Lost part 7: Science/Faith

One of the many themes that run through Lost is the concept of faith. In the first episode of the second season the writers of the Lost present us with contrast of faith verses science. In flashbacks we are shown how Jack meets his wife. She is in a major accident (which coincidentally was the cause of Sharon's father's death). Jack tries to "fix" her but he is unsuccessful and should be paralyzed. Yet her back miraculously heals and she is able to eventually walk, and dance with Jack at their wedding.

I have faith in a greater power. I have a strong belief in a creator or creative force. But I also have a fundamental core-forming confidence in science. I do not think that the two are mutually exclusive. Like just about everything in this world I think the faith/science debate has two sides and those two sides have a complex interplay that humans have not fully comprehended. I know there are people who reject modern medicine and science based on their sense of faith and likewise there are those who reject faith because there are concepts like good that can't be scientifically proven.

I think there is a greater spirit that made the world and the rules of he made it by are called our sciences. It is part of life that is a challenge is trying to understand those science at many micro and macro levels. Those people who discount faith or science are taking the easy way out.