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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: A Robert Ettinger quote for our times.
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 21:11:49 +0100
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On 4 Mar 2009, at 11:00,  2Arcturus wrote:

> Religion in a broader anthropological, and humanist, context  
> includes one's overarching world view, one's highest values in life,  
> one's way of understanding the world, and one's way of life in the  
> context of one's perceived sense of purpose.

"(Cultural) worldview" would be a better definition of this broader  
context.:




<http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=world+view&sub=Search+WordNet&o2=&o0=1&o7=&o5=&o1=1&o6=&o4=&o3=&h=
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Weltanschauung, world view (a comprehensive view of the world and  
human life)


http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=religion

	. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control  
human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
	. an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised  
in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"



> 'atheists' usually practice a religion in the broader sense

Most atheists would object that they don't 'practice' anything. A  
common quote is, "If atheism is a religion, then not stamp collecting  
is a hobby." A safer formulation would be that religions are a subset  
or component of worldviews.


http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atheism

	. the doctrine or belief that there is no God
	. a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods




> Robert Ettinger has been right, I believe, in placing cryonics in  
> the context of what is generally called "transhumanism", with its  
> broader sense of the future and its possibilities, which is the  
> backstory and context in which cryonics make the most sense.

 From the marketing or organizational standpoint, this doesn't seem to  
have had much effect.


dss

David Stodolsky
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