@Ubiq:
I can't speak for the series, but I watched part of the movie the other day. My recommendation is to avoid it, not because of the religious issues, but because it's self-indulgent, pretentious trash with annoying characters.
I don't think I've ever disliked a main character more than Shinji and that includes many villains.
checks username and sees "Ubiq" I..didn't write this? This is exactly what I did…I watched a chunk of the first half of "End of Evanglieon" and I say avoid and and that Shinji was emo beyond reason and I couldn't stand him!
I have never seen NGE besides that small 10 min of the ENE. And guess what? I NEVER PLAN ON IT!
*read through this entire topic while eating a hoggie * hmmm mm hm m m...what? I love animated blood and gore! Its real life movies and crap gore I don't like. I really can't voice my opinion...cause...nothing I've seen I have ever thought was really bad....I look at gantz, hellsing, berserk, school rumble. Shit like that and I think its very low on the gore factor...don't tell me why but...
I believe everything can be gorier. I have yet to see any animated, drawn manga gore which made me go "...holy crap!".
Part of the 10 min bit I watched of NGE was that Asuka chick and her eva being owned...and I seriously went wtf cause of how screwed up and horrid it was to watch....you got to be kidding....wtf was that? There was hardly anything, the only blood I ever saw was when her arm got slit down the middle and that was just a solid red color. I really don't see how anyone found that scene screwed up....