Life extension and religion?

Question

Life extention will happen, either through rejuvenation or memory transfer into a clone.

As religion is based around death and the afterlife, will religion survive in the time of eternal life and no death. And if it does, how will it change?

Answer 1

Interesting as a hypothetical question, though the reality is probably quite far away.

Religion isn't based around death... religion is based around gods (or the lack of them) and their doings (if applicable), usually as they affect the human condition. Death is, of course, a subject usually addressed. I doubt that simply "ending death," as it were, will change that at all.

For some religions, there will be some interesting problems to work out with the clone transfer thing. If there is a soul, does it transfer with the memories? Or does it go do soul-things after the original body dies? Is the clone then souless? Or is the clone a new person, with a new soul? Is the cloning simply an entry into the world that is an alternative to normal birth? What happens if you end up with a pair of you's running at the same time?

The religions affected, when faced with these problems will probably come up with a number of interesting workarounds. One of them, almost definately, will be to say that anyone who chooses simply not to die will go to hell, or not get their virgins, or lose the game, or whatever the case may be. The people who believe this will simply allow themselves to die without jumping into the longevity option. Another will be that the church will run their own resurrection racket, and dole out new life to those it finds worthy, or who meet certain requirements... "Ah, bleeding to death then? That's a shame. While you're here, I'd like to talk about your tithing..." This has a secondary advantage that over time, the church (or whatever) gets to legally kill off any dissenters in its ranks.

Another interesting twist that affects most religions is marriage. In standard Christianity, the whole "till death do us part" bit is significant to many churches... but what if death doesn't actually part you? Would it open up spousal murder and un-murder as an acceptable alternative to divorce?

What about suicide? Most religions are against this in some way. But if you're not really dead forever, is it the same problem? What if something happens to a person's current body (massive damage, for example), or if something goes wrong during the cloning process. Is it religiously acceptable to self terminate, with the intent of replacing yourself with a new clone? Probably there will be answers covering the whole spectrum from the various religions out there.

For that matter, what happens legally to life in prison? Is that to the end of the current life? Or until you are really permadead?

Beyond that, it's important to understand something... the capability to live for multiple lifespans doesn't mean no one will die. People will die by accident, they will die through violence, they will die for technical reasons in the long-life tech ("Oh, shoot, we're out of clone juice again. Er, sorry about that. Can you come back next tuesday?"), all in ways that can't be easily fixed. They will die because of simple insanity, making future clones (or whatever) totally worthless to the individual and society as a whole. The will die because after a few lives, they just want it to end, and choose not to live on. They will die because, inevitably, some people won't be able to afford it. People will die because many choose not to, and the population grows beyond what the resources can support, unless you're also advocating an end to birth. Many of these people will likely want a religion to tell them what happens next, after the eventual end, or why things are happening now, or what to think and how to act regardless of the death issue.

So, after some rambling, yes, I think religion will survive, for better or worse. There will be some details to change, but religions change over time anyway... this would be just one more thing to incorporate. A couple thousand years and people will think it was always this way.

Answer 2

Hmmmm, different I suppose.
Memory transfer into a clone, naaaaaaaaaa
but memory transfer into artificial intelligence maybe but it wouldn't be as I imagine you see it. I think you're talking about a brain transplant aren't you?
Imagine a robot being able to electronically tune into our minds to transfer memory files for them to be projected for us to see, now that I see as a possibility but not the brain transplant with full function of the brain and body co-ordination.


Rejuvination as in turn the clock back to preserve the image only possible with the scalpel but we can keep younger by how we care for ourselves, prevention is better than seeking a cure ;) but I do think we could turn the clock back within us so our bodies remain stronger without degeneration, it has to be done from inside to out for extended life.
Trick the thymus into repeat ;) ;)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Memory transfer into a clone?Oh please!! I'm an atheist and even I think that's totally sick!! How about some moral values?

Answer 5

no no no...life extention it wouldnt to be happen.
but i go for the clone, so that we can transfer our organs if diseased.

Answer 6

Read the Bible for all these answers and more!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

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