One of the ideas I felt strongly about was the whole faith vs religion argument that arose, especially at the end of the movie. The way I see it, the apes had made a religion that coincided with their scientific discoveries. This could mean that their religion may have constantly been changing to relate perfectly with their religion.
This also brings up the argument of whether or not the truth should be hidden. Not only the truth about the humans but their own faith. Would the truth have eventually been too much to hold back and
retrain from the other apes. I believe that over time scriptures that they had made (and maybe have been changing) would have
deviated so much from the originals that people would have taken note. The scriptures themselves even point towards the truth of the ancient human civilization. At the end the doctor has them read the scripture about pushing man back into the jungle, and how he should never be allowed to rise [again].It's hard to say whether or not the ape civilization or the human has better ethics than the other. I say that because the ape
civilization was directly based off of the human civilization. Therefore I can't put one over the other.
I agree with your thoughts on the whole science vs religion thing. It's usually the science that is held back by religion. Galileo was nearly killed for mentioning that the Earth revolved around the sun. But eventually it was too much to hold back. As ape technology progresses, they would soon explore the entire Earth and realize that there was a civilization before them. Now, I wonder, was there something here before us? Another intelligent life here that wiped themselves out?
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