@Raf – Of course not, alannoah.com does not endorse drug use of any kind!

I agree that the show is about how the main characters and how they are “lost,” and that the bigger elements behind the Island, DHARMA, Jacob, etc, are all secondary to the stories of the characters. That said, those elements are part of the story, and my hope is that the characters will “find” their destinies through the Island and its larger story.

Also, I was under the impression that the claim that everything can be explained with science was long rescinded. Anyone know more about that? Either way, there are a lot of things in the show (smoke monster, time-travel, Jacob, etc.) that would be very hard to explain without some supernatural element.

@B.E. – I am not convinced that time travel is the “main” secret of the Island. The concept has only been established in two of Desmond’s episodes, which also deal with the “fate/destiny” theme that has been prevalent throughout the series.

As for it not being secular enough, I again look to recurring themes in the show, and the “faith versus science” motif has come up many times throughout the series. Additionally, there are many Biblical references sprinkled throughout Lost. For example, Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob and a woman who was thought to be infertile, Aaron is Moses’ brother, Abaddon is the name of the Angel of the Abyss in Revelations, and Jack’s father’s name is Christian Shephard. Christian Shephard! It seems safe that all of these allusions to Biblical themes are quite intentional.

Whatever the secret is, it has to do with time travel in a big way.

But now that I’ve read your theory I’m going to turn it over and over in my head and see if it becomes a shiny stone or if it just disintegrates.

Like for instance–it doesn’t feel secular enough for me, y’know?

I do agree with some of your thinking. I have always thought that the others were the good guys. Why? Because Ben said so, to that douche-stupid-character Michael – and he said it so matter of factly that it definitely was true, in my opinion at least.
I don’t agree with the 815s being the bad guys or good guys. They are neither – just a bunch of guys stuck on an island. What they are, however, is lost in their lives – they all have some stuff in their past that haunts them – mainly SEVERE DADDY ISSUES. If you think about it, the story is really about them, not the island, Ben, or the others. Lost is their story and everything else is secondary.
As far as the Jacob being an angel, all that other island stuff… Hmm… well, interesting… But way too out there. I think the explanations will be much more realistic. The producers have said that they have an answer for every bizzarre occurence and that answer will be based in reality (good luck explaining away the smoke monster). While some of the answers will surely be supernatural in some way, I don’t think it’ll be as out there as most people think. Perhaps Jacob is a poltergeist of some sort (yes, very supernatural, but then again, people report seeing ghosts all the time); the others are remenants of some ancient cult or race worshipping him or the island because for whatever reason doing it slows their aging process. Or manybe… Oh I don’t know. This show is sick. I’ll know all the answers in about two years.

As for answering too many questions at once, I’m simply trying to tie a lot of “the big questions” together. The details may of course be more complicated, but it’s my feeling that the bigger answers won’t be overly confusing, as some bloggers’ theories are.

And yes, we already knew about the Island’s time discrepancy, but the question is why.

I like the very first paragragh of the theory. It makes sense. I especially like bringing in the whole Adam and Eve concept. However, I think you should have stopped there. A lot of bloggers try to answer EVERY question we have about the island. That’s when things start to get extremely vague.

You should have just posted the first part of your theory instead of telling us that “the clocks can get a little wonky.” We know that!!!