Not only does Paul Kurtz write generally boring and undistinguished books and articles promoting what he calls 'humanism." He also provides material which supports religious stereotypes about nonbelievers, like his account of an atheist friend's deathbed conversion to Catholicism:
Even if this really happened to someone Kurtz knew, he didn't have to advertise the fact to the world.
While I wouldn't rule out the possibility that a cryonicist with a secular outlook would similarly undergo a religious conversion during a terminal illness, cancel his suspension arrangements and wind up conventionally disposed of, I find this less likely than the possibility of interference by hostile relatives. Atheists and humanists therefore might want to look into cryonics for themselves as insurance against embarrassing and discrediting themselves in similar deathbed conversions.
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