Now this is slightly wacky but you should expect it from me by now! What if God decided to flood the earth like he supposedly did in the time of Noah. And for some reason he decided to let the losties survive, during the plane flight he flooded the world and made them crash on the one island he would not flood. This really doesnt make sense seeing as there are already people on the island but who cares!!! And also I don't think they would do this because people of other religions might be offended, still I like my idea

Sounds fairly wacky, I'll grant you, but there were images on the mural in Swan Base that did seem to depict a deluge. We have also had a reference to the Gilgamesh myth (which is the earliest extant deluge story, with striking similarities to the biblical version), and flood mythology is pretty widespread, certainly not exclusive to Judaic religions.

interesting

I don't think it can be discounted as a reference at the very least - there's also the forty-days mention. It could, perhaps, be a myth that the Others have chosen as representative of their situation: certainly every group doesn't have to think they've been brought there for the same reason.

Intersting but didnt God promise not to flood the world again? plus what about all the other wacky stuff?

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Intersting but didnt God promise not to flood the world again? plus what about all the other wacky stuff?

yes he did but when he said that he wrote down a by-law whereby he could flood the world again if he felt the urge

Perhaps the flood is only to be understood as a metaphor, and some other apocalyptic scenario is on the cards. All this talk of "incidents" and "sickness" certainly points in that direction. Perhaps the island is a survival cell / time capsule intended to preserve some remnants of human civilisation in the event of a catastrophe forseen (or engineered, depending on your level of cynicism) by Dharma.