Originally posted by: Ryllharu
End of Evangelion is so messed up that basically everyone who sees it can come up with their own take on it.

As for the Shinji becoming a God part, they say it in the movie, so that's where I'm getting it from. The Human Instrumentality Project's original goal (not Gendo's) was to make a man-made god: Evangelions being the tool to achieve that goal with the angels all destroyed.

Again, this is just my take on it based on the dialogue in End of Evangelion. It's impossible to be right or wrong about this series and what it means.

Neon Genesis is a great series, I like the whole show, even the really weird eps 25 and 26. Actually, I'd love to hear anyone else's theories on what they think is going on.
actually it says Unit-01 has become a god, not shinji

the goal of the human instrumentality project was to create a being who has both eaten from the fruit of the tree of knowledge (possesssing a soul) and the fruit of the tree of life (the S2 organ) thus becoming like God and his angels.

they succeeded with unit-01 but as i said earlier the soul inhabiting the eva is not shinji.