LATEST ISSUE!
Issue No. 9 "God, Religion, Science, & Transhumanism"
- To Truth -
FEATURED ARTICLES
Why Transhumanism Is Not A Religion
By Jessica Lombard
"We should not believe that transhumanism replaces religion because analogies can be made. The idea of the maker as the divine and the pitfall that comes from this hubris is a commonplace of artistic creation, for instance, and it is only logical that transhumanism is to be accused of those same eccentricities."
- Lombard
Universal Physical and Moral Laws, With No Lawgiver
Gennady Stolyarov II
"Neither morality nor gravitation require the existence of entities outside of those exhibiting moral behavior or gravitational attraction. A system of physical or moral laws is not dependent on an outside “lawgiver” but rather on the objective natures of the entities partaking in the system."
- Stolyarov II
Limits to Religion
by Theolfilos Chaldezos
"People may start to question religious teachings when they learn and read sacred texts—formed by a misconception about the world caused by our limited senses (combined with ignorance)."
- Chaldezos
An Interview With Asilee Barnes From BlackAtheists.com
By Maitreya One
"I realized at a really young age when my family forced me to go to church. They always beat me for asking questions and that in itself threw up red flags for me."
- Asilee Barnes
"Transhumanism’s
ideal of absolute self-agency and morphological freedom simply cannot be realized if we continue to believe in the existence of supernatural beings having more control over our individual lives
than ourselves."
- Dinorah Delfin. Editor's Letter.
Reflections on James Hughes’ Problems of Transhumanism: Deism, Atheism and Natural Theology
By Ojochogwu Abdul
"Some transhumanists even believe that the transcendent potentials of intelligence argue for a new form of scientific theology."
- James Hughes, 2010
New Jobs for the Future: Universe Designer
By Roman V. Yampolskiy
"Theologians would be able to investigate how seeding an early civilization with a message from the designers could influence ethical and moral development thousands of years later." - Yampolskiy
"Artificial Intelligence researchers could test their creations in realistic and diverse environments to see how capable they are while making sure that the intelligence they create is safe and beneficial. " - Yampolskiy
Can Philosophy Lead to a Renewed Sense of Environmental Stewardship?
A Conversation With
Philosopher David Ray Griffin
By Tam Hunt
"I was inspired by [Whitehead's] efforts to develop a philosophy that would (a) handle experiences of all types and that would (b) provide explanations of various phenomena, such as the mind-body relation, which is both adequate to the facts and self-consistent."
- Griffin
