Dear Future Centenarian,
Last week, I covered the
“overpopulation” myth as a common objection to extreme life extension. This
week, let’s discuss another frequent objection…
“Isn't it against
God's will to tamper with nature?”
What about antibiotics,
organ transplants, laser surgery and all the other "miracles" we take for
granted today? We heard these same arguments against such advances as
anesthesiology for childbirth. To be human is to struggle against nature. Nature
created the plague, polio, smallpox, cancer and more, but we don’t see anyone
suggesting we ignore these life shorteners.
If we were to follow
nature's will, you probably wouldn't be here. Would God give us the ability to
make life healthier and longer without wanting us to use it? Wouldn't God want
to give us all the opportunity to choose life? Why would God create man with a
mind able to enjoy and accomplish so much and then frustrate him with a life
span that allows him to experience so little? Wouldn't it be a sin to suppress
life-giving technologies?
Finally, aging is not
universal. A number of complex species such as lobsters, rockfishes, some
tortoises and some plants do not appear to age. So aging is not a prerequisite
to life and is not necessarily natural in all
cases.
I believe death is NOT
the natural order of things. For conscious intelligent beings, overcoming death
is.
Long
Life,
David A.
Kekich
Maximum Life
Foundation
714-641-0700/Fax
714-464-4135
kekich@maxlife.org
www.MaxLife.org
"Where Biotech, Infotech and
Nanotech
Meet to Reverse Aging by
2029"