Originally posted by: JediSage

My take on this particular part of the ep was "Typical Hollywood version of religion: Make it psycho-therapy and use a non-religious religious person and people will be happy". Been there done that.

I'd say... yes AND no. Remember that one of the themes of the show is the impending death of polytheism and the slow and steady approach of monotheism. The pantheon of gods (plural) that the colonials follow (figuratively and literally if the President is any sort of prophet) are seemingly *not* filling the human needs. The Cylons, at least earlier in the series, were strongly pushing the 'One True God' who would help them do whatever it is they really want in the end.

With the priest I see one of two things-
1) If he IS a Cylon it would make sense to dimish the role of the 'gods'. That would help their agenda. Imagine a full sermon of that stuff to large amounts of colonials. I truely feel the best way to cause change is from within and that might be another version of what the Cylons are up to.
2) If the priest is NOT a Cylon then there could be many personal-to-the-character reasons for being like that. Maybe he lost his faith. Maybe he's been around the colonial military too much. Maybe he's trying to help root out Cylons, etc. Maybe he just recognized the best way to help one individual in one situation. We'll see.