Common Christian Objections: (Guesses, as I am no longer a Christian) and rebuttals (Within the Christian religious framework, as it’s not always feasible to convince them to be Atheists).
1.) You’re trying to get something that’s forbidden.
(Life is important, so God must control it, if you were supposed to have more, you would already have more. Therefore trying to get more should be viewed as bucking a limitation.)
Rebuttal: If you attribute other medical breakthroughs to God, how do we know God didn’t give this to us, too?
2.) Only God should decide when you die.
(He forbids you from living longer except at his discretion.)
Rebuttal: Why should I believe that a loving God expects me to just shut up and die?
3.) You’re making a deal with the devil.
(Because only God should decide.)
Rebuttal: Nobody asked me for my soul or to do anything evil to sign up for cryo. The ten commandments don’t tell me not to. In fact “You shall not murder.” may be interpreted as an obligation to continue your own life wherever possible, otherwise you’re knowingly choosing to die when it isn’t necessary, thereby “murdering” yourself. I see no evidence that this is temptation by the devil.
4.) You’re tinkering with the sacred.
Rebuttal: If life is sacred, and saving lives is an option, isn’t it worse to fail to do everything you can to save lives, even if your attempts are somewhere between not perfect and horribly incompetent at first?
Common Christian Objections: (Guesses, as I am no longer a Christian) and rebuttals (Within the Christian religious framework, as it’s not always feasible to convince them to be Atheists).
1.) You’re trying to get something that’s forbidden. (Life is important, so God must control it, if you were supposed to have more, you would already have more. Therefore trying to get more should be viewed as bucking a limitation.)
Rebuttal: If you attribute other medical breakthroughs to God, how do we know God didn’t give this to us, too?
2.) Only God should decide when you die. (He forbids you from living longer except at his discretion.)
Rebuttal: Why should I believe that a loving God expects me to just shut up and die?
3.) You’re making a deal with the devil. (Because only God should decide.)
Rebuttal: Nobody asked me for my soul or to do anything evil to sign up for cryo. The ten commandments don’t tell me not to. In fact “You shall not murder.” may be interpreted as an obligation to continue your own life wherever possible, otherwise you’re knowingly choosing to die when it isn’t necessary, thereby “murdering” yourself. I see no evidence that this is temptation by the devil.
4.) You’re tinkering with the sacred.
Rebuttal: If life is sacred, and saving lives is an option, isn’t it worse to fail to do everything you can to save lives, even if your attempts are somewhere between not perfect and horribly incompetent at first?