What happens when all of our technological predictions converge on the human person? Today we discuss the growing movement of transhumanism. What is it, what are it’s hopes, and can a Christian be a transhumanist? ----more---- Topics: Defining Transhumanism The history and rise of transhumanism Humanity Plus and their definition https://humanityplus.org/philosophy/transhumanist-faq/ Post-Humanity The inevitability of transhumanism Transhumanism in fiction Criticisms and objections Transhumanism is unnatural The importance of human limitations Transhumanism’s secular edge Zoltan Istvan and an atheist transhumanism: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/im-an-atheist-therefore-i_b_4388778 Christopher Benek’s response to Istvan: https://hplusmagazine.com/2014/03/25/religion-for-humanity/ Transhumanism as a “secular religion” Wesley Smith’s “New Time Religion”: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/12/new-time-religion Christian Transhumanism: https://www.christiantranshumanism.org/about Chief human trait: intelligence or relationality Bryan Johnson: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2109868-100-million-project-to-make-intelligence-boosting-brain-implant/ Wesley Smith’s response:  https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/06/whats-love-got-to-do-with-transhumanism Transhumanism and virtue https://www.christopherbenek.com/2015/10/artificial-intelligence-will-one-day-lead-people-to-new-levels-of-holiness/ Transhumanism: Neo-Gnostic or materialism? Micah Redding, Executive Director of the Christian Transhumanist Association: http://christandpopculture.com/can-transhumanism-lead-us-back-to-orthodoxy/ Balanced Rhetoric https://www.christopherbenek.com/2015/06/the-singularity-christianitys-new-eschatological-hope/ A technological hermeneutic: https://www.christopherbenek.com/2016/06/developing-a-new-hermeneutic-of-intelligence-and-reality/ Looking Ahead: STEET and microsleep http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/06/18/during-microsleep-youre-asleep-and-awake-at-the-same-time/#.XQm3-KZlDBI?utm_source=pocket-newtab&utm_source=pocket-newtab Verses Referenced: 1 Corinthians 13:11-13 Genesis 1:31 Ephesians 1:17-18   Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast   Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ ) “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )