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Will Cyborgs Ever Be Humans in the Image and Likeness of God?

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Krzysztof Krzemiński
Faculty of Theology, Nicolas Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Religions 2021, 12(10), 850; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100850
Submission received: 14 September 2021 / Revised: 27 September 2021 / Accepted: 5 October 2021 / Published: 9 October 2021

Abstract

Advances in technology and genetic engineering have rekindled the hopes of some communities for human immortality on earth. Projects aimed at copying the human brain for the purpose of enabling humans to achieve “cybernetic eternity” are emerging. From the perspective of Christian anthropology, it is advisable to ask the following question: is a cyborg a human being in the image of God? It boils down to the criteria for being in the image of God. The first of these is creativity, understood as the actualized relationship of the human with their Creator. For the human is not a product of even the most brilliant minds and technologies, but a creature for whom a personal relationship with the Persons of the Holy Trinity is constitutive in nature.
Keywords: Creator; creation; image of God; body; soul; eternal life; personal relationship; cyborg Creator; creation; image of God; body; soul; eternal life; personal relationship; cyborg

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Krzemiński, K. (2021). Will Cyborgs Ever Be Humans in the Image and Likeness of God? Religions, 12(10), 850. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100850

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