The semi-religious worship that the World State devotes to science are apparent from the start. The starting date for the calendar is Ford's introduction of the Model T Ford, an automobile cheaply and efficiently produced by the assembly line system. All dates are preceded by "A.F." "After Ford," just as today's calendar system begins with Jesus's birth, A.D. The Director tells his students, "I shall begin at the beginning." His statement echoes the opening words of the Christian bible. The Predestinators, who determine the future need for members of a particular caste, also echo a Christian religious belief. Predestination is a Calvinist religious belief that God predestines individuals for heaven or hell before birth.
             Huxley does not intend to criticize religion itself; instead he targets those who use religion to justify unequal social relations. In effect, the logic of the World State's worship of science justifies the stratification of the caste system. As the Director says, "social stability" is the highest social goal, and through "predestination" and rigorous conditioning, individuals accept their given role in society without question. Science is the powerful tool that allows the most powerful members of the World State's ruling Alpha caste to solidify and justify the unequal distribution of power and status.
             Conditioning individuals genetically, physically, and psychologically for their "inescapable social destinies" stabilizes the stratified caste system because the system conditions servants to "love" their servility. Moreover, conditioning makes them virtually incapable of performing any other function than that to which they are assigned. The World State uses science to "stabilize" society by removing any possibility of free will. Huxley wishes to make it clear that "social stability" may sound like an admirable social goal, but like any other admirable idea, it can be used for the wrong reasons toward the wrong ...