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DocArtz has predictions about how LOST will end<\/a> while religion professor S. Brent Plate explains what the LOST finale is really about<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And on the humorous side, Nik at Nite<\/a> shared this video with unnecessarily censored dialogue:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=di3w1yV4Ehg<\/a>\n

If nothing else, that video illustrates the importance of openness, transparency and honesty. Our imagination has a tendency to fill in blanks (or beeps) with things that are worse than the reality. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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DocArtz has predictions about how LOST will end while religion professor S. Brent Plate explains what the LOST finale is really about. And on the humorous side, Nik at Nite shared this video with unnecessarily censored dialogue: If nothing else, that video illustrates the importance of openness, transparency and honesty. Our imagination has a tendency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat LOST is Really About<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DocArtz has predictions about how LOST will end while religion professor S. 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