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Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence. That goal must be attained by means of exact science and can only be achieved by such means. The fact that man, for ages, has superstitiously believed in what he calls a God does not prove at all that his theory has been right. There have been many gods all makeshifts, born of inability to fathom the deep fundamental truth. There must be something at the bottom of existence, and man, in ignorance, being unable to discover what it is through reason, because his reason has been so imperfect, undeveloped, has used, instead, imagination, and created figments, of one kind or another, which, according to the country he was born in, the suggestions of his environment, satisfied him for the time being. Not one of all the gods of all the various theologies has ever really been proved. We accept no ordinary scientific fact without the final proof; why should we, then, be satisfied in this most mighty of all matters, with a mere theory?

Destruction of false theories will not decrease the sum of human happiness in future, any more than it has in the past... The days of miracles have passed. I do not believe, of course, that there was ever any day of actual miracles. I cannot understand that there were ever any miracles at all. My guide must be my reason, and at thought of miracles my reason is rebellious. Personally, I do not believe that Christ laid claim to doing miracles, or asserted that he had miraculous power...

Our intelligence is the aggregate intelligence of the cells which make us up. There is no soul, distinct from mind, and what we speak of as the mind is just the aggregate intelligence of cells. It is fallacious to declare that we have souls apart from animal intelligence, apart from brains. It is the brain that keeps us going. There is nothing beyond that.

Life goes on endlessly, but no more in human beings than in other animals, or, for that matter, than in vegetables. Life, collectively, must be immortal, human beings, individually, cannot be, as I see it, for they are not the individuals they are mere aggregates of cells.

There is no supernatural. We are continually learning new things. There are powers within us which have not yet been developed and they will develop. We shall learn things of ourselves, which will be full of wonders, but none of them will be beyond the natural.

[Columbian Magazine interview] Thomas A. Edison

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Quotes About Immortality (482 quotes)

So this is who I am, And this is all I know, And I must choose to live, For all that I can give, The spark that makes the power grow

And I will stand for my dream if I can, Symbol of my faith in who I am, But you are my only, And I must follow on the road that lies ahead, And I won't let my heart control my head, But you are my only And we don't say goodbye, And I know what I've got to be

Immortality I make my journey through eternity I keep the memory of you and me inside

Fulfill your destiny, Is there within the child, My storm will never end, My fate is on the wind, The king of hearts, the joker's wild, But we don't say goodbye, I'll make them all remember me

Cos I have found a dream that must come true, Every ounce of me must see it though, But you are my only I'm sorry I don't have a role for love to play, Hand over my heart I'll find my way, I will make them give to me

Immortality There is a vision and a fire in me I keep the memory of you and me, inside And we don't say goodbye We don't say goodbye With all my love for you And what else we may do We don't say, goodbye

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Garlic Jr. becomes immortal

Immortality (, Fushi), also called Eternal Life (, Eien no Inochi), is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time without dying. There are several outside methods in the series which can be sought after in order to become immortal, the most common being to make such a wish to the Eternal Dragon, Shenron, using the seven Dragon Balls.

Frieza gaining immortality in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

Frieza after wishing for an immortal body in Supersonic Warriors

Even if one is immortal, there is one crucial flaw, which is that, even though they are immortal, they are still susceptible to being trapped in a place where they cannot escape, be it a different time era, dimension, etc. They are also susceptible when fusing with a mortal being, spiraling the fused body out of control, causing the fusion to be granted with semi-immortality, susceptible to being killed. They also susceptible to being erased from existence by certain entities such as the Omni-King. There are examples of these such as:

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Lord Voldemort, a wizard who sought after, and temporarily achieved, immortality

Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in a physical form for an infinite or inconceivably vast length of time. Immortality is one of the known limits to magic; it is nearly impossible to make oneself immortal; the only known and working ways are making and using a mystical object of great power to sustain life (such as the Philosopher's Stone created by Nicolas Flamel or a Horcrux, the latter having been used by Lord Voldemort). If one were to possess the three Deathly Hallows, it is fabled that they would possess the tools to become the "Master of Death". However, being a true "Master of Death" is to be willing to accept that death is inevitable.

