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Due to their harsh notion of God, Muslims have a significant amount of death anxiety.<ref>[http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2012/03/fear-of-death-is-highest-among-muslims.html Fear of death is highest among Muslims] By Tomas Rees on Saturday, March 24, 2012]</ref>
Due to their harsh notion of God, Muslims have a significant amount of death anxiety.<ref>[http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2012/03/fear-of-death-is-highest-among-muslims.html Fear of death is highest among Muslims] By Tomas Rees on Saturday, March 24, 2012]</ref>
== Atheism and transhumanism ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and transhumanism]] and [[Atheism cults]]
[[File:Julian Huxley.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The atheist [[Julian Huxley]] coined the term transhumanism.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>]]
According to the [[Oxford University]] philosopher Nick Bostrum, [[transhumanism]] has its roots in an [[atheism|atheistic]]/[[secular humanism]]/[[evolution]]ary worldview.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref> The atheist, [[evolution]]ist and [[eugenics|eugenicist]] [[Julian Huxley]] coined the term transhumanism.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>
Julian Huxley wrote:
{{cquote|The human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself – not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way – but in its entirety, as humanity. We need a name for this new belief. Perhaps transhumanism will serve: man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.<ref>[http://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/history.pdf A HISTORY OF TRANSHUMANIST THOUGHT, Nick Bostrom, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University]</ref>}}
The [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] [[transhumanism]] movement which desires to transcend being human through technology and become posthuman in order achieve a type of non-theistic immortality is completely unrealistic and is engaging in wishful thinking.<ref>
*[http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/05/06/against-naive-uploadism-memory-consciousness-and-synaptic-homeostasis/ Against Naive Uploadism: Memory, Consciousness, and Synaptic Homeostasis], Seth Weisberg, ''H+ Magazine'', May 6, 2011
*[http://futurisms.thenewatlantis.com/2010/06/why-transhumanism-wont-work.html Why Transhumanism Won't Work], ''The New Atlantis'', June 10, 2010
*[http://neurologism.com/2013/12/11/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-minds-to-a-computer/ Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?]
*[http://io9.com/you-ll-probably-never-upload-your-mind-into-a-computer-474941498 You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer] by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/06/24/whats-the-likelihood-of-the-singularity-part-two-uploading-the-brain/ What's the Likelihood of the Singularity? Part Two: Uploading the Brain] by Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6/24/2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheist cults]]
== The atheist worldview cannot explain the existence of consciousness ==
''See:'' [[Atheism and irrationality]]
The [[atheist worldview]] cannot explain the existence of [[consciousness]] either and the [[theism|theistic]] worldview can offer a reasonable explanation.<ref>[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2012/03/argument-from-consciousness-for.html The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God] by John Piippo, 3/20/2012
*[http://www.johnpiippo.com/2014/04/one-of-atheisms-irresolvable-problems.html Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems] by John Piippo, 4/14/2014</ref>
=== Mind uploading and cryonics are unfeasible ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and cryonics]] and [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheism and death anxiety]]
Advocates of mind uploading (Mind uploading is the notion that someday mankind may be able to scan and upload their minds to a mechanical storage mediums) are generally strong advocates of [[cryonics]] as well.<ref>[http://www.evidencebasedcryonics.org/tag/mind-uploading/ Mind uploading - Thought experiments as knowledge]</ref> For a [http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_and_irrationality#Existence_of_consciousness number of reasons], mind uploading is an entirely unfeasible hypothesis.<ref>
*[http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/05/06/against-naive-uploadism-memory-consciousness-and-synaptic-homeostasis/ Against Naive Uploadism: Memory, Consciousness, and Synaptic Homeostasis], Seth Weisberg, ''H+ Magazine'', May 6, 2011
*[http://futurisms.thenewatlantis.com/2010/06/why-transhumanism-wont-work.html Why Transhumanism Won't Work], ''The New Atlantis'', June 10, 2010
*[http://neurologism.com/2013/12/11/will-we-ever-be-able-to-upload-our-minds-to-a-computer/ Will we ever be able to upload our minds to a computer?]
*[http://io9.com/you-ll-probably-never-upload-your-mind-into-a-computer-474941498 You Might Never Upload Your Brain Into a Computer] by George Dvorsky posted at 4/17/13 12:02pm at io9.com
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/06/24/whats-the-likelihood-of-the-singularity-part-two-uploading-the-brain/ What's the Likelihood of the Singularity? Part Two: Uploading the Brain] by Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6/24/2011</ref> See also: [[Atheism and cryonics]]
== Endeavoring to upload the human brain and achieve a technological singularity ==
[[File:Raymond Kurzweil.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Ray Kurzweil]] is endeavoring to achieve an atheistic version of heaven.<ref>[http://www.superscholar.org/features/influential-atheists/ ''The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists'']</ref>
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<small>(photo obtained from [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg Wikimedia Commons], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/deed.en license agreement])</small>]]
An article entitled ''The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists'' describes the the atheist [[Ray Kurzweil]] thusly:
{{cquote|Ray Kurzweil sees technology as fulfilling all aspirations previously ascribed to religion, including immortality. He argues that computing machines will soon outstrip human cognitive capacities, at which point humanity will upload itself onto a new, indestructible digital medium (an atheist version/vision of “resurrection”).<ref>[http://www.superscholar.org/features/influential-atheists/ ''The 25 Most Influential Living Atheists'']</ref>}}
The article ''Top 10 atheist inconsistencies'' declares:
{{cquote|Some atheists like Ray Kurzweil advocate transhumanist doctrines that prophesy of a near future - in as few as 20 years, according to him - in which a singularity event will occur. With the singularity event, humans will be able to use science to achieve immortality. Kurzweil speaks of this singularity event with the same fervor in which the proverbial [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] minister raves about the [[Rapture]]. Fantasizing about post-singularity humanity, Kurzweil proclaims that, being able to live for eternity, we will eventually be able to know everything that can possibly be known.
But does he believe it's possible that there just might be another being in this vast universe who has achieved all knowledge before he has? No, that is ludicrous.<ref>[http://grayknight.hubpages.com/hub/Top-10-Atheist-Inconsistencies ''Top 10 atheist inconsistencies''</ref>}}
== Atheism and cryonics ==
== Atheism and cryonics ==