--- "Simon John Balfre <spit_the_cobra@...>"
<spit_the_cobra@...> wrote:
> Why do you desire physical immortality when such a
> thing has no
> purpose. If you could achieve such a thing, what
> good would it do?
> People will still procreate even if they are
> immortal, don't you
> realise the strain that would put on the natural
> resources we are
> already draining without such additional burdens?
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Immortality will allow for the exploration of other
planets because travel-time over vast distances won't
matter.
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> And if you only
> grant it to a 'chosen few', dont you realise the
> hatred that would
> generate?
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Immortality is a choice that is available to anyone
and everyone. It is a philosophical position that
simply denies the necessity and the inevitability of
death. Remember: physical degeneration is not a
scientific fact about our cells, it is the result of
enduring physical and (for the most part)
psychological stress. The idea that "death is coming"
is one of the biggest stresses on the psyche of most
humans. Let it go.
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>
> After all, we already are immortal beings in the
> spiritual energy
> from which all things come. We exist in many places
> and many times in
> many bodies. The spirit that stirs the flesh in
> which you live is
> experiencing many lifetimes as the truly
> immortal being
> that we are spans the whole of time and space
> because it exists in a
> different perception as opposed to a different
> dimension.
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This is conjecture. There is no reason to believe all
of that. Those claims are repeated to make death seem
less horrific.
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> Too much damage would be done by achieving this
> desire of yours in
> the physical and spiritual levels of the existence
> of the universe.
> End your quest for its goal is unobtainable.
>
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Yours is a common but fallacious view. You neglect
the fact that bestowing immortality on humanity would
completely change our way of life. There would be no
more impatient grabbing for resources in the effort to
"get all one can in this short life before you die".

All our goals would change because our concept of life
would change from a finite thing to an infinite thing.
Sure we'd have to make adjustments (come up with
better, renewable resources, explore other planets,
etc.) But think about how much time and energy is
wasted in the meantime by holding onto your medieval
view of life/death.

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