User blog comment:Freespeech4u2/alright let's figure this out.../@comment-67.80.35.91-20140923003248

the horus heresy is not so much a metpahor for christ i believe, as symbolic of the idealism of humanity, and the relationship between the ideal, perfect hero (the emperor) and a realistic hero (horus). How a real human hero will try to live up to this unrealistic standard we set for a hero, but will ultimately fail because humans are naturally flawed. It is representative of how we expect our heros to always overcome adversity but in reality we are much more susceptible to corruption and weakness. But to be honest, since there are so many writers, the warhammer 40k universe is so large and full with symbolism and metaphors, a lot of them are seperate from this one.