{"id":3705,"date":"2008-05-15T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/christian-shepherd-time-traveller\/"},"modified":"2008-05-15T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T09:04:00","slug":"christian-shepherd-time-traveller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/christian-shepherd-time-traveller.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Shepherd: Time Traveller?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
\"\"<\/a> Many fans of LOST have noticed how Christian Shepherd has appeared different, and dressed differently, than in previous appearances. There are two possible explanations for this, both of which would make sense in terms of the mytholology and worldview of LOST.\n

The first option is that Christian is himself involved with either Widmore or the Others and can travel through time. In that case, Christian as we have seen him in the last two episodes has travelled from some time in the past to this point in time.<\/p>\n

The second option is that this is a manifestation of Christian in the same way he has been manifested to Jack, but these manifestations depend on a person\u2019s memories, and since Christian has been manifesting to (and in connection with) Claire<\/i>, it shouldn\u2019t surprise us that he would look different. This is Christian as Claire remembers him.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The latter option seems less likely, however, when we consider that she would have known him as a suit-wearer too. Then again, memory is a funny thing\u2026\n

One last thing to note. The Ottomans ruled North Africa at one point. When Ben appears in Tunisia and tries Turkish as well as Arabic, this doesn\u2019t indicate that he could have travelled to any place<\/i>, but simply that he was trying languages that might have been spoken there at different times<\/i>. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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