Defying Death: Catholics Caution Against the Transhumanist Quest for Immortality
A small sector of Silicon Valley is trying to live forever — literally — and Catholics are actively engaging with this growing ideology, reports the National Catholic Register.
Brian Patrick Green, director of technology ethics said ultimately, in his estimation, the techno-immortalist movement is an attempt to remake the world without God. Their ideology is their religion — which limits the effectiveness of dialogue.
“There’s nothing wrong with extending human life. This is literally something that Jesus tells us to do. He tells us, ‘Go forth healing all kinds of injuries.’ … There’s obviously an opportunity here. There’s a hunger out there in society. [But] we need to look at this from the outside with great skepticism,” Green told the Register.
Brian Green, director, technology ethics, quoted by the National Catholic Register.