X-Message-Number: 26404 From: "Joe Waynick" <> Subject: Suing "Religion" Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:14:52 -0700 I think I need to weigh in on this nutty idea about suing "religion." The one thing that has surprised me the most after working at Alcor these past 18 months is this obsessive need too many cryonicists have to engage people of faith in useless confrontation. This religious question always seem to center around how big and/or popular churches are, how much money they make, and the fact that they are tax exempt. Why is this so important to cryonicists? Are we so desperate for attention that we are willing to pick a fight with goliath FOR NO GOOD REASON??? I hate to burst your bubble Dave and Rudi, but people of faith could give a hoot about cryonicists or cryonics. They have more important things to do, as should we. Rather than run around angry that the big bad evangelists either ignore us, or do not agree with us, our time would be better spent developing creative ways to increase our own numbers, improve our technology, publish more scientific papers that substantiate our theories, and being good citizens. Still, what religion "guarantees" eternal life? None that I know of, and I go to church a lot. Good luck trying to prove that one. However, I am sure that if all 1,200 or so card carrying cryonicists that exist in the world were to take on the TWO BILLION church going people of faith, that somehow, (maybe by the grace of God), we would prevail? Yeah, right. The best thing we have going for us right now is that the religious right pretty much ignores us! Save your money, save your energy, save cryonics, save yourselves. Get off this suicidal path and do not prove the conservative right to be correct when they claim cryonicists are a bunch of fanatics. Focus on the positive. Do something constructive for the industry. Hold a WELL PUBLICIZED cryofeast. Make a pledge to the endowment fund. Donate your talents by becoming an Alcor volunteer. Drop your veil of secrecy surrounding your membership and become public members; then openly talk about cryonics in a constructive way with your friends, family, and acquaintances. There are many ways you can tribute without war mongering. PLEASE, give it a rest! Joe Waynick, CEO/President, Alcor Life Extension Foundation Visit our website at: http://www.alcor.org <http://www.alcor.org/> or to subscribe to our monthly newsletter at: http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/AlcorNews. Visit our website at: http://www.alcor.org or to subscribe to our monthly newsletter at: http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/AlcorNews. Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26404