Re: Extropian cult listing
I William Wiser (wwiser@best.com)
Sat, 14 Jun 1997 18:47:35 -0700
Kathryn Aegis wrote:
>WARNING, HUMOR.future scenario: Max dies and his frozen head
>is enshrined at Alcor. Two thousand years hence, he has been
>canonized as the founder of a religion with major economic and
>political holdings, and the priests who control it refuse to allow him
>to be revived. "Best Do It So" has been corrupted into "Just Do It", and
>moral imperatives force everyone to wear black t-shirts and Nike shoes.
>A small band of rebels known as the Excelsior League forms an underground
>resistance. In an attempt to remove the symbolic power of Max's
>corpus, they
...
break into alcor, steal Max's head and reanimate him. This demonstrates
that Max is a normal human being (more or less) and breaks the power of
the priest. In the ensuing court battles Max retains only a small portoin
of the religion's holdings. He does however achieve brief fame as a pop
icon and retain a small cult following. In a little while Max gets bored
and decides to leave earth for a large party at a distant location.
(There a happy ending for Max without saddling him with all that easy
money and power).
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I. William Wiser <wwiser@best.com> Longevity Consultant