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If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:01 am
If you could take a pill that would cause you to stop aging and render you immortal until the end of the world (whatever this means to you), would you take it?
Please explain your answer.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:05 am
Nah. I don't think social security is that solvent and I'm already too old to go back to work.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:14 am
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And watch those around me, those that I love, wither and die? Some gently, some horribly...but always and forever, over and over? I'd be wishing for death myself, at some point. So, nope.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:17 am
It would depend on what immortality really meant. That is to say I'm aging and slowing down both mentally and physically. If this went on indefinitely, an eternity of it would be hell. Wait, take that back, an eternity of just about anything might be really, really bad. Can I live eternally until I don't want to anymore? That would be perfect.
But if I must choose a natural death or an uncertain but unendable eternity, I'd choose a natural death.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:19 am
No thanks matey.
I would have thought that the only reason we cherish and enjoy "moments" of our life is simply because is it finite.
The whole dynamics would change.
*PS, I'd hate to do the wrong thing by the law and cop a "life" sentence without parole! hehe
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:21 am
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Because you have the courage and foresight befitting a member of your species Jenny. 
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:24 am
No thanks, not with my current health issues - it'd be a huge burden.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:26 am
(June 20, 2015 at 12:17 am)Jenny A Wrote: It would depend on what immortality really meant. That is to say I'm aging and slowing down both mentally and physically. If this went on indefinitely, an eternity of it would be hell. Wait, take that back, an eternity of just about anything might be really, really bad. Can I live eternally until I don't want to anymore? That would be perfect.
But if I must choose a natural death or an uncertain but unendable eternity, I'd choose a natural death.
Yeah, this is pretty much how I feel about the promise of eternal life that xtianity claims. I'll pass.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:28 am
No tanky.
The fleeting nature of this life is a great reason to cherish what little time we have. My natural procrastination would not allow me to get anything done when I know I have a veritable eternity to do it in.
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RE: If you could be immortal... (poll)
June 20, 2015 at 12:32 am
Absolutely not.
Obvious issues to the side, after a few thousand years what would there be left for you to do? An eternity of boredom after having done literally everything to death would be torture.
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