The Lord Our God promises us eternal life, if we believe in and trust His Son, Jesus Christ.
But soon, if things go well for a company called Eterni.me, they’ll be able to sell you eternal life. Instead of faith or hope or good works, all you’ll need is money. Then you can, in the words of the company’s slogan, “Simply become immortal” ( http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1657109/want-live-forever-tech-firm-wants-create-your-digital-alter-ego ).
Your 3-D “digital alter ego,” which presumably your family will want to keep around after you’re dead–what will it mean when this gets moved from the living room to the broom closet, or winds up in a yard sale?–will be compiled from your lifetime’s worth of digital data–that is, every little piece of junk you’ve ever put on the Internet–along with artificial intelligence, which for some individuals will be the only kind of intelligence they’ve ever had. The end product will be a convincing illusion of your presence: the “alter ego” will be programed so that it can interact with real people as if you were still you.
They’re not yet ready to reveal the price tag. Still some bugs to be worked out.
Meanwhile, ask yourself this…
How many of our politicians and celebrities have already died and been replaced by digital illusions?
And how many of them were digital illusions to begin with?
You ask some relevant questions here. That would partially explain the messes they make.