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While you wait for\u00a0my\u00a0op-ed piece on\u00a0religion in LOST to appear in tomorrow\u2019s USA Today, and\u00a0a fantastic interactive treatment of the subject to appear on their web site, here are some other treatments of the topic from around the blogosphere:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a look ahead to the finale from DocArtz<\/a>
The Lead focuses on LOST and redemption<\/a>
Nik at Nite revisits the episode \u201cRecon\u201d<\/a>
And on the broader topic of religion and sci-fi, Paleojudaica looks at Israel and transhumanism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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