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Praise for It Keeps Me Seeking
October 18, 2019
AI Theology Goes to NY: Sandy e Junior and the Power of Music
by Elias Kruger
October 14, 2019
This blog started with a dare. My father-in-law, a faithful reader of the blog, challenged me to write a post about my recent trip to New York I took with my wife. We were there for one night to watch the one and only US concert of the Brazilian b...
Chi ha Paura della pseudoscienza (whatever that is)?
October 13, 2019
The Map Is Not the Journey | Richard Dahlstrom
by Mike Morrell
October 10, 2019
The following is an excerpt from The Map Is Not the Journey by Richard Dahlstrom. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. If success is a mountain, I’m an ...
Turing Church in The World Religions & Spirituality Project
October 08, 2019
From My Feed
October 08, 2019
Oh, Elder Oaks, I wish you could see the world from my feed.I see lovely lesbians, gay dads, queer kids, trans parents, bi teens, and drag queens. I see love that defies the boundaries of kingdoms. I see joyful tears at gay weddings. I see proud M...
AI Theology Goes to New Mexico: Of Petroglyphs and Atomic Bombs
by Elias Kruger
October 07, 2019
Six years ago, my dad and I set on a cross-country road trip from North Carolina to California. No, this was not a vacation but my way to move our stuff to Pasadena. We rented a Penske truck, towed one of our cars, had the dogs with us and drove a...
Empathy or Entropy? The Promise of Christian Transhumanism.
by Mike Morrell
October 06, 2019
In The Empathic Civilization, Jeremy Rifkin summarized the millennia-long human drive of innovation as a race between entropy and empathy. Which is winning? And can the wonders promised by the Transhumanist movement help, or hurt?
A Queer Prayer
October 05, 2019
Me: Heavenly Mother? Are you there?HM: Yes. I’m always here.Me: They say there’s no atheists in the foxhole, and once again I have found myself in a foxhole. I’m tired. So very tired. I don’t know what else to do, but something inside me tells me ...
Last Stop on the Z Train | Jason Storbakken
by Mike Morrell
October 03, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Last Stop on the Z Train by Jason Storbakken. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Marcos Meets the Millers The Miller ...
Mind Uploading and Scrapbooking
September 30, 2019
I have been quoted a few times as saying, “I’m not interested in having my mind uploaded to a computer.” I should clarify what I mean by this when mind uploading is an important transhumanist topic. First, to be clear, I do not argue portions of m...
Jesus Christ in the New God Argument
September 30, 2019
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Can we have free will & divine action AND many worlds?
September 27, 2019
A Field Guide to Relationships | Christopher T. Rogers
by Mike Morrell
September 26, 2019
The following is an excerpt from A Field Guide to Relationships by Christopher T. Rogers. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. TOOL #9: 1-2-3-4-HELP We ...
Queer Conversations
September 25, 2019
One of my FB pals reached out and asked me, “I see you and your marriage with your husband and think how great it must be to be that open about your ‘queer-ness’. My question is, how did you start that conversation? How would someone tell their sp...
The Old Testament Case for Nonviolence | Matthew Curtis Fleischer
by Mike Morrell
September 24, 2019
The following is an excerpt from The Old Testament Case for Nonviolence by Matthew Curtis Fleischer. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Nonviolence Wa...
Blog Update – New sections and content
by Ryan Hauck
https://ryanhauck1.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/20190727_192237_001.mp4September 23, 2019
Love and Blessings! I had the day off from work today, and the weather kept me inside (lots of grey and rain). So I decided to capitalize on the opportunity to do some writing for my blog and re-vamp some of the sections to add a dimension of prof...
Evolution of the New God Argument
September 20, 2019
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Celestial Genocide
September 20, 2019
Let me make this as clear as possible. Suggesting queer folks will be turned into cisgender, heterosexuals in the next life is the equivalent of the celestial genocide of queer folks.Imagine if celestial glory were controlled by queer folks and we...
Prince Of The Air
by Mark Russell
September 19, 2019
Ephians 2:2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. If Elon Musk is right, and one day we will connect our brains to...
The Mystery of Suffering and the Meaning of God | Anson Hugh Laytner
by Mike Morrell
September 19, 2019
The following is an excerpt from The Mystery of Suffering and the Meaning of God by Anson Hugh Laytner. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Each of us ...
Cielo: Learning to Look up to the Sky Again
by Elias Kruger
September 19, 2019
Sitting on a long flight from Atlanta to San Francisco and after exhausting my reading options, I browsed the screen for a movie. This was a 4.5 hours flight and the range of choices was wide. Eventually I settled on a 80 minute documentary Cielo ...
Scrutinizing Compassion in the New God Argument (Version 3.4)
September 17, 2019
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The Call of the Mourning Dove | Stephanie Rutt
by Mike Morrell
September 17, 2019
The following is an excerpt from The Call of the Mourning Dove by Stephanie Rutt. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Excerpt from the Preface I always...
And it was Good
by Ryan Hauck
September 17, 2019
Romans 8:2828 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. Genesis 1:3131 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Over the last few weeks there has been ...
(A.I) 2020 Rise of the Machines | Artificial “Super” Intelligence Documentary
by Mark Russell
September 15, 2019
The post (A.I) 2020 Rise of the Machines | Artificial “Super” Intelligence Documentary appeared first on The Singularity.
