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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...
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...
Talking with Mona Haydar about God, the Universe, and Everything: The Wild Goose Festival
by Mike Morrell
July 17, 2019
Whew! I’m just returning from four days of fun in the sun (and rain) at the spirituality, justice, and arts oriented Wild Goose Festival in beautiful (but humid, this year) Hot Springs, North Carolina. This was my tenth time part...
Apollo 11, 50 years ago
July 16, 2019
AI Theology Goes to Brazil Part 4 – Postmodernity and AI
by Elias Kruger
July 12, 2019
In part 3, I described my learning experience with holistic ministry in Brazil after meeting with local pastors in Caratinga. In this blog, closing the series on my Brazil trip, I describe in more detail the last talk I gave in the university. Unl...
A Riff of Love | Greg Jarrell
by Mike Morrell
July 10, 2019
The following is an excerpt from A Riff of Love by Greg Jarrell. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Prologue: Track 01 Right now I am doing exactly wh...
The simulation hypothesis is interesting BS: Ben Goertzel
July 10, 2019
AI Theology Goes to Brazil – Part 3: Holistic Mission and Technology
by Elias Kruger
July 05, 2019
In Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed my two first talks in Brazil. In this blog, I will describe my third talk to a group of local pastors. Expecting to give them some new ideas, I left the meeting with new avenues of reflection. Hoping to teach, I e...
Call and Response | Fran Pratt
by Mike Morrell
July 04, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Call and Response by Fran Pratt. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Litany for the Midwives From the Author:This lita...
The Mind: Consciousness and free will in the bedrock of reality (2)
July 04, 2019
Worship as Community Drama | Pierre Hegy
by Mike Morrell
July 03, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Worship as Community Drama by Pierre Hegy. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. A Sunday Mass at Notre Dame of Paris Ar...
Blasphemy: Reciting the Apostles Creed in First Person - Episode 36
https://www.buzzsprout.com/67135/1356058-blasphemy-reciting-the-apostles-creed-in-first-person-episode-36.mp3?blob_id=3514864July 01, 2019
If the Spirit of Christ dwells in are hearts, and if we are supposed to be Christlike. . . then the Apostle's Creed is about us.
AI Theology Goes to Brazil – Part 2: Pure Energy
by Elias Kruger
June 27, 2019
In the previous blog, I described my first talk in Caratinga where I addressed how to transmit our faith to our kids in a technological era. It was a good way to break into the series of talks that followed. The following day, I delivered a talk i...
Not My Jesus | Bob Fabey
by Mike Morrell
June 25, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Not My Jesus by Bob Fabey. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. A narrow perspective on who Christ is could lead us to ...
My Greatest Concern for Sophia v10.0
June 24, 2019
Can you tell me what you think? (First annual readers’ survey!)
by Mike Morrell
June 23, 2019
Hi friend, Thanks so much for reading this humble blog. With everything you else you doubtless receive and could be reading, I don’t take it for granted that you let me visit your screen. I’ve come to realize that the weeks in wh...
The Mind: Consciousness and free will in the bedrock of reality
June 19, 2019
Meta-survival; what comes after the low-hanging fruit
June 19, 2019
Our simultaneous desires for indefinite lifespans and thirst to explore the universe to its corners are meta-evolutionary forces.Continue reading on Turing Church »
AI Theology In Brazil – Part 1: A Personal Address
by Elias Kruger
June 17, 2019
How do I encapsulate 2 intense weeks in a short summary? How can I do so by providing enough detail to take the reader with me but also without making this a long drawn-out memoir? Hard task but one worth engaging in. In the previous blog, I gave ...
Thanks to our 300 followers!
June 17, 2019
Did Nature Create Human Beings to be the Earth’s Guardian Gods?
June 13, 2019
Can we Hack the Eurycosm in Favour of Human Flourishing?
June 12, 2019
Hacking the morphic field to ensure that organic life can continue to flourish in the universe indefinitely.Continue reading on Turing Church »
A Stab in the Dark at Extrapolating Morphic Resonance
June 08, 2019
God as an Experimental Proposition
June 07, 2019
Does God exist? According to British philosopher and logical positivist Alfred Jules Ayer, the question itself is nonsense because it lacks empirical verifiability. God defined as a mysterious, intelligible, immaterial, entity outside the scope of...
Discovering Our Inner Nobility | Matthew Fox
by Mike Morrell
June 05, 2019
Today we have a beautiful guest-reflection from Matthew Fox: The Hebrew Scriptures speak of royal personhood being a sign of the messianic times. For example, Psalm 2 sings: “You are my son, today I have begotten you.” Psalm 110...
Having faith in science
June 05, 2019
Working through some of my personal indecisiveness as well as some of the main ideological arguments against transhumanism.Continue reading on Turing Church »
A More Posthumanist Transhumanism
June 05, 2019
There are many things transhumanists could learn from critical posthumanism. While transhumanism often reinforces anthropocentric ideas of posthumanity, transhumanism need not be limited to an anthropocentric future. I argue transhumanists should ...
AI Theology Goes to Brazil: Initial Reflections on my trip
by Elias Kruger
June 04, 2019
The way there was long! It took more than 28 hours in all, one sleepless night on the plane, two connections and hundreds of curves on winding roads until I reached my parents’ home. All the effort was worth it! The sound of the waterfall, the coz...
The infrared memory of the universe hints at future Akashic physics
June 04, 2019
How Transhumanism Changed My Views on Teleology
June 03, 2019
I’ll speak at TransVision 2019, July 6–7 in London
May 31, 2019
An Open Letter to Ben Goertzel
May 29, 2019
Book review & interview: Transhumanism, by Roberto Manzocco
May 28, 2019
Love Wins: Family Home Evening
May 26, 2019
Purpose:To help children understand that they can follow the example of Jesus Christ and show love for others who are different from them, particularly LGBT people. Materials:Scriptures, colored paper, pencils, scissors, stapler or glue, computer ...
Why Non-Existence is Suffering, and Why We Shouldn’t Accept it as a Given
May 26, 2019
Immortality is a challenge and a goal post we will eventually cross with the aid of science.Continue reading on Turing Church »
Grace Revealed | Fred Sievert
by Mike Morrell
May 25, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Grace Revealed by Fred Sievert. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. My prayer is that every child would grow up in a l...
Sleep Paralysis is More Common Than You Think
by Tony Breeden
May 24, 2019
In a 2011 study entitled “Lifetime Prevalence Rates of Sleep Paralysis: A Systematic Review,” Brian A. Sharpless and Jacques P. Barber reviewed 35 studies that reported lifetime sleep paralysis rates and described both the assessment procedures an...
My MTA 2019 talk: How to bring Eduardo back to life
May 24, 2019
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- Mark Russell
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- Lincoln Cannon
- Jeremiah John
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- 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