Well that would have to rely on the longevity of the earth.  If we are going by Chrisitan belief, the world will eventually end, so then at that point there would be no more people to tempt and thus you would still eventually begin your damnation and have to suffer it eternally.

But it also says God is going to create new heavens and earth after this one is destroyed. Thus, still people to tempt.

But then again those people will be immortal and saved by christ according to the standard interpretation of the bible.

No, I'm not a liar. I'd feel terrible knowing that there's a good chance the person I killed would have had a family/people who cared for him/her, and I couldn't live with myself. The only way I can imagine myself killing someone is in self defence or if they manage to make me so angry that I snap (which would take a lot). Even then, I'd still feel bad about it. I guess I'm just not a killer.

I would also feel terrible in the situation you described, but I would feel considerably worse if I was dead. I'm not a killer, either. The thought of killing somebody makes me feel sick. But if it was to save my life, or the life of somebody I was very close to, I would definitely consider it.

Fair enough.

What if we changed it a little, and said you had to kill this person to save the life of your best friend?

To be honest, this is one of those things that I couldn't answer until the situation came up irl. I honestly don't know what I would do.

Though having said that, your argument about the person you kill having people care about him/her, surely there are people who care about you who would be equally devastated if you died?

Yes, there are. I have family, friends, and a girlfriend who would all be very sad if I died. But how would they feel if they knew that I had killed someone to save myself? That seems very selfish to me. Basically, the difference is me killing or not killing someone.

It's a bit like another conundrum I heard. A train is travelling on a track. Four people are tied to the track. If you do nothing, they will all die. You can pull a lever to make the train change tracks. One person is lying on this second track. If you do so, the one will die, but the four will survive. Would you pull the lever? I certainly would, it's three fewer deaths. But some people, apparently, think that pulling the lever is murder, and leaving the four to die isn't. What's your opinion on that?

I agree with you; saving 4 people and losing one is better than saving one and losing four. This would still make me feel terrible though, because I'd feel like I killed the one person. I can see why they would view that as murder, but I would rather save the four people. Hopefully, less people would be affected by the death of one than the death of four.

1. Choose my life now. The only downside is that I'd be a student forever (so no goal achievement really). But I enjoy life as is at the moment.

2. Greatest genius on earth without the current fame, easily. For me, it's about being right. Although I might rethink my decision if I was despised for my theories (literally hated by the majority of the world).

3. Tough call. Would probably go the second option.

4. Greatest poet that ever lived. When you mention that sort of rock band, I keep thinking nickelback, whom I hate (and don't consider to be rock, just crap).

5. Easy, Walk away. No Reward, but No risk either. Fame and Fortune aren't worth that much to me.

6. Depends. If we're talking about reality, then no (my enemies aren't that dangerous). If my enemies are people that would severely harm others (not me), then yes.

7. Conservative christian. I'm not that outrageous of a person, and at least the christian wouldn't be saying it (oftenly) to my face, so I don't really care. The war vet seems like he's a got a few screws loose.

8. No. Immortality is overrated imo.

9. Nope. It's their choice what they feel, I wouldn't do it because it'd be artificially changing someones emotions (if that makes sense).

10. No. It's called manning up. Take one for humanity.