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Bluelighter
I think for all practical purposes its best to assume theres no god
god made you so capable so you can help yourself
immortality is possible,harder question is if this universe is going to end and if so can we prevent it,if its stable or we can prevent it,infinite immortality is possible
IMO,more practical to believe,it is better to be right about God not existing than it is to be wrong and for him to actually exist and suffer(Pascals Gambit paraphrased). I do agree though to an extent that He made us able to help ourselves, set us like a clock would need to be set and left us to run,only interferring in rare instances to readjust the time on the clock or replace the battery.
Elaboration about your views on immortality please and being able to reach it? Also,are you talking about just physical (or semi-physical) immortality and mental immortality, immortality of just the soul,or all 3? As for if the Universe us going to end and when, look up Higgs Bosom Particle aka "The God Particle"...As for preventing it in our current Universe,IMO,that isnt possible due to the info provided by the discovery of "The God Particle". Not to mention to prevent something like this, some form of matter or energy would have to be created(which cannot be done bc of The Law Of Conservation of Matter and Energy) to counteract the course to its end that our Universe has been traveling on since its birth. However,keep in mind that bc of the two previously mentioned laws, it will not end,only change forms.
I feel this is one way we are different than other creatures and the Universe in general,because in rare instances people are given a 2nd chance at whether they wish to live life or go ahead and have the energy of their soul change form,recycled back into the Universe. The Universe cannot be given a choice in its Death because it is the schedule of which everything operates and where we get the concepts of life and death.
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