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February 11, 2020

The following is an excerpt from Power of the Creed by Mark Nauroth. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Foreword: Are We One Body, or Aren’t We? “What...

Tales of the Turing Church, second edition: Published!

February 08, 2020

The Green Good News | T. Wilson Dickinson

February 06, 2020

The following is an excerpt from The Green Good News by T. Wilson Dickinson. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Jesus Christ, Radical Environmentalist...

Defining Public Theology for a New Decade (Part II – Moving Outward)

February 04, 2020

In the previous blog, I described the move inward exploring the first part of the following statement: Public theology is prayerful reflection flowing out of love of God for the world as a way to instill hope and longing for the good planet. The “...

Mark of the beast Revealed- Like The Matrix

February 02, 2020

mark of the beast revealed! Whats up guys it’s markRussell with thesingularity.com. I’m not shot a video forever and it’s SuperBowl Sunday 2020 and this is just been something processing I don’t even know why like I’m choosing to even throw this ...

Mark of the beast Revealed

February 02, 2020

The post Mark of the beast Revealed appeared first on The Singularity.

Running for Our Lives | Robb Ryerse

January 30, 2020

The following is an excerpt from Running for Our Lives by Robb Ryerse. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. The experiment of Congress Camp called into ...

Defining Public Theology for a New Decade (Part I: Moving Inward)

January 29, 2020

In the previous two blogs, I cleared the way for defining theology by first explaining what is not and then emphasizing the importance of location. These entries serve as a necessary preamble to the definition provided at the end of the second. In...

What’s a Christian to do with Bigfoot?

by Tony Breeden

January 26, 2020

My next big book project is called Gray Barker’s Book of Monsters. It surveys the host of monsters, aliens and boogeymen West Virginia ufologist Gray Barker wrote about over the years. It turns out that he was fascinated with Bigfoot and the Abomi...

The Expanse is great science fiction on the cosmic frontier

January 25, 2020

What is Theology? (Part II: Location Matters)

January 24, 2020

In my previous blog, I started on this path to define theology by first outlining what is not. In short, while associated with ministry, biblical studies and doctrine, theology cannot be confined to any of these. You would think I would be ready t...

What is Theology? (Hint: it is NOT what you think)

January 21, 2020

In my seminary years, I was often amused by people’s reactions when I told them I was studying theology. Some looked confused, others elated, some indifferent while others awkwardly tried to change the subject. The standard assumption was that I w...

Dancing with Death

January 16, 2020

I touched Death on the shoulder. He turned. He looked just the same as I remembered him—dark hair, dark eyes, full lips, square jaw, attractive by design. He smelled like a forest just before it rains. He recognized me instantly and said unemotion...

Tales of the Turing Church, second edition: Public draft

January 16, 2020

Honest to Goodness | Martin Prozesky

January 16, 2020

The following is an excerpt from Honest to Goodness by Martin Prozesky. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Overview of a Goodness-based Faith The most...

Join the Turing Church Discord server

January 12, 2020

India Awakens presents: New book on physics and ancient Indian traditions

January 11, 2020

Qualifying for Exaltation

January 08, 2020

The Church released the new Young Women theme a couple months ago. It reads as follows: I am a beloved daughter of Heavenly Parents, with a divine nature and eternal destiny. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I strive to become like Him. I seek and ...

There’s a God in My Closet | Ben DeLong

January 07, 2020

The following is an excerpt from There’s a God in My Closet by Ben DeLong. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. I don’t do well with tense situations, p...

The Intimacy of Transhumanism

January 07, 2020

There’s a tendency to think that transhumanism is robotic, cold, impersonal, abstract, or distant, but the truth is that transforming ourselves with technology is a deeply intimate and immediate experience. When I say “technology,” I’m defining it...

Cheers to the Queers

January 01, 2020

To help people understand why “queer” is such a great word and why we should get comfortable using it, I’ve listed my top five reason below:First, “queer” is concise. There have been many letters used to identify various members of the LGBTQIA+ co...

Happy 2020, and welcome to the magic twenties

December 31, 2019

A Letter to Jesus on a Queer Christmas Night

December 25, 2019

Dear Jesus, This is the season we celebrate your entrance into the world. We read the Christmas story found in Luke, sing Christmas carols, and put a star on the Christmas tree. But is it enough? Have we really considered what it took to bring yo...

