Transtopians,
Eritis sicut dii -- you shall be as gods. 
www.transtopia.org...
Very hedonistic 'cult'.
General goal: infinite existence under the best possible conditions
Primary means: reason, science, and technology
Motivation: enlightened self-interest
Their patron saints seem to be Lucifer, Chimaera and Ouroboros and they seem to lack the even the slightest political correctness.
Part of their survival strategy seems to be very low profile. Their members don't seem to be too keen to publicize themselves. Even whois for their
website gives just "whois privacy protection company" address. They do express their ideas on their webpage very openly though.
I wouldn't wonder if they go even more underground since Bush re-election. One of the Bush administration science advisors called plain transhumanism
one of the worlds most dangerous ideas and transtopians seem to go much further than the garden variety nice and friendly neighbourhood
transhumanists. If transtopians were more publicized I can't imagine seeing anyone driving thru the bible belt with "I'm transtopian" sticker in
their bumper .
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As their point is to reach their goal by basically any means I don't see it impossible that they're behind the scenes somewhere taking preparative
steps to remove the obstacles of ultimate self-empowerment. Or then not.
They use some good transhumanistic and libertarian ideas yes, and that makes it much more interesting. They at least present their goals as if they
were trying to recruit intelligent and powerful people when usually cults go for the dummest. Although it's possible that they're going after the
dumb who think they're smart but it doesn't seem to fit. So this would be more of a secret society than cult.
What do you think about them ? Are there any insiders here ?
[edit on 7-11-2004 by vibetic]
