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India In ancient India, it was beleived that the souls of the dead were reincarnated into different organisms based on the rights and wrongs of their past life. In other words, the people of India beleived in karma. Each being that passed was born again to fulfill the life they deserved, good or bad.

Sigmund Freud and Immortality this philosopher determined that the fear of death and the denial of death are conflicts that happen within the psychology of the human being. His philosophy has undergone many revisions, but has come to conclude that these conflicting feelings about death and immortality determine how people act, which is related to making history. Meladze, V. Denial of death: America in decline. (2012). The Journal of Psychohistory, 39.

Biological Immortality The improvement of medicine in the past century has significantly increased the life span in humans. They have found treatments and cures to diease which help the human live a longer, healthier life. Physically living forever is very distant to technologies reach, as of now. Researchers will keep searching for ways to help the body live longer, and technology is rapidyly increasing in accuracy. Ther eis a way of preserving the body after death, called cryonics. The body is placed in a cold tank, and each organ is repaired one by one. There is also another way, by just preserving the brain. They hope to have this perfected in the near future. In sum, there are people that strive to obtain biological immortality and to extend life expenctancy and hope to acheive that in the future. Cheshire, W.P. In the twilight of aging, a twinkle of hope. (2008). Ethics & Medicine, 24

The Evolution of Ageing There are some beleifs that ageing is "the greatest evil". These people beleive that ageing is bad for us, it shortens our life span and makes the last few years hard for family members and friends. They view dieing as a "curse", which in turn makes ageing the cause of the curse. There is also the fact that death is inevitable, everyone must die at some point. This fact contributes to the beleif that ageing is a curse because it leads the the inevitability of death after ageing. We are cursed from birth. Ageing itself is the deterioration of the human body and mind. It can be described as the increase in molecular disorder. Ageing can casue pain and discomfort in the human being because of the slow deterioration of the body. This also contributes to the view of ageing as "the greatest evil". Hauskeller, M. Is ageing bad for us? (2011). Ethics & Medicine, 27.

Ressurrection versus Immortality Ressurrection of the body is the beleif that your soul goes straight to heaven when you die, and your body rises soon after. The body and soul are rejoined physically in heaven. This concept is mostly beleived and valued by religious Christians that beleive Jesus died and resurrected. Immortality is when just your soul lives on, through other people or in another place to be determined by the person's beleifs. Immortality has to do only with the soul living on, not the person's physical body. It is said that immortality is easier for non religious individuals to beleive. They beleive that only your soul lives on, and the body does not rejoice with it. The body, instead, stays behind while the soul drifts to heaven to be with God. Miller, L. (2010). Far from heaven. Newsweek. Retrieved from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/03/24/far-from-heaven.html