Transhumanism Builds Deceitful Gospels
As established in previous posts, it is good to find methods of enhancing human performance, alleviating suffering, and all that good stuff. Sometimes it takes the form of metal and plastics, and even computerized devices such as insulin pumps. Science and technology are quickly growing in these areas.
Transhumanism goes beyond the good things, becoming a religion in itself. (Like atheists, many deny that their belief system is a religion by ignoring most dictionary definitions.) It is based on a form of evolution where we are our own creators.
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There are several views in transhumanism. One has human consciousness "in the cloud" and living forever (which is a kind of salvation) and operating bodies. This brought to my mind the Max Headroom concept. This was a character in the 1980s where Edison Carter collided with a sign (which read "Max Headroom") and his brilliant friends saved him by copying his consciousness into a computer program. Edison recovered, and Max lived on after a fashion — but was full of glitches.
Assuming transferring consciousness is possible in the first place, what could go wrong by having it relocated? Would it be real or a copy? Can they guarantee that some sort of virus would not wipe out those people? Secularists are still debating and often denying the nature of consciousness itself, so transhumanism seems to be at odds with prevailing secular thought.
Cowboy up and see that transhumanism is incoherent, another attempt to deny the existence of our Creator and the fact that we will one day account for ourselves to him. Salvation only comes through him, on his terms. Even so, there are three particular transhumanist views, with some overlap, to consider. Think about how two are compatible with atheism, the third is a theistic evolutionary concept that wants to fix the "mistakes" of God. Oh, please!
“I am slowly turning myself into part machine,” a young man named Stephen Ryall told a news reporter in 2019. The news story identified Ryall as one of an increasing group of people who are implanting computer chips in their bodies to pursue a transhumanist vision. According to a statement by leading transhumanists, “Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on the premise that the human species in its current form does not represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase.”2 As breakthroughs in gene editing, artificial intelligence (AI), brain-computer interfaces, and other emerging technologies unlock avenues for altering humanity, Christians will increasingly confront transhumanist views. To respond, Christians must first understand transhumanist perspectives in contrast to God’s Word.
To read the rest of this very interesting article, click on "Three False Gospels According to Transhumanism." You may also like "Upgrading Ourselves with Transhumanism."
* Image furnished by Why?Outreach, middle image removed at cleanup.pictures, added image from Gerd Altmann (Geralt) at Pixabay