I for one welcome our new A.I. Overlord
by Mark Russell
September 13, 2019
I was driving down the road listening to the bible and heard Ephesians 5-6 earlier today. I’ve always interpreted that verse in terms of slavery such as the Egyptians enslaving Israel, or early american slavery. But earlier today I saw this verse...
The Choice is Ours
September 12, 2019
Me: Hi, I’m a queer Mormon.Them: That’s fine. You can call yourself whatever you want, but you can’t come to heaven unless you act straight. Me: Wait, I can be queer, but I can’t act queer?Them: That’s correct.Me: Got it. But when I get to heaven,...
Embracing Mystery
by Ryan Hauck
September 11, 2019
“The great beauty of life is its mystery, the inability to know what course our life will take, and diligently work to transmute into our final form based upon a lifetime of constant discovery and enterprising effort. Accepting the unknown and unk...
A Skeptic’s Guide to Belief | Ken Crispin
by Mike Morrell
September 10, 2019
The following is an excerpt from A Skeptic’s Guide to Belief by Ken Crispin. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. “Not all who cling to unquestioned bel...
Reborn Again | Christopher VanHall
by Mike Morrell
September 05, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Reborn Again by Christopher VanHall. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Idols Traditional liturgical components do no...
Hopeful
September 05, 2019
Dear Preston,This morning we hiked out to Sunrise Point at Bryce Canyon to watched the sun find its way over the mountains. It’s hard to explain what I’m feeling in this moment, but it feels too important not to write it down.I saw you today. I sa...
Scientifically plausible pictures of God
September 03, 2019
The Mind in the quantum vacuum: A picture of God
August 28, 2019
Perfect and Forgiven | Zach Maldonado
by Mike Morrell
August 26, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Perfect and Forgiven by Zach Maldonado. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. I’ve been hurt deeply. I’ve experienced th...
Transhumanism and Elitism
August 22, 2019
Sometimes transhumanism receives criticisms for being an elitist movement. These criticisms are usually tangled up with issues of sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, racism, and classism—among other human rights goals. Posthumanist philosophers criti...
What I do when I’m feeling overwhelmed. (Hint: It’s less.)
by Mike Morrell
August 20, 2019
“Try doing less, Mike.” I’m on the floor yet again. These four words are a frequent refrain I hear in Lavinia’s Awareness Through Movement® Feldenkrais class. Usually followed by something like “What would it be like to be easier...
Embracing Metanoia
by Ryan Hauck
August 19, 2019
Metanoia is a Greek word that translates to “Change of Mind”, used many times in the New Testament. Thought to translate as “repentance”, though not as a practice fueled by guilt or shame, but literally to “change our direction”. As many of you wh...
Goldilocks is Dead?
by Tony Breeden
August 18, 2019
Recently, I read an article by Troy Lacey, a Correspondence Representative for Answers in Genesis, which declares “…the search for planets capable of being amenable to life are nonexistent. But even if a planet where all of the factors being favor...
AI Evolution: How Wakanda’s Golden City Inspires Innovation
by Elias Kruger
August 12, 2019
Have you ever imagined a place where technology and nature work in harmony for the flourishing of life? Somebody did. In a blog last year, I explored how the Black Panther represented a Decolonial African futurist vision. Today, inspired on a rece...
Got Science? Then Be Religious About Edification and Reconciliation
August 12, 2019
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August 12, 2019
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There’s probably God. Now be happier and do something good
August 12, 2019
The Mind: Consciousness and free will in the bedrock of reality (3)
August 10, 2019
A Queer Mormon Transhumanist
August 04, 2019
Hello, I’m Blaire, introductions are in order. First of all, I’m no one’s son. I’m someone’s a daughter.You remember me. I’m that girl. They excommunicated my father. They took a patriarch from my mother and her three daughters. I was fourteen. It...
Heaven is a Place on Earth
August 03, 2019
* Presented at the Sunstone Summer Symposium on August 3, 2019.Mormon transhumanism needs a catch phrase. Something that grabs your attention and gets stuck in your head like a catchy song. There are some good ones among Mormon Transhumanists such...
AI Theology goes to the Space Center in Huntsville, AL
by Elias Kruger
August 01, 2019
Over a week ago, we celebrated 50 years since humanity first stepped in the moon. To celebrate this monumental achievement of the moon landing and also to spark interest in the sciences in my children, we took a road trip with some friends to Alab...
Coming In | Urs Mattmann
by Mike Morrell
August 01, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Coming In by Urs Mattmann. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Introduction In its original edition, Coming In was the...
Relational Reality | L.E. Bailey Boydston
by Mike Morrell
July 31, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Relational Reality by L.E. Bailey Boydston. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. We are the very reflection of the Crea...
Expectations
July 19, 2019
I don’t expect my church to be true,I expect my church to be honest.I don’t expect my church to be spotless,I expect my church to atone.I don’t expect my church to be correct,I expect my church to be kind.I don’t expect my church to be elite,I exp...
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- Micah Redding
- Mark Russell
- Christopher Benek
- Lincoln Cannon
- Jeremiah John
- Pastor James K Waiya
- fubara ilode baribote
- Cali Paul
- Blaire Ostler
- Mike Morrell
- Rev. Omar Reyes
- Josiah Redding
- Kristan Harris
- Jay Gary
- Elias Kruger
- Giulio Prisco
- Tony Breeden
- Samuel McConnell
- Ryan Hauck
- Mark Schneider
- Nicholas Smith
- Natu Myers
- Sara Taylor
- Famous Hindi
- Annie Joseph
- Deam jones