From: proclus (proclus@iname.com)
Date: Sun Feb 28 1999 - 17:52:11 MST
I haven't made much of a splash around here, but I thought that some
people might be interested in the opinion of Mormon Transhumanist. This
did come up in the discussion.
Here is the teaching. "As man is, god once was. As god is, man may
become." The mormon god is not a traditional god at all, but rather an
ultimately advanced human being. That is, god is a successful
extropian; omniscient, immortal, human, space traveller. The teaching
goes on that god (and goddess) is also our humane "exemplar", so we
should also become more advanced ourselves. For me, this is a very
inspiring approach to transhumanism. It is actually redundant to say
Mormon Transhumanist, although I can definitely see that it is not for
everyone.
That's it, for what it's worth. If this is off topic, I'm sorry. If
your an atheist, that's your business. I'm not judging, just informing.
In fact, I consider myself and atheist as well. Please email me
privately, if you don't grok that.
Regards,
proclus
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