Do you think that the discovery of a genetic switch for the aging process

[KlatooBNikto]

that will allow us to reverse aging as we know it, will be the end of religious beliefs?

[tuvor]

1. Did they repeal the laws of entropy? n/t

[KlatooBNikto]

5. I was not thinking about immortality so much as lengthening our life spans

[tuvor]

6. Not sure how a longer life could mean the end of religious beliefs.

[KlatooBNikto]

7. To me religious belief is based on the fears of primitive mankind which

did not have the capacity to fully understand the processes of nature.One of these certainly was how diseases occur and the second was what death was and waht was the source of death.Death, in most primitive societies was atributed to the anger Gods felt towars us and propitiating Gods was a way to keep diseases away from us.The same logic also applies to Death.At least that is my belief.And, as my kids say, I am always wrong.

[Mojambo]

2. It would most likely alter them dramatically

But that's a question for a theologian, and that I am most certainly not.

[screembloodymurder]

3. Sorry Charlie.

Can't happen w/o new cell material.

[Salviati]

4. I think that it would more likely mean the end of civilization...

I mean if you were starting to think of population problems as in the near future, imagine if there was no death?

Imagine the political strife it would cause if any (particularly this generation) of political leaders never died, just remained entrenched forever.

Imagine the economic disaster of the top tier of plutocrats being around to hoard wealth forever.

Immortality would be an unmitigated disaster.