After I posted my last blog, I invited the Revd Dr Gillian Straine to write a reply. It is a pleasure to be able to post Gillian’s reply as a guest blog. Gillian is a priest in the Church of England and the Director of the Guild of Health and St Rafael (gohealth.org.uk). Her new […]
Living for ever or eternal life?
Last Friday, I heard an excellent talk by Dr Michael Burdett of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, on the subject of bio-enhancement and transhumanism. Bio-enhancement is the use of technology – typically medical – to move someone beyond health to ‘superior’ performance (including, for example, athletes using performance-enhancing drugs). Because such technologies are typically used to gain […]
