# What Is Mormon Transhumanism?

Mormon Transhumanism sees science and technology as divine tools that can help us to become more like God and fulfill humanity’s spiritual potential.

Detail from “The Creation of Adam,” by Michelangelo
As man now is, God once was;As God now is, man may be.
God was once as we are now, and is an exalted person, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.
A vector-based pen-and-ink sketch of several hand tools
The March 2007 cover of Sunstone Magazine, in which our seminal article on Mormon Transhumanism appeared
An artist’s rendition of the Tower of Babel story from Genesis
No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of [authority], only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned.
A cover from Superman issue 381
That same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory.
A pen and ink drawing of a section of the city of Zurich
Mormon Transhumanism is not about engineering all-knowing, all-powerful superhuman gods. It is about embracing knowledge from all spheres—including divinely revealed truth  and all forms of human progress: from restored divine authority to modern technology. It is about integrating Mormon ideals of theosis with Transhumanist ideals of transcendence in order to transform ourselves, our communities, our ecosystems, and our total condition into something more humane, more just, more enduring, more good, and more powerful in the sense of eternally sustaining human life and human flourishing.Questions for DiscussionWhat is “theosis” and how might Mormon approaches to theosis differ from more common monotheistic conceptions?What do negative stereotypes of Mormonism and Transhumanism have in common with each other?What are the potential risks and benefits of linking Mormon ideas of theosis with Transhumanist ideas around superhumanity?What are the most promising and most challenging aspects of the conversation between Mormonism and Transhumanism?What features of the Mormon vision of full human potential are most compatible with Transhumanism?How might technological and scientific progress fit into a Mormon view of progress toward godhood?What kinds of specific changes would human beings and human communities have to undergo in order to become more god-like?Advance to Primer 2