X-Message-Number: 7803
Date: 04 Mar 97 08:56:54 EST
From: DOLINOFF <>
Subject: Religions and CRYONICS

                                   Hiya !
                                   I have heard also much objections against
CRYONICS from those who believe in  God.
                                   I suppose that this comes from the fact that
the religions, that pretend to represent such or such God, teach not to modify
Nature.  And this goes so far that, for example, Catholics prohibit the use of
condoms despite they are the best if not the only defense against the lethal
AIDS and that the JEHOVAH "Witnesses" and others" Evangelists" prohibit every

transfusion of blood when they are unavoidable, even if this causes the death of
those who need them for one reason or another.

I think that  the objections against Cryonics, that tries to midify nature, come
from the fact that they fear to make God angry and to loose his "assistance" to
insure to their "soul" a perpetual life of beatitude (!), what is " more likely
to occur". 

                                   In fact, we have a very good argument to show
                                   them that we in no way are able to make God angry as the cryogenical suspension

(in case of success) only modifies the duration of our physical life but does IN
NO WAY modify the fact that one day or another, our physical beeing will die,

from accident, murder or suicide, etc., if it is no more from a disease nor from
ageing which will be made reversible.  Thus, the Religions and their Gods will
take their "'rights" in every case, one day or another.  
On that account, I think that the reversibility of the ageing will be conquered
before those of the cold suspension because what is already known and conquered
shows that it remains less work in this direction.   And will those who believe
in God also prohibit the reversibility of the ageing when it will be available,
be it with or without the intervention of the cold suspension ?
Why then dont they prohibit to try to cure cancers, what is also to modify
nature ?
                                    I think these 4 circumstances :
     - To believe in God ;
     - not to believe in God ;
     - to believe in CRYONICS ;
     - not to believe in CRYONICS,
                                   divide men into four categories :
you believe in nothing : you believe in God ; you believe in CRYONICS ; you
believe in both.
The most happy are those who believe in at least one out of these two Ideas !

Long, long life !

Anatole  


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