tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90772046721146185172024-03-05T09:57:24.155-08:00Christian TranshumanistDedicted to the thinking on Human Plus issues that will transform societies.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-13968789062931014672008-09-17T04:52:00.000-07:002008-09-17T04:55:44.699-07:00Ethical Enhancement TechnologiesThe first thing that I've noticed about a strong majority of the h+ movement, is that those that are writing a lot on the movement are bald. You would think that baldness would be <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">conquered</span> </span>before global risks. But, global risks are politically empowering while the issue of balding is not.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-56847223924341812362008-09-17T04:40:00.000-07:002008-09-17T04:51:29.409-07:00Taking the IEET SeriousThree of the main artcles over at the <a href="http://www.ieet.org/">IEET</a> website that is headed by Bostrom, deal with the Republicans as evil, a comic book series who is overwriting the Bible as stories that happen all at the same time, but with different storylines. And, the end of capitalism.<br /><br />The news over at on that site make it difficult to see this as a serious movement.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-14036415029972576482008-09-14T01:00:00.000-07:002008-09-14T01:10:08.698-07:00Human 1I guess is if my effort is to synthesize Christianity with posthumanism, then to have a full construction of a belief of what a human is - apart from just my theological construction - then I need to define a human before I go into transhuman.<br />
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<a href="http://www.popimage.com/content/testament2005.html">Comic book aiming at Christianity.</a><br />
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"<em>The idea that the Bible is not something that occurred in some real moment in history, but rather in all moments of time. It's happening now - as the underlying narrative of human experience. And, even more importantly, it's hackable. The stories don't have to end the same way for us that they did for these characters."-</em>Douglas Rushkoff<br />
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I'm having a hard time taking Rushkoff seriously. I love Frontline documentary work, but this is fiction aimed at presenting itself as something that might be true to some extent. Time theories are usually very Sci-fi, and not real science.<br />
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Again Rushkoff: "<em>It's no secret that Judaism was invented in large part to get people to stop sacrificing their first born sons to the god Moloch. (It was terrible for a nation preparing for war, because all those sons were being killed.) But it was also really upsetting to people. So the Israelites came up with some substitutes, like sacrificing animals, or doing circumcisions, that didn't require the murder of babies.</em> "<br />
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The problem is that animal sacrifices and circumcision predate the Moloch episodes. If you are migrating out of tents, and it becomes hard to create a shrine for Moloch in areas that are not under ancient Israeli occupation at the time. Even if you start with the premise that the Old Testament is myth, you still would ble able to see a chronological progression of events, or myth development. Rushkoff by this statement that he hasn't studied what he's talking about.<br />
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Douglas, THIS STATEMENT IS IDIOTIC - WTF! And, your transliteration of "Nephillum" is wrong.<br />
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Douglas' work is fiction, and what comes out of his mind is fanciful. Movies produced today are sometimes built upon older movies structures. Douglas is doing the same with the Bible stories. The stories are good and timeless, it is hard to mess up good and proven material. Most of Douglas' statements shows a lack of Torah knowledge (I don't know exactly what he means by Torah - the five books of the Law? I don't know.).xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-61284150071241669542008-09-12T01:25:00.000-07:002008-09-12T01:34:08.183-07:00Onpedia - Second ComingThe direction of Christian Transhumanism needs to be thinking in the area of human nature and technology, and the modification that emergent technologies show potential in. Any Post, Pre, or Mid-Tribulation theologies that are so prevalently tied with the Singularity needs to be avoided. Christian prophecy and transhumanistic thinking becomes too fantastical. At this stage in technological development, the focus needs to be on human nature.<br />
Post-human and Christianity are not compatible. The idea of the Rapture, or the Second Coming, or the consummation of all history in the return of Christ to rule the world is related to becoming Adamic, not posthuman.