X-Message-Number: 16036 Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 23:24:09 -0700 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: Cryonics and Religion References: <> I believe most people would agree, that when an infant between 6 months and a year dies, that this is too soon. What we do not so easily agree on, is at what age is it reasonable to die; at age 80, - 90, - 100? If we could attain an age of 5,000 to 10,000 years, would it then not be much too soon to die at 100? Only 100 years ago age 50 was considered a good long life. Few would argue today, that this is so. It is just a matter of scale. 10,000 years are just a blink of an eye, in the history of the universe for those of us, who are atheists and in God's time for the theists. I have not heard of any religious dogma, which commands the believers to limit their time on earth to a certain number of years. Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16036