Is it inevitable that we are all going to die?

Answer 1

It certainly seems that way, doesn't it?

All the indications are that it's an inescapable fact. We don't simply die because we're inefficient systems or because we're not built to be hard-wearing, but rather it's hard wired into our being.

Certainly, we'll find ways to extend our lives much further. In theory we could make ourselves virtually immortal through future technologies and greater understanding and manipulation of our DNA...and yet we appear to be destined, one way or another, to expire.

The very fact that we have an instinctive concept of the passage of time strongly implies that we can never be everlasting. We are bound to exist within not only the 3 dimensions of space, but also that of time - and just as we can never physically move beyond a measurable distance, so we can never exist beyond a measurable time.

That's what I reckon anyway!

Answer 2

Life does not begin with birth, nor does it end with death. Prior to our birth, we dwelled as spirit children with our Father in Heaven. There we eagerly anticipated the possibility of coming to earth and obtaining a physical body. Knowingly we wanted the risks of mortality, which would allow the exercise of agency and accountability. “This life [was to become] a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God.” (Alma 12:24.) But we regarded the returning home as the best part of that long-awaited trip, just as we do now. Before embarking on any journey, we like to have some assurance of a round-trip ticket. Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through—and not around—the doors of death. We were born to die, and we die to live. (See 2 Cor. 6:9.) As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Answer 3

All the evidence so far is that we cannot escape death, but it is logically possible that one person or more may escape death. For instance, there might be advances in genetics that enable the ageing process to be halted. I believe some plants such as grasses can live indefinitely.

Whether we are going to die depends upon what you mean by death. If we are resurrected in another life, as Buddists think, or if we go to heaven or hell, as Christians or Muslims think, we die in the sense that our bodies cease to live, but our souls continue to exist.

We fear death, but it is far from obvious that eternal life is desirable. One reason is that we would lose the impetus to progress our lives.

Answer 4

Probably. However, you might want to read Ray Kurzweil's views: "Inventor Kurzweil Aiming to Live Forever" http://www.redorbit.com/news/display/?id=127158 Or do some searching on Extropy, Aubrey de Grey, biogerontology, uploading, cryonics, Immortality Institute, life extension, longevity, molecular nanotechnology, posthumanism, transhumanism, quantum immortality, senescence, and technological singularity.

Answer 5

Absolutely.

Answer 6

yeah we all die at some point but the question is do we die & rot or do we die & go some where else, i think that there is more than just one life

Answer 7

Ya we al r gonna die 1 day. those born r bound to die mayb sooner or later but 1 day surely......

Answer 8

Everyone dies at one point in time. the thing is we each have a time that we will die and most do not know when that will be.

Answer 9

Yes, the day we are born is when we begin to die.

Answer 10

That is the plan to live life as a good person and the reward is Haven.