Bilogos conducted a fascinating and uplifting interview with astrobiologist Stephen Freeland. It’s definitely worth reading. He speaks about how his faith is bolstered by his scientific discoveries. Here’s an excerpt:
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Bilogos conducted a fascinating and uplifting interview with astrobiologist Stephen Freeland. It’s definitely worth reading. He speaks about how his faith is bolstered by his scientific discoveries. Here’s an excerpt:
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I see articles every few months about scientists pursuing the holy grail of immortality. Here’s a recent one by Newsweek about a researcher named Aubrey De Grey who hopes to cure aging so that we can live forever. A fellow anti-aging researcher in the story had a different take than De Grey on immortality. Walter Bortz, who teaches medicine at Stanford, had this opinion about people over 110 years old: “We know there are about 80 supercentenarians out there. And my take-home from seeing photos of them recently was this: you don’t want to be a supercentenarian.”
My question is: Do Christians want to live forever? I don’t know about y’all but I’m looking forward to going home to Jesus one day. I think 100 years on this earth is plenty. I would, however, like those 80 or 90 or 100 years of mine to be healthy and productive. So I guess I’m all for doing research on living well, but I can’t get behind the desire to live forever. Am I alone in this? What do you think?
Colton Burpo almost died when he was four years old from a burst appendix. His parents admit they should have gotten a second opinion on the kid’s condition and sought treatment for him more quickly when he didn’t recover from his “flu.” Instead of dying, Colton got to spend a little time with Jesus in Heaven. That’s a sweet deal. His dad wrote a best-selling book about Colton’s encounter called Heaven is For Real. I didn’t find anything in Colton’s account that contradicts the Bible whatsoever.
This painting of Jesus by a young girl is so inspiring, I can’t get enough of it. This young lady, Akiane Kramarik, had a vision of heaven when she was four and began painting a few years later. She made this painting when she was 8.