{"id":3529,"date":"2008-08-19T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/08\/nathan-the-lost-prophet\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T12:47:00","slug":"nathan-the-lost-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/08\/nathan-the-lost-prophet.html","title":{"rendered":"Nathan the LOST Prophet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
\"\"<\/a>The character Nathan didn\u2019t last long on LOST. But having pondered the possibility that the Bible is a key influence on and substructure of the plot of LOST, it is worth noting that Nathan in the Bible was a prophet. Could the introduction of the character of Nathan in fact have provided clues about the future of LOST?\n

What we know is that he was in the tail section; he would go off into the jungle for hours at a time and no one knew where he was; Libby and Cindy didn\u2019t recall seeing him on the plane; Goodwin said \u201cNathan wasn\u2019t a good person\u201d.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the question: Was Nathan someone sent by Charles Widmore, or more generally by the Dharma<\/a> Initiative? Was the purpose of having a flight that was connected with the numbers an attempt to use the numbers to get someone to the island? Was Nathan hidden on the plane somewhere, rather than a passenger with a seat?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I also wonder what makes someone a \u201cgood person\u201d from the perspective of the Others, and of the island. The smoke monster has been described as a security system to protect the island. But it seems to manifest itself as figures from one\u2019s past with whom one has unresolved issues. Does the monster protect the island from \u201cbad people\u201d by giving them therapy, as it were?<\/p>\n

This might explain why the smoke monster<\/a> killed Mr. Eko. He refused to repent of the things he had done to help his brother Yemi and others.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m entirely happy with where this line of inquiry into the show might lead, but there still might be something to it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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