{"id":70576,"date":"2019-02-18T18:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=70576"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T03:12:37","slug":"can-mormon-transhumanists-revitalize-the-latter-day-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/02\/can-mormon-transhumanists-revitalize-the-latter-day-saints.html","title":{"rendered":"“Can Mormon transhumanists revitalize the Latter-day Saints?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The newly completed Rome Italy Temple \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(Image from LDS Media Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cIs the Book of Mormon Like Any Other Nineteenth Century Book?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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For your possible reflection:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMormon temple changes are a step forward for women\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please, though, no explicit or detailed discussions of temple content on my blog or the relevant Facebook thread, should one arise.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJaredite Barges, Anachronistic Glass Windows, and the grammar of Ether 2:23\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a bit late on this, but it\u2019s still interesting:<\/p>\n

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Latter-day Saints Around the World Country Newsroom Websites February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the New York Times<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cIn Center of Catholicism, New Mormon Temple Invites Curious Romans for a Look\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Faith involves real people and real \u2014 sometimes horrifically real \u2014 situations. \u00a0This one is rough:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018Dad did not make it and is in heaven with Jesus\u2019: There\u2019s a strong religion angle after Aurora shooting\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interesting:<\/p>\n

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\u201cChurch poll: Just 18% of liberals regularly attend, 62% never\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some will see this as evidence of the godlessness of the Left. \u00a0Others will view it as demonstrating the Left\u2019s superior rationality.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSuper Bowl Champ Tom Brady Posts, \u2018I Love My Mormons'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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A curious article:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMedium wants to know: Can Mormon transhumanists revitalize the Latter-day Saints?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just for the record, I know and like people mentioned in it; I home taught Christopher Bradford\u2019s family (he\u2019s shown in the accompanying video) when he was a little boy in Cairo.<\/p>\n

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For a Latter-day Saint take on \u201cMormon transhumanism\u201d that is quite critical of at least one description of it, see<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat is Mormon Transhumanism? And is it Mormon?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The first encounter that I had with anything resembling \u201cMormon transhumanism\u201d occurred only a few years ago, when I came across the concept of \u201cterraforming\u201d<\/a> as an explanation of what God might have done in the Genesis narrative. \u00a0That may not be very deep into the heart of transhumanism, but it\u2019s what I initially heard about \u2014 and I found the concept intriguing. \u00a0As a matter of fact, I still do. \u00a0It makes sense to me, though I can\u2019t say whether it\u2019s actually true.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMormonism\u201d \u2014 I can\u2019t, off hand, think of a more suitable single-word designator \u2014 seems to me a faith that is, in some ways, unusually open to rather radical reconceptions of scriptural narratives (while still maintaining their historicity), some of which might include creative uses of science, and indeed to science itself. \u00a0We also tend to be somewhat less than comfortable with the notion of the \u201csupernatural,\u201d preferring to think of the Lord not as violating natural law but, rather, as employing it and working through it in ways beyond our current understanding. \u00a0I like that.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Richmond, Virginia<\/p>\n

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