are the human bodies made to live forever?

Question

if you think about it we have built in healing mechanism in our body that knows when your heart and it starts repairing,and we grow and learn,the human brain is capable of learning so much,who knows how much it could contain....but the reason we die is because sin enterend into the world. that make sense to me

Answer 1

yes, when you read in Genesis, the account of the purpose of man , God said to the man, "fill the earth and subdue it".God also told the man " do not eat.... of the tree in the middle of the garden,..... for in the day that you eat of it you will positively die"
So stands to reason these two observations:
1. Humans were disigned to live forever,
2. If Adam had obeyed, he would still be alive today.

Oh and for all the naysayers? RE:Overpopulation.
When the earth is filled with the number of people it can easily sustain, it is certainly within Godd's ability to cause procreation to cease.

Answer 2

No, that would discourage evolution, and/or lead to overcrowding. For that reason, the DNA in your body has a clever mechanism to ensure you don't live forever. At the end of a DNA strand is a 'tail' of molecules. Each time your cells are replaced by new cells, this tail gets a little shorter. Eventually, the tail is gone and your cells can no longer make working copies of themselves.

This is actually the process behind aging; it is why we get old, grow hair in the wrong places, become wrinkled, and die.

For evolution to work properly, we have to have the fittest and most adaptable strains survive long enough to procreate, then that generation must die to preserve the environment for the next generation.

Answer 3

NO...it's not because of sin....it's called viruses...population control. It's the way nature balances itself out...if everyone lived forever then there would be no reason for the reproductive system. In fact...you and I wouldn't be here right now....the very first humans to walk the earth would still be living. See how that works....it's called nature not sin. Everything lives and dies in order to weed out the weak hence survival of the fittest. The strong pass on the good genes in order to keep the human race healthy and possibly evolve into this "super human being" you're talking about. But if we keep fighting disease and not letting nature do it job...we will never progress any further than we have now....because we are obstruction nature.

Answer 4

We die because our cells cannot continue to divide successfully. We die because of decay and disease. We die because of mankinds contempt for itself.

We can only heal so much of the damage. We can adapt and survive but the human body cannot preserve itself forever.

The idea that sin causes death is based on the idea that sin originate from when Adam & Eve consumed the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and attained free will. So free will causes death according to the Bible. That makes no sense to me.

Ahem: we don't use only 10% of our brains, that is a common misconception, we use about 90% of our brain all the time, even when we sleep.

Answer 5

Keep it simple. The human being is part of what surrounds us-NATURE. Last phase and most complex of natures tour on planet earth. Cells in plants animals humans are affected by their environment /habitat.
Everything on this planet has life that through various circumstances lives only so long. Humans, made up from DNA of previous generations affected by how we live healthy or abuse driven determines life path. One can't go scientific about human longevity and then get religious about sin unless you mean sin as in abusing ones body. Humans are getting better about taking care of themselves with food exercise balance thus living longer if we correct ozone downturn we may see our species live much longer...yes maybe too optomistic, someone has to be. Hope is eternal

Answer 6

If we could reverse the mutations that occur in our DNA over a lifetime, this would in turn return our bodies to post-pubesent physiology. If there was a way of continually repairing these mutations or wholly preventing them, then yes, I dont see why we could, though I agree, theologically, our bodies are not intended to live forever this time around, but when we are resurrected with Jesus, we will live forever in our bodies!

Answer 7

Before sin , yes; but unfortunately now our bodies are of a sinfull nature so we cannot live forever; but someday when the good Lord shall come and take us back to before sin ruinned our lives; we will have the kind of bodies which are made to live 4 ever! So until then our bodies are not going to last foever no matter how many inventions we may come up with, these our bodies are going to perish!

Answer 8

There is a countdown process in our DNA that causes it to degrade each time a cell splits. That degredation appears as "aging." Some other animals do not have it...I think it is an evolutionary benefit when a species' space and resources are limited...It lets there be a place for new generations to live and thrive, and generations are necessary for evolutionary adaptation.

Answer 9

No, sorry, the human body is designed to die and then rot.

It's okay for a human body to die cause that makes room for its descendents. You may not want to die but you must, and I urge to accept eventual death; though in the meantime you should have fun and get girls and stuff. And get rich and prosper and be good, and don't cut in front of anybody in traffic, and show mercy where mercy is due, what the hell am I talking about...

Answer 10

You're right. Scientists don't understand why we grow old and die. We were created to live forever but Adam screwed that up. God,however, will eventually repair it