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5 Questions to Assess Your Spiritual Maturity

Reblogged from ctkblog: by Jayson Bradley “What we see around us today of the ‘usual’ Christian life could easily make us think that spiritual transformation is simply impossible. . . . Although there is much talk about ‘changing lives’ in … Continue reading → »

Chapter 5: Personal Life Satisfaction

The Pew Research survey asked several questions about personal life satisfaction, which then were analyzed to explore links with respondents’ views on radical life extension. Fully eight-in-ten Americans (81%) say they are satisfied with the way things are going in their lives today. Just 16% say they are dissatisfied. On the whole, a majority of […] »

Chapter 2: Views on Radical Life Extension, by Religious Affiliation, Beliefs and Practices

Interviews with religious leaders and bioethicists reveal a range of thoughts about how their religious traditions might react to a world that could include radical life extension, but the Pew Research survey finds only modest differences of opinion on the topic among large religious groups in the general public today. (For thoughts from leaders and […] »

Chapter 4: Views About Today’s Medical Treatments and Advances

Before raising the topic of radical life extension, the Pew Research survey asked respondents about their opinions on medical advances in general. Overall, 63% of U.S. adults agree that medical advances that prolong life generally are good. About a third of U.S. adults (32%) say such advances are bad because they interfere with the natural […] »