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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:46:54 EDT
Subject: The alternative to suiing organized religion

It is my opinion that Dave Pizer's target ( organized religion) is  

incorrectly chosen. The real problem is not what organized religion may say  or

promise, but the manner in which individual peoples think about what  is said or
promised. The great majority of people are concerned with  and deal with the 

difficult idea of one's personal death by ( take your  pick): preoccupation with
other earthly matters that seem more  understandable and controllable; genuine 
belief that they do not actually  want more life here on earth than the 
approximately 80 years given to them (  it is the "human life is too much of a 
struggle and a losing proposition"  concept; laziness; preference to have easy 
answers given them by others;  have the wishing will make it so philosophy; 

preferring to leave such  difficult concerns to the minds of ( perceived) 
superior 
thinking others; (  something that many cryonicists themselves are guilty of , 

believing that  all they have to do is sign up and all will be ok) an inherited
belief  system they never challenged; lack the will or courage to fight the  
majority; lack the will or courage to be a minority; possibly an  undiscovered 
biological death drive; or simply feel good believing in a  promised 

afterlife (among other reasons I  undoubtably am unaware of),  and therefore, 
accept 
the  tenets of organized religion, rather than apply their mind and effort  to 
a scientifically based alternative or supplement. The answer is in  education 
of our fellow humans in the value of alternative ideas, and  encouraging more 
active personal thought. When you fight the beliefs of  organized religion, 

you really fight the billions of peoples that support  it, and they are one's to
be convinced. Suing organized religion at worst  will mobilize the faithful 
into retaliative law suits or simply convince  them even further that they are 
right due to the reflex thinking of the  human mind to reject processes that 
threaten them. Joe Waynick, Alcor's CEO,  for example, is an educated but 

vigorously religious person who  understands the value of having alternatives at
his  disposal.




 

 


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