[extropy-chat] C.S. Lewis's Answers to 21st Century Transhumanism

[Natasha Vita-More]

Yup - thanks!  Now this is the content for a book which must be written, 
(psst ...Damien).

At 10:38 AM 2/15/2006, Samantha wrote:
>Thanks for the great laugh!
>
>On Feb 14, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> >
> >> For the rational Christian, it is tempting
> >> to dismiss these individuals as nothing
> >> more than the lunatic fringe.
> >
> > Right. For the rational Christian--who holds firm to his or her
> > conviction that invisible ghosts are inserted into foetuses, that the
> > Infinite Creator of the entire cosmos had a human son whose mother
> > remained a virgin, that this same God is actually manifested in the
> > form of a piece of dry bread, that humans who act wickedly will
> > suffer intolerably forever after their deaths --these transhumanists
> > who expect the continued development of science to allow people
> > extremely extended healthy and enhanced life must surely seem like
> > lunatics from the fringe. After all, who could believe *that* kind of
> > nonsense ?
> >
> > Damien Broderick
> >
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