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Transhumanist theology


Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford


Metamagician and the Hellfire Club
July 24, 2008

Lutheran theologian Ted Peters is the author of the sixth and last of the generally hostile articles on transhumanism in the June 2008 issue of The Global Spiral .

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Posted by  on  10/03  at  05:08 PM

I am relaatively new to even the idea of transhumanism, and although i don't practise any religion, i can say that the majority would take my comment as a theological one. And it may be, who knows? I believe fully that my ancestors were never apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, or any other primate form. I do, however, believe that however, that who or what ever created us meant for us to learn, and to go beyond the stigmata that is religion. I also believe that application of that knowledge wa in the cards also, for lack of a better analogy. The scientific community at large believes that any applicatation of faith in any progress is detrimental, although it's evident that it would ease passages for many fields. As i said, i don't follow a religion, yet I am a person who believes in right and wrong, good and evil, I teach those things to my own children, and while that may seem irrelevant, i am , for one, glad that the hurdle is brought up as often as it is. You don't need to believe in anything to have a moral opinion, and again there, i believe that the scientific community at large ignore even their own beliefs, which , again, creates complications where none need exist. It can be presented in such a way as to pacifyy pretty much everyone, and it's a Completely glorious thing. Just a hint, ya know?

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