Transhumanism

After an eternity, (roughly) I realised that I had promised to make some articles, and never got around to doing so.

This is one of those articles.

My Deus Ex: Human Revolution review mentioned every single thing the game contained, except for what Transhumanism fully entails.

In this short post, I hope to at least give you an overview of what the beef is with the movement, and hopefully give you a good insight into what's right and wrong about it.

Let's begin:

What is Transhumanism?

Rooted in eugenics, Transhumanism is the belief that man can and should improve himself using biological and technological means.

Basically, it involves man becoming more than human, hence the name.

The technological movement is characterized by an H+, meaning Human Plus. Clever.

What is wrong with this movement, you might ask? Well, if anybody has an intention to be more than human, it's already dangerous, but let's speak about both aspects real quickly:

Biological:

The problem with this is that it involves mixing human and non-human DNA, the mixing of the seed that God clearly forbids in his word. 

And, a demon can take possession of whatever creature they make using animal and human DNA. This is a very dangerous practice, and it is forbidden in the Bible.

Technological:

"But Kyle! What about people who lost limbs or have poor eyesight?"

You make a good point, amigo. I'll get to those people in a second.

But first, the bad part: Once again, many people want to "Upgrade" themselves to become more than human. Many evolutionists are behind this movement, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE, but the majority of Transhumanists are atheists and evolutionists.

Many of the Transhumanists believe that man can become God, and he should attain that status.

This is exactly what Satan tempted Eve with in the garden of Eden. He told her if she eats of the forbidden fruit, she will become like God, and that was forbidden.

Now what about people with injuries, like Adam Jensen in the game?

This is something entirely different. For example; if you are somebody with poor eyesight, and you want to have better eyesight, then it is okay to get an artificial upgrade.

If you are a disabled war veteran, who lost limbs on the battlefield, then getting limb replacements are okay.

And if you are somebody like Adam Jensen, who had no control over how much they pumped him full of artificial body parts, to the point where he was more than human, then you are judged by your intentions.

If you didn't want to be more than human, but are now stuck with being a transhuman, then you have not sinned. As I said, you are judged by your intentions. 

 

God's not going to send you to hell for somebody else's actions. 

But if you take full advantage of being more than human, and act like a God, then you are in sin.

What if you're somebody, who did become more than human, using technological means, but suddenly you regret it, and want to repent before God? Then you are forgiven, provided you are genuinely repentant.

Hopefully this gives a bit of insight into Transhumanism, whether or not it is sinful, and that Jesus has shown you a few things about it.

I got one other post that I promised to make and forgot about, so you should see that next week Friday!

Until then, this is Kyle saying goodbye, and God bless! :P