Poll: god powers, or afterlife?
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Definitely afterlife. Godlike power is tempting, but it would ultimately end up alienating me from all regular people. I enjoy solitude from time to time, but not enough to be completely alone for 100 years.
I would choose the power and use it to resurrect myself over and over, as long as I wanted. I would also give my close friends and family and such temporary immortality. Loopholes!
Afterlife.
For starters, I don't know that I would ever trust myself with that kind of power. Better people than myself have been corrupted by power much less extraordinary than that of a God's. Just look in your history book.
Add in the fact that your almost limitless power only lasts for a century (which would probably fly by if I were immortal) and then I just cease to exist for the rest of eternity; and you have a deal-breaker.
That said, however, what's keeping somebody with God-like powers from just creating a place for himself after his 100 year trial-period is over? I imagine that there would be some way for an all knowing, super powerful, invincible being to ensure that his essence lives on after his body dies.
Otherwise, I'd definitely take the second option.
For starters, I don't know that I would ever trust myself with that kind of power. Better people than myself have been corrupted by power much less extraordinary than that of a God's. Just look in your history book.
Add in the fact that your almost limitless power only lasts for a century (which would probably fly by if I were immortal) and then I just cease to exist for the rest of eternity; and you have a deal-breaker.
That said, however, what's keeping somebody with God-like powers from just creating a place for himself after his 100 year trial-period is over? I imagine that there would be some way for an all knowing, super powerful, invincible being to ensure that his essence lives on after his body dies.
Otherwise, I'd definitely take the second option.
I have to agree with the other guy who quoted you, God-like powers include a whole range of physically impossible and generally 'incomprehensible to mortals' type of abilities.IKSA said:
So personal beliefs probably shouldn't play any part in replying to this question
So the afterlife is a good place were I am guaranteed to go there if I choose it? I guess that mean I can be a dick or doing many sinful deeds and I still got a place in that afterlife? Afterlife here I come!
I'm thinking that if I have the powers of a god I'll pretty much be The Doctor which means I will find a way to extend the 100 years to infinity. Maybe not infinity but indefinitely
I'd go with the god powers. Then i, with my infinite knowledge, create a device capable of translating my imagination directly to reality. I then internalize this power, make it transcend this reality, then remove myself from this reality while still maintaining a presence here, then nullify the guy who gave me my original powers. By "nullify," i mean make it so he simply never existed, but because i am outside this reality, that has no effect upon me or my powers. After all that, i, with my immortality and god powers, do whatever the hell i want for eternity, going to other realities should i so desire.
As an aside, part of the problem (IMO) with some people saying "I will try to find a way to beat the restriction," is that they're trying.
Screw the rules, give yourself the ability to give yourself immortality. Or make a device that does that. Anything, really.
As an aside, part of the problem (IMO) with some people saying "I will try to find a way to beat the restriction," is that they're trying.
Screw the rules, give yourself the ability to give yourself immortality. Or make a device that does that. Anything, really.
...Tough call. I'd love to have godlike powers... but an afterlife where I could do whatever would be nice... though wouldn't it get boring after a while? Hm...
If reality truly is what you perceive it to be, this man already has God powers.Vicarious Reality said:
Well then your idea of a perfect afterlife is with good and bad events, yes? Wouldn't that mean that your afterlife would be perfect in that it is perfectly imperfect?empty_other said:
OT: Definitely the afterlife, because screw you, if I get everything I want, then I want my friends and family there after they die. Bam! Loophole.
God powers, definitely. If I was around forever then there would be a point where I just wanted to finally die, but I couldn't. It would be torture. A hundred years of fun and power is plenty for me.
Could you use those god powers to fix your grammar and make a coherent post, too? That'd be nice.trollax said:
OT: I have an idea that goes a little like this:
>Get god powers
>Use god powers to guarantee place in afterlife/make afterlife accessible to me
>Use god powers to extend the duration of my powers
>Maybe become immortal?
>???
>Profit
Does this somehow imply that you believe in God Powers? Because that's even less plausible than an afterlife.IKSA said:
OT: Afterlife. Assuming eternity, I don't see how I could choose anything else.
Hmm... My atheism would tell me that there is no afterlife, buuuuuut if I'm finding a spiritual being that obviously shows that I'm wrong, so I'll take the guaranteed place in the afterlife, don't even really know what I'd do with god powers... I guess I'd become unquestioned ruler of the world, but then I'd have nothing to complain about, and what fun is that?