X-Message-Number: 19376 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:49:22 -0500 Subject: Re: Christianity and Cryonics. From: Brian A Stewart <> >And this perception has some justification. Even the most experimental of >medical procedures has generally had some, what's that word? Oh, yeah, >"success", in animal models. Cryonics, of course, has not. What's the >highest lifeform that's been taken down to cryogenic temperatures and >revived? A flatworm, maybe? Or perhaps not even that, I admit I'm perhaps a >little ignorant in that department. Certainly not a mamal, though, or even a >vertebrate. I thought that some frogs could be frozen solid and revived. But your point is a valid one. Most people won't be convinced until you can answer the "Show me!" argument with a demonstration. That will satisfy most (not all, of course) that cryonics is a valid proceedure. Until then, I think that the best approach would be to try to show people that cryonics can be fit into their existing belief system as an alternative to a standard burial (or cremation). (Maybe as "If you are later revived from cryonics, obviously it was not your time to go."?) Brian Brian A. Stewart-- Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19376