Comments on: not god vs satan. http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/not-god-vs-satan/ A place to write and read Lost Theories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: doublelocke http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/not-god-vs-satan/#comment-16775 doublelocke Sun, 24 May 2009 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5307#comment-16775 It's obvious that, through the hieroglyphs and other Egyptian imagery, that the writers have drawn Jacob and (I'll call him) Smokie from the Egyptian religion. It's a story, a work of fiction, and if it offends Christians, it makes mews, news drives hype (look at The DaVinci Code), so I don't think the writers will care. Keep in mind, though, that the Jews (who the concepts of God and Satan in the Christian religion were birthed from) spent a LOT of time in slavery in Egypt, so their familiarity with these Pagan gods and concepts would be high, making it easy for a fiction writer to say that Jacob (or Sobek) is in fact the same god as "God" and Esau/Smokie/Set is "Satan" It’s obvious that, through the hieroglyphs and other Egyptian imagery, that the writers have drawn Jacob and (I’ll call him) Smokie from the Egyptian religion. It’s a story, a work of fiction, and if it offends Christians, it makes mews, news drives hype (look at The DaVinci Code), so I don’t think the writers will care. Keep in mind, though, that the Jews (who the concepts of God and Satan in the Christian religion were birthed from) spent a LOT of time in slavery in Egypt, so their familiarity with these Pagan gods and concepts would be high, making it easy for a fiction writer to say that Jacob (or Sobek) is in fact the same god as “God” and Esau/Smokie/Set is “Satan”

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]]> By: ilieintheshadowofthestatue http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/not-god-vs-satan/#comment-16759 ilieintheshadowofthestatue Sun, 24 May 2009 14:08:07 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5307#comment-16759 God and Satan, or whatever you want to call them, are in my view clearly just man-made symbolic representations for the good and bad sides within each and everyone of us. But as suggested in the above comment, the writers will find a way to resolve this without offending any major religions. God and Satan, or whatever you want to call them, are in my view clearly just man-made symbolic representations for the good and bad sides within each and everyone of us. But as suggested in the above comment, the writers will find a way to resolve this without offending any major religions.

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]]> By: rlsundberg http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/not-god-vs-satan/#comment-16734 rlsundberg Sat, 23 May 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5307#comment-16734 Cain and Abel... or Jacob and Esau... Arm and Hammer.... Frank and Beans.... Ying and Yang.... God and Satan.... Cain and Abel… or Jacob and Esau…
Arm and Hammer…. Frank and Beans….
Ying and Yang…. God and Satan….

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]]> By: dabiatchishere http://www.theoriesonlost.com/2009/05/not-god-vs-satan/#comment-16698 dabiatchishere Sat, 23 May 2009 00:02:57 +0000 http://www.theoriesonlost.com/?p=5307#comment-16698 lost4life, I think the terms good vs evil, light vs dark, fate vs free will, etc., etc., will be the way of Lost. While references to the Bible, God and the Devil may be obvious inferences, I doubt the writers will directly use any specific religion to tell their story. In part, so that any particular religion is not offended. lost4life, I think the terms good vs evil, light vs dark, fate vs free will, etc., etc., will be the way of Lost.

While references to the Bible, God and the Devil may be obvious inferences, I doubt the writers will directly use any specific religion to tell their story. In part, so that any particular religion is not offended.

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