Lost : Religion and Philosophy

1. Lost: Religion and Philosophy

2. Spiritual Concepts

3. Atonement Oxford American Dictionary

4. Determinism Oxford American Dictionary

5. Dharma Oxford American Dictionary

6. Eschatology Oxford American Dictionary

8. Faith Oxford American Dictionary

9. Fate Oxford American Dictionary

10. Hope Oxford American Dictionary

11. Love Oxford American Dictionary

12. Philosophy Oxford American Dictionary

13. Predestination Oxford American Dictionary

14. Redemption Oxford American Dictionary

15. Religion Oxford American Dictionary

16. Resurrection Oxford American Dictionary

17. Sacrifice Oxford American Dictionary

18. Judging Lost Souls

19. I was sitting in Easter service, listening to the pastor preach about resurrection and redemption, when I had this epiphany: How come Smokey didn't judge Ben for the Purge? We only saw images of Ben's relationship with Alex flicker in Smokey's psychic soot — as if making a tragic mess of his daughter's life was the worst thing Ben has ever done. Ha! He killed his father! He participated in the mass murder of 40 people! He sent Goodwin to his death and tried to end John Locke's life at least twice! Jeff Jensen in Entertainment Weekly

20. Smokey's selective auditing of Ben's past is enough to make me lose faith in any theory that says the Monster is an instrument of divine justice. If it is, then the Island gods must be crazy — and unfair. Or just evil. Indeed, a few weeks ago, I cited Terry O'Quinn's quote to the Los Angeles Times about his suspicion that the show's chief villain might be the Island itself. Perhaps Lost is a dark, Lovecraftian variation on the Book of Job or the Biblical story of Jonah. The message in the metaphor: God may exist — but is he/she/it truly good? . . . Jeff Jensen in Entertainment Weekly

21. Maybe we don't need to be cosmic about it. My current take on Smokey is that the Monster is an electric prod used by the Island's secret masters to keep the herd of its people in line, lest they make a mess of said secret masters' master plans. Sometimes, that prod can kill. (See: Mr. Eko.) But the example of Ben shows us it can be set to stun, too. Remember when we all thought Smokey was attracted to fear the way sharks are drawn to blood? I think there's mounting evidence to suggest that what Smokey is really drawn to is guilt. I don't think the Monster's interest is in judgment or redemption. What it wants is control. That's why Mr. Eko had to die: He could not be manipulated. Smokey smoked out his great guilt, but when Eko basically said, 'Dude, I haven't done nothing wrong, I only did what I needed to survive,' Smokey threw up its hands like a director pissed at an uncooperative actor, said ''I can't work with this fool,'' and fired him. And by ''fired,'' I mean ''brutally pummeled him into jungle pudding.'' But Ben didn't rationalize his sin, and by submitting to Smokey's critique, he is now more useful than ever to the Monster's masters... Jeff Jensen in Entertainment Weekly

22. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Innocent, of course; tendency to stray in supermarkets Aaron Littleton (aka Austen) Current Status: Alive in the present (with Claire’s mother) And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

23. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: None known Alex Current Status: Dead, murdered by Keamy And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

24. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Master manipulator, possibly passive-agressive Richard Alpert Current Status: Alive, ageless And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

25. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Killed Jason McCormick, an unidentified Other, Goodwin, and Shannon; tendency to shoot first & ask questions later; manipulative Ana-Lucia Current Status: Dead, killed by Michael And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

26. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: None known Annie Current Status: Unknown And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

27. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Killed his mother (in childbirth) and murdered his father; kidnapped Alex; participated in the Purge; shot Locke and left him for dead; set up Goodwin to be killed; ordered killing of Greta & Bonnie; ordered Smokezilla to kill the mercenaries; masterminded abduction of Castaway children; commissioned Sayid’s many assassinations; killed a man in Tunisia, Matthew Abaddon, Locke, and Caesar; tried to kill Desmond & Penny; a predilection for lying Benjamin Linus Current Status: Alive in the present And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

28. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Set off an explosion that killed several Others; a possible desire to play Rambo Bernhard Current Status: Alive in the present, whereabouts unknown And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

29. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Heroin addict; killed Ethan Rom; knocked Sun out; frequent liar Current Status: Dead, drowned at the Looking Glass as the result of Patchy’s grenade Charlie Pace And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

30. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: None known Charlotte Staples Lewis And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ? Current Status: Dead in 1977 from Time-Sickness

31. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: None known Claire Littleton Current Status: Unknown (may be dead as the result of a bomb placed by Keamy, et al) And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

32. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: a life-long con-man (one of his cons lead to the death of Sawyer’s parents); deadbeat dad; stole his son’s kidney; pushed him out a window (causing him to become paralyzed); killed (?) Peter Talbot Anthony Cooper Current Status: Dead, killed by Sawyer on The Island And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

33. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Ditched former long-time girlfriend Ruth; flunked out as a monk; shot Patchy with a spear-gun; beat the shit out of Ben; self-esteem issues; a too-great fondness for McCutcheon Desmond David Hume Current Status: Alive, off-Island, in the present And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

34. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: In Nigeria, killed a man (so Yemi wouldn’t have to) and numerous other men; on The Island killed multiple Others; a predilection for violence Mr. Eko Current Status: Dead, killed by Smokezilla And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

35. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Assisted in the kidnapping of Alex; killed one of the Castaways; shot John Locke (in the past); kidnapped Claire; did Ben’s bidding without questioning Ethan Rom And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ? Current Status: Dead, shot by Charlie

36. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: His experiments with time travel left Theresa in a coma. Daniel Faraday And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ? Current Status: Alive in 1977

37. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Possible alcoholic (?) Frank Lapidus Current Status: Alive on The Island in the present And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

38. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Killed Nathan; adultery (with Juliet); did Ben’s bidding without questioning Goodwin Current Status: Dead, killed by Ana-Lucia And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

39. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Metaphysically manipulative Mrs. Hawking Current Status: Alive in the present in LA And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

40. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: A habit of blowing up trees with dynamite Horace Goodspeed Current Status: Dead, killed in the DHARMA purge And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

41. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Tendencies to over-eat and talk to imaginary (?) and dead people; a perhaps too-great affection for popular culture Hurley (Hugo Reyes) Current Status: Alive on The Island in 1977 And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

42. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Adultery, suicide Jae Lee Current Status: Dead by suicide Current Status: Dead by suicide And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

43. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Dirty work (serious violence, possible wet work) done for Mr. Paik; a bad temper; initial sexism Jin Kwon Current Status: Alive on The Island in 1977 And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

44. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Wished her husband to be hit by a bus; shot & killed Danny Pickett and an unnamed Hostile; adultery; deceptiveness/lying Juliet Burke Current Status: Alive in 1977 And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

45. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Killed her father; caused the death of childhood love Tom; caused a car crash that seriously injured Ray Mullen; abandoned her husband; fiercely independent; a tendency to run away Kate Austen Current Status: Alive on The Island in 1977 And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

46. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: None known Karl Current Status: Dead, killed by Keamy, et al And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

47. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Killed (with or without his mercenaries) Captain Galt, the freighter doctor, numerous anonymous Others, Karl, Rousseau, and Alex; mercenary Martin Keamy And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ? Current Status: Dead, killed by Ben

48. And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ? Current Status: Dead, killed by Michael Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: An unexplained tendency toward mental illness Libby

49. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Tendencies toward (1) being easily manipulated, (2) blind faith, (3) self-pity, (4) temper; brought about Boone’s death; killed Naomi and a Hostile (in “The Lie”) John Locke Current Status: Murdered by Ben in the present; alive on The Island And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?

50. Crimes/Sins/Major Flaws: Meanness Current Status: Dead (as the result of injury on Oceanic 815, being shot by Sawyer, and Jack-administered euthanasia Edward Mars, The Marshall And Smokezilla’s Judgment Is . . . ?