X-Message-Number: 18691 Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 10:35:07 -0500 From: Rafi Haftka <> Subject: Cryonics is religion for me Religion is not a dirty word. I want to reinforce George Smith's idea that treating Cryonics like religion is useful. One of the important roles of religion is to help people face their mortality. Cryonics plays this role for me. When I discuss cryonics with people new to the subject, I always tell them that the prospects of survival via cryonics are uncertain, but as an engineer I believe that they are better than via going to heaven or being re-incarnated. That is I present cryonics as my substitute for more common flavors of religion. I find that even people who are dead set against the idea find it difficult not to grant me the priviledge of having cryonics as my religion. Rafi Haftka 352-392-9595W 352-466-4432H Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18691