Re: Misreprep of Extropy

Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Mon, 25 May 1998 14:37:32 -0700


At 04:55 PM 5/25/98 EDT, you wrote:
>
>
>Count me in the first category. I agree with the negative connotation
about
>religions, but am also concerned about another issue : Except possibly
>under freedom of religion, where else is a person's right to chose their
>matter of "burial" (or should we say post-mortem storeage) protected ?

I appreciate this point, but it would be false and harmful to call
Extropianism a religion in order to get the benefits of protection for
suspension. There *is* an organization that it legally a religion set up
partly for this reason -- The Society for Venturism. Venturists are
transhumanists and don't believe in a supernatural realm. Contact Dr.
Michael Perry at <mike@alcor.org> for more information.

Max

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