(December 1, 2014 at 8:12 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: The other choice is that you are given powers and so much knowledge and given ability to live for a very long time (like 30 000 years) and you would be able to solve all the world's problems with your powers and knowledge but the downside to it, is that once you die, you will be tortured for eternity. The torture will be severe as the severest description of hell possible.The thing is, there is no comparison with eternity. 30,000 years? Make it 30,000,000 and you'd still eventually find yourself surpassing that total ten, a hundred, a million... a trillion times, with no end in sight.
What exactly would "the world" have done that would make that trade-off worthwhile? I'd take the first option, and I'd take it twice if "heaven" is a euphemism for "Losty's bedroom."
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