X-Message-Number: 24258 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:20:12 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Rural minister pontificates on cryonics References: <> > > >Message #24247 >From: "Beth Bailey" <> >Subject: New cryonicist with interesting anecdote >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:59:39 -0400 > >This weekend I attended the funeral of a 94 year old family member in an extremely rural area of Pennsylvania. The Minister who conducted the service told mourners that "chirogenics," [sic] or having one's body frozen is simply "human folly" and a "selfish desire to deny the inevitability of death." > >Beth > Beth, This begs the obvious questions; How did the subject come up so that the minister felt compelled to comment? and, Was he addressing you personally or the crowd? and, If the crowd how indeed was the crowd involved in discussing cryonics and how did they receive his oh-so-quaint wisdom? James -- Member: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Association http://www.transhumanism.org/ Marijuana Policy Project http://www.mpp.org American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org Nat. Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org Act For Change http://www.actforchange.org People for American Way http://www.pfaw.org MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24258