There is a clear explanation within Christianity, and I've heard that before. I want to know from the other side.
2007-05-25 09:06:34 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because their body can no longer function.
2007-05-25 09:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by DEPRESSED™ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
After a certain time period (defined by genetics) the body stops growing and starts to wear down and become less efficient with age. The DNA replication becomes more clumsy (which results in cancer), and the body breaks down. Health and vitality are only necessary for a certain amount of time, so we never really evolved to need very long lives. It is simply the nature of life, there are obviously several things we don't yet understand.
And christianity offers no satisfying explanation. "God done it" is a terrible excuse that doesn't actually answer anything. It's the ultimate cop-out to a serious philosophical question and is void of intellectual merit.
2007-05-25 16:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People die because after a certain age, cells that regenerate cannot keep up with the cells that disintergrate, hence, all the major organs in the body are not able to aptly repair itself when old age comes.
People die because of diseases that are incurable
People die because of the mistakes they make or from the mistakes others make.
People die because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time....
People die because that is the cycle of life
People die because with an immortal existence, life will eventually have no meaning, relationships will have no more value and for those who are in excruciating pain.... Life would be a Nightmare which one is unable to awaken from.
For the Spiritual Hearted: People die because their karma for death has caught up to them.
2007-05-25 16:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by Tiara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is necessary for the rebirth of life. If everyone lived forever, the planet would've been so far overcrowded you wouldn't exist.
And a clear explanation from the Christianity side? You think that eating a fruit in a garden that god put there is a clear explanation?
2007-05-25 16:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There is a small section of the DNA that drops off after many duplications and the DNA does not replicate as accurately after that. From that point on the body begins to deteriorate since it cannot replicate with complete accuracy. Eventually the body cannot support the process and you die. Now see wasn't that simple.
2007-05-25 16:21:19 · answer #5 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have several screws loose. Are you seriously asking if atheists have some childish story about where people go once they disappear from the world? If you want to know from the other side, wait until you go there, when you die.
2007-05-25 16:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this serious?
Without death and reproduction there would be no natural selection, hence, no people.
Different species have different lifespans that work for them. This is tied very closely to the reproductive cycle. If you can't reproduce, what good are you in terms of natural selection and gene survival?
The birth/death cycle is what gives us (and anything else) the genetic adaptability to survive.
Matter cannot be created or destroyed. The configurations matter takes have a degree of stability. Without a certain inherint instability, no other configurations of matter are possible. No stars forming, no heavy elements, no planets, no life.
2007-05-25 16:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by Tao 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All living things die. The biological cause has something to do with our cells. They can only replicate themselves so many times before they begin to deteriorate, so eventually our organ systems fail. Or something. I can't really remember the reasons for it that I learned in college bio.
2007-05-25 16:13:04 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After the age of twenty five, something triggers in the body, and the cells stop renewing themselves 100 percent. The older you get, the less cells are renewed, (ageing process) and in time we die. Maybe God just triggered it in Adam (the chromosome responsible for death comes from our fathers) and removed that oh so important link in our DNA.
2007-05-25 16:12:10 · answer #9 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everything eventually wears out, some things just take longer than others. and if that "clear explanation...Christianity " gives you doent raise a few red flags then you need to reexamine it a little closer.
2007-05-25 17:03:43 · answer #10 · answered by hec157 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For more info, consult a doctor. Why ask an atheist why people die? Do you think we have some secret knowledge of death or something?
2007-05-25 16:11:29 · answer #11 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