Last night’s episode of Lost should put to rest those who’ve been thinking of Jacob as some sort of Christ-figure. Yes, you could say he “baptized” Richard in the ocean in the process of calling him to be his representative. Yes, he exists to “contain” evil like cork in a bottle. Yes, his opponent (the Smoke Monster) is a liar and a murderer. But you’ll miss the religious backstory of Lost if you try to interpret in terms of the Christian worldview. As I’ve said before, there’s a yin-yang thing going here.
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