by Tenacious 28 Replies latest watchtower bible
A fit young man might tremble strapped on a guillotine, but an octogenarian, with joint pains, watching his grand- grandchildren play in his sunny backyard, would gladly go to sleep soon, perhaps becoming willing feed for the ever-present predators in former times. Nature has a way of making permanent sleep desirable. and life possible for the young, the deserving.
Natural death, of old age, is a satisfying experience "dying old and satisfied" ( one of the few biblical truism).
Well the solution is easy of course. The latter two can be ascribed to our sinful state!
Those are not evidence of what perfect humans are really like.
And thus anything that contradicts our precious theology is reasoned away....
It seems absurd and inexplicable in many ways that evolution is responsible for our insanely complex minds and bodies to so rapidly and perfectly form inside the womb in only 9 months, we are then born and continue to grow for another 20 years, but soon thereafter start to deteriorate and die after only 75-90 years.
Its a paradox. An evolutionary contradiction of epic proportions when you think about it.
And no, I'm not a creationist, theist or deist.
This makes perfect sense from an evolutionary standpoint. Very early in natural history, there would have been a mix of attitudes toward self-preservation owing to genetic diversity.
In time, those animals that had a desire or drive to continue living on indefinitely, took less risks and cared for themselves better. As a result they lived longer and produced more offspring. Those animals that didn't have this tendency took more risks and tended to die younger leaving fewer offspring. As a result the gene pool in animal populations eventually shifted to the point that it is now made up entirely of genes that would tend to work toward self-preservation.
It all goes back to natural selection acting on a diverse gene pool. Any genetic traits that offer survival and reproductive advantages get selected for and soon become the norm for the population. Genes that worked toward attitudes of self-preservation offered a survival advantage and got selected for and became the norm for virtually all animals. Humans just have a more sophisticated cognitive expression of these traits owing to our more developed brains.
It seems absurd and inexplicable in many ways that evolution is responsible for our insanely complex minds and bodies to so rapidly and perfectly form inside the womb in only 9 months, we are then born and continue to grow for another 20 years, but soon thereafter start to deteriorate and die after only 75-90 years.
Not really in evolutionary terms the most important thing you can do is procreate. Once you have reached maturity and passed on your genes your purpose is fulfilled.
Once you have reached maturity and passed on your genes your purpose is fulfilled. - JW_Rogue
I agree. It's humbling to know that we are disposable vehicles for our genes.
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All animals are afraid of death or tries to preserve themselves.
All animals are intensely afraid of predators but not because they can foresee death; they don't have the consciousness to do so. It is only human consciousness that can foresee death not only by predators but into the future. Animals don't see into the future like we do.
"Animals don't see the future like we do." -Village Idiot
Yes, in a way we are victims of our large prefrontal cortex.
