This is why Westboro Baptist Church is a joke

[kandrathe]

Not every scientist is on board. Of course, when they are not, they are called crackpots. For example... Prof. Frank Tipler

Isn't that the guy who believes in the Omega Point, which will allow us to ressurect the dead? Who thinks he found the real Theory of Everything all by himself?

Yes, I'd rather call him a crackpot then a scientist

So then you read his book? Are you familiar with the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin? I think some of the futuristic predictions of Kurzweil are interesting, on how we choose to evolve our consciousness away from physical form.