Life

Connections List
 * Eternal Life
 * Meaning of life
 * Soul
 * Why so boring?
 * Raw theo objects
 * Redemption

Scope
 * Definition of life
 * Questions/stuff that deals with def 2), everyday experience
 * Symbols of life (blood, breath)

Topics
 * Definitions
 * 1) Biological
 * 2) Experiences
 * 3) Eternal life (see connection), called "Zoe" by C.S. Lewis
 * Symbols

Definitions
 * 1) Biological
 * A system that grows and reproduces, using external inputs.
 * How to distinguish from AI or self-replicating machines?
 * C.S. Lewis calls this "bios"
 * Genesis 2:7 breath of life
 * Psalm 104:30 "when you send your Spirit [the animals] are created and you renew the face of the earth."
 * 2) Experiences
 * This, I think, is how we normally use the term "life". It means the weighted average of your experiences over time. Pain, joy, etc. Soccer, marriage, talking with people, being afraid, etc.
 * 3) Eternal life - see connection to Eternal Life

Symbols
 * Blood
 * Genesis 9:4-6. "6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind."
 * Leviticus 17:11 "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life."
 * Breath
 * God breathed the breath of life into things. and 'everything that lives and moves and breathes'