Comments on: More About LOST or “Artists and Literature Guys Skewer a Math Major” http://www.cloften.com/?p=871 He'd rather be funny than good! Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:05:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elise http://www.cloften.com/?p=871&cpage=1#comment-433 Elise Tue, 25 May 2010 14:25:52 +0000 http://www.cloften.com/?p=871#comment-433 On Ben vs. Michael: isn't that the way that our God works too? God chooses whom He chooses. He can redeem the most heinous sinner while a moral atheist goes to hell. Why did God choose Jacob the deceiver? Why did God chose Saul, the Christian-killer? Why does God redeem people who are on death row for committing unspeakable crimes? Things don't always make sense to us even in our own, fairly logical, worldview. One thing I found particularly fascinating about LOST is that it was difficult to pinpoint who were the good guys and the bad guys. We saw "bad" people doing "good" things and vice versa. That rings pretty true with my life experience. It's difficult to read other people. It's nearly impossible to know what their motives are whether for good or for evil. I would wager that we've all been hurt by people we thought were on our side. We've all been betrayed. LOST showed the depravity of man, showed that no one can be trusted and that no one's motives are pure (even Jacob's). But because of their experience on the island, some found redemption. There is hope for change, even for the most broken people. (Remember why Jacob chose the candidates--they were complete screw-ups and had no hope.) On Ben vs. Michael: isn’t that the way that our God works too? God chooses whom He chooses. He can redeem the most heinous sinner while a moral atheist goes to hell.

Why did God choose Jacob the deceiver? Why did God chose Saul, the Christian-killer? Why does God redeem people who are on death row for committing unspeakable crimes? Things don’t always make sense to us even in our own, fairly logical, worldview.

One thing I found particularly fascinating about LOST is that it was difficult to pinpoint who were the good guys and the bad guys. We saw “bad” people doing “good” things and vice versa. That rings pretty true with my life experience. It’s difficult to read other people. It’s nearly impossible to know what their motives are whether for good or for evil. I would wager that we’ve all been hurt by people we thought were on our side. We’ve all been betrayed. LOST showed the depravity of man, showed that no one can be trusted and that no one’s motives are pure (even Jacob’s). But because of their experience on the island, some found redemption. There is hope for change, even for the most broken people. (Remember why Jacob chose the candidates–they were complete screw-ups and had no hope.)

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