Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

A jesuit priest and paleontologist who reconciled Christianity and evolution, and formulated a powerful vision of Christian Transhumanism. Through his influence on Julian Huxley, became a strong (often unacknowledged) influence on Secular Transhumanism.

Posited the Noosphere, which may have anticipated the internet.
Posited the Omega Point, which some have compared to the Singularity.

Read more by Micah Redding: https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100316/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nz7z7q/the-priest-who-believed-in-god-and-the-singularity-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin

Pope Benedict on Teilhard de Chardin

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Teilhard de Chardin coins "Omega Point" terminology uses "Transhuman" terminology WD Lighthall first recorded use of "transhumanism" references "Paul's transhumanism" and Dante's "transhuma…

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Christian History of Transhumanism

…outworking of Christian eschatology. Envisions a global network, and a future singularity. Teilhard strongly influences Julian Huxley. - Quotes on Omega Point - connections to Singularity - connections to Internet - References by Current Popes -…

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Julian Huxley

…anshumanism. Huxley wrote Religion without Revelation, detailing his aspiration to secularize religion. Huxley was friends with Teilhard de Chardin (Christian transhumanist thinker) and developed his ideas in correspondence with Teilhard de Chardin. Huxley wrote the forward…

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Omega Point

- a term coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for a future point of convergent unity, where life attains complete control of available matter & energy, and becomes one - later adapted by Fr…

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Julian Huxley

…ontologist who reconciled Christianity and evolution, and formulated a powerful vision of Christian Transhumanism. Through his influence on Julian Huxley, became a strong (often unacknowledged) influence on Secular…

Micah Redding

…may have anticipated the internet. Posited the Omega Point, which some have compared to the Singularity. Read more by Micah Redding: https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100316/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nz7z7q/the-priest-who-believed-in-god-and-the-singularity-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin P…

Omega Point

…nacknowledged) influence on Secular Transhumanism. Posited the Noosphere, which may have anticipated the internet. Posited the Omega Point, which some have compared to the Singularity. Read more by…