X-Message-Number: 6551
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 03:09:24 +0100
From:  (Graeme Nicholson)
Subject: Religious Issue

The following was posted to a Forteana list which I subscribe to. I thought
some here would be interested.

Andrew's address is <>

>There was a "look at these loonies" piece in one of the Sunday
>Broadsheets a couple of weeks ago on the cryogenics industry
>(which sounds like almost as good a wheeze as the alien abduction
>insurance scam).
>
>Apparently, one of the big discussions is what happens if your body
>is revived and you're in Heaven at the time.  Now, laying aside my
>own faith on the subject, why is this an issue?  Surely attempting
>this kind of survival of death (as opposed to the more attractive one
>of not dying in the first place) is as clear a case of necromancy as
>one could hope to see.  Now, if they're discussing the possibility of
>eternal reward, it seems likely that they are christian, moslem or
>jewish.  All three religions are fairly set against any kind of monkeying
>around with the dead; what chance of someone indulging in the
>practice being a good candidate for eternal torment? Surely they'd
>be only too happy to be brought back... although their mental state
>would be something to witness.
>
>Imagine that as  a post-traumatic stress disorder claim against the
>cryogenic facility operators.  It'd be even better than the dog-in-the-
>microwave, the Coke-bottle-as-erotic-appurtenance and the ladder-
>and-sock cases rolled into one.
>
>Andrew


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....Graeme Nicholson....
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....(The Silent Man)....
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