From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 13:09:37 MDT
> >What I find odd, Natasha, is that these Christians are not supporting
> the idea that human's 'natural' life span should be more like those
> quoted in Genesis, like Noah and Methuselah, who lived many hundreds of
> years. Do they, or do they not believe in the Bible???? :) Is aging a
> test of faith? ;)<
>
> I found it fascinating that the Christian publication wrote this
> article on superlongevity and seems to be interested in the subject.
Why is this unusual? Have a look at a discussion I was having in the
Longevity Meme forums:
http://www.longevitymeme.org/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=8
which touches on some of these issues. If we raise our eyebrows every time
religious people (i.e. the majority of the society we're trying to
influence) express a desire to live longer, we're never going to get
anywhere in making life extension of any sort a mainstream issue. Meaning we
all die.
The moderately religious have the same desires as the irrelegious (or
areligious for that matter). Not wanting the body to crumble, displacement
behavior to try and find a way not to think about ceasing to exist, etc,
etc. They should be just as open to anti-aging technologies, and by
extension interested in life extension.
Reason
http://www.exratio.com/
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