[monster-eats-pilot]

Originally Posted by D-Roc

Aww i'm passionate..not stubbon

It isnt a good thing

Originally Posted by D-Roc

True - flawed, but still useful, yet flawed..

You make them sound like objects not people

Originally Posted by D-Roc

Yes, often people need something to believe in, something to make everything make sense or worthwhile. It seems that Locke's faith wasn't all it was cracked up to be (at least during S2), as his commitment paled in comparison to Eko's, for example. So this can relate to your point about Locke also being scared to believe, because if he puts all of his eggs in one basket then he's sure to be let down (that's life, right?)..and that's something that Locke cannot afford..that's something that he'd rather choose to let go of, then have it fail him and his sense of purpose - just like the button.

In terms of 'putting all his eggs in one basket' he does and when one egg breaks he has a hissy fit and then moves the rest of the eggs and puts them in another basket until again another egg breaks and he keeps going until he hasnt got any eggs left then he has to get more eggs from somewhere.
I guess he can't except failure because that's just who he is. Like you said he'd rather just toss his faith aside because it's let him down. But he needs to learn that that's what believing and having faith is about, you've still got to have the strength and faith to keep believing when it lets you down.
Back to the overall question is Locke mad, you can call anybody mad for following their beliefs because you don't see the need to believe in that/ there's no point but then somebody could look at you and say exactly the same thing. And indeed there is a fine line between
being a genius and being crazy but a big difference when you come to think about it.

Now that was an essay. If only I had to write about this in my English GCSE

Originally Posted by D-Roc

Good points Meppy

I'm not just a pretty face