Singularity - The "Scientific" Rapture

Genesis 11:1-6(KJV) -And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Christians anticipate The Resurrection. Jews anticipate their Messiah. Muslims anticipate the second coming of their prophet. Buddhists anticipate Nirvana. For people of faith, it's normal to look forward to a bright future when things are better than they are today. Well, maybe not better for everyone but for the faithful, at least.

However, for those who pride themselves in reasonable thinking, such anticipation is unfounded and illusionary. It is not based in logic. It cannot be verified by experiment. It's impossible to prove. Faith-based forecasting is nothing but religious prophecy. That is, unless you anticipate Singularity. That's right! Logical, intelligent, secular, scientific, even agnostic thinkers now embrace their own "Rapture" of sorts.

As a young physics student, I spent Summer 2000 conducting research at The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My project was in the Cosmology research lab of Dr George Smoot, the eventual 2004 winner of The Nobel Prize in Physics. His NASA funded project, COBE was on the cutting edge of research on The Big Bang at the time. That experience opened my eyes. For 18 years, I grew up in a Christian home but at 20, I found myself surrounded by top scientists whose worldview was completely different.

Job 35:11(The Message) - When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.

In my book, Faith Science, released in January, I discuss the realities of technological advances like Stem Cell Research, Cloning and Synthetic DNA. I also delve into Antimatter, The Higgs Boson, Entropy and The Human Genome Project. On radio interviews across the country I've demonstrated clearly that even The Big Bang is in The Bible.

Why? To prepare you for this: A world where the line between science and faith becomes blurry. It's inevitable that science will begin to shape worldviews and impact belief systems. People will teach a new kind of faith using science and deny that it's even faith in the first place.

By showing you where science fits into a Biblical worldview, I accept the risky task of merging faith and science without compromising the scriptures. The merge is coming anyway so it's time to get prepared. That's my assignment. Maybe I'm too late. Maybe I'm too early. Maybe I'm right on time. It doesn't matter. I have to do what I have to do.

I recently read an article about the mind behind the concept of Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, in The New York Times called "The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite." He has received endorsements from such top technologists as Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and Bill Joy, cofounder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems. With this same philosophy, Larry Page, cofounder of Google and others have founded Singularity University.

It's an awesome idea with a noble goal that has pulled together some of the best minds in the world in Artifical Intelligence & Robotics, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Energy & Environmental Systems, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics, Futures Studies & Forecasting, Medicine & Neuroscience, Nanotechnology, Networks & Computing Systems, Policy, Law & Ethics and Space & Physical Sciences.

Check out the faculty and advisor list. It will blow your mind. Even Dr George Smoot is in there under Space & Physical Sciences. Human beings are working together right now to take humanity beyond our created limitations. The human mind is now the answer to the challenges that face humanity. If all the best minds get together as one, nothing is impossible. That sounds like good news but is it really?

Take a look at the philosophy behind Singularity in Ray Kurzweil's book.

From Singularity.Com

 Now, in The Singularity Is Near, he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our own creations.

That merging is the essence of the Singularity, an era in which our intelligence will become increasingly nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than it is today—the dawning of a new civilization that will enable us to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity. In this new world, there will be no clear distinction between human and machine, real reality and virtual reality.

We will be able to assume different bodies and take on a range of personae at will. In practical terms, human aging and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped; world hunger and poverty will be solved. Nanotechnology will make it possible to create virtually any physical product using inexpensive information processes and will ultimately turn even death into a soluble problem.

John 5:40-43(NKJV) - But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. “I do not receive honor from men. But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

Now that human beings can work together to fix the world's problems, who needs Jesus, right? For those who reject Jesus, who came in the name of The Father, another has come in his own name. 

The Faith Science Experience 3 - Stem Cells and Cloning

When: Sat, April 30, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for next month's "Chapter Study" from his newest book, Faith Science. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!

For More Info Visit; http://www.meetup.com/The-Faith-Science-Experience