Archive September 2008
This is an archive of articles that Lincoln Cannon published in September 2008. An annual archive for 2008 is available. And a full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that Lincoln has published on any of his websites.
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Cannon's Wager: Bet on Better Works
Will works save you? Some Christians enjoy debating whether good works are necessary for salvation, with responses ranging from the extremes of Calvinism (we can make absolutely no effort, spiritual or physical, toward salvation) to the extremes of Pelagianism (salvation depends almost entirely on our efforts, spiritual and physical). Most ... -
Implausible Old Gods and Impotent New Gods
Leading evangelical Christian, Albert Mohler, has a history of poor reasoning when it comes to Transhumanism. He recently wrote a blog entry entitled “New God or No God? The Peril of Making God Plausible.” Its publication was coincident with my recent presentation of the New God Argument. In Mohler’s blog ... -
When God Remembers Us
The New York Times reports that remembering may be like reliving, from the perspective of the neurons doing the remembering. Remembering neurons appear to behave like they did when first experiencing whatever is being remembered. I wonder, if our brains could quickly store more information in a readily accessible manner, ... -
Integrating Symbol Systems, Software, and Ideologies
Professionally, I’m a software engineering manager, and the area in which I’ve done the most work is systems integration, particularly between systems management platforms, which enable network administrators to monitor and control many computers without moving away from their desks. To integrate between systems management platforms, we write some software ... -
Uchtdorf on Emulating God's Creation and Compassion
On my way out to a soccer game, my wife anxiously showed me some clips of Dieter Uchtdorf, in the First Presidency of the LDS Church. He was speaking to the Relief Society. And he expressed some simple powerful ideas that merit regular emphasis: Two primary characteristics of God are ... -
Two Memories of My Father
Several memories of my father have, over the years, grown in importance to me. I’ll share a couple that come to mind with particular force. I imagine I’ve embellished them to suit the situations of my life. And my retelling of events will reveal at least as much about me ...