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The 2018 conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) will be held on Saturday 7 April 2018 from 9:00am to 9:00pm in Provo, Utah, at the Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The theme of the conference is “Worlds without Number” with a focus on the intersection of transhumanism, religion, and the numerous stories and narratives that humans have recounted to one another from their earliest beginnings.
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I love the hymn “I am A Child of God”. It speaks to a personal relation to God that reaches deeply into an individual's soul. I will continue to sing it and ponder on its meaning.
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Effective immediately, Blaire Ostler will step down as Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) CEO. She will continue to serve on the MTA’s Board of Directors. During Blaire’s leadership as CEO the MTA achieved many milestones:
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The Mormon Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that this year's annual conference will take place on Saturday, 7 April 2018, in Provo, Utah. A conference venue will be announced shortly.
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Happy New Year!
2017 has been a fantastic year for the Mormon Transhumanist Association! I wanted to extend my gratitude for your friendship and participation in the Association. You have certainly impacted my life via conferences, socials, Google Hangouts, local Meetups, and social media. Thank you for being a part of it!
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Jesus was a social and theological revolutionary. The choirs of angels announcing his birth were at the same time announcing the death of the god of the Pharisees, and every other lesser god. The mission of Jesus was to exemplify and orient a faith to the god worthy of it. Essential to this is relinquishing our ties to the dying or dead god(s). Or, in other words, to finish off the dying gods.
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Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge is the recognizable curmudgeon-y old man who just can’t get the spirit of Christmas. Instead of enjoying the season, he sees it as just another excuse to pick a man’s pocket. But if we congratulate ourselves, rather than see ourselves in Scrooge, we miss enduring lessons of the three ghosts.
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Two facts exist:
Unless there is a drastic change, death is the inevitable end for all of us.
Our technological power is increasing at a rate yet unheard of.
Which is the faithful position: That death has been conquered? Or that we may yet be able to conquer death?
- Ben Blair
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“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath” (Isaiah 51:6)
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In the scriptures we learn that the Satanic pattern is to vault oneself above all others:
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