I think the secret to Lost resides in the names. In the Bible, Benjamin was the second favorite son of Jacob. Joseph was the favorite son, and he was left in a ditch to die but did not. Sound familiar?

The sequence of numbers are figures of the Valenzetti equation, which was a mathematical calculation to determine how long until we humans become extinct. This equation was derived after it was learned that humans had the ability to wipe out the entire planet. The island likely represents an alternate world, here on earth. The plot of Lost concerns whose vision is going to dominate that new world.

So Benjamin represents the old testament. He definitely is an eye-for-an-eye kind of guy, and is bothered that Jacob/the father/God has now ditched him for a new favorite, John Locke. So is Locke the new Christ? I don’t think so. Actually, John Locke was an English philosopher whose works were vital to U.S. forefathers and the U.S. Constitution. However, Locke is definitely a new Testament guy, and he will kill in the name of saving others but not for revenge.

The new Christ? Well, that is pretty obvious. Jack SHEPHERD. Jack is a healer, a leader, and a SHEPHERD. It is interesting that Jack is the son of CHRISTopher Shepherd. So Jack is likely the new Christ, the Jesus of the island if you will.

Rousseau is the name of the French philosopher whose works were again critical to the finding of the U.S. Rousseau believed that man was basically good but was corrupted by society. So for a person to be noble he or she had to stay outside of society. Again, sound familiar?

Rousseau, and Locke were two of the three key philosophers who advocated contractarianism, which states that government and its citizens have a social contract. The contract is that we the people give up some of our freedom to the government in order that it protect us. Their works are vital parts of any Democracy.

Everyone is assuming that the new flash forward is THE future, but what if it just a possible future? The one person we know who can look to the future and change future events is Desmond. So if Desmond, who has flashes (remember the anagram is flash forward) sees the future, could he not go and warn Jack of his future plight? Rose has already said she does not want off the island, and Bernard has vowed to stay with her. Locke won‘t leave, and Kate could be looking at jail. Jack did not believe Benjamin, but he might believe Desmond.

And the person in the casket? Well, this may be cheating, but a famous casket of a person who begins with J is Jeremy Bentham. See the link: http://utilitarianism.com/auto-icon.html

He likely is the great man the Others were referring to. He was not just the liberal of his day but was the liberal of all time. He advocated rights for women, gays, and animals in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He was also for separation of church and state, interest on loans, free trade, the abolition of slavery and physical punishment, and the right to divorce. He spent much of his time and money developing a new more civilized prison system that looks quite similar to the Dharma stations. It is my guess that the island is really Bentham’s baby.

Keep in mind that Jack did not want to kill himself until reading the article of someone, who was not a friend or family, dying. Was the island the creation of Jeremy Bentham? By Jack getting himself and his clan off the island, was Bentham whose spirit on the island was somehow living, captured, brought back to our world, and killed in a fire?

Bentham was the founder of utilitarianism,. Utilitarianism states that, when faced with a choice, we must first consider the likely consequences of potential actions, and from that, choose to do what we believe will generate the most happiness.

So the tragedy of Jack was calling the “bad guys” for help. And the “bad guys” take over the island for their own selfish interests. That is the cause of Jack’s desire to kill himself. He has single-handedly destroyed the new world, the sanctuary for the follies of man. If/when man does destroy this world, the alternate world, the island/Bentham’s baby, will be gone too.

try Enterprise or Weeds or Deadwoo…

Unless you wanna be dumb for the rest of your life

/Jack Handy

Umm….Jack went to Australia to pick up his father BODY. He has been dead the entire show, so there is no point to this reference, other than a mish-mash of reality. These (IMHO) were thoughts running through his head as he lead the group to a possible rescue or doom.

Desmond is still on the island, Penny recruits the people who were brought back, and they hunt down Dharma for a return trip…lots of possibilities.

My theory for next season is we start where the flashforward left off. They’re back from the island and trying to get back. Some of them are still there, either voluntarily or involuntarily (the new bad guys holding them hostage for the silence of the ones rescued). Looking forward to next season.

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