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I am somewhat late in linking to the post at TheoFantastique about a church in Australia that has begun having sci-fi themed services<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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And in related news, Robert Geraci has a piece on Ray Kurzweil\u2019s vision of salvation through technology at Religion Dispatches<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I am somewhat late in linking to the post at TheoFantastique about a church in Australia that has begun having sci-fi themed services. And in related news, Robert Geraci has a piece on Ray Kurzweil\u2019s vision of salvation through technology at Religion Dispatches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Church of the Latter-Day Geek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am somewhat late in linking to the post at TheoFantastique about a church in Australia that has begun having sci-fi themed services. 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