re: Lost finale

Here we go.....

My initial theory was that everyone had died on the initial plane crash. Jacob brought them to the island to resolve all their real world problems and be free of them by "growing" on the island. The "purgatory" was the final step in ascending. The problem with that is there are some characters still alive that went into the church. Penny, Ben, Hugo....

After talking with my coworker he said that everything on the island actually happened. Jacob "brought" them there to resolve their issues but were still alive. The "purgatory" was just a waiting area for the rest of them. I have an issue with that theory. Is the "purgatory" in the far far future? The people that were dead were in there, I got that. But, the people alive were in there also.

Now for the questions...

How did the man in black become smoke?

What was that statue? I thought it was an egyptian goddess of fertility. (Tawaret) That's why when it was broken the women couldn't have babies.

What were the pockets of Electromagnetism? Were they just part of the island and nothing more?

After the light was restored, why didn't Jack heal?

(statement) Jack never said words to the water for Hugo.

Time travel on the island. WTF? Never explained.

(statement) Whitmore actually had no role at all in anything.

(statement) The show never looked back on those two that were buried alive. I was like WTF for a few episodes.

The mechanism at the bottom of the Orchid, who built that for the time travel?

(statement) The Dharmi Init. had no real role.

WTF on the Jughead? It just appeared. I know they said there was testing, but doesn't Jacob allow/reject people coming? Did it actually do anything positive?

If that was Jacob's plans, why didn't he just do what Desmond and Jack did to the light and kill his brother?

(statement) (pre main story) A little communication could have helped a lot of situations.

If the island is real... Why were there dead people still on it? (Michael) Could they not move on? I believe this makes my theory more sound.

I'm sure I have more after getting some answered.