You could argue Rei let Shinji judge humanity. But ultimately this does end up very muddled because all the things viewed as gods in the series are very much human and just as flawed as everyone else so it could be purely irony. But that makes sense, right? I'd imagine a civilization like in Eva do...

"Überm sternenzelt richtet Gott, wie wir gerichtet." I've looked around in the forum for a while and all the answers I find are really lacking. Yeah, I can understand the reference to Ode to Joy, since that's what Seele's doing, right, trying to erase suffering and pain from the world. Eve...