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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: re: the immortalist Bible and cryonics
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:14:40 -0000

Quite so. The Jehovah's Witnesses do mention cryonics on their web site
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19991015/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20061001/article_02.htm


but go on to say it is unnecessary because God has said he will do it (perform 
resurrections) for them. I find this strange because in terms of everything 
else, their Bible teaches that people have to help themselves in order for God 
to help them.


I find the anomaly to be similar to the argument that there is something 
deliberate that makes people grow frail with age. If there is, why is it the 
only thing in the entire universe that never fails completely?


Unfortunately there is no way of communicating with the JWs as an entity 
comparable to communicating with cryonicists through CryoNet. Talking about it 
to individuals or even addressing a JW meeting (if such an event were possible) 
would achieve little even if those present could be made to consider the idea of
cryonics.

-- 
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

From: rr ss <>
Subject: re: the immortalist Bible and cryonics
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As an example of the potential of this approach, I offer the Jehovah's 
witnesses. This branch of Protestantism (which numbers in the MILLIONS, I 
believe) is an outlier branch because it interprets certain bible verses to mean
that after the resurrection the righteous will live on the earth forever. But 
as for the agency of the resurrection, they look to the invisible man in the 
sky. Not real credible as far as I am concerned. 

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