I agree.Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
No - not on this planet/earth the way it is. I have another better place to live forever
I agree.Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
No - not on this planet/earth the way it is. I have another better place to live forever
I was into vampires LONG before Twilight was even a twinkle in the author's imagination, and even before I read Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice's paranormal books were AMAZING...). I am actually a total vampire snob - I hate most vampire fiction, I don't like many vampire movies. Anne Rice is a true exception, and I've actually really enjoyed the HBO series True Blood this last year. I read non-fiction vampire books (about the mythology, folklore and history, including a book by a Catholic Priest written in the late 1800s) for about 5 years. Started out as a mission to only read vampire books for a year but then I kept finding more.Originally Posted by clixpix
I have to say I'm surprised. I really thought the vast majority would say "no". I think it's being skewed by the Twilight series...there seems to be a preponderance of requests to be a vampire!
Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
No - not on this planet/earth the way it is. I have another better place to live forever
My answer was yes because I would like to see what the future really holds, it has nothing to do with the Twilight series or movie since I saw neither.Originally Posted by clixpix
I have to say I'm surprised. I really thought the vast majority would say "no". I think it's being skewed by the Twilight series...there seems to be a preponderance of requests to be a vampire!
That episode sounds really good. I have seen a lot of the original ST episodes but haven't seen that one. I hope I can see it.Originally Posted by CarolPetunia
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."
Originally Posted by HopeHacker
Yes. One of my greatest fears is of dying. Also, I want to experience the more futuristic times. Of course I would like a couple of other people I really care about to also be immortal along with me.