If science could let you live forever, would you take it?

Paralipomenon

An ethical question for theists.

If science started to make some progress in extending our lifespan and eventually made a breakthrough that halted the aging process, even able to reverse it. Would you accept such a treatment, or allow yourself to grow old and die to take a chance at an afterlife.

Naturally there would still be a chance for death through accidents and mishaps, but the aging process would be stopped. Would taking such treatments be considered an abhoration of God's creation?

TopHat

Since the afterlife is eternal....I will take life on earth as long as it is a good and a happy life. If I die by an accident then so be it. Life eternal here I come.

theinfamousone

SINCE I DO NOT BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE, I THINK I WOULD TAKE THAT OPTION IN A HEARTBEAT! I WOULD BE FASCINATED TO SEE HOW OUR SOCIETY CHANGES

Tuesday

I wouldn't mind having some extra time here to learn some stuff that I would want to learn. I'm sure there would come to a point where I would just say "OK, enough I'm done everything I want to do".

ajwnm

No. The thought of WORKING forever turns my stomach. Can you envision a workforce of 200 yr old people? You'd never be able to retire. You's always be someone's "slave". Especially if they couldn't guarantee that you'd be young and vigorous forever. Who wants to live forever if you are old and falling apart slowly?

Brother Apostate

Of course.

BA

PS- As long as the science behind it wasn't immoral, like soylent green or something.

What-A-Coincidence

that would be a Negative

LongHairGal

No, I don't think I would.

First of all, my family and whatever relatives I care about would all be dead. I would feel all alone in the world. Secondly, what kind of world/political/economic system would I be living in??? What would be the ethics and the mentality? I don't like the way things are going now and I can't imagine what I will be surrounded by.

I have no desire to be around strife and trouble. And, sorry, I am not optimistic about things.

LHG

BFD

I would if I did not have to hear that "the end is near" for eternity.

BFD

Liberty

I am an atheist so I'm not sure I qualify to answer the question but OOOOH YEA!!! I'd love to live longer because as it stands now by the time you've learned your best lessons and are just starting to accumulate some wealth you start to fall apart and die.

At 45 I am constantly saying, "if I knew then what I know now" how much more true would this be at 70 or 80. If I could be young and healthy again at 70 I'd accomplish so much more. There are thousands more books to read, movies and TV to watch, classes to take, places to travel, food to be cooked and tasted, exotic sex partners to enjoy, art work to create, hobbies to pursue, children and great grand children to watch and laugh with, houses to design and build, etc..... my list is pretty long especially since I started out poor and a JW so I missed alot in my younger days. I've still got a lot of catching up to do. I can't help but wonder even with my meager pay just how well my small investments and home would grow in value if I had a few more years.

Waiting on a real cure for death which doesn't include Watchtowerism.

If science could let you live forever, would you take it?

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