X-Message-Number: 4028 From: (Ken Wolfe) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Church of Cryonics Date: 16 Mar 1995 00:51:22 GMT Message-ID: <3k822a$> References: <> <3k5i7p$> <> In <> (Brad Templeton) writes: >Alas, Ken, I think you missed the entire point of the article. I am >fully aware of the cryonicists viewpoint, particularly on the differences >between death, legal death and suspension, between corpses and patients, >between storge dewars and a burial ground. >The article was metaphorical, *deliberately* using the words and perceptions >of the mainstream to show how the mainstream would view it as matching the >criteria for a religion. You took the article as literal, unfortunately, >explaining things everybody here already knows. I'm pleased to hear that, I was expecting to get a flame in return. You might have at least put a smiley or something at the end to make it clearer that this was not quite 'on the level'. It's actually a good point that the mainstream could easily see Cryonics as a cult. In fact, when my family first became aware that I was interested in signing up, their first reaction was to warn me that this could be a cult or a scam, out to swindle me and leave me nothing in return. I have been sold on the idea of cryonics for a long time, but only after researching the cryonics organizations for quite some time was I convinced that they were really doing what they said they were doing in good faith. Anyway, don't you at least need some form of mysticism to qualify as a religion? Ken Wolfe -- Ken Wolfe | Fax: I hate fax machines Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Compu$erve: | GEnie: Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4028