X-Message-Number: 19543 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:33:54 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Things that make ya go hmmm. References: <> This sounds promising for Ted. http://wire.ap.org/?PACKAGEID=SPTbaseball&SLUG=BBO%2dTED%2dWILLIAMS An expert in Florida estate law who reviewed the will and petition said the wishes of next of kin can override instructions in a will in some cases. Jack Friedrich also said a contract making arrangements for a body can supersede instructions in a will. ``If he had a contract with this freezing, that would be compelling to override the instructions in the will,'' Friedrich said. No such contract has been made public. .......... What a complete and utter dunderhead! Check this out. http://www.news-press.com/news/today/020710cryonics.html Many religious people have a problem with that philosophy, particularly those who believe that a soul goes to heaven or hell after death. Pastor James Jones with McGregor Baptist Church said the concept behind cryonics is akin to grave-robbing or heaven-robbing. Even if they were able to animate a body which I would be skeptical but even if they could, I can t imagine they could bring a soul back, Jones said. What scientist has a right to take your soul from an eternity in heaven back to a finite body? This one also had a photo of Jim Yount (American Cryonics Society). I don't know when the photo was taken, I can assume maybe in conjunction with a press visit which may be why he looks so disgusted... I can relate with all this bad press we've gotten. Jim how about a smile? ;) Hehe James -- MY WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/~davidpascal/swayze/ A COLLECTION of photos of me and some of my artwork: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292752723&code=2039335&mode=invite A RADIO INTERVIEW on Dr. J's ChangeSurfer Radio program with me and the father of cryonics Prof. Robert Ettinger, author of "The Prospect of Immortality": http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=3728 A RELIGION I actually recommend: http://uk.geocities.com/venturist2001/index.html A FAVORITE quote: Last lines of the first Star Trek the Next Generation movie. Capt. Picard: "What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived, after all Number One, we're only mortal." Will Ryker: "Speak for yourself captain, I intend to live forever!" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19543