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February 14, 2019
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February 14, 2019
Heavenly Mother: The Mother of all Women
February 14, 2019
Heavenly Mother is a cherished doctrine among many Latter-day Saints. Her unique esthetic of feminine deity offers Latter-day Saint women a trajectory for godhood—the ultimate goal of Mormon theology. Though Heavenly Mother offers a uniquely femin...
A Theology of Hope in a Technological Age – Introduction
by Elias Kruger
February 12, 2019
This blogs starts a series on re-visiting a theology of hope in a technological age. For full transparency, I write this as my reflection on the topic progresses. I do this on purpose, in the hope that this reflection is not limited to an isolated...
AI Ethics: Evaluating Google’s Social Impact
by Elias Kruger
February 07, 2019
I have noticed a shift in the corporate America recently. Moving away from the unapologetic defense of profit making of the late 20th century, corporations are now asking deeper questions on the purpose of their enterprises. Consider how businesse...
Transcript of my talk on Physics and the Indian Spiritual Tradition, RMIC Kolkata
February 07, 2019
I'm Still Insane, Blake Ostler Confirms, for Believing in the Simulation Hypothesis
February 05, 2019
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Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac: How Travelers Re-visits the Biblical Story Through AI Theology
by Elias Kruger
January 29, 2019
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, ...
Rewrite, by Gregory Benford: Your afterlives in other Everett worlds
January 28, 2019
Immortality or Bust: On the road to the future with Zoltan Istvan
January 24, 2019
AI Revelation: From Natural to Artificial Theology
by Elias Kruger
January 23, 2019
Systematic theology organizes theological ideas into topics. The original intent was to construct a system that could explain the many facets of the Christian faith to its adherents. If Scripture described the experience of God through history, ...
A Transhumanist God
January 22, 2019
This is not an academic paper about religious Transhumanism. I find myself less interested in discussing religious transhumanism and more interested in doing religious transhumanism. Consider this a sermon written by a religious Transhumanist divi...
Future Facing Faith: From Overwhelm to Insight
by Mike Morrell
January 22, 2019
Life is hard. If I want to relate to life’s spiritual dimension in a way that embraces—rather than evades—life, generative spirituality unfolds for me along three axes: Generative spirituality is rooted in the past. Those who hav...
God the struggling Artist: The theology of Norman Mailer
January 22, 2019
Tales of the Turing Church: Reactions and Reviews
January 21, 2019
Bisexual Fluidity
January 20, 2019
Dear Bisexuals,Some of you have expressed your concerns to me about possibly being “gay” and not “bi.” The idea of bisexuality being a stop on the way to “gay-town” has been a common way for monosexuals to delegitimize the experiences of bisexuals...
Are Christians Safe From Alien Abductions?
by Tony Breeden
January 16, 2019
Some folks suppose that the UFO phenomenon is demonic* in nature, especially in light of so-called alien abductions. As a result of this belief, some have wondered how a Christian can be have an “alien abduction” at all if these experiences are th...
Re-Thinking Worship: Seeing Liturgy as Technology
by Elias Kruger
January 14, 2019
Can the technical and the religious intersect? In this blog I want to explore what happens when we look at liturgy (the order of Christian rituals) as technology. What kind of new insights can this perspective provide? A Personal Struggle For a fe...
God’s Reckless [Emergent] Love
by Ryan Hauck
January 09, 2019
As a first installment to the Emergent Christian Lexicon blog series, I was guided to take inspiration from one of my favorite worship songs, Reckless Love, and take a look at some of the lyrics which I feel can be understood from varying points o...
Feast of the Epiphany: What Will You Manifest?
by Mike Morrell
January 06, 2019
If you found yourself over-extended in a holiday rush this year (as I did), skipping right over the usual New Years’ ‘resolutions,’ consider this your invitation to a sacred pause. Dreams, signs in the heavens, intuitive gifts an...
Don't Forget Us
January 06, 2019
Dear Mormon feminists,I’m glad to see so many women happy about the latest changes to the temple endowment. I’m genuinely moved by how things have improved for cisgender, heterosexual, monogamous women. I mean that sincerely. You deserve to celebr...
The Emergent Christian Lexicon
by Ryan Hauck
January 04, 2019
Over the last couple of years, I have grown to appreciate and even adore Christian Worship music. It was not a genre of music I have ever liked, even when my comfort level of Christianity began to increase. I experienced the language of mainstream...
A New Year and the Epiphany
by Ryan Hauck
January 03, 2019
Love and Blessings! So we have entered a new solar year. And I pray it was a journey that was abundant and prosperous for all those who read this. I can say that the year 2018 brought with it some amazing blessings, necessary challenges, and life ...
Superhuman: The Superman and Superhumanity
January 03, 2019
*Below is a copy of my final research paper for 19th Century European Philosophy. Citations are from the 1961 R.H. Hollingdale translation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra.In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche describes the Superman, or Overman,...
Tales of the Turing Church: First reactions
January 03, 2019
Patheos – James McGrath’s ReligionProf Podcast with Christopher Benek
December 26, 2018
Butler University Religion Professor James McGrath interviews The Rev. Dr. Christopher Benek for an extended Christmas Special version of his ReligionProf Podcast on Patheos. Hear... The post Patheos – James McGrath’s ReligionProf Podcast with Ch...
