Ray Kurzweil, the brilliant inventor, predicts that in the next 2 decades nanotech will enable us to live as long as we choose. Without the fear of fire and brimstone, can religion survive? Help forthe mentally christian...see Skeptical Review Online.
2006-07-11 07:08:10 · 11 answers · asked by theagitator@sbcglobal.net 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ofcourse it will survive because the church leaders will find other fears to use to control the masses
2006-07-11 07:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by Treat 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I doubt Ray Kurzweil made such a prediction. This is the philosophy of transhumanists. Very interesting stuff - bordering on the line of science fiction. People will not lose religion, because they will all die someday due to accident. Nanotechnolgy cannot prevent a person from being blown up. Of course, downloadable persons stuck in a matrix could avoid this fate for much much longer periods of time. But, eventually, death will get them. Why not a matrix heaven? Is this not religion too?
2006-07-11 14:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by The Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unlikely that nano technology will achieve much of anything in the next twenty years, since the ability to make a mocroscopic robotic organism that can both accept and carry out a command is not past the imaginitive stage at this point.
Man has not figured out how the human body does what it does in terms of healing, resisting and recognising diseases, or a myriad other things. We understand even less about our own planet. Further, we have achieved little in the way of extending life, with the minor exception of the fact that we do not labor or live in exposure to the elements as we did, less than 100 years ago. This single fact, is the major factor in our longevity, which only brings us back to an average of 80 years old...which...gosh...the bible states is the years God gave us to live. So, with few exceptions, I find no evidence that we have done much of anything except falsely glorifiy ourselves.
2006-07-11 21:15:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death will never be eliminated until Christ returns. The wages of sin is death. Everyone has to die. If you are as smart as you think you are, you WILL fear the fire and brimstone, and be born again so you can live for eternity with Christ when he resurrects His people to dwell with Him forever.
2006-07-11 14:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by country nana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ray Kurzweil sounds like another one of satans helpers!
2006-07-11 14:13:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if death were to be eliminated, religion would still thrive as a band-aid for the inherent pointlessness of existence.
2006-07-11 14:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the help of transcend biology or not, religions are to die out, to be able to have us living in harmony!
2006-07-11 14:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would anyone want to live forever on this earth? Even if it were possible, wouldn't you think that after 200 or 300 years they would want to call it quits?
2006-07-11 14:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes as without our physical bodies dying now we can still be reborn through christ, and believe me death is not where we face the fire and brimstone ,or hell, look around you its hell out there now
2006-07-11 14:14:14 · answer #9 · answered by lustywizard 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion as we know it is on borrowed time. Even without technical advances it will slowly decline.
Nanotechnology rocks!!
2006-07-11 14:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