Debate: Immortality

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Originally Posted by Axer NZ

How, exactly? Sure, you could throw yourself off cliffs and stuff, but that doesn't exactly translate into becoming global dictator instantly. Besides, you'd become corrupted and screw with the world forever, unstoppable by anyone.

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Well, with centuries to work at it, you could probably manipulate a very large fortune. You could buy the influence to run at least a corner of the world to your liking. But, being worshipped as a "god" might be reaching a bit too high. ;)

[QUOTE=Mormy;1086446]I guess I am not young enough to believe that love will last forever. You may remember some bitter-sweet memories of a long dead love but it will always come again, and again, and again if you live long enough.


Well that makes getting old sound even better, lol

Ruling the world as a god would be impossible unless immortality also came with omnipotent powers. If anything being able to live forever would make you a target if it became widely known so it would not be something you would want to flaunt unless you wanted to spend eternity as someone's lab experiment. However if you were careful you could gradually amass a great deal of wealth and to some extent power, but power usually comes through the control and manipulation of others and it would be difficult to maintain the personal connections you would need without people finding out what you were, so more then likely you would become isolated from the rest of the world. You could maintain your wealth, but you would have very little real influence in the world.

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Originally Posted by imnothere

what if you could live immortal together?

i would have to agree that those circumstances would make immortality the pits.
but think of the good you could do if only you could get used to the fact that every 5yrs or so you would have to fake your death and move so that what ever friends you did make didnt get suspicious. it would be easier if you could hole your self up somewhere set your self up as a company and only meet ppl on line, but that kind of existence would get dull after a while. so does this immortality come with anything but the "gift" of not dieing?
if not count me out. if however you get some kind of "power" or "gift" to go with it. something to counter the pain and the loss, something to do good with, then yes. i would consider it.

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Faking death = Never being able to see your friends again, unless you want to be called a zombie/ressurected freak/ second Jesus = Sucks.

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Originally Posted by Montros

Faking death = Never being able to see your friends again, unless you want to be called a zombie/ressurected freak/ second Jesus = Sucks.

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or a ghost, you lost

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Originally Posted by Ghost101

or a ghost, you lost

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Or David Blane. I win.

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Originally Posted by Mormy

Ruling the world as a god would be impossible unless immortality also came with omnipotent powers.

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/lerntostargate

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Originally Posted by Montros

Or David Blane. I win.

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or King Arthur, i won

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Originally Posted by Skirata

/lerntostargate

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Being worshipped as gods had nothing to do with immortality and everything to do with the technology gap. If you want to be a stargate-type god, then you can go do that now. With the right items and preparation, you can probably go find some tribe deep in the Amazon rain forest to rule as a god.

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Originally Posted by Ghost101

or King Arthur, i won

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Or Lord Darkwood. I won.

For people who do not know who he is, watch the Movie "Sherlock Holms".

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Originally Posted by Montros

Or Lord Darkwood. I won.

For people who do not know who he is, watch the Movie "Sherlock Holms".

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or they are all pokemon, they only faint, i still win

Or Chuck Norris. He never faints. I win, you lose, period.

Yup. I pulled out Chuck Norris. No one can beat Chuck Norris, except himself.

The whole body swapping version of immortality would work much better. That way when your body ages or gets too damaged you can just swap it out for a fresh one. Also if you ****ed off the wrong people and they tried to stick you in an iron maiden and dump you into the ocean you can just swap bodies with him and you would be the one pushing him off the cargo ship into the deep Atlantic. Then you can go home to his wife and kids, send the kids to bed and head upstairs with the wife. Then in the morning you clean out his bank account and move on to the next town.

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Originally Posted by Rota

Being worshipped as gods had nothing to do with immortality and everything to do with the technology gap. If you want to be a stargate-type god, then you can go do that now. With the right items and preparation, you can probably go find some tribe deep in the Amazon rain forest to rule as a god.

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/heads to Amazon with a team of commandos
/meets Amazonian women
/announces godhood and uses guns to scare locals
/Amazonian women kill me

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Originally Posted by Ghost101

or they are all pokemon, they only faint, i still win

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Lavender Town Pokemon Graveyard.

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Originally Posted by JPA32

Lavender Town Pokemon Graveyard.

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*Laughs at the unfortunate trainers*

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Originally Posted by Montros

Or Chuck Norris. He never faints. I win, you lose, period.

Yup. I pulled out Chuck Norris. No one can beat Chuck Norris, except himself.

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in soviet russia, we pwn chuck norris, ****

No. Eventually ending up insane has already been mentioned, but other than that, if you can still feel pain, I doubt anyone would want to be immortal. Eventually the human species will die out and you'll be the only one around. You'll only get social stimulation from animals or talking to inanimate objects. Eventually you'll run out of power unless you can figure out how to run it yourself. You wouldn't be able to live a comfortable life like you do now. Then when the sun expands, you'll get burnt to a crisp. I can't even imagine how painful that would be. Then afterward, the Earth would basically be a lifeless rock, except for you. I don't see any pleasure in that.

I believe Death is a gift
look at old people around you do they seem enjoyig their lives?
or spending most of their time suffering?
I am basically against my existence
I don't want Heaven or eternal life or this world
if I see the one who is responsible for that I will ask 'my account' to be deleted