This is an old Thread but three things to say anyway.
1: None of you understand Early Modern English.
The thread opens with "Thy not guilty" which makes no sense. Thy is first person possessive. Its also a Singular. While Modern English makes no distinctions between Plurals and possessive pronouns, Early Modern English did. Thy refers to you in relation to something else, as a specific individual.
EG, you can say "This is now Thy land". it means you own the Land. But you'd not say "This is now Thee land" or "This is now Thou land".
Thee and Thou are also singular, but refer to a person either before the Verb or after. "Thou shalt go to the Market" or "Go thee to the Market' because Market .
This is important because Big O uses "Ye". Ye is Plural. Ye means a group.
"Cast In The Name of God, Ye Not Guilty" can't refer grammatically to the Pilot and the Pilot alone, as Ye always means there’s at least two people being addressed. So unless the Megadie require more than one Pilot normally, or at least were built as such, or else were made to function collectively, the "Ye not Guilty" makes no sense. If its just addressing a singular Pilot it is absurd.
2: For The bloke who said he hates religion because some take it too far, keep in mind that Religion is not defined as belief in God. Yes I know, people say that they are not Religious if they are Atheists, but this is a misunderstanding. Atheism is not the opposite of Religion.
That said, I think you hate Religion a bit too much to objectively amylase it. You blame the “religious propel" for the edit in Toonami because in you mind the Religious people are always the ones to cause problems. if there is an edit it must be that Religious people didn’t wan tot hear God mentioned on a cartoon. But, if the definition of Religious People you use is "someone who believes in God" then why would they be offended by God being mentioned? Usually, if you listen to the actual complaints people make, The "Religious people" want God mentioned More. And its not like Big O is depicting those who believe in God as Evil or belief in God as morally wrong, and in fact quiet the opposite seems to say belief in God is good, then there would be no basis for them to complain. They would like the reference, even if they find the show too confusing to get into. Its more likely an Atheist would be offended by such a reference. And lest we fall into the assumption that Atheists are driven by Logic and Rationality and would never be that petty, just visit the IMDb Religion board, or the Freedom From religion Foundation's website. Atheists often blast any positive depiction of Christianity or affirmation of God in Pubic or on TV. ( And again. its not really belief in God that should be equated to being "Religious people")
Toonami edited "God" to "Good' because they perceive references to God to be offensive to people who do not believe in God, not because they feared reprisals from people who do believe in God. its the opposite to what you said.
3: My take is simple. The Mega's were basically created to function as Judges. I already knew that similar phrases existed on Executioner swords and Axes ( as I like History), and just assumed that They were used to destroy the previous world because of corruption. They are basically going to fight for the Right and conquer Evil, often by killing those who are Evil. "Cast In The Name Of God, Ye Not Guilty" is a collective reference to the people the Megadeuce is serving. The Guilty are killed but the good “Cast in the name of God’ and thus are spared.
As to the changed message "Ye Guilty" I think that’s just the only way the Mega could communicate directly with his Evil pilot and was rejecting his intentions. Either that or its objectives under said Pilot have changed and now that its serving Evil and attacking Good it just changed its parameters a bit.
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