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To: Logophile; All
Even allowing for some growth since the first of the year, I would guess that the Mormon Transhumanist Association (MTA) has fewer than 100 members; not all of them belong to the LDS Church. This is not a major movement in Mormonism, folks.

The issue isn't simply "group size," Logo. (Otherwise, you'd have perfect qualifications for being the PR Director for the Pharisees 2,000 years ago). We could all hear your spiel: Even allowing for some growth since the first of the year, I would guess that the Jesus as Transhumanist Apostolic Discipleship Association (JATADA) has fewer than 100 members; not all of them belong to this 'Jesus' Church. (In fact, some are even committing suicide -- like that Judas character). This is not a major movement in Religiousdom, folks."

The issues are both:
How representative of what fuels their content comes directly from Mormon beliefs & past Mormon leadership comments?
And, how much traction do their comments receive in broader Mormon literary circles?

Well, the article already begins to answer the second question: Lincoln Cannon and Joseph West, founders and directors of the Mormon Transhuman Association, presented the New God Argument for Sunstone in 2008.

(Your next PR assignment, Logo, is to issue a statement explaining how few cafeteria and liberal Mormons make up Sunstone)

So. Perhaps you could address the first question: How representative of what fuels their content comes directly from Mormon beliefs & past Mormon leadership comments?

10 posted on 05/27/2009 9:14:45 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian
The issue isn't simply "group size," Logo.

Yet group size matters. Anyone can start an organization, be it Mormons for Marxism, the Mormon Badminton League, or the Mormon Transhumanist Association. If such an organization is unable to attract more than a handful of Mormon members, it probably is not representative of Mormons or Mormonism.

How representative of what fuels their content comes directly from Mormon beliefs & past Mormon leadership comments?

Your question is unclear. Would you care to rephrase it?

And, how much traction do their comments receive in broader Mormon literary circles?

I am not sure what circles you have in mind.

To repeat what I wrote previously, the "Mormon Transhumanist Affirmation" strikes me as more Transhumanist than Mormon.

11 posted on 05/27/2009 10:05:41 AM PDT by Logophile
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