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-89377205360807245832008-09-11T23:55:00.000-07:002008-09-12T01:22:08.497-07:00John Rogers Searle - The Material and Mental"Seen from the perspective of the last fifty years, the philosophy of mind, as well as cognitive science and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">certain</span> branches of psychology, present a very curious spectacle. The most striking feature is how much of mainstream philosophy of the mind of the past fifty years seems obviously false... in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">philosophy</span> of mind, obvious facts about the mental, such as that we all really do have subjective conscious mental states and that these are not eliminable in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">favor</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">anything</span> else, are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">routinely</span> denied by many , <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">perhaps</span> most, of the advanced thinkers in the subject." - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Searle</span>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-43319547537297535582008-09-11T23:36:00.000-07:002008-09-11T23:49:34.717-07:00HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESSConsciousness remains an indefinable concept, the exact way the mind and body react to human’s sensations, feelings, and emotions. Humans cannot fully master the definition of this.<br />
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I hold to Creationism, not Evolution. The arch of human existence for the Creationist - I hold to the belief that the Earth and our universe is ancient, I can accept billion years concepts into my Creationism – goes from the “image of God” creation of man, then into a declined state of existence. For the Evolutionist, the human existence arch is one from a decreased existence level, then to a continual incline towards a highly modified monkey, that at some point achieved this high degree of consciousness making them a human.<br />
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With the Evolutionist model of the human existence, anything that can progress into a level of high consciousness on par with a human (I’m really hitting at AI here), what does so needs to be treated with the ethics endowed to a human.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-6576570000385608562008-09-08T19:25:00.000-07:002008-09-08T19:26:51.403-07:00genome -book of life.<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/21341/?a=f">The Genetic Early Adopters</a>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-69196901541067513972008-09-07T04:14:00.001-07:002008-09-07T04:14:33.362-07:00HUMAN NATURE BORROWED THOUGHTWhen two or more groups of humans begin to be in contact with each other, each group is faced with a choice. They can decide to engage in destructive acts against each other for domination, which is costly; or the can develop a relationship of exchange and synthesis to a gain of both groups. Over time each of the choices will lead to a larger community where cultures begin to synthesize.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-64227311523643690332008-09-07T02:57:00.000-07:002008-09-07T04:06:24.021-07:00OF HUMAN NATUREBy the study and observation of our knowledge of ourselves as humans, what is the natural, universal state of all humans across time. Should we think that there are those that are naturally content at being enslaved by another human? Mental acceptance of this state might be one thing, and the finding of contentment within the status of slavery another, but it probably is not to be found that it is a natural state to any human.<br />
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Is there something in the natural order of our societies and cultures that give us direction as to what our nature is, or is our nature simply define by what the current academic consensus is? If the later is the case then human nature is simply what one can get his fellow human to agree to, but as divers and irrational as humans can be, then a consensus can never ultimately be formed.<br />
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At least one emotion that is generally universal to the state of being human is the fear of death. Some systems of belief may control this passion of humans, but the fear of death is innate, and if overcome, then it would be from some exterior pressure laid upon a human, whether the human accepts it or not.<br />
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A second layer of human nature in relation to the fear of death is the common trait of violence in society. A generally passive society even has to have some form of peace keeping structures, and war to societies across time and space is common.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-84106654947938143842008-09-05T21:34:00.000-07:002008-09-05T21:36:00.870-07:00Immovable System of BeliefsThe idea of the process of communicating the Church’s guiding beliefs to the next generation of believers seems as though the beliefs should be immovable and unchanging. Christianities beliefs are thought to be antiquated, hypothetically truth unchanging with time. This being the case, then it would seem that only heretical teachings of the church would be in motion. Coming about at various times and from different directions.<br />
