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Chance at Immortality

posted 8 years ago by parschpsy
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Hello,

if you look at the threads for the movie Byzantium, there is one where you are asked if you would choose this sort of immortality. In the case of Byzantium it was vampirism.

So, imagine you would get a letter that says that if you leave your house tonight at 10 pm and drive in a certain direction than you would receive the same immortality as Adaline. And the letter contains certain information that make it a 100% trustworthy.

Would you?

My answer: Yes, in a heartbeat.

[–] TxMike 8 years ago

I already had that experience ... and I took it. That was in 1733 and so far I have not regretted it a bit. Do you realize how many changes I have seen in the 315 years since I was born?

..*.. TxMike ..*..

[–] loreleiu-285-663104 8 years ago

As much as I hate the aging of my physical body it is after all only a temporary vessel for who I really am.....and always have been and will be! So no I'll just wait until I'm released back into my immortality as a spiritual being ;-)

[–] lexob9 8 years ago

its astonishing that we are so afraid of truth that we invent fairy tails and believe in them only to distract us from truth and make ourselves feel better

[–] MsSpiderGrrl 7 years ago

But she wasn't immortal. She just didn't age. And apparently never got sick or seriously injured.

Big difference between immortality and looking the same way until something kills you. Doesn't sound so great to me.

[–] gcarras 7 years ago

I was born in the age of Christ.

"And that's SHOWBIZ--kid."-Roxie Hart.
PROFILE PIC:Courtney Thorne-Smith.
MAGIC=Sarah Silverman.

[–] PreachCaleb 7 years ago

Doesn't sound so great to me.

Sounds pretty good to me, as long as you're in a healthy age/state.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

[–] louiseculmer 7 years ago

No. it would be a nightmare. everyone I cared for would grow old and die, and i would be left alone. There would be nobody who rememebered what i remembered, nobody i could talk about past times with, i would have to watch my sons die, my grandchildren (if any) die. it would be horrible.

[–] henrimaine 7 years ago

Instead of "immortality" you should say "eternal youth". There's a big difference. Immortality with aging is not at all good. But immortality with staying young - I would probably take it and would only rarely regret it afterwards.