I posed a question a few days ago about how atheists believe the way they do. I must admit, some of the answers were very good and quite convicing. But some of the answers also stimulated much thought and I came up with a question, that is you follow science, really is not that far fetched.
You cannot argue that modern science is heading raidly in a direction that leaves us and will continue to leave us in awe. Human genome project, soon the ability to grow livers, kidneys, hearts in a lab for replacement, space travel, new energies. The list goes on.
Mty thought that eventually in probably 5000 years (if we do not destroy ourselves) man will be immortal. We will be able to create life, travel to distant planets. We will be able to download or brains into organic man-made brains, upload them into new host bodies, etc, etc, you get the idea. So when, not if we achieve all these things: creation, immortality, space travel, planet seeded, etc. would you then consider us to be God?
2007-10-30 12:02:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You have some serious issues if you think were gonna last 5000 more years
At the rate that people are destroying the environment, and how everyone wants to better than everyone the most id give it is 20 years
Plus theres an asteroid coming in 2012
Not saying that the asteroid thing is gonna happen for sure
they'll obviously try to make it go somewhere else
2007-10-30 12:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by britt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't go so far as to say, 'immortal' but pretty damn close. 5000 years is a little much though, considering that just in the past 150 years we have gone from riding horses to cars and spaceships! The human mind is inevitably creative, and there are no boundaries.
I'm interested in seeing what people have to say about your theory, keep up the good work! Interesting point!
2007-10-30 12:07:58 · answer #2 · answered by Lee P 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no invisible pixie in the sky.
Praying to an imaginary sky chappie, a rock or Joe Pesci will deliver exactly the same results - win some; lose some.
Gods are conceptualised by frightened humans who want there to be a reason and purpose for everything.
Xians are cowards too afraid of death and dying to fully take advantage of life.
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2007-10-30 12:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually that's the plan from the beginning of religion.... not making everyone immortal just a few self chosen monsters who deem themselves above the human race... so a lot of these things go into given these people.. white men... information... now the problem with that is through religions they have created huge pockets of imbalance in nature... and nature fights back.... these men think they can get all those things done and get themselves called god of the universe... the greatest problem is... like you said if we don't destroy ourselves... how can anyone survive the destruction of the earth beneath your feet? they would have to do that to win... until the human race wakes up and begins to reason the lies handed to us through religions the human race is in danger of being made exitinct..
2007-10-30 12:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gyspy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if your read the Bible, or the Quran they talk of day called the Armageddon. In this battle God destroys the world before humankind go bad or evil. He comes when he sees human with really low faith in him. He send Jesus to bring back his name, and also destroy the devil. After the big fight between Satan and Jesus, God will destroy the world and decide upon the day of judgment.
2007-10-30 12:12:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, not gods, just better educated humans. Each generation, or as I've heard older scientists say about the march of science 'With each new tombstone', as morbid as that sounds.
2007-10-30 12:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The concept of a god will be long dead by then.
In much the same way, once we discovered such things as bacteria and viruses, we didn't suddenly call our medicines "good humors".
We realized the folly of believing in good and bad humors causing and curing diseases, and no longer referred to them.
2007-10-30 12:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, we might be hyper intelligent, space faring, seemingly immortal cyborgs... But we will still be humans.
2007-10-30 12:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Well, some famous scientist (I think it was Carl Sagan), said "distant techologies will be indistinguishable from magic".
2007-10-30 12:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You could never be truly immortal. Senescence guarantees that. Even if it didn't and boredom didn't kill you the universe collapsing would get you.
2007-10-30 12:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