New to this group.

Greeting all,

      I've been facinated by the concept cryonics but that facination
has lead to several questions regarding the wisdom of spending large
quantities of money for an unproven idea.  First and formost,  what
makes anyone think that people in the future would want to waste time,
assets, money etc... on reviving an obsolete human body ? Lets face
it, the population isn't shrinking and why add another non-productive
human to place a drain on food, housing, medicine etc... Be honest,
what would anyone of us have to offer future populations ?
     My second question involved a religious perspective. Let's assume
for a moment that the human body's consciousness is "the soul". Since
it's generally accepted that the soul departs the body immediately at
death what would be the point in attempting to revive an "empty shell"
of a human being ?
     These questions aren't meant to inflame anybody, they're simply
questions I've wondered about for years now.