Lost In Judaism
The year 2004 was just not a very good year overall. In this year, devastating tsunami struck multiple countries in Southeast Asia, President George W. Bush was re-elected, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons in the finals of the NBA Championship, and last but not least, the USA Men’s Basketball team lost to Argentina in the semifinals of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. However, despite all the news of disasters and disappointments, some good things also happened in this year. For example, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since the year 1918, Michael Phelps earned six out of his total of twenty three Olympic gold medals in this year, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban was out in …show more content…
In Judaism, the concept of being exiled from where they are and wanting to go back to the promised land is an essential concept. The concept of being stranded on an island in the television show Lost correlates closely to the Judaism’s concept of being exiled. In addition, the effort of the survivors trying to get rescued in Lost correlates closely to the desire for the promised land in Judaism. Another correlation between the show and the religion occurs in the sixth episode of the first season of Lost titled “Host of the Rising Sun.” In this episode, Jack, one of the main character of the story, found a cave with a good running water system. He tried to convince the rest of his group to set up camp in the cave instead of setting up camp in the beach, where it was difficult to get drinking water. The group had two different thoughts regarding this decision. Some of them wanted to follow Jack and set up camp in the cave because it was safer and easier to get water. Some of them did not want to set up camp in the cave because it would decrease their chance of getting rescued from the island. This concept of trying to improving their living condition on the island and the concept of
The year 2004 was just not a very good year overall. In this year, devastating tsunami struck multiple countries in Southeast Asia, President George W. Bush was re-elected, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons in the finals of the NBA Championship, and last but not least, the USA Men’s Basketball team lost to Argentina in the semifinals of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. However, despite all the news of disasters and disappointments, some good things also happened in this year. For example, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since the year 1918, Michael Phelps earned six out of his total of twenty three Olympic gold medals in this year, and Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban was out in …show more content…
In Judaism, the concept of being exiled from where they are and wanting to go back to the promised land is an essential concept. The concept of being stranded on an island in the television show Lost correlates closely to the Judaism’s concept of being exiled. In addition, the effort of the survivors trying to get rescued in Lost correlates closely to the desire for the promised land in Judaism. Another correlation between the show and the religion occurs in the sixth episode of the first season of Lost titled “Host of the Rising Sun.” In this episode, Jack, one of the main character of the story, found a cave with a good running water system. He tried to convince the rest of his group to set up camp in the cave instead of setting up camp in the beach, where it was difficult to get drinking water. The group had two different thoughts regarding this decision. Some of them wanted to follow Jack and set up camp in the cave because it was safer and easier to get water. Some of them did not want to set up camp in the cave because it would decrease their chance of getting rescued from the island. This concept of trying to improving their living condition on the island and the concept of