If You Had A Choice …

[naomi24]

…. of living for eternity on a perfect earth inhabited by Jehovah’s Witnesses (which is what they expect to do) or the oblivion of death which would you choose?

[Khandro]

naomi: //Are you going to attempt to answer the question or are you going to leave it at criticism?//

I would only consider living for eternity if I could have a few physical improvements: new knees, eyes, ears & teeth. So equipped I could set about disabusing my co-habitees of one or two (by no means all) of their Weltanschauung

[naomi24]

The physical improvements would be yours ... if you were a JW .... and then you would have no argument with any of your neighbours.

[idiosyncrasy]

Well, I don't want to die. Ever. If that makes me an oddball then so be it. But honestly, who really wants to die! If you were given the opportunity to choose a day on which to die - would you? I have known friends and relatives say they don't want to live when suffering an agonising illness, but when "push comes to shove", they are praying to God to keep them alive.

[Atheist]

Idio... It's odd that many if not most christians seem reluctant to die, when they believe that heaven would mean eternal bliss.

[Khandro]

//It's odd that many if not most christians seem reluctant to die, when they believe that heaven would mean eternal bliss//

Isn't 'heaven' what the OP is about?

[goodlife]

Ok you lot you don’t believe the Bible, do you believe what man say?

Well Scientists have long known about the human body’s power to renew itself. By wonderful means the body cells are either replaced or repaired, as the need may be. And it seems that this process of self-renewal should go on forever. But it does not, and this is something that scientists cannot explain. They still do not fully understand why people grow old. They say that, under right conditions, humans should be able to live forever.— Isaiah 33:24;

Well, now consider: If you had the power, would you bring to an end all the things that cause human suffering? And would you bring about the conditions for which the human heart longs? Of course you would. Our loving heavenly Father will do just that. He will satisfy our needs and desires, for Psalm 145:16 says of God: “You are opening your hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing.” But when will this occur? Like anything else, you qualify or you don’t.

[naomi24]

Goodlife, //And it seems that this process of self-renewal should go on forever.//

Why? Nothing in nature goes on forever. It all dies eventually. What did animals and plants ever do to offend your God?

[goodlife]

That why you get no blessing . Romans 1:20 and no future to look to.

[naomi24]

Oh dear, Goodlife. I’ve asked the wrong question again.