Is Mortality a good thing?

March 9, 2008, 10:18 AM

Pretty self explanitory really
Is the fact that we will all die eventually a good or bad thing?

Your views and thoughts on mortality?

March 9, 2008, 10:27 AM

Ooooh, nice. Very nice. I like this topic.

Okay, so the narcissist in me wants to say, "Hell no, bitch! I wanna live forever!"

Honestly though, I think it probably is a good thing. Can you imagine the sheer population problem the world would have if people didn't die? It would be catastrophic. Also, I know it's a total cliche, but think of how boring life would be if it continued forever. Everyone alive would suffer from severe cases of ennui. I also believe that it is because humans die that they are driven to create such amazing things. I truly believe that a good deal of art, literature, and architecture was created because humans die. Knowing that one day they will cease to be, people want to leave something amazing and memorable behind so the world does not forget them. If people were immortal, what would be the point to such things?

March 9, 2008, 12:43 PM

I definitely believe that it is a good thing. Yes, most humans fear death, but that is natural. I think the fact that we cannot hide from the inevitable is what gets to some people, and so the thought of being immortal can have its appeal, most definitely. Just think - the whole world to explore and actually have the time for it. To be with your loved ones for all eternity...

It is something that most people would want.

But...to go on living forever would probably lose its appeal someday and most of us would most likely become restless, as if seeking for something to satisfy one of our needs - which is ironically, to cease living and be devoid of human emotions (because sometimes, people do look for that release.) I know I'd feel that way, anyway. I honestly wouldn't know the point of my existence anymore...

To me, being mortal is a gift in its own unique way. It teaches us to be more appreciative of our surroundings and people who are important to us, knowing that someday we will die...and as the saying go, "make the best of everything." I think the fact that humans are only given such a short time on earth is something that is worth it...because we use that allocated short time to build our character, with "meaningful" thrown into the equation.

March 9, 2008, 3:17 PM

Yes, its balanced the more unbalances you have in a natural setting the quicker things will be destroyed.

March 9, 2008, 3:42 PM

Personally I would love to live forever and see how things would go but I really do believe that the fact we can die is the single greatest part of life.

While you live you experience both good and bad things. Finding love loosing friends etc. Some people say that the good things make life worth living but this is really only true in the short term as the more suffering in your life the more it has an effect on you. Happiness and sadness do not balance each other out.

Also things would get boring after a while as once you have done everything that can make you happy there will be only sadness left.

If you live forever the good things in life will gradually become meaningless while the bad memories build up until they break down your very sanity and you are left a husk of a human trapped in your own despair.

A bit of a bleak outlook perhaps but we are mortal for a reason. Or rather we were born mortal and our minds have evolved with that fact. We have not evolved to live forever.

March 9, 2008, 3:50 PM

I hate the idea of living forever. Things would be so... tedious, not to mention meaningless. The knowledge that we will all one day die gives us the motivation to make the most of life, to follow our dreams and take risks. If we were to live forever life would be so repetitive.
And from a more practical point of view, think of how overpopulated we would be with no death rate. Places like China are bad enough as it is!

March 9, 2008, 4:06 PM

We ARE immortal. Death is not the end. Most of us think that it is. Death is simply when our bodies can no longer function properly. Hahaha. When our earthly ties to this world break, our soul goes on to Heaven, of course!

There we live happily, forever. Green velvet grass, warm breezes, the endless sunset above the bottomless ocean. Billions of colors we haven't seen or imagined, food we haven't tasted growing on every tree, music that never sounded so beautiful.

And it will never get boring because there is SO MUCH to do. Even I wonder how it couldn't get boring. Eternity sounds depressing. But think about it, we do the same thing all the time EVERY SINGLE DAY and call ourselves happy. We never tire of the same old same old. So how can we tire of something that never ends and is always new?

And theres more . . .the Coup' de 'Grace of it all. . . theres Him!

March 9, 2008, 4:09 PM

Id say mortality is a great thing, we would end up over populated and very very bored

Id hate to live forever.

Death isn't something Iv ever really been worried about, it's getting old that freaks me out

March 9, 2008, 4:13 PM

This reminds me of the movie Troy that I saw last night.

Brad Pitt (Achilles) said that the Gods envied them because they ARE mortal. Everything seems more beautiful that way, because you never know which day will be your last. Kinda cheesy, I know, but it makes sense to me. I mean, if I knew that I was immortal, I would be one lazy and apathetic son of a bitch. Instead, I am motivated to go out and pursue a higher education, get my own career, travel the world, and have my own family before my time is up. The sheer fact that I am mortal drives me to have such aspirations.

Being immortal would suck too, seeing as how the world is gonna explode one day.

March 9, 2008, 4:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KourtneyVT09

We ARE immortal. Death is not the end. Most of us think that it is. Death is simply when our bodies can no longer function properly. Hahaha. When our earthly ties to this world break, our soul goes on to Heaven, of course!

There we live happily, forever. Green velvet grass, warm breezes, the endless sunset above the bottomless ocean. Billions of colors we haven't seen or imagined, food we haven't tasted growing on every tree, music that never sounded so beautiful.

And it will never get boring because there is SO MUCH to do. Even I wonder how it couldn't get boring. Eternity sounds depressing. But think about it, we do the same thing all the time EVERY SINGLE DAY and call ourselves happy. We never tire of the same old same old. So how can we tire of something that never ends and is always new?

And theres more . . .the Coup' de 'Grace of it all. . . theres Him!