Want to live forever?

[Godwynn]

I would go for it. I think I could rake in a lot of cash if I kept on working forever and then I would buy Earth.

I plan on living forever, so far so good.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

To choose death over immortality is to me, the product of indoctrination by guilt-dealing religions that demand all men be humble.

Not for me it's not. I realy don't think I could handle thousands of years continung as I am now. I am impatient and bored enough with life as it is. Leaving religion out of it, I would take worm food. At least now I have death to look forward to.

 

[BCLG100]

i want to live forever sure, i wouldnt mind being 25 instead of 35 though.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

As Ive said in previous immortality threads, I wouldnt mind an extra century or two. Id like to go live on Mars and watch my skin slowly turn orange, raising a brood of gangly limbed Martians That would be plenty.

 

[CurtSibling]

Not for me it's not. I realy don't think I could handle thousands of years continung as I am now. I am impatient and bored enough with life as it is. Leaving religion out of it, I would take worm food. At least now I have death to look forward to.

I just have to laugh at that kind of attitude.
Just glad my life is not so miserable as this.

You have my pity.

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[Eran of Arcadia]

I just have to laugh at that kind of attitude.
Just glad my life is not so miserable as this. You have my pity.

My life is not miserable. I just don't think I could handle an infinite amount of time here on earth. If I were given an extra few thousand years, or even as long as I want but the option to die any time, I might take it, as long as I have death to look forward to at some point. But we didn't evolve to last forever and I doubt anyone could handle the psychological burden.

 

[IglooDame]

Yes, though I would think suicide would have to be an available option.

Two words:

compound interest

 

[Ayatollah So]

If this is a one-time special offer to me, personally, from the magic genie in a bottle, I'll take it, at least if the opt-out clause is attached. If the offer is immortality for everyone, I'd rather see us old-timers get out of the way eventually, to make room for succeeding generations. Otherwise things are likely to stagnate: slower flow of new ideas and all that.

 

[CurtSibling]

My life is not miserable. I just don't think I could handle an infinite amount of time here on earth. If I were given an extra few thousand years, or even as long as I want but the option to die any time, I might take it, as long as I have death to look forward to at some point. But we didn't evolve to last forever and I doubt anyone could handle the psychological burden.

Well - Who says you will be the same person mentally after 3000 years...?

Immortality means your brain would be as resistant as everything else in your body.

Imagine it...Being all powerful as a thinker! A never-ending ladder of wisdom to climb.
Why not explore the universe and discover the secrets of your god?

Perhaps you would become 'god.'

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[Eran of Arcadia]

Maybe I will change my mind in 3000 years, but right now it doesn't seem all that attractive. Bear in mind, however, that I am only about a third of the way through my normal allotment of years so maybe it will change even before I die.

 

[Narz]

Great question. You mean love the emotion? Yes I have. Its one of the heaviest things we're asked to carry with us.

If love is heavy you're not lifting it right.

Narz likes being Narz! Imagine that! [/sarcasm] One day try imagining not being Narz (Im talking about inside, dont waste time imagining Narz walking around in a giant rabbit suit). A complete absence of Narzness. Being something else, anything. It aint easy, but it can be done, if you try really really hard.

I try imagining what it would be like for someone else but I never really know. Are you trying to tell me you do know? What it's like to be a cat, a rock, a bumblebee, a woman? Please, do share!

Again Captain, theres nothing gloom and doom about knowing that death is an integral part of life. Am I gloomy because I know the suns going to set in a few hours? Sheesh

And again, I don't mind your view that death is intregal to life (that is pretty clear although technically not everyone has to die for life to keep going. It's just that you seem so dead set on thinking that this life is mostly suffering (I know it's a popular religious concept but not one that I subscribe to) and that the next go round (or heaven, whatever) will be much, much better. I'm just saying what evidence makes you think that what comes next will be so much cheerier?

shouting into megaphone: Eternal life would be a curse! Not life! I repeat: Eternal life would be a curse! Not life!

If you look carefully you'll notice I voted for option two.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

I would love to live forever, gives me plenty of time to take over the world.

 

[azzaman333]

I would love to live forever, gives me plenty of time to take over the world.

Same here.

 

[amadeus]

Why not? I didn't vote for the second option because I don't think I'd ever want to end my own life, I'd prefer for it just to happen naturally. I'd sure like to see what's beyond my lifetime, though.

 

[puglover]

Hell no. Who'd want to stay in this dump for all eternity?

 

[Bozo Erectus]

If love is heavy you're not lifting it right.

True, I always forget to lift with my legs and not my back.

I try imagining what it would be like for someone else but I never really know. Are you trying to tell me you do know? What it's like to be a cat,

Purrfectly delightful? (groan)

a rock,

Everybody must get stoned.

a bumblebee,

Or at least buzzed.

a woman?

I usually pass that question on to Pete Townsend.

And again, I don't mind your view that death is intregal to life (that is pretty clear although technically not everyone has to die for life to keep going.

Hey wait a minute, arent you like Johnny Natural over there? What could be more unnatural than a few people being immortal?

It's just that you seem so dead set on thinking that this life is mostly suffering

It is when you learn to recognize suffering when you see it, or experience it, and understand everything the word encompasses, or alot of it anyway.

(I know it's a popular religious concept but not one that I subscribe to) and that the next go round (or heaven, whatever) will be much, much better. I'm just saying what evidence makes you think that what comes next will be so much cheerier?

I never said anything about things being cheerier. Clearer, yes.

 

[CaptainF]

Only if I can opt out.

And if while I am living eternally, I am also eternally young.

 

[C~G]

Eh bien, continuons...

Without death there's no life - the experience of fear of our demise makes our life what it is.

So no, I take the time I'm given and I'll settle with that.

Second guessing in this reality is futile.

It's bittersweet journey from the beginning to the very end.

No Exit

 

[Sidhe]

I'd go with the option to live for ever but be able to kill myself, because eventually everyone would get so jaded with having seen it all they would feel like this song, with the exception of maybe owning a tardis but even then....?:-

The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Your a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you
to the places where all the things meet yeah

No change,
I can't change I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds
that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind,
I feel free now
But the airways are clean
and there's nobody singing to me now

No change,
I can't change I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change I can't change

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money, then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you
to the places where all the things meet yeah

You know I can't change, I can't change
I can't change, I can't change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mould
no, no, no, no, no,
I can't change

I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
(It justs sex and violence melody and silence)
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
That you've ever been down
That you've ever been down

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I'm gonna go with something like Bozo said, I wouldnt mind an extra century or two, but I better grow old after that, and die naturally, because I'm religious, and sucicide is definietly not included in that package ( its the coward's way out, too)