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Can the Mormon transhumanist movement reconcile technological progress with religious prophecy?

By Jim on Wed, 04/20/16
Church & Ministry
Mormonism
Technology
Mormon Transhumanist Association ponders whether advanced technologies will raise humanity to the heights of power and immortality that Smith envisioned

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Bert Perry

NewWhoa.....

Wed, 04/20/16

Just when I thought Mormonism couldn’t get any weirder.

The interesting side is that this group—whether “orthodox” or “heterodox” in Mormon theology I can’t quite make out—is essentially making out what ordinary people would call a supernatural version of Heaven as a naturalistic progression of man. I have long pointed out that since Mormons believe (see article) that their “god” progressed from humanity to deity, Mormonism is actually kind of atheistic. It’s kinda like the old Greek mythology without an explanation of Uranus and Gaia, really.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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