Transhumanism - V: purposefully imperfect
The Quran informs us that after being created in the best of moulds, we have been reduced to the lowest of the low. There is a teleological reason for our mortal existence in this temporary world. We are purposefully imperfect.
The Quran, and The Torah / Old Testament, inform us of our forefather Adam's creation, trial in The Garden, and his fall. We have inherited Adam's frail body. Other misadventures by our subsequent forefathers has reduced more from our perfect inheritance. Though we do not carry the sin of the their disobedience, we do carry the consequences of those mistakes in our genomes.
The Quran specifically narrates Adam's purpose: Khilafat of the Earth. Just as Joseph was appointed over the store houses of Egypt to manage the food supplies during abundance and famine, Adam was initially appointed Khalifa over the entire Earth to manage what needs to be managed. When the chosen people, the Bani Israel were in power, Prophet-King David was appointed Khalifa to rule over them, to fight against the corrupt, and to declare the perfection of the one true God.
The Abrahamic religions explain the teleological reasons for this temporary mortal existence, promise a Judgment, and a restoration of perfection to those who are declared successful on Judgement Day.
The Abrahamic religions speak about the creation of the human, in the image of God, and then his devolution. The Quran 30:30 warns against changing the creation of God, particularly the human:
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًۭا ۚ فِطْرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know
[Al-Quran 30:30, Translation: Sahih International]
Humans must not attempt to change human nature. That is one of the three standing laws of the correct religion.
On the contrary, the secular faith of the transhumanists is based on the atheistic belief in the theory of evolution, whereby humans are continually evolving. They believe the first human(s) mutated from an ape-like ancestor(s) into what can be classified as the Genus Homo. They see the human frailty as a reason to embrace the utopian dream of being able to self-transform into machine-hybrids (transhumans) and from there, continue on their journey to becoming some perfect beings (posthumans), leaving behind all that is humans.
As the transhumanists do not believe in God, and creation, they refuse to understand and acknowledge the teleological reasons for our purposeful existence and accountability.
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Last updated on: August 23, 2022
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