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The problem of unchanging beliefs and beliefs changing in time leads a person to the study of writings of an historical theologian, or the decrees of a Church council. Source material and contextual meaning of the words used must be investigated. It is through investigation that a person can see the various assemblies through history having recognized a guiding system of beliefs.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-43681437171135095422008-09-05T01:11:00.000-07:002008-09-05T01:48:06.657-07:00Where Theologians ResideFrom 100 to 600, the majority of theologians were bishops of cities. From 600 to 1500 the theologians remained mostly in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">monasteries</span>. And, since the rise of the University system out of the monastic tradition, most theologians have been professors.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Gregorythegreat.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Gregorythegreat.jpg" width="142" border="0" ad="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Pope Saint Gregory I was a monk before ascending to the position of the Bishop of Rome. (Died : 604)</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Luther46c.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Luther46c.jpg" width="186" border="0" ad="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Luther was a monk who became a professor. (Died: 1546)</div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"></div><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left">It is through these occupations of theologians that the Church's understanding of what Jesus and the apostles taught, and it is primarily through these offices that the various Christian teachings have been passed on to each successive generation.</div>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-40689778167514968042008-09-04T05:58:00.000-07:002008-09-04T06:19:19.594-07:00System of BeliefChristian synthesized system of beliefs is what is believed and taught within the various Christian assemblies. The study of the history of these belief systems focuses on the statements issued by authoritative ecclesiastical bodies.<br /><br />Belief systems have developed over time. The areas of devotion, spirituality, and worship is taught from the understanding of Christian religious writings. Through the study of the Bible a church, or church branch, will conclude a belief, and then incorporate that belief into its religious confessions, public speakings in different forums like worship, and in the general thinking about God. With this being the case - whatever word you wish to use - every religious body will have a belief of heresy, whether confessed or not; and will begin to form some kind of apologetics around the body of beliefs held by the church.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-79999716840078944692008-09-03T08:15:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:26:46.372-07:00Theologian and the PhilosopherThe distinctive difference between a theologian and a philosopher is that the theologian understands himself to be a representative speaker of the Christian community. A theologian is responsible for what is taught or spoken in behalf of the Church. A theologian's confessions must be based on the understanding of what his studies produce from the religious writings.<br /><br />A philosopher is free in his study, for he is not bound to a set of religious writings, and professor of an authority for them.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-2980078588074620582008-09-03T07:31:00.000-07:002008-09-03T08:14:59.116-07:00Explain ThinkingWhat the worshipers of Jesus the Messiah believes and teaches based on the writings that have been authorized as being inspired by God: this is Christian guidelines of belief. Establishing guidlines for belief is not the only activity of the Christian assemblies. The Christian assemblies are to worship God and serve their fellow human beings. The worship and service transform individuals, and in turn transforms communities. The act of loving is the greatest act over any other act that the assemblies of God engadge in. It is not faith, nor is it the determining of guideline standards (doctrine). The Assembly is more than a place to get teaching. The Assembly's faith, hope, and love all express themselves in teaching and profession. The meaning behind our religious ceremonies is greater than the ceremony itself. Preaching avoids a focus on the Bible as old writings with dated information, and focuses on discovering what the writings teaches people. The assemblies of Christ would not have any focus of direction unless it had set guidelines to follow for how it is to worship.<br />
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Christian beliefs are of the greatest importance, and should not be taken in a relaxed manner, because within them there is contained a knowledge that can give a person a means of avoiding an eternal state of death. Christian teachings give an individual the knowledge to obtain a continuious life extention.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-77247779223123948042008-09-01T14:46:00.000-07:002008-09-01T15:39:11.884-07:00In Theological TermsBecause of the Cursings every conscience action of a human is methodical. Method must be applied to our actions because the environment of our existance is hostile to us. Most actions undertaken by us is under the danger of a degree of pain.<br /><br />Essentually the exchange in the Garden was God imposing a condition upon Man. "You chose to be hostile towards Me, therefore, My creation will be hostile towards you." This hostility imposed will over a given amount of time lead to the termination of life.<br /><br />In this is the Axiom: until there is a reversal on this imposed hostility, then over a given amount of time life will cease.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-23786446776494698182008-09-01T14:13:00.000-07:002008-09-01T14:43:39.057-07:00Inhuman Environment<a href="http://images.nycsubway.org/articles/sa-jul1918-3.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.nycsubway.org/articles/sa-jul1918-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcclendon/Bogalusa/Bogalusa%20Story/images/paper%20machines%20-%20page%20170-100-sm.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcclendon/Bogalusa/Bogalusa%20Story/images/paper%20machines%20-%20page%20170-100-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Humans by their very nature develope a method to accomplish a targeted objective. The manner of the method developed to achieve is called a technique. When a tool is invented to help the technique, then it is called a device.<br /><br />The majority of devices that humans use within modern societies are machines.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-17404252086416991342008-08-31T01:21:00.000-07:002008-08-31T01:27:27.711-07:00Transhumanism's Ultimate EndThe ultimate end for transhumanism outside a centralized ultimate controls system would be the desolving of a distinctly human identity to where intellegent minds can alter themselves through continual choosing until some barrier abstructs the alteration action. Choice becomes random in any direction with no one to dictate the end objective.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-70674557730482072702008-08-31T00:59:00.000-07:002008-08-31T01:00:09.661-07:00TechnicismTechnicism is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-2678823991364353342008-08-30T01:46:00.000-07:002008-08-30T02:06:20.040-07:00NewsVaccine: is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/maxygen-receives-34-million-government/story.aspx?guid=%7B66A5D002-3526-4BFD-A56B-ABB34250F457%7D&dist=hppr">3.4 million grant from the United States Department of Defense1 to develop technology to advance vaccine research and development</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco_Group_plc">Serco Group PLC</a> of Britain on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy SI International Inc., a U.S. federal contractor<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sikorskys-uh-60m-upgrade-black-hawk/story.aspx?guid=%7B04625DA7-13F5-4B56-9D46-7B45D1E03325%7D&dist=hppr">UH-60M Upgrade</a> will reduce pilot workload, increase lift, offer better protection and enhance survivability," said Pino. "The next generation of BLACK HAWK helicopters is ideally suited for its mission and will provide a safer, more responsive, deployable, versatile and effective weapon system for the Army.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/08/25/daily45.html">Simulation Training Technology</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1537726/military_technology_makes_almost_anything_waterproof/">Almost Anything Waterproof</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=332951">Science and Civilisation in China: all great geniuses are slightly mad or that all great passion is chaotic.</a>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-44280885862108151222008-08-30T00:57:00.000-07:002008-08-30T01:14:27.245-07:00Brief StatementA lot of transhumanism is essentially a belief system that could be called a "Heaven Now" organization.<br /><br />I personally am a lover of technology, and love seeing the advances of it - and know the dangers of it as well - it seems that we maybe arriving where Technology can provide the liberation from death. Once this becomes the real fundamental premise for pursuing technology, it does cross over into being a religion in that it becomes a savior model. Science fiction sometimes helps the advancement of mankind, but some elements remain simply fiction. Transhumanist are serious about making their fictional concepts a reality, and I am in agreement with some of their objectives. However, I really think that if technology advances to the levels that they want to see, that they will find themselves under an ultimate control force that is not democratic, but more totalitarian than any system of control that has emerged on earth. If this projection is the real trajectory of a lot of these ideas, then salvation from death, or salvation from an ultimate controlling force would have to come from something beyond the material world.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-58559473712557190772008-08-28T22:33:00.000-07:002008-08-28T22:35:12.638-07:00Milestone reached in search for deafness cure<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn14614-milestone-reached-in-search-for-deafness-cure.html?feedId=online-news_rss20">"We're really far away from a cure for deafness," says Brigande, who began losing his own hearing aged 10 and now hears nothing out of his left ear and only poorly out of his right.</a>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-86424575194438368892008-08-27T01:58:00.000-07:002008-08-27T07:49:47.506-07:00Rapture: How Biotech Became The New Religion<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rapture-How-Biotech-Became-Religion/dp/0738207616/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product">Rapture: How Biotech Became The New Religion </a><br /><br />DEFINING TERMS:<br /><br />Rapture: Comes from the latin word <em>raptus</em>, meaning to be seized. The "Rapture" is generally a Christian concept of being taken to heaven upon a second return of Jesus Christ to Earth.<br /><br />Biotech: Short for biotechnology, is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.