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A Big Bang in a Little Room, by Zeeya Merali: Frontier physics and religion
August 13, 2018
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August 11, 2018
LGBTQ+ Mormon Inclusion Contact List
August 09, 2018
The idea of “allyship” has been weighing on my mind lately.Several months ago, I posted an article about “15 Ways To Be More Inclusive.” In it I gave 15 suggestions on how every-day, active LDS Mormons can be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ folks. I’m pl...
God as Living Liminality: A Queer Nonbinary Theology - Episode 34
https://www.buzzsprout.com/67135/769600-god-as-living-liminality-a-queer-nonbinary-theology-episode-34.mp3August 06, 2018
Adriaan Dippenaar, director of the Seattle Nonbinary Coalition joins in to discuss how queer identity, queer tension, and queer magic helps them imagine God. God is absurd, and that's okay! The divine does not fit into any clear, clean label. This...
The Sacred Grove Is a Maze
August 05, 2018
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Healing
August 03, 2018
I’m restless with feelings I can’t keep—with dreams that won’t let me sleep.I need your kind of healing.Come and save me from all I’m feeling.My mind won’t stop reelin’.It makes me feel like screamin’.Clear this menace from my head,in the safety o...
Tech Community Centers: The Cure for Automation Anxiety
by Elias Kruger
July 31, 2018
Automation anxiety is real. In a recent Pew survey, 72 percent of Americans worry about the impact of automation on their jobs. Besides, automation is slowly becoming part of our lives: self-service cashiers in grocery stores, smart phone enabled ...
Prisoner of bad philosophy: Carl Sagan couldn’t allow himself to hope
July 27, 2018
The Secret, staring at you: Valentin Turchin
July 24, 2018
Climate Change, Aliens and Starting Points
by Tony Breeden
July 22, 2018
In a post called, “Climate Change Killed the Aliens!“, Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis makes the following comments: “It seems extraterrestrial aliens make the news quite frequently (despite the fact that they don’t exist!). Every few weeks there’s ...
Physics needs a reality check: Review of ‘Lost in Math’ by Sabine Hossenfelder
July 19, 2018
The Fermi Paradox and SETI’s Dead Reckoning?
by Tony Breeden
July 12, 2018
A new study attempting to refine or update the Drake Equation, a simplistic formula for calculating the number of detectable intelligent civilizations in our galaxy, has concluded that if we pick up alien radio transmissions, “the transmissions ar...
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox? Guess Again
by Tony Breeden
July 12, 2018
A new study by Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler and Toby Ord at the Future of Humanity Institute (Oxford) suggests that we are probably alone in the observable universe. The study, entitled “Dissolving the Fermi Paradox,” was published on June 6 on A...
Mormon Transhumanism is the real original Mormonism of Joseph Smith
July 11, 2018
Time travel through extra dimensions in the bulk
July 06, 2018
Journey to Eternity
July 04, 2018
In Which Creation Ministries International Plays a Game of Demons and Dinosaurs
by Tony Breeden
June 27, 2018
The very same creationist organization who gave us a documentary on demons posing as extraterrestrials has decided that the idea of living dinosaurs might be too sensational! An article from Creation Ministries International, the organization behi...
Will we be able to say no when AI’s shares the Gospel?
by Mark Russell
June 27, 2018
Will we be able to say no when AI’s shares the Gospel? The post Will we be able to say no when AI’s shares the Gospel? appeared first on The Singularity.
Blessed are the Bucket-Poopers: Life at the End of Us vs Them | Marcus Rempel
by Mike Morrell
June 27, 2018
Mike’s note: The following guest-post by Marcus Rempel is excerpted by his eclectic collection of delightfully subversive essays, Life at the End of Us Vs. Them: Cross Culture Stories – a Speakeasy selection. If you review books ...
The Future of Service: How Google, Apple and Facebook are Using AI to Simplify Our Lives
by Elias Kruger
June 26, 2018
Companies want to have satisfied customers who will come back for more and recommend their brands to others, and AI can help them to achieve this goal. There are many ways in which people benefit from this, for instance getting a quick reply to th...
My Faith in God Using A.I.
by Mark Russell
June 26, 2018
Just some thoughts on My Faith in God Using A.I. The post My Faith in God Using A.I. appeared first on The Singularity.
Things I have (sort of) changed my mind on (2): Life and consciousness
June 26, 2018
Priesthood Ordination and Autonomy
June 26, 2018
Dear President Nelson,My son, William, recently turned eight. His baptism was scheduled for this week, but his baptism has been postponed indefinitely. Once again, it has become a matter of priesthood logistics that has put a strain on our family....
Watson Debate, A.I.’s step toward arguing for God
by Mark Russell
June 23, 2018
Thoughts on Watson Debate, A.I.’s step toward arguing for God The post Watson Debate, A.I.’s step toward arguing for God appeared first on The Singularity.
Occult Christianity? The Western Mystery Tradition and Esoteric Protestantism | Jason Louv
by Mike Morrell
June 22, 2018
Mike’s note: The following guest-post by Jason Louv is inspired by his ground-breaking historical tome, John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World. Here Jason looks at how Christia...
