On May 12, 5:46=EF=BF=BDpm, "yng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <yng...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In any case, I've always suspected
> Jacob or the island is animating Christian--do we have any indication
> that is really Christian Shephard, and not a manifestation or
> animation of his body?
Well, why would some manifestation that was *not* really Christian
bother to tell Vincent that Jack is his son? It's not like he was
talking to a person and trying to convince that person of his
identity. Furthermore, why would a manifestation talk when no one is
there to listen?
CHRISTIAN: ... I need you to go find my son. He's over there in that
bamboo forest, unconscious. I need you to go wake him up. Okay? Go
on.
[Vincent whines and runs off.]
CHRISTIAN: He has work to do.
> It just always seemed to me that Jack could
> certainly tell whether or not his father was truly dead when he was
> bringing back his corpse on the plane.
Oceanic hadn't received the proper do***entation, so it's not clear
that the corpse was ever on the plane, but yes, Jack certainly
believed Christian was dead.
> So is the argument that the
> island brought Christian back to life, or is it that the island is
> using his body or his appearance to communicate with various Losties?
Personally, I don't think it's either of those.
Christian is dead. As we understand death.
But we don't know what happens after death. I don't think the island
brought Christian back to life as we know it, but why can't there be a
different kind of existence in an afterlife? If the island is a
meeting place between the world of the living and the world of the
dead, there will be some confusion when the two mingle.
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