why do we die?

Question

why cant we live forever

Answer 1

From the moment of our conception, we are biologically programmed to die. If we were not, we would not grow or mature or be able to reproduce. Objectively, death is impersonal and necessary in order to allow our species to progress/evolve and to improve. Still, since individually we possess egos, a sense of self, we regret (or some of us do) that we are not endowed with immortality. However, scientists are continually seeking to combat the inevitability of biology, to prolong our life-spans with the goal being, assumedly, to overcome death, so that, if you are young enough, you may yet see that end manifest enabling you to live forever...

Answer 2

I am a retired professor of engineering. I have the
following material related to this topic:

(1)The Hindu texts say that soul is eternal and the
created body is subject to cycles of time. The very
word 'creation' implies the presence of its opposite
'annihilation'. Hence a body cannot live forever. The
Sanskrit word Kala means time, it also means the
universal force which causes death.

(2) The Hindu texts have described several periods of
life time. Baalyam means childhood period upto 10 years
of age. The period between 10 years and 25 years is
called Koumaaram which roughly corresponds with
adolescence. Within this period, Kurra means the age of
16. This is called the age of eternity. Russian
scientists have found that if the control systems in
the body are maintained at the same level of efficiency
as they are at the age of 16 years, using some
machinery or electronic control system, a person can
live for 10000 years. The Puranas say that people in
Krita Yuga (the golden age according to esoteric texts)
lived for 10000 years. However contrary it may be, this
very age of eternity is also the age of commencement of
the period of gradual death. Some Hindu texts say that
there is divinity in children. The possible
interpretation of this line could be that this process
of gradual death does not touch children until they
reach the age of 16 years. (Most children who die
before the age of 16 are due to external factors,
malnutrition etc). This is verified by the fact that
the percentage of persons who die at the age of 16 are
the lowest compared to any other age. This fact
observed by ancestors went into fairy tales which say
that a princess will die on her 16th birthday. Modern
medicine has found that 'brain sand' starts forming in
the pineal gland after the age of 16. The pineal gland
is the third eye, and it is the seat of Mukya Prana
(chief life) according to ancient Yoga and Tantra
texts. Modern madicine found that a person can lead an
almost normal life evern if 30 to 40 percent of brain
matter is removed. But no person survives if the pineal
gland is removed.

(3) The pulse rate in a new born baby is about 140
beats per minute. This pulse rate gradually reduces
during the Koumaaram period and settles down to it's
stable value of 76 beats per minute after the age of 24
years. Different sects in the world have different
criteria to daclare a person to become a youth. The
Indian tradition says that a person becomes a youth on
his 25th birth day, taking the stable heat beat value
into consideration.

(4) Modern psychologists treat the period from 35 to 40
years as middle-age crisis period. Most of the people
may not feel much during this period. However for those
few persons who experience its full intensity, it will
be like a mini-death. In English, 'flourit' means the
age of dawning of wisdom; it also means the age of 40.
(See a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Energy in
the body will be at its highest during the youth period
from 25 to 40 years of age.

(5)The period from 40 to 60 years is called the
declining period of youth-hood.

(6)The age beyond 60 years is called old age.

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Answer 3

Because we are in an unnatural state. Our natural position is to be eternal full of happiness.
We can, but not in this material bodies. Material nature has been designed in such a way that everything has to deteriorate by the influence of time.
The body is subject to six kinds of transformations. It takes its birth from the womb of the mother's body, remains for some time, grows, produces some effects, gradually dwindles, and at last vanishes into oblivion. The soul, however, does not go through such changes. The soul is not born, but, because he takes on a material body, the body takes its birth. The soul does not take birth there, and the soul does not die. Anything which has birth also has death. And because the soul has no birth, he therefore has no past, present or future. He is eternal, ever-existing, and primeval—that is, there is no trace in history of his coming into being. Under the impression of the body, we seek the history of birth, etc., of the soul. The soul does not at any time become old, as the body does. The so-called old man, therefore, feels himself to be in the same spirit as in his childhood or youth. The changes of the body do not affect the soul. The soul does not deteriorate like a tree, nor anything material. The soul has no by-product either. The by-products of the body, namely children, are also different individual souls; and, owing to the body, they appear as children of a particular man. The body develops because of the soul's presence, but the soul has neither offshoots nor change. Therefore, the soul is free from the six changes of the body.

Answer 4

We live to die. Hopefully you are doing what youre suppose to be doing down here and Earth because their is a better place where you can live forever and its called heaven.

Answer 5

The answer probably lies in the structure of our DNA. Apparently the DNA needs to code for the synthesis of about 23 Amino acids to form proteins. It does this with 4 different bases, which arranged along a strand of DNA/RNA code for the synthesis of a particular amino acid as a base triplet. We can code for 64 pieces of information here. Even allowing for necessary instructions in the code such as start and stop etc there is redundancy in the genetic system. This makes it liable to reading errors and corruption. Luckily(?) the telomeres at the end s of your chromosomes 'keep a count' of replication/division and go into aptopsis to kill the whole cell (=aging=death)
Solution use a genetic code with maybe only 2 base pairs to code for amino acids..learn to get by with only 16 say and less proteins, enzymes etc..and have your chromosomes arranged in closed 'loops' eliminating those suicidal telomeres!

Answer 6

If you ever read anything in the old testament, some people lived to be 900 years old or so. I think it was Noah or Abraham. Maybe Adam. But that was to populate the earth. There's no room anymore.

Answer 7

Our heart stops and all systems shut down.
Living forever hey think about it...one major problem(of many) I can't get to work on time now there's so much trafic on the roads

Answer 8

I believe the reason being is said in Gods word...

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

yes we can live forever, if one believes that Jesus is the Son of the Living God, the messiah, who died, was buried and was raised the third day...

Paul says in Corinthians:

1Cor 15:1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

1Cr 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

1Cr 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

1Cr 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Jesus said to His apostles ..

Mar 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Mar 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

Our earthly life ends for sure, but in Christ we have a new life an Eternal one...

Answer 9

The earth would be overpopulated. I think we live long enough. People are liveing up to like 115 years now.

Answer 10

if god made us to live longer the planet would be over populated so we all die eventually and when we die a new life is born to replace us