X-Message-Number: 32517
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:56:04 -0700
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Re: (no subject)[promoting cryonics]
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At 13:33 2010-03-28, david pizer wrote:

>Here is a brief paper of my "talking points" on several cryonics 
>topics that I plan to talk about with people who are not cryonicists 
>and may have religions concerns.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>David Pizer
>
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>Cryonics/Religion
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>[...]
>Religion
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>Matthew 10:8  Jesus instructs people to heal the sick and raise the dead.
>
>Many religions support hospitals where doctors today heal the 
>sick.  Perhaps doctors in the future will do something that looks 
>like raising the dead in a matter of speaking by reviving people who 
>are suspended today and healing them in the future.
>
>Religious people who are signed up for cryonics believe that if God 
>wills it, cryonics will work and people will wake up in the future 
>to continue to complete whatever God calls and plans for them.
>
>Neither cryonics organizations nor religions can guarantee eternal 
>life, only God can do that.

I've added a little in the version below and otherwise edited 
lightly. In the last sentence I prefer "a higher power" as being a 
little more theologically neutral. (Could perhaps refer to something 
other than the traditional idea of a "God" though that possibility is 
not discounted.)

Religion

Matthew 10:8  Jesus instructs people to heal the sick and raise the 
dead.  Paul in Philippians 1:23-26 says he would rather depart this 
life and be with Christ, "for it is far better," but for the sake of 
others he wants to remain here on Earth. A Christian, then, will want 
to stay longer in this life to do as much good in the world as 
possible. Making a try at a longer life can be justified even if 
success is not guaranteed, as is true with conventional medicine.

Many religions support hospitals where doctors today heal the 
sick.  Perhaps doctors in the future will do something that looks 
like raising the dead by reviving people who are suspended today and 
healing them with means that are not yet available.

Religious people who are signed up for cryonics believe that if God 
wills it, cryonics will work and people will wake up in the future to 
continue to complete whatever God calls and plans for them.

Neither cryonics organizations nor religions can guarantee eternal 
life, only a higher power can do that.

Mike Perry

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