The Grace of the Present Moment: Talking to Alexander John Shaia
by Mike Morrell
December 25, 2018
I hope you’ve been having a restful and reflective season. And, I realize that, for many of us, this has been a difficult season – whether simply feeling the weight of national and global tensions and tragedies, or the pain often...
Meditation on the Rebirth of Christ
December 24, 2018
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Personal God, Loving Evolution: My Conversation with Ilia Delio
by Mike Morrell
December 20, 2018
As part of our prelude to the Cosmic Campfire Gathering this February 1-2 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (co-hosted with Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity and ‘Science’ Mike McHargue of The Liturgists), I got to sit down wi...
Merry Christmas and happy 2019!
December 20, 2018
Three Poems
December 20, 2018
The Mormon Feminist community has been writing poetry and blessings for our dear Gina Colvin as she faces possible excommunication. Below are three poems I wrote for her. Though these poems were written for Gina, these are also for every Mormon wo...
My Crime
December 19, 2018
He called me to his office. His brow was heavy with concern as he placed clasped hands on an oversized oak desk. Question after question, he searched for what went wrong. How could such a faithful sister from ward council become so misguided? I co...
My book ‘Tales of the Turing Church’ is published
December 19, 2018
Love Lingers: A Transhumanist Love Poem
December 18, 2018
There’s a love deep within my chestI wanted nothing more than to express,but the moment passed.Like castles in the sand,the fantasy washed away with the tide. Yet, love lingers just out of reach—haunting me.You cannot claim naïve innocenceto your ...
The INTRAfaith Conversation | Susan Strouse
by Mike Morrell
December 18, 2018
The following is an excerpt from The INTRAfaith Conversation by Susan Strouse. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. What is an intrafaith conversation a...
AI for Scholarship: How Machine Learning can Transform the Humanities
by Elias Kruger
December 14, 2018
In a previous blog, I explored how AI will speed up scientific research. In this blog, I will examine the overlooked potential that AI has to transform the Humanities. This connection may not be clear at first since most of these fields do not i...
The Christian Post – John Crist pokes fun at virtual reality churches in hilarious new video
December 11, 2018
Michael Gryboski of The Christian Post quotes The Rev. Dr. Christopher Benek as a comedy sketch by comedian John Crist raises theological questions about the... The post The Christian Post – John Crist pokes fun at virtual reality churches in hil...
The Seventh Story | Gareth Higgins and Brian McLaren
by Mike Morrell
December 10, 2018
The following is an excerpt from The Seventh Story, a brand-new release from Gareth Higgins and Brian McLaren about the six stories that divide us and the Seventh Story that unites. It’s paired with a unique, beautifully-illustra...
Atonement and the New Perspective | Stephen Burnhope
by Mike Morrell
December 06, 2018
The following is an excerpt from Atonement and the New Perspective by Stephen Burnhope. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Salvation through the atoni...
That Time the Demonic Hypothesis of UFO Stopped Science
by Tony Breeden
December 05, 2018
Last year, former Nevada Senator Harry Reid gave George Knapp an exclusive interview regarding a secret US government study of UFOs from 2007 to 2012. “One aim of the study was to find out the origin of the craft. Intelligence officials ruled out ...
Miracles vs Magic
December 04, 2018
In 1600, during Giordano Bruno’s heresy trial, the inquisitors asked a question: Did he believe Jesus’ miracles were performed by magic? It’s hard for us to understand the significance of this question. In our post-Enlightenment world, this seems...
All Creation Radiant: My Conversation with Matthew Fox
by Mike Morrell
December 02, 2018
As part of our ongoing Cosmic Campfire Book Club with Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity and ‘Science’ Mike McHargue of The Liturgists, I got to sit down with one of my all-time heroes, Matthew Fox: In our conversation, Matt...
You Have a Future
December 01, 2018
*Below is a copy of a workshop I led at Encircle’s Ignite LGBTQ+ Youth Summit. Feel free to use, change, adapt, or copy for any queer youth projects/presentations.One of the things I love most about the queer community is that we are writing our o...
Capturing Love
November 30, 2018
I got my first Digital SLR camera 10 years ago, just a few months after our first child was born. I didn’t know such happiness existed until I became a mother. The reality of impermanence became strikingly evident as I watched my child change befo...
Is It Okay To Be a Mormon?
November 29, 2018
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Technological Valley Of Dry Bones
by Mark Russell
November 29, 2018
The post Technological Valley Of Dry Bones appeared first on The Singularity.
The Turing oracle: Creative randomness from the beyond
November 27, 2018
Light
November 21, 2018
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Fight Oppression, Not Oranges
November 20, 2018
Of all the controversial topics I write about, the topic I get the most resistance to is not queer issues, but plural marriage. Generally, Mormon feminists don’t like plural marriage. That might be a bit of an understatement. There have been blog ...
UFO International Project’s Plagiarized Claim That Aliens Invented Religion
by Tony Breeden
November 20, 2018
The anonymous authors of UFO International Project (who nonetheless are advocates of Disclosure, just not for themselves, obviously) claim in a November 19, 2015 article that “Aliens Are Coming Back To Retrieve ‘Their’ Religion.” In fact, they cla...