ting_bu_dong t1_iz14871 wrote
Reply to comment by Scrybblyr in How Death Can Help Us Live: a philosophical approach to the problem of death by simsquatched
The fact that, eventually, you can't fix a machine anymore, and you have to deal with that, doesn't mean that you should neglect fixing the machine at all.
> I don't buy into transhumanism, and it seems like this notion may come from that school of thought.
>To be fair, as a Christian, I already believe in eternal life
Isn't that just transhumanism with extra steps?
Scrybblyr t1_iz14luk wrote
>The fact that, eventually, you can't fix a machine anymore, and you have to deal with that, doesn't mean that you should neglect fixing the machine at all.
Well good, then I'm glad I never even came close to suggesting that.
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>Isn't that just transhumanism with extra steps?
No.
ting_bu_dong t1_iz14vri wrote
> Well good, then I'm glad I never even came close to suggesting that.
I'd think "acceptance" does, in fact, suggest that. "Eh, body's broken, what are ya gonna do?"
>>Isn't that just transhumanism with extra steps?
>No.
Well, I mean, if the goal is to live forever.
Scrybblyr t1_iz1ckne wrote
>Well good, then I'm glad I never even came close to suggesting that.
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>I'd think "acceptance" does, in fact, suggest that. "Eh, body's broken, what are ya gonna do?
If you actually want to conflate "acknowleding that death is part of life" with "neglecting to fix the machine at all," that is certainly a choice you can make. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.
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>Isn't that just transhumanism with extra steps?
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>No.
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>Well, I mean, if the goal is to live forever.
The goal of transhumanism may be to live forever. The goal of Christianity is not to live forever. Christians believe that everyone does live forever, albeit not in the same place.
ting_bu_dong t1_iz1kswu wrote
>The goal of Christianity is not to live forever. Christians believe that everyone does live forever, albeit not in the same place.
The goal of a religion isn't to believe the beliefs of that religion? Well, alright.
Scrybblyr t1_iz2o82v wrote
>The goal of a religion isn't to believe the beliefs of that religion? Well, alright.
That isn't what I said. I said:
>The goal of Christianity is not to live forever. Christians believe that everyone does live forever, albeit not in the same place.
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