Immortality is not to be confused with amortality, which is for something being unable to die due to never having been alive.

The Elixir of Life

The Philosopher's Stone, a stone created by famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel, is able to produce the Elixir of Life, one of the known means of immortality. In 1991 and 1992, a weakened Lord Voldemort tried to gain possession of the Stone so he could rise again after his downfall ten years prior. The Stone was then destroyed by Albus Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel himself in order to prevent this from happening again. With the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone, all individuals who were immortal because they drank the Elixir of Life (like Flamel and his wife) died after the supply of Elixir ran out.[1]

The Elixir does not truly grant immortality, as it only extends the drinker's lifespan, as opposed to rendering them invulnerable to damage. Thus, it is possible for them to die even while drinking the potion. It must be drunk regularly, for all eternity, to maintain one's eternal youth.

Some of Voldemort's Horcruxes

A Horcrux is an object chosen for the purpose of being a receptacle of part of one's soul, split by doing the most inhumane action: murder. If all the Horcruxes (and by extension the wizard's soul) are intact, the wizard is considered immortal. Splitting one's soul is considered a violation of the very laws of nature, and existence in such a form is preferred by very few, and is therefore considered Dark Arts of the most vile.[2]Herpo the Foul was the first wizard ever to create a Horcrux, and therefore the person to be accredited to this Dark magic's discovery.

Lord Voldemort split his soul six times in order to maintain his status of immortal being, and kept his Horcurxes a secret from absolutely everyone to protect his own life. He had split his soul that many times in the likely belief that seven is a powerful and magical number, but had intended to make only six Horcruxes, with the seventh part of his soul remaining inside himself, thus a seven part soul. He is the only wizard in history to have created more than one Horcrux and therefore considered the one closest to true immortality. Unbeknownst to him, his soul was split a seventh time. The seven Horcruxes were all items owned by reputable people that played an important or scarring role in his life, including the Four Founders. His best plans were, however, beaten due to his arrogance, when Regulus Black, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger discovered his secret and found each one of his Horcruxes and destroyed them (Vincent Crabbe also destroyed one, but he did it unknowingly and likely did not know that Voldemort had any at all), returning Voldemort his mortality and led to his eventual and final death.[3]

Fawkes's rebirth from his ashes

Whenever phoenixes die, whether from old age or something like a Killing Curse, they always reborn from their remaining ashes, technically making them immortal. They are so far the only living beings who possess natural immortality, as it seems there is no known method to truly and permanently kill a phoenix. They are also the only creatures who defy the absolute law that nothing can truly bring back the dead. A phoenix bursting into flames to die and then to be reborn (usually by old age) is known as a Burning Day.

Fawkes, the pet phoenix of Albus Dumbledore, has been reborn from old age many times, and revived instantly from his remaining ashes when swallowing Lord Voldemort's Killing Curse meant for Dumbledore during their duel in the Ministry Atrium, he exploded after swallowing it.

Unicorn blood, which maintains the drinker's life

Unicorn blood has the gift to save a drinker from death even when they are nearing it. This makes it similar to the Elixir of Life, which also extends the life of the drinker. However, if taken, it will lead the drinkers to be cursed for all life, as they had slayed an innocent creature.

Quirinus Quirrell drank unicorn's blood while he was possessed by Voldemort, in order to maintain both of their critically near-end lives, until they can gain access to the Elixir of Life. Later, Voldemort had Peter Pettigrew to craft a Dark potion that requires unicorn blood as one of the ingredients to regain his rudimentary physical form, which would require him continuous intake of the potion to maintain the little health he regained.

Symbol of the Deathly Hallows

Many wizards believe that the person who masters the three Deathly Hallows (which are the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility) will be the Master of Death and will achieve some form of immortality, while a larger proportion dismiss both the concept and the three artefacts as a fairy-tale.

However, becoming immortal from gathering the three is a misconception, as being a true Master of Death is realising and accepting the fact that everyone will die and there are worse things than death. Harry Potter collected the three Hallows and was willing to accept death and so became the Master of Death. According to Dumbledore, the Hallows were a desperate man's dream, dangerous, and a lure for fools. Indeed, many died in their pursuit of the Hallows and the "Master of Death" legend.

