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CryoNet - Fri 19 Jun 2009

    #31747: more on religion and cryonics [un person]
    #31748: Re: immortality, the universe, and christians [David Stodolsky]

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Message #31747
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: un person <[email protected]>
Subject: more on religion and cryonics

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one charismatic TV preacher in one year would have 20 thousand new cryos signed upJune 18 2009 at Response to The Larger Problemif he would preach the cryogospel. 
You have to understand something--we are EVOLVED, HARDWIRED to have religious experiences. Cryonics taps into that. Religion and in particular protestantism is our natural ally and our savior. 
We are DESIGNED by evolution to have religious epiphanies. 
I say this as an atheist. 
here is a great great great essay by one of my favorite writers, leftist populist joe bageant, about some of what I am talking about. 
Keep in mind that joe is an atheist: 


SUNDAY IN A RED STATE 


If Jesus reappeared on earth tomorrow it would probably be at Daytona or a Cracker Barrel Restaurant.---Punk Wilson, local wiseass 
Indeed, Cracker Barrel has to be the most appropriately named restaurant chain in America. The last time I entered one with an out-of-town black friend, nearly all heads turned in unison toward us. My friend took one look at the wall-to-wall porky white faces and said: 
Get me back to the fucking car. I can grab a happy meal on the way out of Deliverance. 
Nevertheless, Id be the first to admit that the food at Cracker Barrel is damned good for a chain restaurant authentic white trash taters and beans. To be authentic Southern food it has to be inauthentic in a trashy sort of way, but still flavorful, if you know what I mean. Its one of those things like serving store brand cola with a tomato and mayonnaise white bread sandwich in the summer---authentic. Anyway, if Cracker Barrel ever perfects a catfish batter the fare will be legit honky soul food. 
So I am at a Cracker Barrel on the Virginia/West Virginia line with my minister brother following his Sunday worship service this morning. Located not far from the church where Brother preaches, the place is always jammed on Sundays with pie-and-coffee Christian fundamentalists, plus a smattering of blue-collar Yankee tourists down from Pennsylvania to paw over the gift shops Taiwanese hillbilly crafts and rebel flag beach towels. 
The customers, mostly beefy well-scrubbed locals, are shaking hands and slapping backs as if they dont see one another three times a week in church: 
How ARE yall! My, my, my, you look SO GOOD Sister Clark! 
As much as I love their familiar ways, Im sorry to say that I do not like fundamentalist Christians much. Particularly in groups. They tend to pack up like wolves and become hypocritical, mouthy and intolerant. It reminds me too much of myself when Im drunk. 
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Message #31748
From: David Stodolsky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: immortality, the universe, and christians
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:00:14 +0200
References: <[email protected]>

On 18 Jun 2009, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:
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> We can thrive by using the bible to reach the christian majority.

This type of discussion is a total waste of time.

A number of statistical analyses have shown that as religiosity  
increases, the interest in cryonics/life-extension technology, etc.  
decreases. The Badger and Kogan data show that the religious person  
rejects any information as a result of a Personal Emotional Response  
that suppresses even consideration of life-extending technologies. The  
details were posted earlier.


dss

David Stodolsky
[email protected]  Skype: davidstodolsky

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