Why do we not all live until we are old and grey?

Question

babies die, children die, teenagers die. Why do we all not get to live an = lifespan?

then again myself having a cancer diagnosis at 22 does give me some understanding that wisdom does not come with age but more via experience...

Answer 1

No one ever said life was fair. There are specific reasons why people die whenever they die, even if doctors dont' know what causes each and every death. As far as why God allows it, you will have to ask him. If you don't believe in God of course, you have to believe everything is random, so you wouldn't ask the question in the first place.

Answer 2

The average galaxy has about 100 billion stars, and there are about 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. That's 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars out there.

All of humanity resides on the thin sliver of the surface layer of a small rock orbiting one of these stars.

The universe is about 13.7 billion years old, our planet about 4.5 billion. Modern humans have been around for less than .003% of the age of Earth.

Knowing all this, it should be obvious that this world, this universe were not created for us. The entire history of mankind, never mind the life of any one of us, is utterly inconsequential to the rest of the universe.

To have every human live an equal lifespan of 7-8 decades would require such special circumstances as to make it painfully obvious that the world and the universe WERE created just for us, when all available evidence suggests just the opposite.

Sorry to hear about your cancer; I lost my dad to cancer this past summer. It's a ***** of a disease to be sure. I hope you're an optimist, because that can make a big difference. (Apparently when you give up on life, your immune system gives up fighting for you.)

Value is a human concept. The universe doesn't value us because it can't. It's inanimate. We, however, are sentient and can form values, so while your life is as inconsequential to the universe as the rest of ours is, know that your life does have value to those around you, and that's what counts in the human experience.

Answer 3

When God allowed mankind to have free will that opened Pandora's Box to everything. We have the free will to do good. We have the free will to do bad. Along with the privilege of free will comes all of the negative things in life that come with it. The negative, unfortunately, includes sickness, dying, pain, suffering, no matter what the age. We couldn't have one without the other. You see, there's a price for everything in this life. Pain, suffering, sickness, those are the price, if you will, of free will. All of life is about balance. I hope this makes sense to you.

"The rain falls upon the just and the unjust..."

Answer 4

well everyone has to die and if god thinks it's your time to go then i guess it is.
let's see if we couldn't experience death we wouldn't be able to fully understand the meaning of love. when someone we don't appreciate passes away you miss them, and that teaches you to appreciate the ones close to you.

Answer 5

i feel that it ultimately balances out through the incessant need for humans to reproduce.