I don't have children, but I believe that it's my mission to have off-spring who go on living and have children of their own etc..etc.. after my death. In that way my life doesn't go in vain and I become immortal.
2006-12-17 19:51:07 · 20 answers · asked by SOL SIREN 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
my kids are my legacy so iguess a part of me will live on in them and so on,its an amazing experiance having kids will change the way you look at everything
2006-12-17 19:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by decspaige 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Do you remember your great, great, great grandparents? If we get to be immortal, it would be nice if we got to hang around to enjoy it. There is no shortage of people and genes in the world. I am not saying, don't have children, but I think the idea of immortality is an illusion.
Now, someone like Mother Theresa who has been mother to thousands...she will be immortal. It seems to make more sense to make our mark by how we help others to even come close to any semblance of immortal.
2006-12-17 19:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by here_nor_there 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a way there is a lot of truth in this concept. If you have photographs of older and past family members, you may be quite surprised just how much you resemble them.
I've seen on TV the descendants of Lord Nelson and they all look very much like him, the blond hair, the nose and the eyes etc. They obviously too have traces of other family members but these features remain strong within the family.
We are all of us, very much like our ancestors, both in appearance and attitudes, temperament etc.
2006-12-17 20:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the wrong reason to have children. You shouldn't bring a child into this world because you believe it's your "mission" to "become immortal." You should have a child because you love your partner and want to give the same love to the child you have together.
We all die, nothing can change that. Part of us lives on through our children, but that would be an odd reason to go through nine months of pregnancy, labour and then the financial and emotional strain of raising them.
2006-12-17 19:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not actually immortal obviously.
And mother nature has programmed us to seek reproduction as we run away from death.
But they do bring back bits of us from our own childhood, and that can be nice. Also as they only have us to learn from they can end up picking up our problems. Which is living on in a way.
2006-12-18 13:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by mince42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes absolutely. This is exactly what made me decide to have babies - and I'm 4.5 weeks pregnant now with my first.
It's the only re-incarnation theory that actually holds any truth.
Unfortunately for men, women hold the vital mitochondria that is passed down. So technically speaking, women have the real chance at 'immortality' and men can only hand down some DNA.
I know this isn't intended to highlight male vs female. But it's true.
2006-12-17 20:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by Feta Smurf 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
YOU yourself are not immortal..but your childs childrens childrens children.. and etc.. will carry on your legacy and your name..until your family name dies out.. or if ALL of your relatives die.. but that is not very likely =]
2006-12-17 19:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you do, in a manner of speaking.
1) you live on in your loved one's memories
2) you pass on your culture, values, even your possessions,
things that somehow are a part of you
3) if you raise your children well, you live on in the goodness and
love they spread in the world, their achievements
So, having kids is nice, if even for such "selfish" reasons and not for the kids themselves. Haha.
2006-12-17 20:47:41 · answer #8 · answered by ELI 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whats the use of immortality if u can't remember ur past life? i think i rather live maximum benefit this life than have it partial 4 life times i don't even know will come.
2006-12-17 19:56:15 · answer #9 · answered by Another face in the crowd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I don't believe that we become immortal by having children.....we just become parents.
We become immortal by having a soul.
Just one man's opinion, though.
2006-12-17 20:02:40 · answer #10 · answered by Jack 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