Lost (and Found–at least for Sayid. Or Maybe Not)

For you non-Lost viewers I will not bore you with a long post, but will give a few spoilers on last night’s episode. Be warned.

One thing I enjoy about Lost is the amalgamation of spiritual references the show does not shy away from. No, Otten would not endorse it. It is not a Christian allegory and borrows heavily from science, paganism and so forth.

But Christian themes abound. Sayid had a sort of baptism last night, which actually killed him…until he rose again. The connection with Romans 6 was pretty apparent to me. Then there is the tension between Jacob and Ben. Jacob was a god to Ben, and when he lost faith because Jacob wasn’t responding, “killed him.”  Redemption and change is a major theme of the show. I suspect the developments with the dual-Universes depicted last night will highlight that, along with the exploration of our free will. (And no, it is not a Lutheran version of free will, but we can all get over it).

Ok. These brief and shallow thoughts are over now. If you really want to read about all the spiritual and literary connections in the series, I recommend reading Doc Jensen at Entertainment Weekly

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: culture, Lost, pastor's life | Category: The World, Theology | One comment