Comments on: If You Could Live Forever

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:08:53 +0000

I don’t know if its vanity or fear based, but the boomer generation seems obsessed with immortality. I believe many would jump at the chance to live forever simply because they are afraid to die.

“If God were to tell you, ‘Tomorrow, or at best the day after, you will be dead,’ you would not, unless the most abject of men, be greatly solicitous whether it was to be the later day, rather than the morrow - for what is the difference between them? In the same way, do not reckon it of great moment whether it will come years and years hence, or tomorrow.
– Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

By: sablonneuse

sablonneuse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:24:36 +0000

When you consider the runaway technological advances made in our lifetime it would be interesting - or maybe frightening to see what the next 100 years will bring (assuming we don’t destroy the world by then).
However, the prospect of immortality would be awful if you were the only one, and totally unmanageable if millions of people were to live forever. In a way, research to prolong good health is linked to longevity but I, for one, hope they concentrate more on preserving us from illness than on making humans immortal.

By: Hal

Hal — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:25:26 +0000

Now that’s funny!!!!!!!

By: Mari Adkins

Mari Adkins — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:23:56 +0000

ROFLMAOPMP I needed that just now! LOLOL

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:42 +0000

I remember that.
A fundamental process of elimination. Or, nothing is either good or evil, unless we make it so.

Aside: As I look at that sentence, “A fundamental process of elimination” it almost sounds like a basic hygienic function, or in other words, your basic dump. Sorry, couldn’t resist that. :-)

By: Mari Adkins

Mari Adkins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:58:53 +0000

You know what that reminds me of? We used to recite this in like the third grade:

A man jumped out of an airplane.

Oh, that’s good!

No, that’s bad. His parachute failed.

Oh, that is bad.

No, that’s good. He landed in a haystack.

Oh, that’s good!

No, that’s bad. There was a needle in the haystack…

By: Hal

Hal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:12:39 +0000

I read this somewhere? yesterday:

Only Two Things to Worry About

There only 2 things to worry about. Whether you are sick or well. If you are well, there is nothing to worry about, but if you are sick, you must worry about whether you will die or live. If you live, there is nothing to worry about, but if you die, you must worry about going to heaven or hell. If you go to heaven, you have nothing to worry about, but if you go to hell, you wont have any time to worry because you will too busy shaking hands with old friends.

Don’t know the author.

By: Mari Adkins

Mari Adkins — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:33:43 +0000

Yes. I find the whole idea that unappealing!

By: Hal

Hal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:35:10 +0000

I hope you don’t mean immediately! :-)

By: Mari Adkins

Mari Adkins — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:50:04 +0000

Given the opportunity to live forever? I’d jump off the nearest bridge.