Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:58:12 -0800
At 11:52 AM -0800 11/16/1999, J. R. Molloy wrote:
>Happily, it seems religious fanatics spend too much time quarreling >among
You'll find them hard at work on the sci.skeptic, sci.astro, alt.origins and
alt.atheist newsgroups. Not much energy left for us.
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It is only a matter of time before transhumanism and extropianism is taken
up as a target for evangelical criticism, mark my words. In time there will
be at least several evangelical websites that will have articles denouncing
transhumanism.
I am a Mormon and I can tell you a huge amount of energy goes toward
debating my church. Of course with the strong Mormon missionary effort this
is seen as a means of dealing with it. Video programs and books are also
regularly cranked out in this effort. This is done out of a desire in their
eyes to do what is right I believe but also a great deal of money is
From: John Thomas <jwthom@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Sasha's Web Page
>themselves to take up a quarrel with extropy.
Evangelicals like to find new pastures to criticize and so it is just a matter of time till extropianism is targeted. Expect to be discussed on the Bob Larson show, the LaLonde Brothers tv program, the John Ankerberg tv program, Jeremiah films as well as by others. These programs will be broadcast nation and even world-wide on a regular basis. And in time, Hal Lindsey, the LaLonde brothers, Dave Hunt and others will be writing books about extropianism and transhumanism that will sell many copies, believe me.
The Extropian Institute will probably be focused on since in is a formal organization with some interesting individuals in it. I am sure these shows and books will single out Max and Natasha. Down the road I expect extropian leaders being invited to debates on these evangelical programs which will later be broadcast nationally and also sold to the viewership.
I believe the motives of these evangelicals in the mass media to be largely sincere actually. They feel compelled to bring to the notice of the membership anything against their paradigm so they can refute it. A comparison will be made of extropianism against evangelical interpretations of the Bible to show where transhumanism differs and thereby is clearly wrong and so wicked in their view.
Ironically, this entire effort of theirs will lead to far greater exposure
of extropianism. It could even backfire in that some adults and expecially
teens may find themselves attracted to transhumanism. But on the whole it
will have a uniting effect on the flock which is a major desired effect of
such endeavors.
It is just a matter of time for these events to happen. It should be very
interesting to watch them play out.
Sincerely,
John Grigg