If you had super powers and no one could stop you, would you be good or evil? Why? What would you do?

Question

ferd: that's good and all, but if you cure all diseases, how are you going to help with over population?

ttpaw: oh c'mon now. if you had time to bother with this silly question, you certainly couldn't possibly have been THAT busy. you're just wasting time ANYway! ;)

Mirror: Wow, what a great post. Such an unexpected insight from such a question!

Jorge: Nice deep answer..BUT..you didn't answer the QUESTION. I didn't ask to define super power. Thanks though.

Answer 1

I would like to say "good", but realistically...I wouldn't trust me.
There's just too many things I want in this world. Kinda sad really.

Answer 2

Well, I've thought about this a lot (why? I don't know. :P Because it's not like I'm going to one day wake up with superpowers, but it is fun just to think about it. :P), anyways, I thought about it quite a lot, because I had a dream in which I did have superpowers. It was wonderful. ^_^ I was so powerful, I could basically do anything I wanted, and I was even able to control people. So in my dream I would be the superhero, I'd catch the bad guys, and save the world from certain destruction. :P But then, eventually, for some reason, I slowly became more geared towards getting what I wanted, just because I could. And I didn't realize this as I was doing it. I still thought I was doing good, but instead, I was forcing people to do things they didn't want to do. And if I became bitter at someone for treating others like dirt, I would make something bad happen to them that kind of put them in their place. I know that doesn't seem like much, but I was basically putting other people through turmoil and pain, when they didn't really deserve it. And it was basically revenge that I was pulling. So... I went from a 'good guy', to a 'bad guy' without even realizing it.

Anyways, in short, I'd be a good guy. I'd just would hope that I'd know my limits on what is morally right, and that I wouldn't do anything bad. And not take advantage of my power. :P

Answer 3

I'd be both. I'd be evil to child abusers. I dont really want to be a murderer so I'd place them on an island with no resources and leave it to them to figure out if they survive or not. I'd try to be a hero for kids. I'd also try to help the environment... maybe make mountains a little higher assuming higher altitude would mean more snow and longer water flow into streams etc. and everyday I'd fly a huge sun block over the ice to keep it from melting as fast. I'd help fix homes that are not insulated well etc. to save power. I would hunt down every old cell phone, pager, computer and game station and pile it all around the fancy cars of the CEO's of the companies that produce too much of that crap.

Answer 4

Probably the most super of all powers lies within what one calls maturity. That is where one acquires the power to do what one wills, meaning the discernment to know where and how to replicate that power as well as the know how to abstain from using those powers. In other words, the power to not use those super powers also. And to have such power in truth comes the knowledge and maturity to know how to put it to use. And that is what we are as humans, the power to make it to the end of the day knowing that what we have done is done and that will be forever an irreplaceable moment that will manifest to represent that power that we are, even if we aren't aware of it.

Answer 5

i would be good but not in the common sense i would work for the good of the nature and humanity on a long term basis. I would no longer have a life because i would work around the clock to make communism a reality and it would work at the center me being an incorruptible source because i would have no time to think about my power focusing on replenishable energy sources, equalizing worldly wealth, destroying the worlds economy, uniting all nations into a singularity, creating a breeding program, so that the world no longer had idiots within one generation, unlocking my own genetic patterns in order to clone myself, educate myself so that the worldy peace i bestow lasts forever.

Answer 6

I'm a Bible-believing Christian and a pretty good person, by most people's standards, but I don't think that God would ever trust me with too much power. I remember what I was like before I knew Jesus, and the fear of the Lord and consequences is often what keeps me in line even now, almost fifteen years later. I hope that I would use my powers for good, but I'm not sure.

Answer 7

I would get a life and not ask such rediculous questions. Even sitting in a corner sucking your thumb is better than waisting everybodys time with such stupid stuff.

Answer 8

I'd be both to see if I could live a double life. Steal wallets here and save old ladies from burning buildings on the side. Why not get the best of both worlds. Fame and fortune.

Answer 9

I would be E V I L....why? because bad guys have the most fun, I wouldnt have to worry about saving lives or be responsible for these human beings...and bad guys also have the coolest super powers.

Answer 10

I'd like to be a good guy/girl because I'd like to see more good role models for kids in this world to look up to. If I could fly, I'd give free rides to sick kids, for instance. Who doesn't want to save the world, now really?