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Comment author: LukeParrish 29 May 2009 01:02:57AM *  1 point [-]
  • Name: Luke Parrish
  • Age: 26 next month
  • Sex: Male
  • Personality: INTP (Socionics INTJ)
  • Location: Idaho, USA
  • Ideas I like: Cryonics, Forth, Esperanto, Socionics.

I became skeptical of God when I realized that as a philosophical construct his existence would present some unanswerable questions. Also it helped when I decided I was not going to hell over asking a few logical questions. I don't typically position myself as an atheist -- why should I be defined by what I don't accept? Instead I attempt to be someone who is willing to evaluate any logical question and expect consistent answers.

I believe advancing the cause of cryonics and/or life extension is important from a moral perspective, since if they take longer to develop or be accepted, that translates to more people dying. I haven't yet signed up for cryonics but definitely intend to.