Theosis
Theosis is the ancient and enduring idea that humanity can and should become God, like God, or united in God. Scriptures, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon, teach theosis. Early Christians taught theosis. Modern Christians continue to teach variations of theosis, also known as apotheosis, divinization, exaltation, and deification.
This is a list of some articles that Lincoln Cannon has written about theosis. A full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites, including social media.
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God Starts with Your Imagination of the Future
When we imagine better minds and bodies, better relationships, and a better world, we imagine God. When we trust in ...
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Decentralization of God
In the Apocalypse, we read that Christ offers us a crown, and invites us to sit together on the throne ...
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Return of Christ
This is an edited transcript of my presentation at the 2018 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. I talked about ...
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Jesus Invites All to the Titles and Roles of Christ
Jesus has many titles and corresponding roles, most notably Christ. The English word, “christ”, comes from the Greek word, “kristos”, ...
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Resurrecting Our Gods in Our Creations
Four weeks ago, Spencer (my oldest son) left home to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ ...
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Imaginary Sky Masters and Transhumanism
Sometimes atheist Transhumanists ask me, “What do imaginary sky masters have to do with Transhumanism?” Of course there’s an appeal ...
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From Dust to Christ
One of my favorite passages of The Book of Mormon is the speech of King Benjamin in Mosiah 2-5. In ...
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God is Superintelligent Posthumanity
I often position Mormon theology in terms of “superintelligent posthumanity”. This provides a bridge of understanding between Transhumanism and Mormonism. ...
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Mormon Ontology of God and Synthesis in Superhumanity
Stop a Mormon on the street, and ask her to describe God. She might say something like, “God is our ...
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Communities Become Like God
The Mormon doctrine of theosis (or deification) is, so far as this Mormon is concerned, the most profound and beautiful ...
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Transhumanist Godhead
“Why does the Holy Ghost not have a body?” Someone raised this question in my son’s class during church meetings. ...
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The Real Religious Hubris Is Not Theosis
Transhumanists have been charged with hubris: the arrogance of playing God. As the argument goes, our aspirations are beyond moral ...