To wound the interior feminine in a man is to wound his whole feeling life and sense of worth.

by Jeremiah John

December 25, 2019

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Living in Silence

December 19, 2019

I’ve never shared this experience publicly before, but with the most recent changes to the Handbook, also called the Policy of Silence (PoS), I feel compelled to write once again. The recent changes that explicitly and implicitly suggest that quee...

Merry Christmas and happy 2020!

December 16, 2019

A virtual Turing Church on the Moon in VR

December 16, 2019

Freedom through Movement.

December 10, 2019

When I recently shared about my life-long struggle with anxiety, it hit a nerve with so many of you. And when I shared that a subtle, little-known movement modality called Feldenkrais has been one powerful tool I use to ‘drop in’...

Tech Timelines and Jesus Timelines

December 10, 2019

Ok… On the lighter side of tech, God, Jesus, and The Singularity..I realize I tend to ignore the timeline variable when looking at humanity merging with tech… This excerpt looks pretty similar to those conversations… The post Tech Timelines and J...

Cultural enablers and narratives for sustainable human expansion into space

December 09, 2019

Political Intelligence: Empowering Voters With Data

December 09, 2019

In this blog, I introduce political intelligence. The past 2016 presidential election demonstrated the power of data to influence election in unexpected ways. The Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed the growing trend of data-driven campaign strat...

Faith’s appropriation of Evolution’s “given enough time” argument

December 05, 2019

“Given enough time” has always been the argument for evolution. Scientist would simply say given enough time Evolution works. This morning I saw an article about how we are recreating the functionality of our neurons within silicon chips. Upon rea...

A Messy and Beautiful Thanksgiving.

November 28, 2019

I’m having complicated feelings this Thanksgiving. While there may have indeed been pockets of genuine hospitality and mutual material and cultural exchange between early ‘pilgrims’ and indigenous inhabitants of this land, our su...

Daring to Think Again | David Brisbin

November 26, 2019

The following is an excerpt from Daring to Think Again by David Brisbin. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Freefall Trust Before you jump, you can kn...

Beam Me (my mindclone) Up to L5! Terasem Colloquium

November 25, 2019

Bergson and Einstein are still debating the nature of time and change

November 22, 2019

Getting to L5 in Our Lifetimes: Join the Terasem Twitter Colloquium

November 21, 2019

The brain is the final frontier of our privacy, and AI is about to breach it

November 20, 2019

Lucas Bento & Thiago BentoJust wrote an awesome article about BCI’s and how they will affect us all in the future. https://qz.com/1750852/what-ai-chips-do-to-peoples-brains/?utm_source=google-news The post The brain is the final frontier of o...

Beware of Hypocrisy | Robert Waligurski

November 19, 2019

The following is an excerpt from Beware of Hypocrisy by Robert Waligurski. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Churches and Money What Jesus Says about...

Brain Computer Interface BCI, Prophecy, and Gods plan

November 18, 2019

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Brain Computer Interface BCI, Prophecy, and Gods plan

November 18, 2019

Haven’t done a video blog post for a while. Sorry, I kind of run on forever. But regardless it’s some thoughts on brain computer interface and what that means for prophecy. Is God using it? Can God use brain-computer interfaces? I believe YES!!! ...

Finally the church is starting to talk about AI

November 17, 2019

Finally the church is starting to talk about AI. In 2012 I saw the movie Transcendent Man and was blown away. For the first time I saw a way that science and religion could co-exist. I was super excited and have spent the last seven or eight ye...

Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast

November 15, 2019

This is an absolutely awesome interview with Elon Musk. I have an awful lot of respect for this guy. Super smart, super forward thinker. I really appreciate the level of thinking. The post Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Do...

AI Impact on Jobs: How can Workers Prepare?

November 14, 2019

In a previous blog, I explored the main findings from a recent MIT paper on AI’s impact on work. In this blog, I want to offer practical advice for workers worried about their jobs future. There is a lot automation anxiety surrounding the topic wh...

Unbusy | Andy Dragt

November 14, 2019

The following is an excerpt from Unbusy by Andy Dragt. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. To me, it seems obvious to think of time as a flow system. T...

What the Bleep, revisited

November 13, 2019

Talk to Transformer

November 12, 2019

It’s so easy to believe that the further we go, the worse things will get. It’s more difficult to believe that the further we go the better things will get. But if we believe in God, if we believe that God doesn’t create trash, but creates Preciou...

Grief 2 Growth | Brian D. Smith

November 12, 2019

The following is an excerpt from Grief 2 Growth by Brian D. Smith. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. Grief is a universal human emotion. If you live ...

The future of Fortnite, artificial intelligence, and Bots.