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29
Yes No
Debate Score:50
Arguments:34
Total Votes:63
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If you were given the option to live forever, would you take it?

Yes

Side Score: 21
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No

Side Score: 29
3 points

I would become a master in everything possible! >:D

Side: Yes
2 points

The ultimate decision of whether I die or not will never be mine to make. If fate hands me the opportunity to be immortal, then it can always take it away from me at any time it so wishes but I am not one to refuse such a kind offering.

Side: Yes
2 points

Of course I would take that offer. Life is wonderful and a gift of God!

Side: Yes

I already took that offer when I got saved. .

Side: Yes
2 points

There is nothing after life. Whatever the drawbacks of living forever, living is relatively preferable to me.

Side: Yes
1 point

What do you think would happen to you then after the death of the human race?

Side: No
Jace(5222) Disputed
2 points

I would be the only human being. Your point?

Side: Yes
1 point

I want to live for ever because I want to be just like God............

Side: Yes

No way. Eventually you'll run out of things to do and severe boredom will set in. Plus all the people you love would die.

Side: No
Hitler(2364) Disputed
1 point

The people you love dying won't matter after they die. You think you'll regret being alive 200 years down the line when you're world famous and every scientist researching longevity pays hundreds of dollars for your samples?

Side: Yes
0 points

Money and material possessions mean very little to me. Happiness isn't something you can buy.

Side: No
Hitler(2364) Clarified
1 point

Lol at how the boots avatar person got jealous of your argument and down-voted it.

Side: Yes

What's the point in playing if you can't lose?

Side: No
Jace(5222) Disputed
1 point

Does life have to have a point? What is wrong with simply living life, however long you have to live it?

Side: Yes
1 point

Does life have to have a point?

If there is no point to life, then why play? I consider life a game (figuratively), and by being a game there has to be a point to it. Whether the purpose of the game is to have entertainment or to get into some type of prestige class (heaven) is up to an individual's interpretation.

What is wrong with simply living life, however long you have to live it?

Nothing really... but if life has no point then why bother doing anything? For myself, I focus on very secular goals. I think the point of my life is to have fun, have friends, get married, do things that bring me joy.

Does the point of life have to be so grand and majestic (God, heaven... the regular BS)? Can't simple goals and aspirations be the point of a person's life?

I guess our thinking differs in that both of us have different understandings of what a point to life is.

Side: No
Intangible(4934) Disputed
1 point

??? You can still lose... You'd become immortal... not unassailable.

Side: Yes
1 point

Edit: I don't know... I don't really have a response for you...

Side: No
1 point

I would get bored. And all my friends, family, and loved ones would die.

I've heard elderly people say they aren't afraid to die, because life has just been like a long day, and death is just like falling asleep after it.

Side: No
1 point

There is no reason to live when your loved ones can not. If you live forever, you'll face many problems in life that you wouldn't have to face if you died. No, dying is not a good thing, but if you lived forever, you'd wanna die. You will miss your loved ones and family when they are gone. Overall, living forever is not the great thing you'd think it would be. If you said yes to this debate, after you hit your old ages you'll regret it.

Side: No
1 point

If you are referring to our life here on Earth, then no, because then I wouldn't be able to solve the mystery of what comes after death.

Side: No
goodmale(1459) Disputed
1 point

True, I think that is the Top 5 biggest mysteries. I still don't want to miss the star war battles lol.

Side: Yes

It would be torture to be permanent yourself whilst everything around you would be impermanent. You would see all of your family die and then all of civilization crumbling around you until the day the dies out and the world ends and eventually after the whole universe has ended you would be alone sitting in a blank void. A lonelier, sadder, more miserable existence is barely possible.

Side: No
1 point

I'd get very bored eventually not too mention that the people I love would die around me. Sounds quite awful to be honest.

Side: No

Living forever isn't the same thing as forever young. One would be desirable, the other most certainly not.

But either way, I think I'll stick with an average lifespan thanks. Some days even that seems excessive.

Side: No
1 point

You'd be the only one with immortality. That means all of your friends and family would eventually pass on and leave you alone. You'd have to find new people all the time.

Side: No

I actually contemplated this a lot in my youth, to be honest, when I was younger, it probably (and maybe still is) rather tempting, but I think in the long run it would be a horrible idea. I think eventually, existence itself would become tiresome, and incredibly boring. If I play a video game, there are only so many days in a row that I can play till I don't want to play anymore, now give me an infinite amount of video games, and the amount of days I can play till I get bored probably skyrockets, however, sooner or later, video games in and of itself would get boring. Whatever we do in our existence, no matter how specific, or how general eventually gets boring if we are doing it continuously. Let's get even more general, what about games in general, not just videogames? Eventually I'd get bored of that to after so many days in a row, and want to something else other than games. The more general the subject gets, the longer it takes for it to become boring, but everything gets boring eventually. I honestly think, that life, would eventually become boring. It would take significantly longer than anything else in the universe, or our lifespan itself, but it would still happen. How long can you enjoy living, or existing? a century? a millennium? a billion years? a trillion? a googol? a googolplex? Honestly, I don't see how I could enjoy life forever. That is the beauty of being finite, it brings meaning to life itself.

Side: No

No. Eventually I would be sick of living since every last one of my loved ones would be dead and I would be left alone in this world. Knowing that you may die in the near future makes the present moment more precious and life worth living.

Side: No
1 point

Just think about it. FOREVER. That is not 100 years, that is not 100,000,000 years, no, that is FOREVER. Imagine living as long as you possibly want, and then multiply that by infinity. That is way too long, and by the time you realized what a mistake you made, you would be begging to die. But it would be to late. Plus, who is to say that your body would stay in good condition? If you lived forever, you would be 100% likely to catch a lifelong disease, and you might live forever in extreme pain or suffering.

Side: No
1 point

The world would be overpopulated. You would have to watch everyone else come and go. You would regret your decision to live forever. It's strange, thinking about it this way... but it's the truth. Birth and death are meant to be; one cannot be without the other. So, in my opinion, we should be thankful for both- even though death may seem scary and dreadful right now.

Side: No