If you were given a chance to be immortal, would take it?

Originally Posted by sarahp

Nope. Life would lose it's excitement. Part of my motivation for doing things is that I only have a finite amount of time in this world. and if *only* I was immortal, that would suck, because everyone else would die around me, and I would lose all my family before too long.

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Originally Posted by MyRage

The very very hard part... I would hate to see my loved ones grow old and die while I don't. I would hate to watch my cats grow old and die over and over and over again. It would eventually kill my ability to love, and I would fear loosing my compassion and humanity. I think I would like a longer life, but not that.

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I totally agree. It's an interesting idea, but not for me. I wouldn't want everything I loved to die around me knowing I'll be on this earth forever.

I would do it. I am scared of dying, and I love the idea of being a part of the future of the world in a bigger way - even just to see the inventions and ideas that humanity will come up with. I don't think I would be able to say no, even if I had to see the people I loved die. It would help if I had an option to end it when I wanted to, but I would still say yes even if I didn't.

I've lost too many people I love already, I couldn't take an eternity of that kind of heart ache. If I could chose a few people to be immortal with me then, maybe. I'm curious to see what the world will be like a century or two from now but I think I'll opt for reincarnation instead.

Oh God yes i would!. I would love to live forever because i love my life

Yes, I very much think so. As long as...

1) It was like the modern vampires tales where they become and stay lovely forever.

2) I wouldnt be alone. You need at least one other immortal to love forever, thats the romantic in me talking. Preferably some friends that are immortal too.

3) Theres got to be some cool gifts that come with it. I think it would be boring to be human-limited forever.

I am a procrastinater of huge proportions, so forever might be nough time to do it all

You know, I'm not at all worried about dying or ageing. It interests me that everyone is so scared of it. I don't believe in the afterlife, and would love to believe that my dad and son are waiting for me somewhere, but I just don't.

I know I only have 60-70 more years if I'm lucky, or only today if I'm unlucky, and I have accepted that, and make sure I do what's important to me.

Oh yeah I would definitely take it.

No because I could not give up the possibility that there is something better waiting on the other side. I am not afraid of death just the pain of dying. I hope I go fast.

No - not on this planet/earth the way it is. I have another better place to live forever

I don't think I would want everyone else to become immortal with me. I just have this terrible feeling that instead of loving each other forever, we would get so tired of each other that we would fight and then become horrible enemies. I love my friends and family and especially my husband, but I don't know if I could live with any of them forever. I would like to meet new people and make different friends.

Is that strange?

My dh said if I were immortal, he'd want to be also. I asked him if he'd grow tired of me and he said" I'd could never grow tired of you." Isn't he the sweetest???

I'd also like my kitties to be immortal with me..But I'm just greedy that way...

No I don't want to be immortal

Nope.I would never want to be immortal.

I really liked that show New Amsterdam too Sorry, it was probably because I watched it that it got canceled

but yes, I would love to be immortal, I would even love to be a vampire I vampires

Too much pain to have it go on forever... that sounds like hell to me.

Originally Posted by katiemae1277

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Honestly, only if there was the promise of no pain (physically anyway) I would in a heartbeat. Today, I would definitely take that! I really have no fear of dying or anything like that, but it would be cool to have limitless time to do things and learn things and see what would happen.

Of course. Who wouldn't like to see eventual travel between planets and further space exploration? Or maybe even colonies set up on Mars?

Then again, human nature being what it is war/fear/government control could cause society become a complete dystopian mess. I read too much sci fi and speculative fiction, obviously.

I dont think i would like to be immortal, I have no fear of dying and I think the world is only going to get worse and not sure I would want to be here to witness it.

Oh my gosh, yes. It would be extremely painful to outlive loved ones, and I must admit that if I had children, I might not be willing to do it... but those considerations aside, yes, I'd take immortality in a heartbeat.

Imagine what you could accomplish if you had centuries! Imagine how well you would come to understand the dynamics of world affairs -- surely you would soon develop systems that would lift all people up from poverty and ignorance... systems that would reward the best of human behavior (integrity, compassion), rather than the worst (exploitation, greed).

You could have many careers -- be an archaeologist for awhile, then an architect... a news correspondent, an astronomer, a cancer researcher, a meteorologist, a pilot, an orchestra conductor...

As it is, we humans finally reach an age at which we've seen enough to really understand the world, and maybe even have an idea of how to fix what's wrong with it -- and then we die. Immortality, even for only a few of us, would open up the possibility of greater advancement in the overall condition of humankind.

The question makes me think of an original Star Trek episode in which James Daly played a man who was immortal. He had lost countless friends and lovers over thousands of years of life, and now he was living alone on a remote planet except for his brilliant companion, a beautiful young woman... who turned out to be an android he had designed because he so desperately needed a loved one who would not die and leave him.

It also makes me think of one of my favorite quotations: the playwright Noel Coward once said he would like to live forever, and someone asked, "What if you were ill and bedridden?" And Coward said, "Even if only as an observer, I should like to live forever."