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[Infernity]

Won't be bad... won't be anything actually. Don't fear. It suck to think of now, nothing will remain of it too.

-Infernity

[attis]

Can anyone find a good reason not to live forever?

[shadowrun]

life is a gift - Whether it was random chance or a god who gave it to us - Whether there is an after-life (heaven) waiting for us or not -

We should in no way shape or form let it go for something that may or may not be better - Its the same as the suicide theory presented earlier in this thread

If according to Christianity - we're supposed to keep human vegetables alive, protect stem cells and not commit suicide... allowing ourselves to die when it is preventable is exactly in the same vein of thought -

Most religious sources i've seen indicate that life is a gift from god - They also indicate that it is not our place to decide when we expire regardless of the circumstance (suffering, intense pain, coma, vegetative state) -

Dying when it can be delayed or prevented... is a cop out...its suicide -
The religious argument is a blanket statement and not applicable to all religious people - You can go early or you can go late but your not supposed to meet god before your time

Essentially Individual choice - Free Will is the only thing that should predicate this decision. I don't care if you want to die - I don't care if you want to use a religious reason - The only thing I care about is the individual right to make that choice -
Religious reasoning in this regard can be applied both ways

[JohnDoe1234]

Being Dead Sucks Because:

- You can't write computer programs - You can't make smoothies - You can't go rock hunting/mining - You can't go skydiving - The coffin doesn’t care if you are claustrophobic - You can't go water skiing - You can't learn a foreign language - You can't watch a poorly dubbed foreign movie - You can't join a forum - You can't make friends - You can't become a photographer - You can’t watch sugar fall through the holes in your cheerios - You can't go swimming - You can't breathe - You can't play with a bunch of magnets - You can't go shopping - Have a crush on someone - You can't crush an ice cube with your teeth - You can't tell jokes - You can't read this list - You can't prepare crab for dinner - You can't feed your dog - You won't be able to smell cheap perfume - You can't eat Fruit Loops - You can't get a brain-freeze from eating ice cream too fast - You can't play with fireworks - You can't celebrate holidays - You can't water your garden - You can't watch a bug-zapper for hours on end - You can't get a piece of candy stuck in your teeth - You can't tickle a Tickle Me Elmo - You can't invest in Blue-Chip stocks - You can't try to fillet a tomato - You can't take a class - You can't learn to dance - You can't build a deck - You can't learn sign language - You can’t think about tomorrow. - You can't raise animals - You can't train a monkey - You can't lie out on the grass - You can't watch the stars - You can't go cave diving - You can't fly a jetpack - You can't eat a peanut-butter-honey-and-banana sandwich - Your fingers won't turn red from eating pistachios - You can't wash your hands - You can't brush your teeth - You can't watch your favorite team sweep the series - You can't have any more Captain Crunch - You can't enjoy the effects of hallucinogens - You can't have sex - You can't beat your friends on Super Smash Brothers - After you’re disposed of, people start digging through your stuff - You can’t steal fruit from orchards - You can’t Google something you don’t understand - You can’t change your mind - You can’t eat healthy - You can’t draw pretty pictures - You can’t write stories - You can’t pick your nose when nobody is looking - You can’t have any more waffles with whipped cream and strawberries - You can’t read a good book - You can’t watch the Perseids on a hot summer night - You can’t snuggle in front of a fireplace - You can’t toast marshmallows over a campfire - You can’t cuddle a kitty - You can’t learn something new - You can’t make love - You can’t sleep late - You can’t go to a museum - You’ll miss blinking lights - You can’t ride the Teacups at Disney world - You can’t order take-out - You can’t have hot monkey sex - You can’t watch monkeys at the zoo - You can’t kiss a woman - You can’t kiss a man - You can’t kiss two men at the same time - You can’t make out on a carnival ride - You can’t argue politics - You can’t argue philosophy - You can’t Nap with a cat on your head - You can’t hum the Super Mario theme song - You can’t tickle a woman - You can’t tickle a man - You can’t hug your Mom - You can’t hug your Dad - You can’t hug your Best Friend - You can’t hold hands - You can’t eat dark chocolate - You can’t smell flowers - You can’t bake cookies - You can’t watch a sunrise - You can’t climb a cliff - You can’t go bungee jumping - You can’t go skinny-dipping - You’ll miss spiking the punchbowl - You can’t give a massage - You can’t get your hair shampooed - You can’t Smell fresh cut grass - You can’t play the bass - You can’t lie on the floor watching your refugium - You can’t catch tiny starfish - You can’t Watch Bio-luminescent starfish - You can’t use text messaging - You can’t see a puffer fish puff - You can’t ride an elephant - You can’t Go coral diving - You can’t write a novel - You can’t build a house - You can’t Smell good - You can’t eat a sun-warmed raspberry - You can’t deliver a speech - You can’t make a toast - You can’t hear a song - You can’t wiggle your toes in the sand - You can’t touch a pretty girl - You can’t smell the rain - You can’t see a rainbow - You can’t Stalking People on the Internet - You’ll miss funerals - You can’t wear chastity Belts - You can’t pick Locks - You can’t take people’s lunch money - You’ll miss Kobolds - You’ll miss joining the militant wing of various groups - You’ll miss nose hairs - You’ll miss phlegm - You’ll miss paying taxes - You’ll miss carbon - You’ll miss things that taste like chicken - You’ll miss slippery slopes - You’ll miss things that gurgle - You’ll miss causing trouble - You’ll miss polygons - You’ll miss taunting Satan - You’ll miss your sidekick robin - You’ll miss beer goggles - You’ll miss deviant behavior - You’ll miss propaganda - You’ll miss putting cute furry things in scalding hot water - You’ll miss listening to George Bush speak - You’ll miss burning heathens at the stake - You’ll miss spontaneous human combustion - You’ll miss broken glass cutting through soft tissue - You’ll miss selling snake oil - You’ll miss blending in - You can’t watch Anime - You’ll miss knowing the meaning of life yet keeping It secret - You’ll miss ordering God and other Deities around - You’ll miss closed minded people - You’ll miss flashbacks to previous lives - You’ll miss being caught in the tractor beam - You’ll miss taking the "J" out of Joy - You’ll miss saying the word "****" - You’ll miss that everybody is out to get you - You’ll miss “Me Frosted Lucky Charms” - You’ll miss being abducted by aliens - You’ll miss crucifixions - You’ll miss Weapons of Mass Destruction - You’ll miss influencing others to do wrong - You’ll miss setting your laser to “Stun” - You’ll miss your comfy, padded cell - You’ll miss chewing other people’s gum - You’ll miss sudden shock - You’ll miss paranoia - You’ll miss the alien inside you - You’ll miss mass hysteria - You’ll miss Drama Drama Drama - You’ll miss omnipotence - You’ll miss the gook that builds up around toilets - You’ll miss large cash donations - You’ll miss arson - You’ll miss searching for the correct answer to 'Do I Look Fat in This?' - You’ll miss hell - You’ll miss looting - You’ll miss sinning - You’ll miss having your cake, and eating it too - You’ll miss being sent to you room - You can’t engineer a talking houseplant.

-- Member-Pooled Reasons

[dimasok]

There is only one good reason to live forever (one that, in effect, engulfs all other reasons as well): there is no other alternative (death is not an alternative but the lack of any alternative at all).

[JohnDoe1234]

Exactly.