Editorial December 8, 1980 Issue

Immortal being

NATHAN A. TALBOT

Immortality will not be found only in tomorrows—even in centuries of tomorrows. We find it today. Immortal being is not something that happens only later. It happens now. And we can begin demonstrating that fact now.

People are used to restricted views. Finite being is considered the norm—in fact, the reality. Infinite being is thought to be theoretical. But it's thoroughly practical.

Suppose you throw a ball just as high and far as you're able. From the moment it leaves your hand, the ball is moving toward the end of its trip. In a way, this helps symbolize what we call mortal life. Some may hope that after death God will pick up that little ball of existence and give it another throw—an endless journey this time. People like to think of this next toss as immortality. But this is a wholly inadequate definition of existence.

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