What if...

Harel13 · Mar 28, 2022

Scientists developed a way to bring people back to life (no psycho side effects, no zombie mutations, nothing. Zilch. 100% as they were before whatever caused them to die). Would you use it to bring back a loved one or would you find that wrong for some reason? Why yes/no?

Spirit of Light · Mar 28, 2022

To be honest, no i would not use it.
I believe that when we die, our time on earth is over. So even i do miss my parents i accept that they are no longer with me in a physical existence.

I carry their memories in my heart

Heyo · Mar 28, 2022

Difficult question. I think dying sucks and I'd hope someone use it on me but not everyone thinks so. I'd do my best to find out what the person(s) in question would have wanted and act accordingly.

Brickjectivity · Mar 28, 2022

There are levels to it. Suppose only I can only bring back one loved one? I don't see a problem with that.

What if then they want to bring someone back, too? Now we are in trouble. There is a limit to how many people can fit into my apartment.

What if I am willing to be impersonal about it and to only bring back important people? The problem with that is deciding the criteria for who is important. I haven't fully worked out whether it would be ethical. The benefits might be very good. Some people are very good resources. You could find criteria for deciding who was important based upon that. You could bring back someone with a special skill that no one else has.

VoidCat · Mar 28, 2022

No. This world cannot handle that.

Dying is a good thing. It stops the world from overpopulation and using up all our resources. We already may have issues with overpopulation but it'd be worse far far worse if we could bring people back

A Vestigial Mote · Mar 28, 2022

It's tough... because even as I admit to enjoying my life as it is lived here on Earth, I readily understand that I didn't ask to be here (nor did any of us!). To the point that, bringing someone back could be a mixed bag. They certainly didn't ask you to, and having experienced both life and death, if there are things they didn't enjoy about either, then you are, without permission, putting them back into those same situations.

I suppose that's the sticking point for me. Inability to obtain consent.

Rival · Mar 28, 2022

No.

Samuel didn't seem to like it much.

That's tongue in cheek, but the dead seem to be alright with where they are.

Eyes to See · Mar 28, 2022

God already promised to do so. I think humans think they can achieve living forever in our life time. There are people that espouse views such as that of Kurtzman and the Singularity, comes to mind. Ever heard of him?

I don't see how you will be able to bring a loved one already dead back to life. While they are trying to upload their conscious into the singularity so they can live on after their human body dies.

I do believe that a human's memory goes to God when they die and he has it saved, and is able to, wants to, and will bring billions of people back to life in the near future under Jesus' kingdom rule over the earth.

The Hammer · Mar 28, 2022

Nah, not a good idea. I think once we meet our end, that's the start of another journey, maybe even back here. Who knows, maybe your loved one already reincarnated.

fantome profane · Mar 28, 2022

Does this mean they live forever? Or are the just going to die again? I don’t know if I want to go through that again.

If the person was young and healthy and they died from some random accident, then sure. Hopefully they would outlive me.

Sgt. Pepper · Mar 28, 2022

No, I wouldn't use it to bring someone back from the dead. I'm not certain that reincarnation is true, but I think that once a person dies, then that's the end of their life. And speaking from personal experience, the dead don't always cross over to the other side.

RabbiO · Mar 28, 2022

Not if I’m expected to invite them all to my home for seder.

ChristineM · Mar 28, 2022

Depends on what they died of, a natural death, no, if they have lived out their time why bring them back.

But if the death is unnatural/premature then it's something i would seriously have to think about

Stevicus · Mar 28, 2022

I guess it would depend on the age and quality of life of the person before they died. If they're in their 90s, die and then brought back, could they still die again the next week or month? If so, then there wouldn't be any point.

But if they're young and die prematurely, it may be worth considering.

sun rise · Mar 28, 2022

I'd be sorely tempted especially in the case of a young child or a suicide but it's not something I think should be done.

syo · Mar 28, 2022

I'd ask them, if they want it to be.

Spiderman · Mar 28, 2022

Hammer, is your avatar an Axis Mundi Yin Yang?

Spiderman · Mar 28, 2022

If a loved one told me they wanted to return in physical form, I would do so.

But from my relationship with the Virgin Mary and the Capitol Hill Queens, they enjoy far more beauty, glory, perfection, joy, bliss, amusement, peace, and freedom from want and suffering, where they are, than they ever came close to on earth.

Twilight Hue · Mar 28, 2022

I dunno. It seems strange to bring someone back to life just to die all over again.

From a sentimental perspective though, I can see why some people would want to do it.

The Hammer · Mar 28, 2022

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