However the stories for FFVII and the FF movie though, were both inspired by James Lovelock’s ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ (a belief that the Earth is a living organism, with all lifeforms on the planet intristincally linked to it by a ‘circle of life’). As FF creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has confirmed in interviews, he was inspired by Gaia Hypothesis after the sudden death of his mother Aki in a car crash in 1989.
How much of the idea Sakaguchi used in the games came from Lovelock and how much was his own imaginative invention is anyone’s guess though.
I dug the fact that FF has religious references in the story. It makes for a deeper experience and more mysterious vibe.
everyone always lives in fear
the whole world follows the religon though kinda freaky