X-Message-Number: 30542
From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: religiosity in the U.S.
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:37:34 +0100
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On 26 Feb 2008, at 00:16,  wrote:

>
> The  following is abridged from a NYT piece. I think it reinforces my
> perception that  reported beliefs are not necessarily very  
> meaningful and "religion"
> is not a  major factor in the slow growth of cryonics.

This is a misinterpretation.

> The rise of the unaffiliated does not mean that Americans are  
> becoming less
> religious, however. Contrary to assumptions that most of the  
> unaffiliated are
> atheists or agnostics, most described their religion    as nothing in
> particular.

It was only atheists and agnostics that were open to the cryonics  
message according to Badger's data.



This is the interesting finding from the point of view of launching a  
Fellowship that would include suspension as a benefit.

>  If shifts among Protestant
> denominations  are included, then it appears that 44 percent of  
> Americans have switched
> religious affiliations.
>

Thus, if the movement offered an alternative that would satisfy the  
needs of this willing to switch population, it would become dominant  
within one generation. We can assume that those born within the  
movement wouldn't switch to a fate of certain destruction.



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David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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