Is immortality a good or a bad thing?
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Re: Is immortality a good or a bad thing?
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ~ Psalms 4:8
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Type a) would be sad to watch all their loved ones go, even if they enjoy themselves.
Type b) wouldn't really be attached to every mortal thing and can really be focused on learning new stuff and mastering the old one because they've got plenty of time.
I would also like to know if this immortality means not aging and dying or being fully resistant to deadly things.
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Because if you are immortal
You'll see your beloved dieing in front of you and you'll not die...
diseases will make you weaker and weaker but you'll not die...
Even if you suffer with most severe pain but you'll not die..
And you'll start desire death but you'll not die....
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Immortality is often portrayed in media as something bad, something immoral, and only bad guys will want it. But in the end, we find out all he/she wanted was a simple life, and he/she took a wrong turn and it snowballed out of control
What if you are just a normal bloke, and just want to see what happens to the world? You stay in your secluded part of the world, and just take in everything the world has to offer, quietly and peacefully.
It is your choice, you can rule the world, or do nothing to it. You know you can't die, and will live for a long time. Immortality gives your freedom, but is it real freedom? Alan Watts once said..."Freedom is the state of not havng to choose..."....*shrugs*
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Good Look how much knowledge you could obtain.
Bad You would have to watch all your friends and family die before you.
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Nice Post!WaltzEternal wrote:Ultimately, it depends on what you do to the world once you gain immortality.
Immortality is often portrayed in media as something bad, something immoral, and only bad guys will want it. But in the end, we find out all he/she wanted was a simple life, and he/she took a wrong turn and it snowballed out of control
What if you are just a normal bloke, and just want to see what happens to the world? You stay in your secluded part of the world, and just take in everything the world has to offer, quietly and peacefully.
It is your choice, you can rule the world, or do nothing to it. You know you can't die, and will live for a long time. Immortality gives your freedom, but is it real freedom? Alan Watts once said..."Freedom is the state of not havng to choose..."....*shrugs*
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Agreed! Very well said!hsimone wrote:I think it depends on a few things.
Very challenging question indeed.
- 1) The type of person (greedy vs. kind)
2) How will it affect our environment? Will Earth become overpopulated if many were given the choice? (not enough resources)
3) Quality of life for those who are not mentally stable and others.
4) Religion - people were not created to live forever on Earth.
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Published historically accurate accounts are the closest we can get to the knowledge we need to use the gift of immortality wisely.
To date, published history shows that we do nothing more than repeat mistakes of the past.
Therefore, immortality is a bad thing. Horrors compounded are worse than their appearance in the initial incident.
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Nah think how cheap space travel could be if we didn't have to worry about dieing! A few millenniums of medication may even be a selling point.Wasif Ahmed wrote:If everyone becomes immortal, won't the earth become too overcrowded in just a couple of years?dhwanis wrote:I feel it is good....as long as everyone around you is immortal as well....if that is not the case...then I feel it is bad as what is the point of living a life seeing everyone you love leave the planet..
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