Join the Turing Church Telegram group
June 22, 2018
Consciousness or Collapse? | A New Republic of the Heart | Terry Patten
by Mike Morrell
June 18, 2018
Mike’s note: The following is inspired by Terry Patten’s gripping, visionary volume, A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries – A Guide to Inner Work for Holistic Change – still available in limited quantities to...
A Spirituality of Wildness | The Great Re-Imagining | Theodore Richards
by Mike Morrell
June 11, 2018
Mike’s note: The following is inspired by Theodore Richards‘ haunting, insightful tome, The Great Re-imagining Spirituality in an Age of Apocalypse – still available in limited quantities to qualified reviewers via Speakeasy! Amo...
Hamilton the Musical: What Hath God Wrought? | Kevin Cloud
by Mike Morrell
June 09, 2018
Mike’s note: The following is based on the introduction of Kevin Cloud’s insightful, multi-layered book, God and Hamilton – still available for a limited number of reviewers via Speakeasy! Our collective cultural ignorance about ...
The Future Needs Queerness
June 03, 2018
*Copy of speech given at the Annual Affirmation Donor Dinner.Last night I got a call from a friend who works in artificial intelligence development. His team was preparing to make a sizable financial commitment to a project they had been developin...
Ether, quantum, chaos: Building blocks for transcendence
June 01, 2018
From a Logical Point of View
June 01, 2018
*Transcript of an interview done for From a Logical Point of View by Tarik D. LaCour.Tarik D. LaCour: Normally for my Friday Traditio’s I share an interview or debate from a famous philosopher/scientist/ public intellectual, etc. But today I wante...
Dealing with Death
May 30, 2018
On Tuesday, April 24th, I was interviewed on BBC Radio about technology, the pursuit of immortality, and the meaning of death. In the middle of that night, we were awakened by a call from an out-of-state hospital, telling us that my father-in-law...
Who Will Win the AI Race? Part II: The European Way
by Elias Kruger
May 29, 2018
In a previous blog, I compared the approaches from China and the US as they compete in the global AI race. In short, China proposed a government-led approach while the US is leaning on a business-led approach. The European approach represents an a...
Religion News Service – The (holy) ghost in the machine: Catholic thinkers tackle the ethics of artificial intelligence
May 23, 2018
Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service covers how Catholic thinkers are now also beginning to consider the ethical issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence that Dr. Benek has previously raised. Read the full article HERE. The post Religion News...
More thoughts on (non)deterministic chaos, divine action and free will
May 23, 2018
Who Will Win The Global AI Race? Part I: China vs USA
by Elias Kruger
May 22, 2018
While the latest outrageous tweet by Kanye West fills up the news, a major development goes unnoticed: the global AI race for supremacy. Currently, many national governments are drafting plans for boosting AI research and development within their ...
Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
May 20, 2018
At the Royal Wedding yesterday, there was a brief moment when everyone in attendance, including the royal couple, sang together. What they were singing was Be Thou My Vision, one of the most beautiful hymns ever written. The hymn has origins deep ...
My Biases on Bryan Johnson's Plan to Save Humanity
May 17, 2018
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She Lives
May 15, 2018
Imagine what it would be like to hear as much about Heavenly Mother as we do Heavenly Father. Imagine if we spoke of Her as often as we do of Him. Imagine if we worshiped Her as vocally and immersively as we do Him. Imagine if the King Follett ser...
Wesley Smith Lies About Transhumanism
May 15, 2018
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Technology is Nature
May 12, 2018
Technology is an essential and natural part of human evolution. That may seem like a controversial statement so allow me to expand. Technology, broadly defined, is a tool or application of knowledge to serve a practical purpose. Some might recoil ...
The Tower of Babel
May 11, 2018
Perhaps no biblical story has captivated people’s imaginations like the Tower of Babel. In this story, a group of people get together to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven—from which they intend to launch an all-out war on God himself. God ...
Riddled with gaps: How the Old One plays at dice
May 11, 2018
Mormon Projections on Superintelligent Communities
May 09, 2018
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Travelers Theology: Wrestling With an AI God
by Elias Kruger
May 07, 2018
Last year I was browsing through new shows on Netlflix when I stumbled upon Travelers. The premise seemed interesting enough to to make me want to check it out. From the very first episode, I was hooked. Soon after, my wife watched the first episo...
The Words Of The Candle | Naim Frashëri
by Mike Morrell
May 07, 2018
Here among you have I risen, And aflame am I now blazing, Just a bit of light to give you, That I change your night to daytime I’ll combust and I will wither, Be consumed and be extinguished, Just to give you brightness, vision, ...
Peter Diamandis
by Mark Russell
May 07, 2018
A buddy of mine just forwarded me an email that he got as an update from Peter Diamandis. I’m sorry but this guy is absolutely awesome! Very gifted in detailing out where we are and where we are going. When you stop and look at the details, we hav...
BBC Radio: The future of faith, with yours truly
May 03, 2018
Things I have (sort of) changed my mind on (1): The supernatural
May 02, 2018