Because I have the capacity to be rational and logical, alongside the ability to be emotional, I believe that our creator is - in some form and no less than our own; equally rational, logical and emotional. Though not necessarily limited to that in ways we may be.
That being said, it occurred to me that, assuming the Biblical records of Jesus are accurate (which I know of little to no evidence to suggest they are falsified or otherwise inaccurate) then Jesus' promise of eternal life from our creator testifies that it is, and probably was, our creators intention to make humans immortal.
However, rationally I see a few problems with this;
- If humans are designed to be immortal, are other living creatures suppose to be also?
- If any living creature is designed to be immortal what happens when the Earth is over populated? Popular scientific theory suggests that death prevents over population, and therefore is designed into life. AKA "the cycle of life". But that theory seems to contradict the purpose of nature's ability to heal.
- If you believe humans were designed to expand into the universe (or beyond) the same problem is, eventually, reached if our universe is finite.
- I see no other explanation than to assume that our creator is infinite, although we can't fully grasp that. So none of this is necessarily a problem, just a potential problem.
- If any living creature is designed to be immortal what happens when the Earth is over populated? Popular scientific theory suggests that death prevents over population, and therefore is designed into life. AKA "the cycle of life". But that theory seems to contradict the purpose of nature's ability to heal.
- If humans are designed to live forever on earth then why does Jesus put such great emphasis on having a new body, living with him in Paradise, etc...
- if humans are not designed to live forever why would Jesus put such great emphasis on advancing the Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven into the Kingdom of Earth?
However I see a few proponents to suggest we are design to live forever.
- Telomeres - The abiltiy for human bodies to repair themselves (healing from wounds, etc...) - Apparently the only reason we die is because of a single enzyme that our bodies mysteriously stop producing. We can increase production in mice and increase their lives dramatically so theoretically we could re-invogorate them in our own bodies.
- Since we know stress reduces the production of this enzyme could this be achieved by living forever?
- To completely eliminate stress would we need to no longer fear death?
- Or do we just need to limit stress like we limit how much food we eat to remain healthy?
