[Scotch78]

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I imagine that this is in reference to the Golden Path? I think I got that, too. Leto's death is necessary because he has supressed five galaxies full of people for four millinea, which gives them motivation to leave once he is dead. In later books, this is known as the great scattering. His death is a necessary part of it. Still, he can't kill himself and neither can any of his rivals. He must be killed by something he can't predict, and he must be betrayed. That way, people will continue to worship him after he is gone and society won't decay into complete chaos.....

So Leto is a Christ figure. OK.

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Leto can kill himself, and he can be killed by his enemies. He chooses not to kill himself, and he chooses to battle his enemies because his Golden Path will fail if he goes quietly into that gentle night. I made the sarcastic reply that I did for the reasons that Enrique touched on: basically, your interpretations are expicitly refuted in the book itself.

Scott