In response to the latest LDS policy changes aimed toward the chilren of LGBT parents, a kind and well-meaning friend commented on the outpouring of reactions.
She said, “I
can’t help but think this is killing our Prophet.”
Upon reading
the words, I softly said to my monitor, “No, aging is killing our Prophet.”
The last
couple of days an internal monologue has been pacing through my mind.
Our
religious organization has more pressing matters to address than telling loving
consenting adults what their sexual relations should or shouldn’t entail.
Homosexuals are not the enemy. Death, hate and fear are the enemy, and must be
overcome with life and love. Will our species evolve beyond such wasteful
discrimination, or is it simply the evolution of those we choose to
discriminate against?
Love is
love. Life is life. Why do we keep trying to tell it what it is supposed to
look like?
Esthetics
matter. I get it. I’m an artist and designer, and I’m fully aware of the power
of esthetics. In the design field we have a principle: Form follows function.
Acute awareness to esthetics can be a substantial enhancement to the human
experience, but if the aesthetics are in direct conflict with functionality,
practicality supersedes aesthetics. I sometimes question if my church is so
focused on the esthetics of the family unit, which are highly subjective, that
they have lost sight of the purpose and function.
Transhumanism,
to me, is the religion of life that is made meaningful through love. This is a
product of my Christianity.
Using every
technology at our disposal to preserve and create both love and life is the
most purposeful objective I can currently imagine. This is a product of my
Mormonism.
How else can we become our Heavenly Parentage if not through the vigorous advancement of life and love? How else will our species evolve into superintelligent posthumanity without embracing both life and love as our primary objectives?
How else can we become our Heavenly Parentage if not through the vigorous advancement of life and love? How else will our species evolve into superintelligent posthumanity without embracing both life and love as our primary objectives?
