Transhumanism and Christian Orthodoxy

For many Christians, however, the idea of changing human nature immediately raises ethical and theological concerns. Professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas in Austin, J. Budziszewski, put the concern well, when he wrote, “To abolish and remake human nature is to play God. The chief objection to playing God is that someone else is God already.” (What We Can't Not Know, 2003) Most Christians are, in principle, firmly against supporting anything that they perceive as “playing God.” So changing human nature is one area where many Christians would draw the line with transhumanism.