Like data from Star Trek. Why or why not?
2006-11-04 09:15:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are going where no man has gone before, so we don't really know. I think for a thing to be truly living it has to be organic. If you can replicate something organic completely every cell, then perhaps it would be a true living thing. Data from Star Trek was not organic, I believe he was a machine, although a highly complex machine.
There is some suggestion in the Bible that "the Beast" or the Anti-Christ could be a robot that is possessed by Satan, so I take what you say seriously. It could be that "The Beast" is a clone of a very famous political leader like Hitler, but that's another topic.
2006-11-04 09:21:58 · answer #1 · answered by The Bible (gives Hope) 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No scientist would deny that a mule (offspring of a donkey and a horse) isn't alive, yet they can't reproduce. Life is not dependent on if you can produce, but it is a multitude of other factors. If the android had exhibited these factors it would be difficult to say it wasn't alive. But they can be mimiced by robots, so it would also be difficult to say if it wasn't just mimmicing the factors of life.
2006-11-04 09:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Duffmuff 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Science knows that life only comes from life. Not from inanimate objects. However in the end times, the false prophet will make an inanimate beast talk.
2006-11-04 09:19:13 · answer #3 · answered by Pearly Gator 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By our current definition of "life", probably not, it would simply be considered a superb piece of engineering. The trouble is that this definition is constantly evolving as we learn more. In the fullness of time, who can say?
2006-11-04 09:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, just look at Paris Hilton
2006-11-04 09:18:36 · answer #5 · answered by Da Vinci's Code 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are billions of them on earth this very moment.
2006-11-04 09:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
only if it could reproduce and cared about that.
2006-11-04 09:18:27 · answer #7 · answered by Barabas 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO DISASSEMBLE STEP-FANIE! NUMBER FIVE ALIVE!
2006-11-04 09:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