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Yes, I want everyone to die of natural causes after a long and fulfilling life. You're an animal. You're supposed to die. What do you hope to gain and accomplish, sitting around and consuming years after your prime has come and gone and your children have grown? Don't you know what you are? Don't you have a soul? And please don't mistake this for an argument about materialism. Do you know why you're alive?

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> What do you hope to gain and accomplish, sitting around and consuming years after your prime has come and gone and your children have grown?

1. If immortality is a reality, the health issues that come with the disease of aging are likely going to make it so your 'prime' lasts forever.

2. I neither have nor want children

(Edit: Removed bits on my personal beliefs. I don't want to get into them right now. I do have views on the soul that aren't based in materialism and they result in different conclusions than yours.)

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