From Immortality to Borrowed Time: Correlates and Challenges

Abstract

The history of the human race is marked by the entrance of corruption, which also represents the loss of immortality. After the Fall, humans, and animals experienced death. By contrast, unfeeling organisms/cells may have several design functions. Plants, for example, photosynthesize and then are eaten and digested; unsuccessful sperm and ova are discarded and decay. These examples were in God’s original plan. Following the entrance of sin, adverse events such as environmental, genetic, and ecological changes, alterations in human attitudes, and manipulation of germplasm occurred. The image of God found in humans at the beginning was marred by the Fall and accounts for the adverse human attitude changes noted today. Despite this, God offers all individuals a make-over in their physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual/moral domains. Acceptance of the offer in its fullness would result in focused attention to health and efforts to repair and restore the environment, among other valuable outcomes.

Keywords: Immortality, corruption, aging, design function, environmental changes