doubleofive said:

I agree that everyone is actually on the same side, except Ben seems to be leaning towards the MIB/Esau side now that he betrayed Jacob.

True.

Also, it's 2003, right? The crash was in Sep 2003. It was Dec 2003 when Keamey and the freighter showed up, and Jan 2004 when the Oceanic Six were resuced? And then the non6 went back 30 years to 1974 and then lived there for three years until 1977. The six also lived 3 years off island before returning in 2007?

Crash was September 2004, O6 rescued in December 2004, lived for 3 years until 2007 when they come back except for those thrown back to 1974, where they live for 3 more years until 1977 where they are now thrown back to 2007 (three years older than the people they left in 2007!)

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

You are correct. So was it three full years for both the 6 and the non6? Is it still December in 2007? Can it be 2008 yet?

Juliet was already dead, while Sayid was alive (barely). Can't baptize dead people! ;-)

Paul would disagree with you: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Corinthians#15:29

:)

Baptism for the dead (ie, if Jesus died and was never resurrected and people being baptized in his name) is different from baptism of the dead. Can't say I didn't learn anything from Bible College, eh?

I was mostly teasing. I know of nobody that actually baptizes the actual dead body. But my main point (several posts ago) was that the script decided that Juliet would die and Sayid would live. At the very beginning of the episode, Sayid appears to be much worse off than Juliet, yet they can't get her to the pool fast enough...

Lost2007 would be unmodified, as Sun and Lepidus have never traveled in time after leaving and coming back. The explosion must have reset the time skippers back to Lost2007 (as they inhabit the same Island that Lepidus made a landing on) while at the same time creating Alt2004.

It's obviously modified to the point that Sun saw a picture of Jin from 1974. And what of the Swan? Is the Swan in Lost2007 simply the result of Desmond's actions? Or of the incident too?