As technology moves forward in ways that change what it means to be human, what happens to those of us who don't want to go along? And what does that mean for the church and its relevance and witness? ----more---- Topics: Acceptance and Rejection on various technologies Multiple reasons people may object to the same technology Religious and non-religious objections Peter Clarke’s Evil Tech? How The Mark of the Beast Could Shape Biometric Regulation https://thehumanist.com/commentary/evil-tech-how-the-mark-of-the-beast-could-shape-biometric-regulations Interpreting the present situation Living as a human in a post-human world Human “Nature Preserves” for the unaugmented https://www.inverse.com/article/30913-8-staggering-predictions-ray-kurzweil Ray Kurzweil on those who choose not to augment: https://www.edge.org/conversation/ray_kurzweil-the-singularity Political and social agency of the unaugmented Relationship between he human and post-human Eschatological expectations and technology See episode 4 of The Singularity Saints Podcast: Eschatological Confusion Discussing our disagreements Christian witness in a world divided by technology Losing out witness in isolation The Amish as an example of modern religious isolation Looking Ahead: Sensory glove for prosthesis: https://newatlas.com/medical/electronic-glove-prosthetic-hands-senses/ Mind-controlled exoskeleton: https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614476/a-brain-controlled-exoskeleton-has-let-a-paralyzed-man-walk-in-the-lab/ Scriptures References: Matthew 5:13-16 Romans 12:2   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/ )