X-Message-Number: 237 From att!eos.arc.nasa.gov!jims Wed Oct 17 13:16:36 1990 Return-Path: <att!eos.arc.nasa.gov!jims> Received: from att.UUCP by whscad1.att.uucp (4.1/SMI-3.2) id AA19503; Wed, 17 Oct 90 13:16:36 EDT Received: by att.att.com; Wed Oct 17 12:54:57 1990 Received: Wed, 17 Oct 90 09:54:55 PDT by eos.arc.nasa.gov (5.59/1.2) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 90 09:54:55 PDT From: Jim Stevenson <> Message-Id: <> To: , whscad1.att:eos.arc.nasa:gov! Subject: Re: cryonics #235 - Proposal for Cheap Freeze Religion requires faith in the supernatural, instead of reason. Advocating cryonics requires only knowledge of the laws of physics, and an understanding of what will be probable with nanotech. The distinction between faith and reason is critical. Alcor never asks anyone to take anything on faith. Religions do that, while requiring that you shortcircuit your mind, by suspending reason, while you are alive. Then they finish the job, by advocating that you destroy the information in your brain (when you die) in the name of a higher power. Cryonics is not a religion! Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=237