Talk:Purgatory (debunked theory)

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Contents 1 Merge 2 Remnant from the old purgatory entry, archived. 3 Problems 4 Delete

Merge

I disagree with the merge, it is Fanon and it's things to support the purgatory theory--CaptainInsano

I think that this should be merged now, especially bearing in mind that the theory has been debunked (snippet taken from The_Listening_Station#Theories

Furthermore, the day after the episode first aired, head writer Damon Lindelof had this to say in the New York Times: "People who believe that they're in purgatory or that they're subjects of an experiment are going to start reassessing those theories based on the fact that we are literally showing you the outside world." (emphasis added) That statement would have no meaning unless this was the outside world in the present, because we've been seeing the outside world in flashbacks all along.

This is a pure extension of the Theries section of original purgatory article. The contents of this page should be moved to the original article and this page set up to redirect to it. --ActiveValue 02:42, 28 May 2006 (PDT)

FOR - Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"© 06:20, 31 May 2006 (PDT)

Shouldn't this page be the main one to clarify that it's a theory? -- Ramirez Selvarn 20:25, 9 June 2006 (PDT)

If everyone came to a revelation before they died, what terms did Libby come to? Marik7772003 19:28, 8 August 2006 (PDT)

Libby is a special case in that she had no flash back so we dont know what sort of problems she had. We speculate that she is a compulsive liar but it's not set in stone. We still have more to learn about libby, was she stalking hurley? Why was she on the plane? etc...       talk contribs                   19:32, 8 August 2006 (PDT)

Remnant from the old purgatory entry, archived.

Problems

• The show's producers have denied that the characters are in a "purgatory" as a whole.

In particular, the day after the episode Live Together, Die Alone first aired in the US, the head writer Damon Lindelof wrote the following in the New York Times:

"People who believe that they're in purgatory or that they're subjects of an experiment are going to start reassessing those theories based on the fact that we are literally showing you the outside world."

That statement would have no meaning unless this was the outside world in the present, because we've been seeing the outside world in flashbacks all along. Note that Damon Lindelof appears to be dismissing more than just the purgatory theory with this comment.

• In Live Together, Die Alone, the electromagnetic event on the island is detected by people in the world at large.

--†††GodEmperorOfHell††† 09:35, 21 July 2006 (PDT)

Delete

• needs to be deleted. Debunked by the creators. --Marik7772003 17:14, 22 November 2006 (PST)

• Even though accepted as not true the info can still be used to show why people might believe this or come up with this theory again from scratch, and to retain the information for them as to why it wouldn't be true. --the circus 23:36, 22 November 2006 (PST)the circus

• Keep for historical reasons. This was the first theory about Lost I heard, and it was probably the biggest and most well-known theory in the first few episodes. --Blueeagleislander 00:44, 23 November 2006 (PST)

• Keep and Rename to Purgatory (Debunked Theory)--LOCI!

• Delete: would understand if it stays.--CaptainInsano 06:13, 24 November 2006 (PST)
• Keep and Rename. The writer's deliberately kept this in the air until the very very end of season 2. It's an important theory and it brings insight to a lot of religious themes that are present even if purgatory is not the answer. Renaming to (Debunked Theory) should be enough. --EvilSmoke 06:32, 24 November 2006 (PST)

• Keep and rename After thinking about it, I think this might be the right idea. We should do this for all debunked theories. -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  07:20, 24 November 2006 (PST)

• Keep and Rename for the above reasons-- 12:28, 24 November 2006 (PST)