{"id":37727,"date":"2021-01-15T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/larry-ellison-death-makes-me-angry\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T12:01:00","slug":"larry-ellison-death-makes-me-angry","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/larry-ellison-death-makes-me-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Ellison: \u2018Death Makes Me Angry\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author Adam Gollner, details the efforts to remedy the problem of death. At the cutting edge of this effort, we find some of the world&#39;s richest individuals. Gollner writes, &quot;There&rsquo;s something about amassing more money than you can ever possibly use that naturally makes you hunger for ways to stay alive longer&mdash;if not forever.&quot;<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, Larry Ellison is the CEO of Oracle Corporation and the sixth-richest person in the world. Ellison contributes more than $40 million per year to the cause. It is said that he views death as just another kind of corporate opponent he can outfox. Ellison has set up a foundation dedicated to ending mortality, or at least to &ldquo;understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>Ellison says, &ldquo;Death makes me very angry. It doesn&rsquo;t make any sense to me. Death has never made any sense to me. 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