When we were talking about immortality and had me thinking about a couple of different movies. One is Tuck Everlasting and the other is Highlander. The question is would we want to be immortal? If we had the choice to drink from a little pond and remain as we are till the end of time (as in Tuck Everlasting) would you take a drink? In Highlander it is all about not getting your head cut off but if you are still immortal how you would spend your time, what would you do? I see advantages and disadvantages to being immortal. First off the pressure of not having enough time to do everything and to see everything is gone. I would love to have that time to travel and learn anything I could ever want to know without worrying how much time I have. Initially we have 20 years to go to college do odds ends of things before we are almost required to settle down and with a family and what not. Since once you get to be like 45 and you are still not married or have kids (that is if you want kids) then there is great chance that you won’t. If you were immortal it would not matter. On the other hand everyone one else would be dying around you and you will still remain. Is that the only disadvantage? What would you guys do?
posted by Sage at 1:43 PM
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If I were immortal...hmm...I think life would become meaningless. You would exprience the similar cycles with each person: Hi, Hello, deep conversation, give and take, give and take, they die, you cry, hey a new friend, repeat. That's immortality in a nut shell. I'd rather grow old and die. Mortality gives life and people value. You have something to lose.
I dont think I would like to be immortal. I agree that life is too short and there is simply not enough time to do and see everything there is. It would be awesome to have a couple hundred more years to live, but after a while it seems like life would get depressing, especially if you have done everything you wanted to do. Besides, I dont really want to miss out on the Heavenly paradise that awaits. Also, I think that the psychological ramifications of immortality would be tremendous, especially if no one esle around you was immortal.
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