord’s name in vain.

He is a good strategist knowing what weapons and potions to get, what armor to put on, what items to sell, and that getting a horse is a good idea for transportation and for helping with battling enemies. He is also sneaky and tries to find and kill enemies such as wolves before they can attack him. His strategies is a metaphor for how atheists are good at preparing for debates with religious fundies.

The improvements in the special edition is a metaphor how atheism causes progress in society.

He goes up a snowy hill to Bleak Falls Barrow to retrieve the golden claw and fights against dangerous enemies there such as one who threw his shield very far. It symbolizes how the struggle for atheism is a hard struggle.

Him discovering the Watchtower is a metaphor for how atheist scientists have made new discoveries.

He being the Dragonborn and having the ability to practice and use dragonshouts is a metaphor for how atheists take credit for their own achievements instead of attributing them to God.
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The player finding it weird that the wolf has a garnet on is a metaphor for how atheists ponder and try to solve the mysteries of the universe instead of saying that God did it.

Him not giving the potion to Lydia because she doesn’t deserve it is a metaphor for how there are many charlatan megachurch leaders and televangelists who earn a ton of money that they do not deserve.

The Dragonborn learning to use the gifts of the Dragon shouting fulfillment of his destiny, is a metaphor for how atheists believe that you need to use your own effort to fulfill your destiny instead of relying on God.

The word of power Whirlwind gives him the ability to sprint very fast which is useful when getting through closing gates in Ustengrav. Delphine gets dressed in her traveling gear instantly. It is a metaphor for how atheists in debates need to act quickly.

Him not being distracted by a quest in Morthal is a metaphor for how atheists should not fall for the religious fundie trick of using red herrings.

Him being jump-scared by a skeleton that was meant to be dead is a metaphor for how religious fundies can catch atheists off guard in debates, so they must be careful.

Lydia being a hero, risking their life fighting the draugr despite having arrows in her is a metaphor for how many atheists are heroes for revealing their atheism and risking alienation by religious friends and family.

Delphine admitting to taking the horn and the player being surprised by it is a metaphor for sneaky tactics atheists can use in debates.

The Dragon Alduin and the return of the Dragons is a metaphor for Satan in the end times. Delphine suspecting that the Thalmor are behind the return of the dragons is a metaphor for how atheists hold God responsible for Satan’s actions and the existence of evil because he does not kill Satan and his fallen angels with a snap of his fingers.

Delphine needing time to make plans on how to break into the Thalmor Embassy is a metaphor for how atheists must come prepared for debates.

The player saying that he appreciates people watching him livestream for hours is a metaphor for how a lot of time is needed to prepare for debates.

I regret to inform you that you fucked up once again. You’re going to have to give it another go, I’m afraid.

I guess I forgot to explain how the notes are related to the subject of morality. I’ll try again and explain what they have to do with morality.

The true meaning is that religion does not promote morality. The Thalmor and Empire are religious oppressors who forbid the worship of Talos, a mortal man who became a God because they consider it idolatry. It shows how religious fundies are oppressors of freedom. The player shows his rebellious attitude when he chooses to go with the Stormcloaks and when he takes the Lord’s name in vain saying Jesus Christ in surprise.

His good strategies are metaphors for how morality should come from logical reasoning instead of relying on God because it is dangerous for right and wrong to be determined by a single deity who cannot be questioned.

The improvements in the special edition are metaphors for how morality has improved since the decline of religion in Western Society. The hard journey to Bleak Falls Barrow and the battles there to retrieve the stolen Golden Claw is a metaphor for how morality was stolen by religion and it is a difficult struggle to take it back.

Him discovering the Watchtower is a metaphor for how humans can discover morals on their own without relying on God. For example, discovering that slavery is wrong.

Him being the Dragonborn and having the ability to do dragonshouts and absorb the souls of dragons is a metaphor for how morality from humanism is able to defeat morality from religion.

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The player finding it weird that the wolf has a golden claw is a metaphor for how atheists find religious morality weird such as why premarital sex is wrong.

Him not giving the potion to Lydia is a metaphor for how atheists have a moral system that people should get what they deserve. They don’t think that Churches deserve to be tax exempt, or that anyone deserves to go to hell for eternity.

The Dragonborn using the dragonshouts in fulfillment of his destiny is a metaphor for how atheists believe in using morality in fulfillment of making a better society instead of out of fear of God’s punishment.

The usefulness of the word of power Whirlwind in going very fast is a metaphor for how humanist morality evolves faster than religious morality because religious morality can be used to justify immoral things like slavery.

Him not being distracted by an irrelevant quest in Morthal is a metaphor for how religious morality contains things that are irrelevant to the functioning of society such as God forbidding premarital sex.

Him being jumpscared by a spider is a metaphor for how it is scary that people today have morality based on ancient fairy tales.

Lydia being a hero risking her life fighting a draugr is a metaphor for how those who promote moral change were heroes for risking their reputation by going against the status quo while religion usually goes in line with the status quo.

