From the dawn of civilization, humanity has longed for something greater than itself—a world beyond suffering, decay, and death. This deep-rooted yearning is not an accident but a reflection of a divine imprint placed within us. The Bible describes God’s ultimate will or vision for the world: new creation, new humanity, and an eternal union with God (Revelation 21:1-4). However, in our age of rapid technological advancement, a parallel vision exists—one that seeks to fulfill this longing through human ingenuity alone.
In a Vox article titled “Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged,” Sigal Samuel writes:
“The more you listen to Silicon Valley’s discourse around AI, the more you hear echoes of religion. That’s because a lot of the excitement about building a superintelligent machine comes down to recycled religious ideas. Most secular technologists who are building AI just don’t recognize that.
These visions are almost identical to the visions of Christian eschatology, the branch of theology that deals with the “end times” or the final destiny of humanity.”
The pursuit of transhumanism, technological singularity, digital immortality, union with AI reflects mankind’s attempt to construct a “heaven” apart from God.
God’s Vision vs. Technological Utopia
The contrast between God’s Sovereign Plan for History and the technological utopia envisioned by modern thinkers in Silicon Valley is striking. The Bible describes a future where:
- Resurrection to eternal life replaces death (1 Corinthians 15:52-54), while transhumanism seeks to extend life artificially.
- True immortality is granted by God (John 3:16), while tech-driven immortality is merely a prolonging of biological or digital existence.
- A New Creation is promised by God (Isaiah 65:17), whereas human ambition focuses on digital simulations, digital afterlife, virtual realities, or AI-generated paradises.
- God unites with humanity through Christ (Revelation 21:3), while technological dreams focus on merging human consciousness with AI.
I discussed those key concepts in detail during my recent interview with The Washington Mail. The Singularity proposes that AI will surpass human intelligence, leading to an age where suffering, disease, and even death are eliminated. This vision, while promising technological breakthroughs, ultimately attempts to replace God’s plan with human ambition. Even if humanity achieves biological longevity or AI-enhanced evolution, it cannot erase the fundamental problem of sin—our moral corruption and failure to align with God’s will (Romans 3:23).
The Limitations of Human-Driven Transcendence
It is important to clarify that seeking to extend life, improve human existence, or create better societies through technology is not inherently evil. However, trying to achieve this through human efforts alone results in a false hope. This is not to diminish our technological advancements. No doubt technology has made life easier, enhanced communication and transport, advanced healthcare, increased access to information, and made everyday tasks more efficient. But unfortunately, it doesn’t have the capacity to overcome sin, corruption, or the reality of death (Hebrews 9:27). At best, it may prolong life, but in the end, the wages of sin remains death.
The problem with the human attempt at transcendence is that it does not change the corrupt human heart. Technology can alter bodies, enhance intelligence, and even mimic consciousness, but it cannot eliminate the inherent corruption deeply embedded in human nature. Sin and evil remains a reality, manifesting in greed, deception, injustice, and brokenness and suffering—even in the most advanced civilizations. This explains why AI biases and misalignment is still a big problem today. Without a true transformation, any utopia built by man will ultimately carry the same corruption that has plagued every past civilization.
Moreover, digital immortality—where consciousness is uploaded to a machine—fails to account for the essence of human identity. A copy of one’s thoughts and memories in a server is not the same as a living breathing person (a soul) that God breathed into existence (Genesis 2:7). This raises deep questions about agency—can an AI-driven replica truly make independent choices, or is it just a sophisticated program running pre-recorded responses? Even in an age where AI could simulate emotions, decisions, and human interaction, it would remain a counterfeit eternity. In other words, digital immortality is merely an illusion of life, not real existence.
Jesus: The True Messiah, Not a Digital Savior
Humanity’s longing for transcendence, immortality and a perfect world, though misdirected in the technological sphere, reveals an undeniable truth: we were created for something greater. However, our hope does not rest in AI, genetic transhumanism, or technological immortality. It rests in Jesus Christ, the true Messiah. Unlike the empty promises of a digital or artificially prolonged existence, Christ has proven Himself faithful through His word and fulfilled prophecies.
As I stated in my award winning book Homo Novus, Jesus’ resurrection is the greatest evidence of true immortality, offering not just an extended existence, but a redeemed, perfected, and eternal life in God’s presence. This is the ultimate inheritance of all who give their allegiance to Jesus. The new human or Homo novus as I call it, derived from the resurrection will be vastly superior to the old (Homo sapiens). The old one was frail, corruptible, and mortal, while the new one will be glorious, incorruptible, and immortal.
Jesus invites all people to align their desires for transcendence with God’s ultimate plan. The false promises of a tech-driven utopia will fail, but the utopia offered by Jesus through the Kingdom of God will never pass away (Daniel 2:44). The real solution to humanity’s greatest problem is not merging with AI—it is being reconciled with God through Christ, and living in union with Him forever. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).