Writer's Block: Missing from Nature

[deckardcanine]

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Death. The last enemy to be defeated.

Comments

[sleepyjohn00.livejournal.com]

It's going to get mighty crowded mighty quick.

But I will concede that it's an effective way to get around the inheritance tax issue.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

No death = no plants or animals die = everybody starves for eternity.

I'd like to see viruses kick the bucket, they serve no purpose except to kill people at random. Same deal for cancer. Maybe I could get a two-for-one by eliminating all diseases.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Eh, caveat to that, even with no death I guess we could all live on fruit. But we'd still end up with overpopulation and an eventual elimination of all natural resources because the essential building blocks of life never get recycled.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I should elaborate. The Book of Revelation says that death will be the last enemy to be destroyed. I assume that the post-Second Coming world will be different in other ways, such that we won't miss death at all. I'm reluctant to wish anything else out of nature, simply because God might have other plans for it.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see, I was assuming all the existing laws of physics/nature would still apply except for the one thing we asked to be eliminated.