Delphine admitting to taking the horn and the player being surprised is a metaphor for how people get surprised when humanist principles cause a change in society such as the success of the Abolitionist and later the Civil Rights movements.

The Dragon Alduin and the return of the Dragons is a metaphor for Satan in the end times. Delphine suspecting that the Thalmor are behind the return of the dragons is a metaphor for how atheists hold God responsible for Satan’s actions and the existence of evil because he does not kill Satan and his fallen angels with a snap of his fingers. Atheists see God as immoral for not immediately killing Satan to stop evil from spreading.

Delphine needing time to make a plan to break into the Thalmor embassy is a metaphor for how you need time when determining what is right or wrong by analyzing what is good for society rather than quickly relying on religion’s moral code.

The player saying that he appreciates people watching him livestream for hours is another metaphor for how time is needed.

Come on, you had something like four times asmany notes as that. What are you skipping over most of them for?

I thought that what was most important was the basic summary of the notes about the game’s plot and the notes that I took at the specific timestamps in the video that you told me to look at. I’ll try to analyze all the notes again, but keep in mind that there are so many notes and that I am back at college for the spring semester and will have college homework that may get in the way.

If I post all the notes here again, can you tell me which ones are relevant to the true meaning of the video?

The main theme of the video based on all the notes I took is the superiority of atheism over religion. My previous comments talked about atheist morality vs religious morality. The Thalmor being racist towards the other races is a metaphor for religious fundies attitudes towards people outside their religion.

The player picking a Khajiits due to their intelligence is a metaphor for the intelligence of atheists. The bandit walking into a trap in Bleak Falls Barrow is a metaphor for religious stupidity.

The Stormcloak rebellion for freedom to worship Talos is a metaphor for how atheism promotes freedom from the rules of religion.

Him being scared of spiders is a metaphor for how atheists consider it scary that people still believe in ancient myths.

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Him defeating Bandits, defeating them and getting fur armor, a better arrow, and later defeating more bandits and getting a treasure map is a metaphor the great success of atheism in society and how it will cause society to be better.

Him activating the thief stone and getting better stealth associated skills 20% faster is a metaphor for how atheists believe how more positive change in society will happen with less religion.

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Faendal having problems with Sven because he thinks that his ballads and sonnet are going to convince Camilla to marry him is a metaphor for the what atheists consider to be the ridiculous beliefs of religious people. Faendal asking the player to give Camilla a fake letter from Sven is a metaphor for how mega church leaders and televangelists get rich off of scamming people with bullshit. Faendal giving him gold in exchange for the help and becoming his follower is a metaphor for how religious leaders gain followers by doing things to appease people such as promising them heaven.

Gerder being in his debt if he sends word to the Jarl about the dragon is a metaphor for the atheist philosophy that you get rewards based on good deeds, not by scamming people with religion.

Him helping the Shield Brothers defeating the giant and being offered to join the Shield Brothers if he shows their leader if he is worthy is a metaphor for how atheists believe that people should be judged based on their worth, rather than how religiously devout, self righteous, and charismatic they are.

Farangar telling him to fetch an ancient stone tablet in Bleak Falls Barrow for information on the Dragon’s is a metaphor for the atheist belief that archeology instead of the Bible should be used to determine historical events that happened in ancient Israel.

Him getting better loot at a higher level is another metaphor for how rewards should be proportional to good deeds done, not by scamming people with religion. Him getting the ability to zoom in with his arrow after upgrading is a similar metaphor.

Him changing the difficulty to master difficulty because it was too easy to battle an enemy with the dragon shout is a metaphor for how debating with religious fundies is too easy.

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The player being allowed to take things from the shop due to returning the Golden Claw to him, and thinking that he could take from the chest but it turning out that the shopkeeper does mind about that is a metaphor for how religious leaders in Bible studies allow people to pursue minor questions, but not the big questions such as the reliability of the Bible.

Him getting attacked due to having a 5 gold bounty is a metaphor for how people risk their lives making fun of religion such as Salman Rushdie and the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists.

Him hearing a shout which was a summon from the Greybeards that hasn’t been heard since Tiber Septim(who became the God Talos) shows that he is very special which is a metaphor for how atheist believe that atheism is better than religion at inspiring to use their special talents because it encourages more independence.

The Jarl making him Thane of the City and assigning him Lydia as his personal Housecarl is another metaphor for the atheist belief that rewards should be given for good deeds, not by scamming people.

Him thinking that Sabercats would not attack Khajiits but it turning out that they do is a metaphor for the infighting among religious sects.

Him accidentally going the wrong way, is a metaphor for how religion has gotten things wrong such as the Catholic Church believing in Geocentrism.

Him seeing a man on the road and taking him back to his camp where the bandits attack him and kill his horse proving it was a setup is a metaphor for how religion deceived people.

Him losing his voice is a metaphor for the atheist belief that religion causes a loss in critical thinking skills.

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