If you could live forever, would you want to, and why?

**Hitcher** · 30th August 2004, 13:34

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever,
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**vifferman** · 30th August 2004, 13:43

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Nup.
Because life has been very tiresome lately, and it's looking like it's downhill from here, so why would I want more of that?
Quality before quantity.

**scumdog** · 30th August 2004, 13:54

Originally Posted by firestormer

Nup.
Because life has been very tiresome lately, and it's looking like it's downhill from here, so why would I want more of that?
Quality before quantity.

Likewise, IF I could live forever at 25 years old I might think about it, at the moment the whole world does not look so attractive as it did when I was 25.

**Motu** · 30th August 2004, 14:04

If you can't take it with you - don't go!

**Blakamin** · 30th August 2004, 14:21

HAHAHAHA....i love the "wake up dead" one!

**Zed** · 30th August 2004, 15:04

Lol.

But seriously, I'm really looking forward to living forever...in a new body and inhabiting a new heaven and earth!

Surely EVERYONE wants to live forever (never ageing) in a nice place?

**jrandom** · 30th August 2004, 15:09

Originally Posted by Zed

But seriously, I'm really looking forward to living forever...in a new body and inhabiting a new heaven and earth!

What, both at the same time?

**Motu** · 30th August 2004, 15:12

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I
can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all
those flies and death and stuff." --Mariah Carey

This is one really stupid bitch!!!

**Zed** · 30th August 2004, 15:15

Originally Posted by jrandom

What, both at the same time?

Heaven and earth? NO of course not - the Jews inherit the earth, I'll just visit from time to time.

**Motoracer** · 30th August 2004, 15:18

Originally Posted by Zed

Lol.

But seriously, I'm really looking forward to living forever...in a new body and inhabiting a new heaven and earth!

Surely EVERYONE wants to live forever (never ageing) in a nice place?

Look at it this way. I want to have kids later on down the line but at the same time I'd think twice about it. I'd think twice cause I'd feel sorry for my kids. Sure every thing looks "cooler" with all the high tech stuff now and things will only be better in that sence but things are seriously going down hill as time passes by if you look at the "bigger picture".

Live for ever? I'd look at it as a curse! The joys of life come from being mortal. If you were imortal, things would get pretty boaring I reckon...

**jrandom** · 30th August 2004, 15:20

Originally Posted by Zed

Heaven and earth? NO of course not - the Jews inherit the earth, I'll just visit from time to time.

A fascinating eschatology you have there; I haven't run into that idea before.

Lest we be roundly beaten with fruit and pointy sticks, I won't ask any more about it. We can bring up the subject in the Scottish Thread, perhaps.

**Zed** · 30th August 2004, 15:36

Originally Posted by jrandom

A fascinating eschatology you have there; I haven't run into that idea before.

Lest we be roundly beaten with fruit and pointy sticks, I won't ask any more about it. We can bring up the subject in the Scottish Thread, perhaps.

I could tell you about the city New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven...but I too don't want a beating just now.

**Slipstream** · 30th August 2004, 15:37

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

I think it would be cool to see all the new things that would be invented and discovered.
Like intersteller vehicles, fashion, music... heck what would the tools look like?

But I don't think I would like the part of seeing members of my family pass away generation after generation.

And if I did get to live forever, would my body keep degenerationg or would I stay a certain age?

Besides if you knew me off line, you'd know that I was never one to follow fashion and therefore I'll never die.

**Blakamin** · 30th August 2004, 15:41

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Live for ever? I'd look at it as a curse! The joys of life come from being mortal. If you were imortal, things would get pretty boaring I reckon...

But imagine the fun you could have on a bike!

**Zed** · 30th August 2004, 15:42

Originally Posted by The Handbrake

I think it would be cool to see all the new things that would be invented and discovered.
Like intersteller vehicles, fashion, music... heck what would the tools look like?...

Now here's someone with imagination. Good stuff!