Christian was very spectral at the start of the show and seems to become more substantive as time goes by. Either that or there are two Christians - one being an island specter (appearing and disappearing, etc) and the other being the "now alive" Christian. The spectral Christian (for lack of better name) appears in Jacob's cabin to Hurley. He is clearly not the same as the Christian who appears to Locke later at the real cabin.
Now, bear with me, Christian has changed substantially in the past two seasons. The change happened around the time when he met with Claire. When Locke met him in the cabin, the first thing I noticed was that he was dressed differently - no suit and white tennis shoes (note that this was also the real/physical cabin and not the spectral-Jacob-moving cabin). He seems to be able to hold things (the baby) and also seems more human.
Am I reading too much into this or do you think that there could be something that splits the real and the spectral of those brought back by the island? Perhaps we'll see a disappearing Locke at some point also.
Another possibility is that Christian becomes more substantial as Jack's belief in science cracks. The more Jack starts to question if maybe Locke was right and believes in the island, Christian becomes more and more real. On the flip side, did Ben losing his daughter make Jacob slip further into the ghostly realm.
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