X-Message-Number: 27415 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: Death and the afterlife will always be shrouded in mystery Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:04:56 -0000 I don't think that the idea of an "after life" whatever that really means need be coupled with belief in a supreme being. It could indeed by a Fyodorovian afterlife, one created by intelligent beings either advanced humans as in http://www.venturist.org/fyodorov.htm or an alien species, such as that proposed in the science fiction series Riverworld, by PJ Farmer. http://www.cryonics.org/riverworld.htm This series of novels is not about cryonics, of course, but it looks at issues of death, identity, consciousness and immortality in a technological manner. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27415