That was DICK, Lost.

Definitely my favorite shot from this show, ever.

Completely subjective list of Lost/Bible analogies that occur because I've spent way too much time thinking about religion and way too much time watching and yelling/crying/gasping at Lost.

*See Note

Jacob=Go(o)d*
Smokey=(D)evil*
Jack=Jonah
Locke=Jesus
Richard Alpert=Adam
Ben=Judas

*Calling Jacob and smokey God and the Devil or even good and evil is a gross oversimplification, I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that, but that's the extent of my current understanding on the matter.

I think I'm going to keep updating this list as I think of new one/get more details; I could write a thesis on Lost but that isn't going to pay the rent after next week...

Have some EXPLANATIONS:

**See other note

The Jacob/Smokey thing is obvious, I'm not going to address it other than this: c'mon dude, Jacob only ever wears WHITE=Pure/Good/etc and Smokey only ever wears BLACK=Evil

Jack=Jonah I decided that after watching the last episode (#14, "The Candidate") after seeing the final shot, where he's standing, soaking wet, facing the ocean (I won't give away the episode here but the reason he's wet is key to why I realized there's a bit of a parallel between his storyline and the "Jonah and the Whale" Bible parable). Basically, Jack and Jonah both face a lot of tragedy/loss of loved ones, arguably due to their tumultuous relationship with God/Jacob. Jack is also called the "Man of Science", indicating that he lacks faith/doesn't trust Jacob/Locke, who serves a similar role to Jacob (see below).

Locke=Jesus (SPOILER ALERT) If you haven't gotten this far in Lost right now, I'm not sure why you're reading this, but just in case..Locke dies in season 5 (#7, "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham") essentially to save everyone else on the show. Also, no one ever believes what he says about the island/Jacob/Go(o)d, and he faces more trial and persecution than any other character on the show ALL FOR EVERYONE ELSE. **Also he's a stoner, just like Jesus.

Richard Alpert=Adam This one's not as developed as the others, but based on my knowledge of Alpert's character, esp. from the last episode, "Ab Aeterno" where we KIND OF SPOILER ALERT learn that Jacob made him ageless but that this was a curse, and I mean c'mon that's exactly what God did to Adam.

Ben=Judas Also not as developed, but he SPOILER ALERT killed Locke (Season 5, #7) just like Judas (essentially) killed Jesus and they portray his character as treading the line between good and evil, which literally happens with his alliance to JabobGod vs. SmokeyDevil in this season's episode #7, "Dr. Linus".

**This is related to my adament belief that Jesus was a stoner, which is a story for a differnt too-long blog entry.

Glad I got that out of my system? I'm impressed if you read all of that.

NOTE: I don't think lost is using Bible stories as canon, but just that there are some interesting parallels between character on the show and in the Bible, whether they meant to do it or not.