EOM - there is an incomprehensible difference between living forever and a person that can remember 50 or so years of life. Our brains are small and finite, and cannot remember even a fraction of an infinite lifespan.
About Living Forever.... It wouldn't work.
by HowTheBibleWasCreated 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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a watcher
HTBWC, Isaiah 65:17.
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Perry
The soul / spirit of man is eternal, like its Creator. Not one person on this thread will EVER be able to stop being conscious, no matter how much it is desired.
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jwfacts
The soul of man is eternal, like its Creator. Not one person on this thread will EVER be able to stop being conscious, no matter how much it is desired.
Does that mean it always existed, and we have an eternal but forgotten past?
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Perry
Nope, it has a beginning, no end. The design was needed for an eternal fellowship with God.
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HowTheBibleWasCreated
Watcher thank you. I rmembered the vrse just not where.
Yes JWS use this in this case they are right if their panda bear world existed they would die... oh not pysically byt mentally. in 1000 years they would be another person and Is. 65 would be literally true/
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Apognophos
I don't really see this as a problem. Our experiences already shape us through our life. Some of us would only become better people the less we remembered of our childhood.
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kaik
Problem with immortality is the finite space and limit of human body, not to mention resources. Even our universe is finitive. The immortality can only work in the space which is not time depended, but this cannot happen in our 3D world. Also, OT did not have not promissed immortality. When Moses was about to die, he beg, reason, argue with God about getting a chance. He did not get it. Reward in after-life was mentioned for righteousness, but not in this world. So even back in the Bronze age, som individuals were awere of the limit of immortality on earthly domain.
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sir82
We also only use a fraction of our brain
This has been thoroughly debunked. We use ALL of our brain.
There are an infinite number of reasons why eternal life would be dreadful - the OP highlights just one of many.
That said, I think the ideal arrangement would be to live for as long as one enjoyed life - and also to have to have the option of ending it whenever one chooses.
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