Has anyone ever thought about what it would be like to have immortality?

I think there are pros and cons to being immortal. One of the pros is that you'll never have to worry about death. Another one is that you have unlimited time on your hands.

But a con about being immortal would be that life would get boring after a century or thirty.

Any thoughts?

You really love discussing your mortality, neh?

Hmm...immortality. The state of undying; you can never die by natural causes (I think). Well, it would be pretty cool, 'cause then you can live to your fullest. But then, is that a life, if it never ended?

And is it really that good to see everyone close to you pass away over and over again?

I guess so. Am I annoying anyone?

You mean watching your loved ones die and you just continue living forever and ever, right?

Immortality really wouldn't be that great. Not only do you live on... and on.... and on... but if you produce great works, that which you create will die before you. Also, practically speaking, you'd have to support yourself and THAT would suck. On the plus side: anything you wanted to do, you could do, as you'd certainly have enough time to learn anything you wanted.

Immortality, in a world like this, would suck. Everyone would just keep dying around you. The only way I'd enjoy immortality is if everyone else was immortal--in an absolutely perfect world--no flaws whatsoever.

I'm not really afraid of death, either--so I don't mind dying at an old age.

If you want a world like that, you'll have to die and go to heaven first. At least, that's what I believe.

Exactly. :) My desires have to do with my religious beliefs, too.

Hahaha! Wow...you are both very religious. I shan't say anything against that, even if I'm not as religious! (shame on me-I go to a Catholic school ^_^ !)

Perhaps to you, it would suck. But I wonder if an older age, and being immortal would be an interesting experience, to truly learn what kind of person you were by evaluating how you react to different situations in changing eras.

I do, however, agree with what you all have already stated-and I'd add that the thing that probably makes life precious is the fact that it ends after a while, and we die so everything we did was monnumental, since it can't be repeated. No?

(my apologies for conflicting viewpoints)

There are bad and good things in immortality. you could learn whatever you want, be able to change the world time and time again, and you'd be able to do all things you wanted. The bad side is, all your beloved would pass away, you'd have to go to work forever, and you'd have to go through many things over and over and over again. I wouln't choose immortality.

Maybe that's why the Elves of Middle-earth seem so sad. They're immortal, they've lived longer than anyone else except for maybe the Valar, wizards, and Ents, and they've seen many tragic things.

When you look at it that way, why don't the Elves have any therapists? (I'm half-joking, by the way.)

I think they don't have therapists because no one would want to be their therapist. :lol:

Totally. No one really wants to help an impossible-immortal-phsycho! but, not every elf is a phsycho. But they could read your mind ans tell the future, so the therapists might become the psychos!

Then they'd need therapists for the therapists. :lol:

Then they'll keep driving the other therapists crazy, and it'll go on and on... Oh dear... :( :lol:

Haha, that's pretty funny. But all the Elves have problems, it seems: Elrond, Arwen, Elladan, Elrohir, maybe even Galadriel.