In a paper on the legal implications of longevity, the writers make this observation: “The time may not be far away where we may be able to live much longer than we do now—potentially forever.” The New Encyclopædia Britannica explains that rather than cellular breakdown, wear and tear, or other processes, the cause of death seems to be some undetermined factor that makes the bodily processes malfunction or shut down. It states: “It is possible that aging in an individual is actually due to a breakdown in the control mechanisms that are required in a complex performance.”
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Or to be more precise Peewitt:
No, I don't believe it. This is because we have evolved and the order in biology wouldn't allow eternal life. If we lived forever, life would be horrible. There'd be overpopulation, the economy would sink in the new medicines ensure youth, and everything would suck. Also, our bodies couldn't stand that long of working. Despite the fact that our muscles in our heart, esophagus, etc are designed to be able to work for a lifetime, at some point they will tire and break down. Soon, if we really wanted to live forever, it's likely at the 500 year mark we won't be human. Most of our organs will be machines, we will taken so many drugs, and even our mind and soul will probably be drugged because of grief.
Not only is it not possible to live forever, but it would be horrible if we could.
In the scripture Genesis 1 v 28 it reads:  Further, God blessed them, and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving on the earth.
As it is imbedded in man's desire to live forever then it is possible that God will have some way of ensuring that the earth never becomes overpopulated. Maybe there will be longer time periods between births.
Certainly the earth is capable of sustaining far more people than we have at present you only have to think of the areas where it is classed uninhabitable. Also mankind is ruining the earth and therefore making many areas desolate. This will not happen when the earth is cleansed and restored.
Living forever is practically impossible. Forever means never-ending, and even if our technology is advancing very fast, well it is possible for us to improve our life span but it will still be impossible to live forever, utmost if ever you can get to live at least a trillion if that would be possible but I think it won't if it will ever be it would just be that you are just programmed on a robot and is no longer human unless your brain can be repeatedly repaired while in a machine. But if you are talking about forever with no robot arms or anything, its certainly impossible to live forever
I do think there is a possibility of eternal life. Although my hypothesis hinges on some massive ethical points! Firstly, Stem cells are the totally way forward. If you somehow grew clones of yourself in a lab, and harvested embryonic stem cells, repeatedly forever, you could effectively apply the cells to yourself and rejuvenate your system. This system could work, but also doesn't take into the account of memory. Brain cells carry memory individually, so like other cells, when they die, the memory's accuracy dies with it. Of course this would mean that over time as you replace your nerve cells in your brain with the embryonic stem cells you would forget things. You could try to consciously go over memories, or take memorable photos and try and keep the memories active in your mind, but as a college of mine said, these memories would just become memories similar to watching a film that you filmed years ago, and don't remember filming it but you do remember watching the film (this is called 2nd generation memories which are common in teens during growth years). Another point is you would have to have an almost limitless supply of money to fund your rejuvenation. That ethically crosses the line of; who gets to say who lives forever? Just the wealthy? Or should anyone? Also, you would have to assure that you wouldn't die of other causes; Disease, getting killed etc etc. There are a multitude of problems that come with 'eternal' living, but these are just a few ideas to bounce around, hope this helped.
It's really odd to hear some of the responses on this question, so many people put their faith in science about life, but yet when looking at the question it is really a religious question. Can we live forever? Absolutely! But for this to become firm in your heart, that is where your belief and faith in God comes in. In the beginning at the Garden of Eden, God created Adam and Eve perfect. They were given instructions what to do, they were also instructed to stay away from the tree of knowledge, but as we know they disobeyed and the consequence of this was death. But if Adam and Eve had not sinned, they would not have died. So to fix this wrong that Adam done, Jehovah God put in place a provision for mankind to regain this standing that Adam had. That was the sacrifice that Jesus Christ gave for mankind. At Revelation 21: 3, 4 it tells about the relationship between God and mankind.
3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
There are many other scriptures that support that mankind will exist without death, pain or suffering. But so many people put their faith in the science of man that they overlook the promises of God.
MANY religions teach that after death your immortal soul will live in either a heaven of bliss or a hell of torment. There is a world where man can live forever, but it is not one populated by immortal human souls. There is no such thing as an immortal human soul. The human soul is the human life, and when the person dies he is a dead soul, not an immortal one. The Bible uses this expression at Numbers 6:6: “He may not come toward any dead soul.” All imperfect human souls or creatures sin and the penalty for this is death: “The wages sin pays is death.” “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”—Rom. 6:23; Ezek. 18:4,
Scientists have long known about the human body’s power to renew itself. By wonderful means the body cells are either replaced or repaired, as the need may be. And it seems that this process of self-renewal should go on forever. But it does not, and this is something that scientists cannot explain. They still do not fully understand why people grow old. They say that, under right conditions, humans should be able to live forever
We can live forever, just not in the way you're thinking. As a believer in Jesus Christ I have been guaranteed eternal life in Heaven with Jesus. You can have the same if you believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins (the wrong things we do) and that he rose again on the third day and is coming back for all believers someday. Yes our earthly bodies must die but we will be given new, perfect bodies someday and will in fact live forever. Feel free to ask me more questions.
You can't say Jesus Christ on a website. That just offends people.
I can say whatever I want, there is no law against saying Jesus Christ on a website or anywhere else. It's true, I believe it, you cannot and will not change my mind.
Christmas Elf 22, you're talking a lot of crap right now.
Jesus died on the stake giving his human life as a ransom in respect of the perfect human life that Adam lost for mankind. Romans 5 v 12.
Yes, Jesus was resurrected to a spirit creature and now resides in the Heavens where he is ruling as King.
The time is fast approaching when Jesus will take up rulership over the earth.
As to his coming again, he has already come. He came in 1914 to take up the kingship in the Heavens - read Revelation chapter 12. Daniel 2 v 44 & 45; Daniel 7 v 13.
yes. The Bible shows that death is the enemy of mankind. Man was not created to die but to live forever. Scientists cannot fathom out why it is that the body repairs itself until a certain point and then starts to break down.
The Bible also shows that although man dies, he can live again, Read Acts 24 v 15; John 5 v 28 & 29 also Revelation 20 v 12 & 13.
Although there are those who say that there are many solid facts backing the evolution theory, they concede that evolution is a complex tale with "many holes and no shortage of competing theories on how to fill in the missing pieces. Far from suggesting tht the case is closed, some of the most committed evolutionists are now clamoring for a full re=examination of organic origins.
Many scientists theorize that life arose on its own, starting with very simple forms that gradually, over millions of years, became more and more complex. However, the term “simple” can be misleading, for all living things—even microscopic single-celled organisms—are incredibly complex. There is no proof that any kind of life has ever arisen by chance or ever could. Rather, all living things bear unmistakable evidence of design by an intelligence far greater than our own.
Then there is the make up of the human body. It is made up of various chemical compounds which are found in the earth.
Keep in mind, too, that life is not just an assortment of chemical elements. Rather, it is based on an extremely sophisticated form of information, which is encoded in DNA. Hence, when we talk about the origin of life, we are also talking about the origin of biological information.
As for living for ever, we only have to look at the human brain to realise that it is designed to live much longer that we do, especially with its potential to learn. Scientists agree that the long-term memory capacity of the brain is virtually unlimited. If we were not meant to live forever why would the brain of this capacity if it were not meant to be used?