mbohuntr
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Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters....... in office FOREVER..... I'll keep aging, thank you...
If they Cured Aging, What Would Happen? What Would You do?
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Egon
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Elbow room could dissapear!
flusher
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Old story:
A man dies and goes to heaven. The gatekeeper asks him to name his rewards. The man says he wants to golf every day and get at least one hole-in-one per game, to have breakfast for every meal, and to have a harem of the most beautiful women. He enjoys these pleasures for hundreds of years and then returns to the gatekeeper and asks to change his selection. The gatekeeper says that's not possible, but he can have one other choice--to die a natural death with no afterlife. Out of curiosity the man asks how many choose this option. The gatekeeper says so far, everyone.
Moral of the story: eternal life is not all it's cracked up to be.
A man dies and goes to heaven. The gatekeeper asks him to name his rewards. The man says he wants to golf every day and get at least one hole-in-one per game, to have breakfast for every meal, and to have a harem of the most beautiful women. He enjoys these pleasures for hundreds of years and then returns to the gatekeeper and asks to change his selection. The gatekeeper says that's not possible, but he can have one other choice--to die a natural death with no afterlife. Out of curiosity the man asks how many choose this option. The gatekeeper says so far, everyone.
Moral of the story: eternal life is not all it's cracked up to be.
N80
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Unless the world gets to be a better place then living here forever has no real appeal to me. Now, when there is a "new heaven and a new earth" and "neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore" then I'm all in. And that's where I'm headed anyway.
Egon
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We will all survive forever, it's a given.
Brad_Blazer
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I liked this story:
Amazon.com: Old Man's War (978 765348272): John Scalzi: Books
If "rest in peace" describes the afterlife, what is the point?
Amazon.com: Old Man's War (978 765348272): John Scalzi: Books
If "rest in peace" describes the afterlife, what is the point?
N80
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I think rest in peace can mean a lot of things. For those whose lives have been constant suffering, toil and pain, then resting in peace probably sounds real good. For others 'rest' does not mean absence of activity. It represents a condition of the soul in which it is no longer in conflict with God.
jerrybob
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A man was selling medicines at a fair. At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cold cure.
Then, when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, " he shouted. "here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever."
"And, ladies and gentlemen," the man continued, "I'm not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I'm not going to charge you twenty five dollars a bottle. No, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think, my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever."
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this.
One person shouted, "if it will make you live forever, why don't you drink it?"
Then another person cried , "Yes, you look as if you're at least sixty years old.
"Thank you, sir, thank you," the man replied, "I'm so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty nine. "
The crowd laughed at this but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by. "Is that true," he asked, "that he's three hundred and twenty-nine?"
"Don't ask me," the assistant said, "I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years."
Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cold cure.
Then, when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, " he shouted. "here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever."
"And, ladies and gentlemen," the man continued, "I'm not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I'm not going to charge you twenty five dollars a bottle. No, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think, my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever."
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this.
One person shouted, "if it will make you live forever, why don't you drink it?"
Then another person cried , "Yes, you look as if you're at least sixty years old.
"Thank you, sir, thank you," the man replied, "I'm so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty nine. "
The crowd laughed at this but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by. "Is that true," he asked, "that he's three hundred and twenty-nine?"
"Don't ask me," the assistant said, "I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years."
Sigarms
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If they every cure it (aging), I only hope they do it before I need viagra!
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I'd still retire at 65, then collect social security forever. Good plan?
I'd wait until you're 66 for full benefits...
As far as the topic...well, nobody wants to die...but if I had a debilitating stroke (my father did) or other disease, I'm not sure I'd want to live.
