Do you want to live forever?

Question

If everlasting life or re-incarnation or heaven or hell wasn't a part of your religion, but everything else was true.

1) Would you still bother with it?

2) How would you conduct your life then?

Look, its a hypothetical question.
Would you still practice your religion if there wasn't the promise of something better to come?
A prize for being good?

Answer 1

one life is enough thank you

Answer 2

I would never stop learning. Instead of the fast paced life I live now, I would take my time and walk/sail the planet. Exploring and discovering all of the things that we are too busy for.
Once I've learned everything there is to know about earth, I would explore the stars (since i'd be living forever, I can easily afford to wait until there is a safe and economical means of transportation in space.

Anyone that is willing to pass up the possibility of never dying should serious reconsider their priorities in life.

Answer 3

I like this question, especially the added details. I would because my beliefs do not impair my life in any way.

I am a Deist, obviously though an eternity maybe long enough for me find out I am mistaken. This is unanswerable to me.

I would not like to live forever, but I know I won't be ready when I go. One thing though, my belief system makes no promises of any reward in this life or thereafter, so I think I would continue it.

Answer 4

I'm a humanist. Here's how I conduct my life.

Humanism is a philosophy of life inspired by humanity and guided by reason. It provides the basis for a fulfilling and ethical life without religion.

Humanists make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values.
Humanists see no convincing evidence for gods, the supernatural, or life after death.
Humanists believe that moral values are properly founded on human empathy and scientific understanding.
Humanists believe we must live this life on the basis that it is the only life we'll have -- that, therefore, we must make the most of it for ourselves, each other, and our world.
Humanist philosophies have arisen separately in many different cultures over many thousands of years. Whether or not they use the term humanism, tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people around the world agree with the humanist philosophy of living a happy and productive life based on reason and compassion.

Answer 5

IF--- such a small word to have such a big meaning! first let me give you my answer, NO I would not want to live forever, Why you wonder? The world we live in today is self destructing itself around us as we go about our busy lives. People no longer want to communicate with each other wiithout some sort of resentment or violence. IS this what you want to continue to live to see? I conduct my life according to how I want to be treated by others around me. I have always been kind to others even when they were not kind to me, but yet i'm no pushover. words dont hurt me simply because i have the power to ignore.

Answer 6

I'm not strictly religious, but I believe in all the things Christians do, I'm not so sure about life after death, or how good it would be, but I still believe in everything else (exept Jesus, I think he was just a man named Jesus and he was very clever and nice, so people made up stories and ledgends about him and the stories he told and made the bible).
So yes.

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Answer 7

life is a journey, ageing is a journey. as you grow you change and you learn more about yourself and those around you. if you kept on living and living and living, i think you would pass the point at which your life had any purpose.

i work in a nursing home looking after old people. old age is a time of reflection, and reminiscence. i would not want to be stuck in old age forever. i would like to die peacefully and painlessly. i don't really believe in life after death, but i think somehow, death would be a necessary form of closure in one's life - an opportunity to accept that this is the end.

everything must come to an end. if life was everlasting, it would lose its value.

Answer 8

if i alone were to live forever in this phyical body while everyone else around me died, i wouldn't like it at all.

1) if heaven or hell weren't part of my religion, i would still be christian. it was never the fear of either that caused me to change my beliefs. it was the philosophy of christianity that first captured me. i've never had any fear whatsoever of death, as unnatural as that may sound. when i was agnostic (most of my life), it was just another stage of life. it represented the end of all suffering to me.

2) i would live my life very differently if i were not christian. i would not have sacrificed certain activities, but again, that has nothing to do with the fear of death or hell. it's a matter of spiritual growth. as far as morality is concerned, christianity is more than just do's and don'ts. it involves a change of heart. it's not about thinking ''i'd better not do this. God will see me.'' the morality boost comes from that sudden change of heart we christians refer to as being ''born again.'' once you learn to walk in selfless love, you really don't need guilt or fear in order to follow a strict moral code- you just follow it because it is your new nature.

peace.

Answer 9

I believe in God's promises. Yes, I want to be with Jesus forever. He will give me a new eternal body. Heaven is the place where we all long to be. In the perfect harmony where there is not pain and suffering and we are not limited by time and laws of physics. : )

Answer 10

this is a good question! I think I would still pray and communicate with my God , as I do believe he is real and there for me no matter what. I think ultimately, your religion may be even more important to you - you have to have something lasting and eternal to believe in as you would see everything and everyone else die.

Answer 11

I would like to think that I would bother it but I probably would not. (why lie to myself)

I am naturally a nice guy so I guess I would keep living how i'm living, I would probably try more things tho.