Immortality?

Question

Or whirled peas?

Answer 1

PEAS! ♥♥

Answer 2

Immortality has been the most debated issues prevailing among the so called "Brilliant Technocrats in Religion." However, there is some question that man should know about regarding immortality, and this question is:

1. Was the soul of man immortal?
2. Was it given at birth? Do you have it now?
3. Was immortality a gift of Eternal Life?

Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate, length of time. Throughout history, many humans have had the desire to live forever. What form an unending or indefinitely-long human life would take, or whether it is even possible, has been the subject of much speculation, fantasy, and debate.

A common concept of immortality is a continued spiritual existence, after bodily death. Many people today believe in this type of immortality (a philosophy of dualism or a belief in the immortal soul), as it is a dogma of almost every sect in Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. The Hebrew patriarchs and their like-minded descendants believed that their life or existence was originally a gift of their God; that this gift is permanent and irrevocable; and that humans will never really die in the sense of non-existence.

Others believe that they can achieve "immortality" through their "legacy", through their acts and the achievements that they leave behind (a common belief, sometimes called renown or glory). Such was a belief of Alexander the Great. This view of immortality is different from others, in that it places value not on the continuance of one's physical, spiritual, or intellectual "self", but rather on how one will be remembered by generations to come ("Their heroic works 'live on' in the world, for us to remember them by and others can emulate") — or even how the world is influenced by one's acts even if oneself is not remembered. This view of immortality is embraced in many Germanic and humanistic philosophies. Another view of immortality concentrates on leaving offspring, or immortality via evolution, which is curiously similar to Richard Dawkins' theory of the selfish gene ("you never really quite die; as long as there is some of your genetic material left behind in this world").

Spiritual immortality, on the other hand, is a belief that is expressed in nearly every religious tradition. In both Western and Eastern religions, the spirit is an energy or force that transcends the mortal shell, and returns to either the heavens or the cycle of life, directly or indirectly depending on the tradition.

Here are some Idea of Spiritual Immortality by various sect thru the courtesy of wikepedia.

1. Buddhists believe that there is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth and that the process is according to the qualities of their actions. This constant process of becoming ceases at the fruition of enlightenment (Bodhi) at which a being is no longer subject to causation (karma) but enters into a state that the Buddha called amata (deathlessness). However, in Buddhism there is no belief in an eternal soul (anatta), and some sects also believe in rather a collection of habits and memories in a dynamic process of constant change. At enlightenment the kammic seeds (sankharas or samskaras) for all future becoming and rebirth are exhausted. After biological death an arhat or buddha enters into what is called parinibbana.

2. Christians believe that every person will be resurrected; some believe the resurrection will be bodily (a renewed physical body), some spiritually (a changed, "spiritual" body). After Judgment, those saved will live forever in the presence of God, and the lost will be abandoned to never-ending consciousness of guilt, separation from God, and punishment for sin. Eternal damnation is depicted in the Bible as a realm of constant physical and spiritual anguish in a lake of fire, and a realm of darkness away from God.

Some suggest that the fires of Hell are a theological metaphor, standing for the inescapable presence of God endured in absence of love for God; others suggest that Hell represents complete destruction of both the physical body and of spiritual existence (annihilation).

Catholic theology also teaches that there is a realm called Purgatory where souls who have accepted Jesus are purged of their sins before they are admitted into Heaven. Some Christian sects also believe in a third realm called Limbo (Latin: border), which is the final destination of souls who have not been baptised, but who have been innocent of mortal sin. Souls in Limbo include unbaptised infants and those who lived virtuously but were never exposed to Christianity in their lifetimes.

3. Islam believes that everyone has an immortal soul that will live on in either Paradise or Hell depending on how one lives their life. Like Christianity and Judaism, there are no second chances following death in Islam. On judgement day one's place of existence for all eternity is decided.

My Opinion:

Immortality (Eternal life) is a gift from God. We don't have it yet, but, at the resurrection day some will get it and some will not. The Holy Scripture tells us "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16 KJV) In The Old Testament God said "I will destroy the soul that sinneth." Many passages in the New Testament convey the message of total destruction for the wicked. God will not torture anyone for all eternity in hell. The book of Revelation testify on this when John said "And they are remembered no more" meaning to say that this wicked will be totally destroy.

Hell is concocted by some genius religious group inspired by some great thinker like plato, socrates, and many more. The like of DANTES paradise lost is a commercial religious show that depict their beliefs. According to them, Hell has 2 compartment, all dead soul goes to this compartment awaiting thei trials and judgment. The good one goes to the right while the bad one goes to the left of the compartment. The bible says otherwise, the dead knows nothing, no conciousness whatsoever, how can they be resurrected if their soul is alive in hell? Only the dead are resurrected, and the living is always revived.

Answer 3

I'm imortal.





Just kidding.

Thanks for the points.

Answer 4

could someone please tell me what is whirled peas

Answer 5

chimichangas!!!!!!!