Редактирование: Zoltan Istvan (раздел)

== Atheism ==
An increasingly controversial figure in the wider [[transhumanist community]],<ref>[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/transhumanists-disavow-zoltan-istvan-candidacy Transhumanists Disavow Zoltan Istvan Candidacy for US Presidency]</ref><ref>[http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/fuller20151019 What the Case of Zoltan Istvan Says about the State of Transhumanist Politics]</ref> his headline-grabbing policy ideas have sometimes placed him at odds with others. An unabashed [[Atheistic transhumanism|atheist]], Zoltan has written<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/an-atheists-perspective-o_b_6802140.html An Atheist's Perspective on the Rise of Christian Transhumanism]</ref> and lectured<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXOXBYr2Z7I "Transhumanism, Religion, and Atheism" by Zoltan Istvan ]</ref> about the relationship between religion and transhumanism. He has said<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyJJSB10su0 Transhumanism vs Religion - Zoltan Istvan]</ref> and written that religion is holding back science and the development of technologies, pointing to stem cell therapy as a specific example. These positions have caused great ire amongst religious transhumanists, many of whom see is anti-religious viewpoint as inextricably linked to his policy. For example, [[christian transhumanism|christian transhumanist]] [[Christopher Benek]] proclaimed "A Vote for The U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidate Is A Vote For Tyranny".<ref>[http://www.christopherbenek.com/?p=4417 A Vote for The U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidate Is A Vote For Tyranny]</ref> In March 2015 he described himself as a "atheistcideist", believing [[super intelligence]]-like God may have existed at one point, but probably ended its own existence to give free will to the universe.<ref>[http://motherboard.vice.com/read/do-we-have-free-will-because-god-killed-herself Do We Have Free Will Because God Killed Itself?]</ref>