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 ....................... ....Graeme Nicholson.... ......................... ....(The Silent Man).... ....................... Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6551