Re: religion bashing?

Spudboy100@aol.com
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:35:32 EDT

In a message dated 10/23/1999 4:16:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com writes:

> Spudboy100@aol.com also wrote:
>
> > Lets look to Transhumanism 'faith' that the technology
> > will come along and successfully preserve their
> > personalities through technical augmentation and later
> > 'mental uploading'.
>
> If I had faith in cryonics wouldn't I commit suicide?
>
> BM
If cryonics worked to our specifications and needs; it wouldn't be suicide at all. It may even be the treatment of choice. The original argument might be stated:
Does religion have a harmful impact on Extropian goals? The answer is; it depends on which religion and what its take on science and technology is.