Immortality

What separates Man from God?

Power, knowledge, wisdom, rationality... but most importantly, immortality. In a world where the body is a cult for which we sacrifice the souls of many x-virgins and the bodies of equally as many gingers (sorry, couldn't pass by, internal joke, no offense), what utterly should divide Man from God (or at least, Man thinks so) is that God would possess yet another dream of Man -- immortality.

Technically, Man has some sort of immortality. And that would be history. Especially with the invention of the Internetz (perhaps the Internet IS a God, after all?), a man's life could be kept in others' memories even more efficiently. Even if he or she would be forgotten, St Michael of Internet would keep his soul (=history), until somebody some day finds it, only to revive it from the ashes.

But for Man, this is not enough. Adam recalls Heaven and he's pretty certain that there were no corpses in there. And if there were no corpses, then there were no deaths either. No death, eternal life. Great. Shame somebody went for the golden Apple instead of the juicy steak. At any rate, Adam lost his physical immortality and now wants it back. Science wants it back. Everybody wants it back.

Or do they? I may be stupid enough to comment on immortality at the age of 18, when death is pretty far from me (hopefully, hopefully), however, I notice that quite a lot of people look at immortality as 'not dying'.

And why would anybody not want to die?

The whole beauty is in the loss. If you can't lose, then you don't really win either, do you? I mean, it's like wanting to play the poker game of a lifetime, but with no money. And gambling without anything valuable isn't quite the same, is it?

Death is the only thing that is absolutely certain to happen in our lives. I will die. You will die. The person next to you will die. It's only natural. And, to be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way. Because this is the perfect gift for mankind -- a gift that gives value, meaning to life, morality even. Every single thing that a person does in his life is in accordance to the fact that he might not have the same opportunity again. That he or she may not live to see another dawn in some distant tomorrow. Doesn't have to be a live-for-the-moment type, but facts are facts -- we know our time is limited. So we cherish it; and to be sure our time would be cherished by the others, we cherish the others' time in return -- common interests (sounds pretty much like business, yes).

Life is nothing without death, just like death would be nothing without life. They are the two sides of the coin. And I'd like my coin intact. So, to you, scientists who seek to stop death -- just go out and grab a burger instead, guys. It's better for all of us ('cept for your stomachs).