In the novel called The Lord of the Flies there are many references, and much symbolism relating to religion and divine worship. There are indirect references to biblical stories and many other religious 
teachings. For example, there is good and evil, and heaven and earth, and a savior, as well as a good person who becomes evil, or betrays who he loves. The references in this novel were probably not by mistake, and the author knew what he was doing.
	The Lord of the Flies talks about a savior, who is the character Ralph. When the boys are first marooned on the island, Ralph is elected leader and all the other boys become his "followers" almost like Jesus leading his people to salvation. In this case, the salvation Ralph is leading the boys to is being rescued by a ship or by something else, to get back to civilization and off of the island. Towards the end of the book, Ralph's many of Ralph's followers turn on him and begin to burn the jungle down and try to kill him. This is representing when Jesus was crucified, yet Ralph lived and only the idea and not the actual happening was made clear by the author.
	Many religions have someone who betrays or turns from good to evil. In this case, Jack is following the rules near the beginning of the story, and in the end, it is Jack who ordered for Ralph to be killed. Good and evil are also important things represented in the novel. The Lord of the Flies (Or a pig's head on a stick, which is really Simon hearing voices in his head.) represents Satan, and evil. It is because the pig's head puts ideas in Simon's mind and conveys him into thinking bad thoughts, almost like having a little devil on your left shoulder telling you what to do. Another character called Roger also represents evil. Even when he was loyal to Ralph, he would always pick on the littluns and he would talk Jack into doing evil things. The character Simon represents pure good. He never ever makes fun of or picks on the other boys, and he always helps out. He is a loyal follower to Ralph (The Savior) and would never disobey him, even though The Lord of the Flies and the voice in his head tries to sway him otherwise.
	So, all the boys start out as followers of Ralph, who is their Savior or Messiah. Then Jack betrays Ralph by going off and making his own tribe, and collecting his own followers. The whole time Simon is in a conflict with the voices in his head, which is pure good versus pure evil. Then Roger kills Piggy, who is another loyal follower of Ralph, and this is a tragedy, which happens in the story of many religions. Finally, as the boys are burning the island to try and kill Ralph, a ship sees the fire and comes to rescue them. So in the end the boys are saved because of Ralph after all, and he becomes their true savior.
	All the symbolism of religion in The Lord of the Flies is mind-boggling. It is like an abriged version of the bible that is easier to read. It presents a classic story of religion and represents good and the power of evil, all in one story.