{"id":3542,"date":"2008-08-12T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/08\/reflections-on-the-comiccon-dharma-video\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:59:00","slug":"reflections-on-the-comiccon-dharma-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/08\/reflections-on-the-comiccon-dharma-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the ComicCon Dharma Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ve posted the video<\/a> below before, but haven\u2019t had the chance to watch it carefully and comment on it until now. Some of the most important elements<\/a> are the following:<\/p>\n

1) We learn that Dr. Marvin Candle is in face really an astrophysicist from Ann Arbor, Michigan whose name is Pierre Cheng or Chang<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) A baby is there and crying. I doubt that detail is there for no purpose. Perhaps it is Cheng\u2019s own child, and we will meet the child as an adult. Perhaps we\u2019ve already met that person.<\/p>\n

3) The transmission is being sent through a \u201cpinhole\u201d in time, allowing the transmission to be sent from the past to the future.<\/p>\n

4) Daniel Faraday, presumably unstuck in time, has been able to contact Cheng and help him make the video.<\/p>\n

5) It is said to be imperative that the Dharma<\/a> Initiative be reconstituted and continue its research. And there is that great line, \u201cTime is not merely of the essence. It is<\/em> the essence\u201d.<\/p>\n

6) Finally, is it just me or does he at one point call it the \u201cGod-forsaken island\u201d? That reminds me of how Ben said that God cannot see the island any more than anyone else can. Hmm\u2026<\/p>\n

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