Think you're a little off there, FA.
Well, maybe not off but you seem to be reading into something that others are understanding differently i.e. the images seen in the Smoke Monster.
From what we have seen (in the aforementioned scene with Eko and also when it "judges" Ben under the temple) the images we see in the Smoke are images from the person's past and therefore the things that they are being "judged" on. Ben sees all of the things leading up to the death of Alex for instance.
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Originally Posted by Buzzkill
Ok JUST THOUGHT OF THIS: What if MIB/Smoke Monster is at Jacob's bidding, and it is really Jacob who's interested in judging these people, then offing them if they don't meet his standards? Seems pretty dick of Jacob to bring all these people to the island with the knowledge that many will die
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On that line of thinking, I was having a few thoughts about the temple and the cabin.
We have been lead to believe that the cabin belonged to Jacob (by Ben and Illana pretty much confirmed it when she said "He hasn't been here for a long time"). In addition, when we saw the French guys during one of the flashes the Smoke Monster tries to drag one of them under the temple and that's where Ben goes to get "judged".
We see that the cabin is surrounded by ash and that the Others at the temple begin to use the ash to protect them from the Smoke Monster.
The presumption is that the circle of ash around the cabin was to protect Jacob, but why would Jacob need protecting from Smokey if he can't be hurt or at least killed by it? Is it more likely that the ash was to keep something from getting out?
Perhaps the temple belongs to the Smoke Monster? Perhaps Jacob took control of the temple and banished Smokey/MIB to the cabin? Perhaps we do have it backwards and Jacob isn't the good guy?
Is Jacob using MIB/Smokey to do his biding? Is MIB being kept there against his will? Is that why he wants it all to end so that he can go "home"?