Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
ooks like a Christmas ornament, an expensive one. Ho Ho Ho -Spud -Original Message- From: Lawrence Crowell To: Everything List Sent: Wed, Jul 13, 2022 3:22 pm Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement The idea of afterlife is a sort of pigeon drop. That is a

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
which seems obvious, but they ain't the only ones. However they do love to pretend they got the keys to the kingdom.  -Original Message- From: John Clark To: 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List Cc: meekerbr...@gmail.com Sent: Wed, Jul 13, 2022 9:54 am Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread Brent Meeker
"It's an incredible con job when you think of it, to believe something now in exchange for life after death. Even corporations with all their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous."      Gloria Steinem, women's rights activist On 7/13/2022 12:22 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: The

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/13/2022 6:54 AM, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 3:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: /> For me, the afterlife-compensation belief may have some benefit for many/ Not if the afterlife includes hell, a place where an omniscient being will use all of His

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread Lawrence Crowell
The idea of afterlife is a sort of pigeon drop. That is a scam where a person is convinced that by putting up 10% of the value of something in earnest money they will get a huge windfall. In the case of religion the reward is eternity, after death or the passing of this world, which cannot be

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 3:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: *> For me, the afterlife-compensation belief may have some benefit for many* Not if the afterlife includes hell, a place where an omniscient being will use all of His infinite power to

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-13 Thread Telmo Menezes
I think that people who use the word "transhumanism" can say a lot of silly things, but I do not think that the idea is fundamentally silly. On the contrary, it is what makes the most sense to me. Firstly, I would claim that technology already hijacked evolution. Biological evolution works at

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-12 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
many more, not really. I am a pragmatist so if anything can help the sufferer, I am good with it. -Original Message- From: Brent Meeker To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 5:40 pm Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement On 7/11/20

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-12 Thread Lawrence Crowell
d from the wrath of his > employer and colleagues. "So fire me, I could use the vacation time going > to AAAS meetings, break my heart." > > I mean this would be like a super Templeton Prize, but more profitable. > > > > -----Original Message---

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-12 Thread Samiya Illias
ton Prize, but more profitable. > > > > -Original Message----- > From: Lawrence Crowell > To: Everything List > Sent: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 11:23 am > Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement > > > > On Monday, July 11, 2022 at

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-11 Thread Brent Meeker
022 11:23 am Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 4:53:42 AM UTC-5 johnk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:42 PM wrote: /> Transhumanism isn't even about real world. It's about speculation about the real world/

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-11 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
mean this would be like a super Templeton Prize, but more profitable.  -Original Message- From: Lawrence Crowell To: Everything List Sent: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 11:23 am Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 4:53:42 AM UTC-5

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-11 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 4:53:42 AM UTC-5 johnk...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:42 PM wrote: > > *> Transhumanism isn't even about real world. It's about speculation about >> the real world* >> > > And the New Testament, the Torah, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the >

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-11 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 6:42 PM wrote: *> Transhumanism isn't even about real world. It's about speculation about > the real world* > And the New Testament, the Torah, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the writings of L Ron Hubbard, and the authors of every other scientific ignoramus who wrote

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread Samiya Illias
l...@gmail.com > Sent: Sun, Jul 10, 2022 5:16 pm > Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 12:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List > wrote: > > > I don't see refutation of by scriptures, > > I don't see why anybody sh

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread Samiya Illias
The Torah & The Quran https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-torah-quran.html Reading The Book https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2020/05/reading-book.html Seventy Men & The Torah in Seventy Languages

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread Samiya Illias
Dhu al Qarnayn visited the Polar Regions? The story of Dhu al Qarnayn is briefly mentioned in Chapter 18 of the Qur’an, verses 83 – 98. The Qur’an mentions his name/title, and without going into the details of his person or his people, informs us that he was established in power and had the

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
have loved modern farming, clean drinking water, and air conditioning. Cars no, trains, yeah, airplanes naw.    -Original Message- From: John Clark To: 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List Cc: samiyaill...@gmail.com Sent: Sun, Jul 10, 2022 5:16 pm Subject: Re: Scriptural refutation

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 15:19, Samiya Illias wrote: > Transhumanism > > : aiming to create the god-self? > > https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2022/06/transhumanism.html > Transhumanism - II > > : Natural vs Artificial > > https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2022/07/transhumanism-ii.html >

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 12:30 PM spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: *> I don't see refutation of by scriptures,* > I don't see why anybody should care what the scriptures have to say about transhumanism given that they were written by members of a bronze

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread Lawrence Crowell
This amounts to a refutation of silliness by what is preposterous. LC On Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 10:19:30 PM UTC-5 Samiya wrote: > Transhumanism > > : aiming to create the god-self? > > https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/2022/06/transhumanism.html > Transhumanism - II > > : Natural vs

Re: Scriptural refutation of the Transhumanist Movement

2022-07-10 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
I don't see refutation of by scriptures, of this new, Kuffar philosophy. For our age, it really has not predicted very well. In other words, it pleased some science fiction fans, but nobody in science slapping their foreheads and saying to themselves and exclaiming, "Why didn't I listen to Nick