Micah Redding on Transhumanism and Christianity
Transfigured
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The Unitarian Theology in America in the Late 1800s
Theosis is the idea that god created us and has a purpose for us. William Ellery Channing's famous sermon called likeness unto god was basically a full-throated theosis doctrine. It became very popular particularly in Boston in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Calvinism tends to emphasize a relatively negative view of humanity, he says. The only thing you bring to your salvation is the sin that makes it necessary or stuff like that.
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