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I don't think anyone's suggesting you should be forced to live forever (physical invincibility) - just that dying is no longer forced upon you.

Presumably in 80 years the Buddha's mind stopped being a fire being kindled? Do you think he would mind living longer? I don't. I think rather that he would use that extra time wisely.

In fact, that's the general conclusion I come to about people: given long enough, people would probably become wiser, not more evil. Some would get there earlier, but I think everyone would get there in the end.