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News
Date
June 12, 2022

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Ethics, Religion, Transhumanism

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Elaina George, Featured, Immortality in transhumanism, Living in the Solution (podcast), Recreationism, Transhumanism (and Christianity), Transhumanism and human cloning, Wesley J. Smith on transhumanism, Zoltan Istvan}

Transhumanism: Human, Computer, Animal — All Just a Choice Now…

_{AI and Big Biotech spawn the hope (in some) of merging with a computer or with a bat, maybe…} _{News

June 12, 2022

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Ethics, Religion, Transhumanism}

In a recent Living in the Solution podcast with otolaryngologist and broadcaster Elaina George at Liberty Talk radio, Wesley J. Smith, lawyer and host of the Humanize podcast at Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism tackled the question of “Can You be a Christian and Believe in Transhumanism?” (June 4, 2022). Transhumanism or H+, as it is sometimes called, is a movement to create immortality through new biotechnology or merger with artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Elaina George: I think transhumanism seems to be the next wave of things that are hip and now … As a Christian, is it something that we should even consider? Wesley Smith: Well, it depends on which transhumanists are talking. Most transhumanists are atheists and Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 27, 2022

Categorized
Transhumanism

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Christian Transhumanist Association, Featured, H+ (goal of transhumanism), Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics (book), Transhumanism (characteristics), Transhumanism (goals), Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Zoltan Istvan}

The Impossibility of Christian Transhumanism

_{Transhumanists seek the right not only to manipulate their own bodies but also those of their children, including mind clones, monoparent children, or benevolent AI} _{Wesley J. Smith

March 27, 2022

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Transhumanism}

This article is reprinted with permission from First Things (March 24, 2022) So-called “Christian transhumanism,” or the attempt to blend the transhumanist agenda with the precepts of Christian theology, has been around for some time. But there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the project. The book Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, published in 2019, claims to offer “first-hand testimony to the value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind.” The volume includes contributions from a number of Christians. The “Christian Transhumanist Association” (CTA), formed in 2014, is actively dedicated to promoting transhumanism as a means of “participating with God in the redemption, reconciliation, and renewal of the world.” The problem with these efforts is that the transhumanist worldview and Read More ›