Immortality: A Scientific Phenomenon?

Do you want to live past 150 years old? That's impossible, right? Or is it? The list of centenarians (100 year olds) on the earth is as hallowed as the list of billionaires. Nonetheless, the Longevity Movement has been picking up steam with industry leaders like Dr Joel Wallach. I heard him in person at a Health Conference last year and some of his revelations blew my mind. Few people really understand the natural causes of age related sickness and death or even care to understand. Now it has hit the mainstream media.

Two days ago, Yahoo News published the article; "Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured"  written by Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland. Here's a quote from the very interesting article;

LONDON (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.

A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to "cure" aging -- banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.

"I'd say we have a 50/50 chance of bringing aging under what I'd call a decisive level of medical control within the next 25 years or so," de Grey said in an interview before delivering a lecture at Britain's Royal Institution academy of science.

As soon as I finished reading these first three paragraphs I immediately thought about "The Singularity".

The language of hope that one day science would overcome natural limitations was consistent. As expected, I was right on it. It didn't take much research to find the connection through a few YouTube videos. You can read more detailed information on Dr Aubrey De Grey and his team's work at Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Foundation.

This research fascinates me. Why? I actually believe they're on to something. Call me a conspiracy theorist but the bridge between Faith and Science has already been built. Hence, those of us who choose to march back and forth along it are increasing in number.


Now, believe it or not, in 2007 I published my first book, "I Curse Death - What if God said we didn't all have to die?" In it, I discussed the controversial idea that there will be a final generation of people who will live on earth before the return of Jesus Christ with supernatural longevity. Here's the blurb on the back cover;

If Adam had never sinned in the garden of Eden, would he still have died? If death came by sin and Jesus Christ defeated sin on the cross, what happened to death? In I Curse Death, author Donnell Duncan boldly answers these questions and many more. The message is simple: man was designed by God to be immortal and only lost that gift by falling into sin. Duncan demonstrates with scripture that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ restored this gift to all those who believe. With each intriguing chapter, Duncan draws the reader into a world governed by the original Will of God. In that world, each human being is given a specific time to complete a specific purpose and does not die before it is completed. With an abundance of scriptural support he makes it clear that death has no power over the plan of God for an individual. After reading I Curse Death the reader will be convinced that the Bible holds the keys of life that unlock the mysteries of death.

Source: Google Books - I Curse Death
 
Hmm... maybe I was on to something too. What do you think?