Catholic Word of the Day: BODILY IMMORTALITY, 05-18-09

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BODILY IMMORTALITY

The immunity from disease and bodily death that was enjoyed by Adam and Eve before the Fall. It was a special privilege that was to have been passed on to their descendants. Since man is naturally mortal in body, this privilege was preternatural. It conferred the capacity not to die. Its purpose was to enable mankind to better use the gift of sanctifying grace in serving God.

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Use your imagination here. What would our life be like without having bodily MORTALITY?? (Smile)

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La Salette	Liturgy	Andacollo
Kings, Book of	Physiologus	Old Catholics
Baltimore Catechism	Armagh, Book of	Nature
Eulogia	Orders, Sacrament of	Missionary
Dominus Vocbiscum	Ichthus-Fish	Abbacy of St.Jerome
Invalid	Doctrinal Demythology	Metaphysics
Ecclesia Docens	Apostolic Signatura	Octaves
Religion as feeling	Temperament	Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Congregation for Catholic Education	Sponsor	Mystery Play
Paschal Candle	Imitation of Christ	Voluntarism
Matter, Sacramental	Notion	Chancel
Gabbatha	Gregorian Masses	Ordo
Resolution of Amendment	Supreme Evil	Archives, Vatican
Pride	Solovyevism	Natural Law
Revealed Law	Presbyter	First Saturdays
Alma Redemptoris Mater	Divorce	Jubilee
Procession	Teilhardism	Hysteron Proteron
Bodily Immortality

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[Shanty Shaker]

Immortality with immorality would be a horrid world.

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1) We would need to find a way to travel to other planets and live there, or else stop having children. Even the most pro-natal person can't expect the earth to support 1 trillion people ... or can they?
2) Everyone could afford to make many more mistakes and try many more career paths.
3) Instead of getting more adventurous, people might actually become more cautious: even if you are 80 years old, if you can live forever, most of your life is still ahead of you.
4) There would be more impetous to cure diseases as you could suffer even longer if you can live forever.
5) Torture could become even more unspeakable. If a person can live forever and be tortured all the while, then that is a pretty good simulation of what hell is supposed to be like.
6) More people would keep diaries. Unless a person's brain continued to grow throughout their lives it would be unlikely that they could remember what happened to them 1000 years ago.
7) People might be more reluctant to get married or form any kind of long-term relationship if there was no defined end data.
8) Mortgages could be extended to 100 ... 1000 ... ??? years.

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You thought about all the negative things.

Now what about the positive things?

More people to praise God each and every day.

That’s just a start.