One does not need to be a "religious fanatic" to consider that a global plague raising the dead as cannibals--something with no historical/biological precedent--might be final judgement of some kind. My point is whatever the cause--whether biological or theological in nature--has been kicked out of all WD dialogue because Kirkman is too cowardly to even hint at a cause. That's his monumental weakness as a writer, when others were not afraid to explore the "why" at the same time as telling a horror survival tale. For the best example, take Richard Matheson, who actually created theories and medical reasons for the vampire plague of his seminal masterpiece I Am Legend; he didn't shy away from it, or have Neville conveniently stop thinking about the one thing threatening his life and future. That was a brilliant way of mixing real human behavior with survival horror, yet under the same circumstances, Kirkman, et al, ran away screaming from Darabont initially taking the series in that logical direction.
