Ancalagon Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Heh, Immortal. That's what I would choose. We Humans have such a horrendous habit of repeating history, that it would seem fitting for a living Relic to guide the future generations away from the mistakes of the past, then we might get somewhere as a species. I've always wanted to be like an Elf, but would there be others? Or only yourself? Hrm, Hoom, root and twig would I love to be as ageless as a great tree........................................................................................And I want to live see flying cars :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Oh I'd wake up now and again, Mojlnir, just to cause a bit of trouble. Interesting thought about gallivanting with the ladies. In the Makropoulos Document, an opera by Janáček, the lead character has a potion of everlasting youth. She gives up on the relationships bit because all her partners die on her and she loses any emotion. Presumably in her case the sex drive is linked to the need to have emotion. As I said before, an immortal would not have human perceptions or emotions so I don't know whether it would want to sport with nymphs and houris or not. Interestingly very few 'gods' in history have been either omnipotent or omniscient. I'm not sure whether making such an assumption isn't too specific. Maybe I should define the attributes your god has. Could it be Loki, Sekhmet, Ares, Amaterasu or Chac mul? If you had to choose an ancient deity, would there be a particular one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 As I said before, an immortal would not have human perceptions or emotions so I don't know whether it would want to sport with nymphs and houris or not. Definition of omnipotence: I can do anything. I can give myself those emotions if I want them (or decide not to have them). Interestingly very few 'gods' in history have been either omnipotent or omniscient. I'm not sure whether making such an assumption isn't too specific. According to the initial post, that is the kind of god you would become. You are basicly the god. You can do what ever you wish. You can destroy planets, or make them. You can erease hight and see two dimensions, or create 10 more.You have ultimate power, though you can't kill yourself. ------------------- Maybe I should define the attributes your god has. Could it be Loki, Sekhmet, Ares, Amaterasu or Chac mul? Attributes? Nice and simple: omniscient, omnipotent, immortal. All others I feel like having can be derived from those. If you had to choose an ancient deity, would there be a particular one? Hm.... now that's a difficult question. The ancient greek gods were pretty interesting, but that's not really enough power for me. The christian god has power, but is the rarity of its use a law or a choice? *goes off to read his mythology books* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Definition of omnipotence: I can do anything. I can give myself those emotions if I want them (or decide not to have them). [ You are unique. (You cannot have more than one all-powerful being, it would be a contradiction in terms). Everything is created by you. As you don't have emotions to start with how will you know to create them? In your universe water may run up hill, or float, or fly as you may create anything. However because you have this ability to create anything it doesn't have any meaning except as you define it and since you don't need to define it for yourself it has no meaning. And you cannot eliminate boredom or sadness or happiness in yourself because they do not exist in you. If they did you would not be a god. But once we talk about the slightly less than omnipotent, but far more interesting IMO, gods of mythology a choice becomes much more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Thief Oriana Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 As I said before, an immortal would not have human perceptions or emotions so I don't know whether it would want to sport with nymphs and houris or not.sure ya would. just read ovids metamorphisis, it says it all. Even gods gotta get freaky. Its an unwritten rule. Plus, if they have the power, they would flaunt it like that. guess If I could be an ancient god I would be Gonesh. He was awesome. and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Ancient God? hmmm...doubt Shiva is ancient...but I would be Shiva (or Vishnu) whichever one is the Destroyer. It would kick ass, nuff said :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevermore Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 Vishnu = preserverShive = destroyer----------------------- It was a few days ago I choose to live like I am now. Though at the moment I choose Immortality. If I had a button to press to make the choice definite I would press it now. Though I know that in the morning my choice will change, and in the afternoon it will become undesided, I choose immortality now. Bordem may come, but it'll pass too. Fluries of self-doubt would be likely to pass by as I would be kneeling in solitude. How could I ever truly know I was immortal untill I die? But I'd take the bad to take the good. I personally want to eventually float off into space, for what ever reson, into a long trip though the viod unmasked and exposed to the vacum. My flesh splintering and my eyes freezing on the inside. only to fall into a sun and burn countinusly alive for years until the sun collapses and be crushed for eons in a black hole till that to is eventually disperresed. It may take milions of billions of eons but eventually I would be free from those extremes and back to a planet with living creatures agian, and that time with knowledge that no one else could possably know. To reach my 68,000th birth day and know that I havn't even begon would be wildly educational. My experinces and my wisdom would countinsly grow. And on the day my own emense knowledge crushes my sanity, I would eventually sleep, and awake anew and healthy as my body heals it's nerological wounds and discrepencys. Though I'm rambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ëlwe (Thingol) Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Immortality with god powers, being able to return to your own life and being able to see who visits ur own funeral (thats the word I supose). Then start a new life, imagine, having god as baby. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevermore Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 That brings up an interesting thought; Would you tell others that you are a god? I personally wouldn't. At most I would pretend that my powers where limited. Or... I'd recarnate my self as a person with the physical powers of The One (As in Jet Lee, not the one from those idiotic matrix movies). Then as a super-being I'd be a hero, a darker one though. I wouldn't just arrest criminals like Batman, I'd kill them outright. Only of course if I see them doing wrong. Say I stalk the allyies at night, see a drug deal going down, and their all dead. Death after all is a good insentive to be a good citizen. Over the course of, well, forever I'd keep carnating as simular people and keep doing that. Eventually I would be shaping humanity the way I want it whith out the boredom of doing it using my omnipotence and just changing them with a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Thief Oriana Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 and...why would you kill the dope wars? definitly kill the murderers, but that makes you just as bad as them. but, youd be dark, id be light I suppose. Kill the corrupted. Martyr the murderously insane, and take their minds. leave the peaceful ones who break earth-only laws be. and what about the rest of your universe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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