<div class="gmail_quote">2011/9/6 Amon Zero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amon@doctrinezero.com">amon@doctrinezero.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">In a nutshell; These blog posts are early, flawed attempts at conceptualizing a "language of conciliation" between futurist/atheists and believers of whatever stripe. If the day comes when transhumanism could score a major victory if only it can muster mass support outside its own traditional circles, then we would probably be glad of such a language.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I personally added a few comments to your posts.</div><div><br></div><div>While I do like my Dawkins, and even more my Dennett (much less the strident, self-righteous, sanctimonious Hitchens) I basically agree with many of your ideas here, but I would not be too sure about this being a "language of conciliation".</div>
<div><br></div><div>If anything, making explicit references to a broad "religious" nature or compatibility of transhumanism puts us even more in the position of direct competitors to established churches and persuasions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Witch-hunting is certainly a time-honoured sport, but its popularity pales in comparison with burning heretics - who are after all in the same market and food chain - on the stake.</div><div> </div></div>
-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>