>
>So regarding Jack, Hurley, and Richard....when
>Jacob touches you, you can't
>die...it's a gift. Who has
>received the gift:
>

I think that it isn't that you can't die, but more you can't kill yourself. So the reason the dynamite didn't blow up was because Jack lit it, but didn't leave. If he had left, he could've killed Richard (that's how I understood it). Jack's being there stopped the fuse from hitting the explossives since he is also unable to kill himself.

>
>What about John Locke? We did
>see him come back to
>life when touched by Jacob.
>Richard said he wasn't able
>to kill himself, but someone
>else could....so if Jack had
>not been touched by Jacob,
>he would have indeed been
>able to kill Richard. So
>Locke, was killed by Ben.
>
>

John Locke was about to try to kill himself, but was interupted by Ben... who then ended up killing Locke in the hotel room (not making it a suicide).

>
>Thus, Richard, MIB, Jacob all never
>seemed to age. Now our
>hero's will not age. Wonder
>if that applies to them
>off of the Island as
>well. (Richard and Jacob have
>both appeared off of the
>Island)
>

I don't know if the gift that Richard received is the same gift that the others have received too. I just took it as being that his particular gift was that he didn't age. Sawyer and Kate were both "touched" as children, but they have grown up since then.

I guess whoever is picked as the New Jacob will not age though.