Locke's teacher seems to think that he is a Man of Science. What do you think?

But it seems he ended up being A man of Faith. Great connection Aaronsmom!

i think the point of that was you can be whatever you want to be. Locke proved that.

Locke was deemed special back when they didn't know what "special" was. That was the 50's, early 60's and science was being pushed big time in school.

I'm voting that Locke is still a Man Of Faith and always will be.

P. S. Great question and observation.

Where is Vincent?

I always saw Locke being a man of faith, however he did show some atheism at times, so I questions it. Could we have it all wrong and Locke is the man of science and Jack is the man of faith????????

I posted this on another thread, but I'll say it here too, since it seems to be approprate. We all assumed the title Man of Science, Man of Faith referred to 2 people, Jack and Locke. What if that epi title just reffered to Locke. Thats some long term plot planning on the writers part.

So you are saying that Locke has a battle within himself. He has a natural talents with science, but because of his life, he wants to be a man of faith?

Destiny would make him a Man of Science, but free will he wants to be a Man of Faith.

So you are saying that Locke has a battle within himself. He has a natural talents with science, but because of his life, he wants to be a man of faith?

Destiny would make him a Man of Science, but free will he wants to be a Man of Faith.


You explained it a lot better than I did :biggrin:

I posted this on another thread, but I'll say it here too, since it seems to be approprate. We all assumed the title Man of Science, Man of Faith referred to 2 people, Jack and Locke. What if that epi title just reffered to Locke. Thats some long term plot planning on the writers part.

What an excellent thought....that the entire episode referred to only Locke. I like that.


Kansasgal71 wrote -So you are saying that Locke has a battle within himself. He has a natural talents with science, but because of his life, he wants to be a man of faith?

Destiny would make him a Man of Science, but free will he wants to be a Man of Faith.

This is another excellent observation about Locke. I do think he has a battle within himself. He certainly seems to have a very analytical mind at times. I thought when he went to the mass grave of DI people and looked for Horace's body and went through his pockets was a great example of this.

I think this is one of the show's more compelling themes. We all assumed that Jack = Science and Locke = Faith. But what if (no, I'm not crazy) science and faith are really one in the same? And faith doesn't necessarily have to refer only to organized religion.

I think this is one of the show's more compelling themes. We all assumed that Jack = Science and Locke = Faith. But what if (no, I'm not crazy) science and faith are really one in the same? And faith doesn't necessarily have to refer only to organized religion.

This is made even more interesting by the fact that in the future Jack believes he was never "supposed" to leave the island -- hints of a burgeoning faith.

So we have some intense changes going on in the characters. Here we have two men of science leaving their roots to become, in some sense, men of faith.

Maybe he becomes exactly what the island needs.

He is the chosen one. He will bring balance to the Force.

I love that "Bring balance to the Force"

This is made even more interesting by the fact that in the future Jack believes he was never "supposed" to leave the island -- hints of a burgeoning faith.

So we have some intense changes going on in the characters.


By the end, "Man of Science, Man of Faith" could refer to Locke and Jack each having an internal struggle within themselves with these two qualities.