X-Message-Number: 16401 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: CI compared to Religion Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:14:59 +0100 > Message #16371 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 11:37:03 -0400 (EDT) > From: Charles Platt <> > > Whereas I can't agree with Charles Platt's comparison, I wonder whether > > anyone has actually costed membership of a church - any church. > > While some require a fixed percentage of your income (a business model > that cryonics organisations should try to copy, in my opinion), most > require voluntary donations. It is not just the money paid to the church (or a cryonics organisation) that is relevant, it is the overall costs. With a conventional Church, these cover the purchase of suitable clothing for worship, fuel in getting there, financial value of time spent, cost of things such as church weddings baptisms and funerals and so on. With cryonics, it is fees to lawyers (attorneys,/solicitors, accountants, financial advisors, life insurance advisors etc.) This is usually much more than money given as membership dues to cryonics organisations. I suspect any cryonics organisation requiring members to file statements of assets or income and pay a percentage wouldn't get many members. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt http://www.autopsychoice.com - http://www.cryonics-europe.org - http://www.porthtowan.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16401