Why do I still age if I haven`t done anything wrong?

timothyu said:

I am not going to comment on the advantage females have in the splits category.

Eternal life is not in the illusion but in the reality behind it.

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Monk Brendan said:

You don't actually think "eternal life" means you are forever young in this world, do you?

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Monk Brendan said:

Nope.

"Zoin aionion" in Greek is the KIND of life that God Himself has, not perpetual youth.

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ViaCrucis said:

People don't age and die because they do wrong things, people age and die because that's the reality of the world we live in. Entropy happens. Creatures are mortal.

Additionally, at least from a Christian perspective, we're all sinful. We all do wrong, sometimes on purpose, sometimes we don't even know we're doing it. Sin isn't just "the big stuff" like murder or theft, it's also simply not loving other people the way we should. Even good deeds done selfishly are sinful. Utilitarianism doesn't happen in Christianity.

The Christian religion teaches that our hope is not in this life, but in the life to come. This life is a cross that we carry, by living out our faith in love toward our neighbors. In this life there is suffering. In this life there is death. In this life there is injustice. What we believe is that because of Christ's victory over death, we can live this life in faith, trusting in Christ, and with hope for that future world where there is no suffering, death, and there is perfect justice. And, because of that faith and hope, we can seek to bring a small glimmer of that future world into this present world. By loving others, by feeding the hungry, by comforting those who mourn, by sharing joy with others, and weeping with those who weep, by forgiving those who hurt us, by blessing those who curse us, by offering ourselves, in love, as living sacrifices out of reverence to Jesus, and out of of loving compassion for our fellow man.

-CryptoLutheran

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ViaCrucis said:

A few months ago I watched a show on Netflix called Altered Carbon. It's a science fiction program taking place in the future where people can effectively live forever because their consciousness is uploaded onto "cortical stacks", devices which are inserted into the brain stem. If a person "dies", i.e their body dies, their "stack" can be removed and inserted into a new body. The only real way a person can have "true death" is if their "stack" is destroyed.

In the show it depicts people who have, over the course of centuries, effectively attained immortal status, they live in highrises up in the clouds, and can basically do anything they want with little to no impunity. However most people still live in absolute squalor. It is a dark, rather abysmal, dystopian world.

I think the show highlights, maybe intentionally maybe not, that you can't simply flip a switch off on human nature. Make people virtually immortal and what you end up with isn't a utopian vision for the future, by a grim dystopian one where the powerful are even more powerful, the wicked are even more wicked, and the weak and the lowly suffer even more.

There needs to be something more than just mere immortality. There needs to be a healing, a redemption, a radical transfiguration and metamorphosis of what it means to be human, and of the whole of creation. That's what the Christian hope in resurrection and everlasting life in the Age to Come means.

-CryptoLutheran

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ViaCrucis said:

We have eternal life in Christ, presently in hope, and at the resurrection in fact.

-CryptoLutheran

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Messerve said:

Yeah, there is so much involved in the aging process. Sinful lifestyles can certainly speed up the aging process, but sometimes that doesn't even happen.

I know someone who is not a Christian, is an alcoholic, has the most ridiculously strenuous job ever, is 15 years older than me, yet looks about my age still. Not even a gray hair, and I have plenty... It's really annoying.

Yet, as Proverbs states: "Gray hair is a crown of splendor obtained by a righteous life." If you drown all your worries and stress in alcohol and worldly pleasures, perhaps you really could slow down the aging process to a degree. Whereas those of us who try to live a godlier lifestyle and choose to go to Jesus with burdens instead of substances, we still have to deal with the immoral, decaying world we live in every single day. Despite the hope of eternity with Jesus and the peace He gives us, it's still hard. Much harder than just living however you choose and disregarding all opinions.

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redleghunter said:

Everyone one ages and eventually assumes room temperature.

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