<br /><br />Religion: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-45641473757703522682008-08-25T10:20:00.000-07:002008-08-28T21:29:02.105-07:00Christianity and Advanced Technologies<a href="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2008/02/christianity-and-advanced-technologies/">Here we go with another Christianity-related post. This one solicits Christian responses to issues brought up by technological advancement. Atheists, I know you might think there’s no point in asking these questions, and if so, there’s really no point in you commenting in this thread. Let me ask my questions without dismissive or bitter comments. </a><br /><br />Disclaimer: Nothing in this post is meant to be pro-Christian or anti-Christian. I am just asking hypothetical questions. The views expressed in this post, if any, are not necessarily the position of any organization or individual associated with the author.<br /><br />Questions:<br /><br />1) If man was created in God’s image, would it be blasphemous for people to radically alter their body and brain as it becomes technologically possible, through genetic engineering or nanotechnology? (See “What I want to be when I grow up, is a cloud” by J. Storrs Hall.)<br /><br /><strong>[I could postulate another scenario: If adultery is wrong, then would it be right for society to enact a law so that each individual would be engineered for sexual attraction and desire for their life-mate? The answer to Michael's question is, it depends on the direction of the alteration of their body and brain. Meaning, engineered in order to achieve what objective?]</strong><br /><br />2) Would it be a sin to extend someone’s lifespan indefinitely using anti-aging therapies, because that would forever prevent them from getting into Heaven? Or would indefinite life extension merely be God’s will, because if he wanted us to die anyway, he could easily make it happen at any time?<br /><br /><strong>[While science (or science fiction) seems to point to eternal life through scientific means (life extension technologies); Christian canonized writings (the Bible) state that humans will annihilate themselves if Christ does not return. The Christian premise is that humans are innately bent towards destruction by their very nature. Eternal life extension is God's desire for humans, but Christ is the means through which that can be accomplished.]</strong><br /><br />3) Say that a brain chip is invented that makes its user more morally sophisticated and theologically insightful. Would this contradict the notion that good comes from God, and show that the “soul” is actually rooted in the biochemistry of the brain? Or would this signify the brain implant is somehow better tapping into the power of God? How would we tell the difference?<br /><br /><strong>[If one reads through some Church theologians’ writings, some of them point out that people have a disposition to commit certain moral sins (e.g. overtly drinking, envy, out of control anger). I'm guessing that some people that were a Christian that had a lobotomy had certain personality traits alter with the procedure - your jack'en with the brain. A person that might have been prone to having an out-of-control temper might become mellow in all aspects of their behavior. My point, you alter one trait, another trait shows up. However the first "sin" recorded in the Bible came from a person's desire to replace God. The desire (even without an act) is a sin. Christianity doesn't really have an exact concept where the separation from the immaterial-self, and the material-self begin and end. There tends to be a reciprocal interaction that is not scientifically explained in known religious writings. Michael, your thinking on “good” and Christianity seem to not match up. In general all people can be “good,” but in Christian theological terms none truly good.]</strong><br /><br />4) Say that humans develop a technology to bring someone “back to life” a few hours after brain activity ceases. Could this be used to research possible visions of Heaven, such as those in “light at the end of the tunnel” and other near-death experience accounts? How would we distinguish between genuine visions of Heaven and hallucinations caused by neurological trauma?<br /><br /><strong>[To my knowledge – as far as I can stretch my brain - there would be no verifiable test between hallucinations and brain trauma. A wise suggestion on this point would be to discuss the issue once we cross that bridge.]</strong><br /><br />5) Recently it was reported that the Vatican was encouraging local churches to hire more clergy adept at performing exorcisms. When a high-level Vatican official was interviewed on the topic by CNN and asked how he knew the difference between a possessed subject and one suffering from psychological problems. The priest responded, “you can see it in their eyes”. If this is true, could we determine this by taking pictures of different types of eyes and discovering distinguishing characteristics associated with possession?<br /><br /><strong>[If I was a demon, and I didn’t want the general population to remain ignorant of the demonic netherworld, then would I be able to manifest inside a person at my choosing as to keep from revealing to the general population that I, or demons exist?]</strong>xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077204672114618517.post-37177261644613548282008-08-24T13:16:00.000-07:002008-08-24T13:21:13.916-07:00Out of Touch with Biological RealityNearly every female Olympic record in speed, strength, and endurance events falls between the records set by the best American 14- and 15-year-old boys. <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODlmNmJhM2JhMGZmOWQxOTMzMGE1YWFmMzkzZDNlODM=">link</a><br /><br />Social destorted POV. We will have to see how h+ movements display their POV according to fact, or agenda.<br /><br />To admit this one fact is culturally taboo.xtransochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13220747910069205175noreply@blogger.com0