X-Message-Number: 33290 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:56:55 -0500 Subject: Re: again, religiosity and target groups From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> I agree with the need to recognize the cultural, social and ritualistic aspects of building an activist community of like-minded persons. However, I disagree that this should be connected to any religion. I see cryonics as part of a move to make physical the dreams of humanity that until recently have been impossible and therefore have been expressed through spiritual or religious aspirations. A material understanding of the world is supplanting the natural but primitive religious understanding. Support communities are already available: Meetup has the following totals for Atheists: Groups 512 Members 80,505 Interested 19,699 Cities 330 Countries 9 My suggestion is to check in with your local Atheist Meetup group, and let us know how many people are already thinking in terms of transhumanism in general, and cryonics in particular. I am only just making contact with my own groups - there are 4 or 5 transhuman-interested individuals, none aware of the international movements as such, and none connected to cryonics... yet. Robin Helweg-Larsen Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33290