Having eternity as playground...would that appeal ?
2006-10-14 08:42:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What's the big rush!?
2006-10-14 08:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet it'd appeal. There is SO MUCH I want to see, do, try, become, and experience. Quite frankly, anyone worried about boredom as an immortal isn't being creative enough. At the rate books are published, for instance, you could do nothing but read for all eternity and never run out of stuff to read. Ditto for travelling (assuming than mankind will eventually travel to the stars), although seeing all of just Earth could occupy centuries.
Think of all the relationships you could cultivate. The limitless skills and knowledge you could acquire. The work, research, and hobbies you could do. The life you could live. Immortality? I would snatch it in an instant.
Interestingly enough, we might not be all that far from conquering the problems of aging and disease. (See book links below.) It might not happen in our lifetimes, but there are no real fundamental barriers to living for at least a few million years. (Still a blink of the eye compared to eternity, but you take what you can get!) If it doesn't happen in my lifetime, well, I'm gonna try and take my chances on a cryonics suspension. Not so much because I fear death, but because I love life so much.
P.S. A quick note to Nadia regarding your answer: the bible, and most every other holy book, has been heavily edited through the centuries. New material has been added, material has been removed, errors & differences in interpretation and translations have greatly altered the text from its original meaning, etc. That the word of your god is eternal is a rather naive view that ignores the active history of any holy text.
2006-10-14 17:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i really could live as i am forever, id establish consistent things or behaviors in my life that would represent me as someone who does not change. Somethings consistent, like God has with his word, and as we know that He never changes. It's everlasting--and all those who have lived and are still alive knw today that God's words do never change.
2006-10-14 15:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Nadia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly? ...with total disregard.
I'd quit my job n go party crazy. Then I'd go travel all over the world to see it all. Then I'd try to come up with a way to travel in space to see what no-one else has ever seen before... the possibilities are endless! cool question.
2006-10-14 15:51:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get really tired of seeing life for ever thats why we don't live for very long but then It would be great cause your still alive and but you have to worry about a lot of things.
2006-10-14 15:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah if i cant die then i would do absouletly anything im sure it would get boring but in the beginniing tomoorow we jump off that bridge into the ocean drown and walk on the ocean floor... excellent fun!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-14 17:07:38 · answer #6 · answered by a perfectly contradictory cat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tolkien explored this and I agree with his answer. Sooner or later Jaded, bored, and very sad.
2006-10-14 16:17:43 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
lets go to outback tonight. life will still be there tomorrow...
2006-10-14 15:52:01 · answer #8 · answered by boys <3 me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I were immortal there would BE no tomorrow.
2006-10-14 15:47:12 · answer #9 · answered by Miz Teri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will be no tomorrow , we count time because we die , if we dont die there will be no time
2006-10-14 17:31:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