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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:13:11 EST
Subject: Re: CryoNet #20658 Pascal and cryonics

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> From: Wesley Eddy <>

>I'm not certain what you mean by this ... since you're assuming religious
>people are by definition anti-cryonics (which is a false premise by the 
way),
>why would they be interested in trying to pay for it?  

A very small minority may want a second "eternity" possibility. Other, may 
want to use cryonics to perpetuate their religious based power. If cryonics 
becomes a credible possibility for the layman, churche's cockroaches will 
find a way with their faith. If I have a say in that subject, it is: NO. I 
accept some faith, Santa  for example :-)

>Well, that's your choice then.  I'm still failing to see why you're under
>the impression that it's not possible to both harbor religious beliefs and
>support technologies like cryonics, 

Ask Giordano Bruneau, Galileo,...One greath man understood that well: Isaac 
Newton used this power to hunt the catholics, he used the reform as a lever 
to do this. Good job Sir !


>This topic reminds me a lot of the controversy regarding evolution.  For
>anyone interested in clashes between the Christian religion and scientific
>progress, I'd recommend the book "Can a Darwinian be a Christian" by Michael
>Ruse.  It does a decent job of demonstrating that there's really no conflict
>here and the only people who have problems reconciling the two are taking a
>very narrow view of both and not bothering to investigate matters deeply
>enough before making adamant decisions

Good words... But the reality is that the church give us "Intelligent desing" 
as a "science". What you say is the classical religious discourse: no 
problem, not so bad, and so on until they can eat you from inside. 
Technological long life is a very good weapon against all religious thinking 
it would be foolish not to use it.

The most implacable will survive.

Yvan Bozzonetti.

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