….maybe a quest for specific answers is the wrong idea. One of the most fundamental questions a human can ask is: “Why are we here on earth?” For people who are religious, the answer usually lies in faith, a confidence in things unseen. We believe in fundamental truths and yet we leave a little room for unanswered questions.
As “Lost” reminds Entertainment Weekly’s Mr. Jensen: How do we live a good life when we may not know the answers to a lot of questions? “In many ways, the characters are modeling back to us successful and unsuccessful journeys of faith,” he says. “They had no faith and gained faith; they had faith and then lost faith.”
The show will leave plot threads unresolved and relationships will not wrap up neatly. But attempts to find meaning in the world are rarely satisfactory.
Prayers do go unanswered. Perhaps enthusiasts should avoid making “Lost” into their own image and leave a little room for faith””in this case, an acceptance of unresolved tension.
You know, if they just could have gotten Jack Bauer to “protect” the island, it would all be over by now and Jack would have someplace sunny to retire!
The author is not correct: prayers never go un-answered, they are only answered in different ways from what we might have imagined.
Alas,#2, I wish you were right. But there isn’t a grain of evidence, not a shred, to support your argument. But I wish…. Larry
Can someone explain to me this elevation of a vapid tv show into an intellectual and philosophical brontosaurus? Larry