X-Message-Number: 23599 From: "Michael P. Read" <> Subject: RE: Politicians [randolfe wicker] Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:09:01 -0700 Randolfe, >Until, you can equate your beliefs and "faith" in cryonics as being equal >to the myths of contemporary religion, until you can equate your "burial >rituals" with those of other religions like the Muslims washing the dead, >the Jews burying before sunset, the Roman Catholics disapproving of >cremation, etc., and lay claim to your rightful rights to religious >freedom,. you are doomed to be the scapegoats of politicians and other >moral scum that tars you as "kooks who deny the dead their human dignity by >denying them proper burial". >My faith in science is superior (or at least equal to) their faith in >mythology. The United States of America was founded on one principle: >RELIGIOUS FREEDOM! I think we would have a hard time selling cryonics as a legitimate religion. Faith in science and faith in religion are not the same thing. Those are two different types of faith. One based on reason the other on superstition. Cryonics is not a religion. It is a calculated risk that offers no guarantees. Also, this country was founded on the concept of individual rights/liberty. Freedom of religion is only one aspect of that. Mike Read Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23599