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1999 James A. FowlerYou are free to download this outline provided it remains intact without alteration. You are also free to transmit this outline electronically provided that you do so in its entirety with proper citation of authorship included. IMMORTALITY

I. Biblical usages - NASB (exhaustive)

A. Greek word athanasia 1. Meaning - "no death" 2. Usages I Cor. 15:53 - "this mortal must put on immortality" I Cor. 15:54 - "when this mortal shall have put on immortality" I Tim. 6:16 - "King of Kings and Lord of Lords; who alone possesses immortality..." B. Greek words aphtharsia and aphthartos 1. Meaning - "no destruction, no corruption, imperishable" 2. Usages Rom. 2:7 - "those who seek for glory, honor and immortality, (will get) eternal life" I Tim. 1:17 - "believe in Him (Jesus) for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God..." II Tim. 1:10 - "our Savior, Christ Jesus, abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel"

II. Background of thought concerning immortality

A. Greek philosophy 1. Plato indicated that soul of man is essentially divine, pre-existent and eternal. 2. Aristotle limited divinity, eternality and immortality to "active intellect" of man's soul (rationalism) B. Jewish thought 1. Saduccees a. Did not believe in future life b. Matt. 22:29 - "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures, or the power of God." 2. Pharisees a. Believed in resurrection of the body b. Such was a reanimation or re-embodiment of physical, racial Jewish bodies in a physical, national community/kingdom.

III. Immortality in Biblical perspective.

A. God and immortality 1. God is immortal. John 5:26 - "the Father has life in Himself..." I Tim. 1:17 - "the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God" 2. Immortality is an attribute of God alone I Tim. 6:16 - "who alone possesses immortality" 3. God's attributes are exclusive and non-transferable 4. God manifests His attributes ontologically a. God expresses Himself in His own Person and presence b. God expresses Himself in His own acts c. God expresses Himself by His Son and His Spirit B. Man and immortality 1. Man is not essentially or inherently immortal a. physiologically - body b. psychologically - soul c. spiritually - spirit 2. We must not attribute God's attributes to man a. Such deifies man b. Man is not divine, eternal or immortal c. Such realities are extrinsic to man. 3. God's life and immortality can be invested in man a. God is the creative source and sustenance of all forms of life Neh. 9:6 - "Thou doest give life to all of them" Acts 17:25,28 - "He Himself gives to all life and breath..." I Tim. 6:13 - "God, who gives life to all things" b. God is the sole source of spiritual, eternal life in man. Jn. 17:3 - "this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou has sent" c. Christocentric immortality and eternal life I Tim. 1:17 - "the King eternal, immortal..." Jn. 14:6 - "I am the way, the truth, and the life" Col. 3:4 - "Christ is our life" II Tim. 1:10 - "Christ Jesus abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" d. Immortality in man is derived ontologically and dynamically from God in Christ by His grace John 11:26 - "everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die" John 14:19 - "because I live, you shall live also" e. Immortality in man is conditioned on our receptivity of the ontological essence of God's immortality made available in Jesus Christ Rom. 2:7 - "those who seek..immortality, find eternal life" Gal. 6:8 - "the one who sows to the flesh reaps corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life" f. Immortality and eternal life are received in regeneration Jn. 3:7 - "you must be born again" Jn. 3:16 - "whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" I Pet. 1:3 - "born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" g. Immortality and eternal life will be displayed in our future bodily resurrection (1) The glorified and spiritual body will be an immortal body I Cor. 15:53,54 - "the mortal shall have put on immortality" (2) Spiritual immortality of eternal life is not delayed until bodily resurrection. It is not just a future acquisition. (3) There is a perpetuity and continuum of our spiritual identification with the character and destiny of spiritual being. (a) Not annihilationism (b) No denial of the perpetuity of hell Matt. 25:41 - "eternal fire prepared for devil and his angels" Matt. 25:46 - "eternal punishment" II Thess. 1:9 - "eternal destruction..."

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