As a Christian, how would you be saddenned by science's eventual ability to stop death from happenning?

Question

I have been told by Christians, that they would be saddenned by the end to death! Is this sickness in all Christians? What if science could eventually bring the dead back to healthy life? Would this not bring joy to the rest of us? What is up with this death worship? Is that what being a Christian is all about? No wonder there are suicides and killings in this life! How many other religions worship the fact that we have to die and can't see past that?

And Georgina, picture a world where there is plenty, because if science can stop death and rejuvenate the body, then so can it do many things and provide for the masses. Perhaps there are parallel universes that contain what we need that we have not openned up into yet!?

Prove it can't happen Inteleyes! Just because you say so? Just because it has not happenned yet as far as we know?

Viking, perhaps the second death will be very quick and you will be right back at it? lol

Answer 1

that wouldnt surprize me ... it says in the end times men will long to die and they wont be able to ...

Answer 2

No, this sickness is not in all Christians.
How are you to know that Science could bring everyone back to life, and that they would indeed be healthy?

No, being a Christian is not about worshipping death. I do not worship death. Death is a part of life. Everyone is going to die one day.

You may have talked with a few people, but you certainly have not spoken with enough of them to make this generalization.

I, for one, would not want to live forever. Were that to happen, you would have to work forever as well. I want to enjoy retirement and old age.

Surely you do not blame murder and suicide on Christians! That's ridiculous. What does that have to do with someone saying they would be saddened if there were no death?
Seriously........

Answer 3

Science can't cheat death.
But if it could, even I, as a Catholic, would start popping those miracle pills through a PEZ dispenser. The world is a beautiful place; and you can never have too many travel experiences. I'll be the only 250 year old to go rock climbing in New Mexico.

We don't worship death. Being Christian is about following the teaching of Jesus Christ, not sitting around waiting for death.

Answer 4

As I understand it, the principal target right now is aging, not death. People bandy the word "immortality" around as if it meant invulnerability. But severe trauma or injury, dehydration, starvation, poisoning and asphyxiation would still be very real hazards.

But I understand what you mean. If it were possible to resuscitate otherwise lost cases and to extend meaningful life for decades or centuries, we'd have to reimagine our whole social structure. People regularly meeting their great, great, great grandchildren, witnessing tremendous technical and sociological changes, managing population, memory saturation issues, and a host of unimagined issues will arise. The methods used, drugs, gene therapy, cybernetics, memory transfer, etc., would open whole new ethical and cultural debates.

One good thing about death is the confirmation that nothing lasts forever. Every good thing, no matter how perfect, needs to have its time, then pass. Otherwise it starts getting stale and predictable, even burdensome. And every evil thing, no matter how powerful or intimidating it is, eventually fails. Life is about change. If people get too comfortable with their situation, they resist change and start to stagnate. This is why some people lose the will to live, they feel the world is changing too much and leaving them behind. But if people can continue to meet the challenge of a world reinventing itself every few decades, they should have the opportunity (provided it doesn't become the special privilege of the rich and influential).

As for the afterlife, heaven is supposed to be more satisfying than anything we can imagine in this life. Still, this life has some great moments, and they ARE talking about eternity, so it's not like you'll miss anything by taking a later train. The apostle Paul had a debate with himself in oneof his letters about the subject. Was it better to die and be with Christ, or to go on living and do good work? He felt a strong desire for paradise but opted to go on living.

We must remember that there are other satisfactions in life besides mere pleasure and entertainment. There is important work to be done, challenges to be met. It can be gratifying just to see how humanity changes through several centuries. It is also quite possible that people would find the changes very disturbing. It all depends on how one understands "humanity" and one's relationship with it. I suspect that, whatever develops, humans will sort themselves out and find a new social equilbrium (hopefully just and not too painfully reached). At least that's what's happened before.

Answer 5

Dude, they worship a dead man that promises to send them to hell if they don't believe he was the son of god and the only way to heaven. What do you mean is that what being a christian is all about? The entire religion is based on a dead man coming to life. Of course they'd be saddened if nobody ever died, especially if THEY never died.

Right now, they can die and hope to be resurrected when the dead man comes back again. Could you imagine living for two thousand years waiting for the next zombie appearance? Eventually, they'd have to give up waiting and look into Judaism to find out if this whole messiah stuff is true or not.

Answer 6

That's not going to happen, commrade. There is a principle that necessitates death in men, and that is the law of "sin and death". The soul that sins dies. Everyone is born into this world a sinner because of the sin of the first man, Adam. He, being the federal head of all mankind, not only incurred God's wrath and curse for his sin, but also all his posterity (us). Only when Christ returns, judges the wicked and the righteous, and consummates his kingdom will death be irradicted from the earth.

Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, as there is no other name given under heaven whereby men are to be saved.

Answer 7

The bible tells us "man is appointed once to die then the judgment". The Christian does not enjoy having to die he just knows it is inevitable. Death came as a result of the "Fall". God told Adam and Eve "the day you eat of the forbidden fruit you shall surely die" thus death came on the scene. Some will experience a second death, when the non believer is judged he will be cast into the lake of fire (second death).

Answer 8

Only you could come up with such a conundrum. You made me laugh. I really don't see why it would be such a problem. Christian or not, no one is in a hurry to die. Christians just might discover immortality is a good thing. The time we would have and the knowledge we would acquire is exciting to think about. About the time we get life figured out it's over. But, if we could keep on going just think what we could accomplish. Love this question. Thanks.

Answer 9

I think it goes against the logic of nature. Death could still occur in freezing temperatures, accidents, etc... There are things that occur, outside of the control of 'science'.

IF death were averted forever, then heaven would become a place on earth. As above, so below.

Answer 10

I would be sad too! I look forward to my physical death when it's the right time... then I return back to whence I came, with Jesus Christ and my Father. Having experienced God to the degree that's possible in this lifetime, based on that pure joy and love, I can't wait to return to Him when He deems the time right!

Those who know what's on the other side, or at least the glimpse that is possible in this life, wouldn't want to stay here on the material plane of earth forever anyways!

Yes, I'm a Christian.

Answer 11

I haven't heard that from a christian.

However, science will bring about many huge philosophical conflicts with religion... for example, what happens when someone is dying from some accident, and you have the choice to download their mind into a robot, who's body is nearly indistinguishable from the original person's body?... hmm... SOO many strange things are in our future