X-Message-Number: 25121 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: let's start a sect Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:04:28 -0000 > > I think it would be great to create a _sect_ called CryoQuebec. The difference between cryonics and the subject of most cults is that a cult actually requires you do no nothing more than recruit people to go to meetings where everyone agrees with each other that they are right and the rest of the world is wrong. On the other hand cryonics requires you to make difficult arrangements and spend a fixed amount of money (not in proportion to the member's ability to pay). In many cases, even with CI, the money required for life insurance is still a large part of the income of some members. People who see the logic of cryonics aren't all middle class. Most cults fail, and just a very few go on to become religions that persists for centuries even millennia. It is just the same as the fact that most singers, sportspeople, artists authors and so on never have a career except in their dreams. Most of those that get beyond this have very mediocre careers, and it is a very tiny proportion that get to the top. Also see http://www.venturist.org -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25121