A brief synopsis of Milton's Paradise Lost from Wikipedia:
The story of Adam and Eve's temptation and fall is a fundamentally different, new kind of epic: a domestic one. Adam and Eve are presented for the first time in Christian literature as having a functional relationship while still without sin. They have passions, personalities, and sex. Satan successfully tempts Eve by preying on her vanity and tricking her with rhetoric, and Adam, seeing Eve has sinned, knowingly commits the same sin by also eating of the fruit. In this manner Milton portrays Adam as a heroic figure but also as a deeper sinner than Eve. After eating the fruit, they have lustful sex. Both experience new and negative emotions, particularly the powerful pair of guilt and shame, and engage in mutual recrimination. However, Eve's pleas to Adam reconcile them somewhat. More importantly, her encouragement enables Adam and Eve both to approach God, to "bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee," and to receive grace from God. Adam goes on a vision journey with an angel where he witnesses the errors of man and the Great Flood, and he is saddened by the sin that they have released through the consumption of the fruit. However, he is also shown hope — the possibility of redemption — through a vision of Jesus Christ. They are then cast out of Eden and the archangel Michael says that Adam may find "A paradise within thee, happier far." They now have a more distant relationship with God, who is omnipresent but invisible (unlike the previous tangible Father in the Garden of Eden).
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Hit the jump for a more detailed exploration into space - I mean into my theory.
So, Caprica Six is Eve, Baltar is Adam, the Caprica Six and Baltar "angels" are both a composite of the Archangel Michael,and Starbuck is the Archangel Gabriel. Got it?
Let's break it down.
Eve/Caprica Six
Eve was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first woman created by God, and an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Her husband was Adam, from whose rib God created her to be his helpmate. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation via the suggestion that to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, would improve on the way God had made her, and that she would not die, and she, believing the lie of the Serpent rather then the earlier instruction from God, shares the fruit with Adam. As a result, the first humans are expelled from the Garden of Eden and are cursed.
Yep. Sounds about right. Caprica believes Cavil's (or whomever) lies and convinces Baltar to eat the apple (the defense computers) thus destroying Caprica (Eden).
Baltar/Adam
According to the Mormon faith (a faith both the OG and the new BSG drew from heavily) Adam was considered to be one and the same as the archangel Michael
Latter Day Saint religion holds that Adam and Michael the archangel are the same individual. Michael the archangel fought against and cast out Satan, "that old serpent", at the conclusion of the war in heaven during pre-mortal existence (see Book of Revelation 12:7-9). "Michael" was born into this mortal existence as the man "Adam, the father of all, the prince of all, the ancient of days" (see Doctrine and Covenants 27:11 and 107:54). Mormons also consider Adam to be the first among all the prophets on earth.
The War in Heaven
Space, obviously.
Just before the Lord returns to earth, there is going to be a war in heaven. It will be a war to end all wars. The greatest war this universe has and will ever see. The archangel Michael and his angels will fight against Satan and his angels. Satan and his army are thrown out of heaven. They are cast down to earth! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth! At this Woe a third of the human race will be slain!
So, the demons (cylons) have been cast out, too. This explains their need to find a home.
Starbuck/Archangel Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel 'the (masculine) strength of God' often translated as 'strong man of God' is an angel who serves as a messenger from God. He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible.
RIGHT? DANIEL IS STARBUCK'S DAD!
In some traditions he is regarded as one of the archangels, or as the angel of death. He is also known as Saint Gabriel to some Christian denominations.
The new Earth
Paradise found.
Hera
Little chubby baby Jesus.
So humanity sins with it's evil technology and is cast out of Eden/Caprica into space/heaven to war with the demons/cylons and explore the concept of free will vs pre-destination and eventually, everyone ends up in Africa waiting for Robert Redford to come wash their hair while they camp out in the Veldt.
Or something, class dismissed.
So said me all.
