Hope is a layered concept. However, hope usually refers to the condition of a person in which a good outcome is desired regarding given circumstances. The hope in Christianity does not refute the stated meaning of hope but includes and transcends it. That hope refers to the promise revealed in Jesus Christ. Although its full content transcends reality, it is partially present in Christian existence on an experiential level. Transhumanism, a popular ideological movement of today, offers the fulfilment of the content of human hope – immortality and the abolition of suffering – in a historical framework through human powers. The author puts the notion of hope in Christianity at the centre and shows its incompatibility with the transhumanist image of man and his future. In Christianity, hope is about expectation, which is the relationship between the giver of the promise and the acceptor. Christian thought gives attention to a crisis of hope in modern society and lists symptoms that can be recognized in transhumanism. Transhumanism is based on the idea of progress, which will realize man’s hope – immortality and abolition of suffering – through modern technology as a tool. How the content of hope will be achieved is a reshaping of the biological basis of man.
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