You have been given a choice to become immortal. Would you?

Discuss the February 2017 Book of the Month, The Diary of an Immortal by David J Castello.
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Wasif Ahmed wrote:
alwaysdaddygirl wrote:I am weird. It depends on what type of immoral. Are these immorals with no superpowers? Are these immortals that can have different range of superpowers?

The other questions are these human immortals that went through a strange science experiment? Is this immortal a vampire? If a vampire, the good or bad ones?

Not trying be rude. Again, I am weird. That is me. ? I have countless ideas about immortals.

As long as it not for evil puropes and did not have to give away my soul, then yes. Some wonder if immortals have souls? There are certain vampires that have a kind soul despite being undead.

I would try to become a librarian. I would also try be a teacher. I would also try to preserve books. I also want to teach folks about books, so classics do not become vanished. With this world of technology today, who knows what it be like in 50 years? Will humans still be here in fifty years if the predictions about the natural resources are true? If human race is gone, with there be a secret society of immortals to preserve books? ?
Nice imagination.??. Thanks for sharing your views with us. ?

Mahalo for your kind words! ?

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greenstripedgiraffe wrote:Be nice to not age... but not nice to outlive everyone, so - no. Death is a natural part of life, and not necessarily something to be feared.


I am a lasping Catholic. That is one who does not go to mass often. I went to Catholic schools for twelve years. I then converted to Catholic. It took me time to be at peace with this but with Catholic's beliefs I am going to hell.

I am a strong introvert. Never married. Unable to have kids but many have it worst. God forbids when my dad goes, I have no other family. I am the black sheep in my family. I have few friends. That why immortal life could be opition. Life can always be worst.
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Yes... I believe I would. The older one gets the wiser (usually) and maybe with age and wisdom you could help the world...
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alwaysdaddygirl wrote:
Wasif Ahmed wrote:
alwaysdaddygirl wrote:I am weird. It depends on what type of immoral. Are these immorals with no superpowers? Are these immortals that can have different range of superpowers?

The other questions are these human immortals that went through a strange science experiment? Is this immortal a vampire? If a vampire, the good or bad ones?

Not trying be rude. Again, I am weird. That is me. ? I have countless ideas about immortals.

As long as it not for evil puropes and did not have to give away my soul, then yes. Some wonder if immortals have souls? There are certain vampires that have a kind soul despite being undead.

I would try to become a librarian. I would also try be a teacher. I would also try to preserve books. I also want to teach folks about books, so classics do not become vanished. With this world of technology today, who knows what it be like in 50 years? Will humans still be here in fifty years if the predictions about the natural resources are true? If human race is gone, with there be a secret society of immortals to preserve books? ?
Nice imagination.??. Thanks for sharing your views with us. ?

Mahalo for your kind words! ?

-- 03 Feb 2017, 16:38 --
greenstripedgiraffe wrote:Be nice to not age... but not nice to outlive everyone, so - no. Death is a natural part of life, and not necessarily something to be feared.


I am a lasping Catholic. That is one who does not go to mass often. I went to Catholic schools for twelve years. I then converted to Catholic. It took me time to be at peace with this but with Catholic's beliefs I am going to hell.

I am a strong introvert. Never married. Unable to have kids but many have it worst. God forbids when my dad goes, I have no other family. I am the black sheep in my family. I have few friends. That why immortal life could be opition. Life can always be worst.
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DATo wrote:No. Eventually the sun will supernova and earth will become a cinder. You will find yourself drifting alone in space forever. Hopefully you will have remembered to bring a book with you ... or two.
Great response! :lol:
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Book_Wyrm wrote:
DATo wrote:No. Eventually the sun will supernova and earth will become a cinder. You will find yourself drifting alone in space forever. Hopefully you will have remembered to bring a book with you ... or two.
Great response! :lol:
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When I was young and not to smart I thought I was immortal and nothing would happen to me if I did something dumb. Now at my advanced age I am just happy to wake up next to the one I love and know my family is well and healthy. Wouldn't want to continue if all my loves have passed on.
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LinaVidal wrote:I like the idea of immortality but only in a few different circumstances:........

3) Have my sentience uploaded onto the internet and have it somehow stay in tact. Maybe other people would follow and I'd have company. Ideally I wouldn't be affected my viruses/malware/etc. This also appeals to the sci-fi addict in me.

This reminds me of a recent Dr Who episode!
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nightnurse wrote:When I was young and not to smart I thought I was immortal and nothing would happen to me if I did something dumb. Now at my advanced age I am just happy to wake up next to the one I love and know my family is well and healthy. Wouldn't want to continue if all my loves have passed on.
Everyone is like that during their childhood. ?
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It sounds great in a lot of ways, but you would have to take somebody's life every night. If I had a choice I would stay as I am. But it does sound inticing.
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This is a great question. Although the thought of becoming Immortal has its perks, I would rather not have to go through all the pain that comes with it in watching all my loved ones pass. There are many things you could do and learn being immortal, but I think I would choose to continue life as is.
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Honestly no. I don't think I could handle watching everyone around me die, and I do feel like I would become really unhappy and lonely over time.
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mratdegraff91 wrote:This is a great question. Although the thought of becoming Immortal has its perks, I would rather not have to go through all the pain that comes with it in watching all my loved ones pass. There are many things you could do and learn being immortal, but I think I would choose to continue life as is.
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Wasif Ahmed wrote:If you were given the choice of not aging beyond a certain point, would you do it?
I am not sure. The idea of becoming immortal does sound interesting but.....

Please share your thoughts on this topic. ?
If I will also be given a chance to make others immortal, why not? ?
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I don't think I would like to be immortal if I'm the only one out of my friends and family to become immortal. I feel like living forever but having close ones die is sort of a bad thing to go through. But then again having forever to explore the world and meet new people seems very enticing.
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Deffinitely not! I couldn't imagine living on this planet forever. Give me till at least age sixty seven and I'll be good to go whenever lol.
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