Proof Positive that Abraham Lincoln would not fit in with Bush's GOP

[Sandpiper]

"The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."

--Abraham Lincoln

"My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them."

--Abraham Lincoln

[Kikosexy2]

1. And rumor..

has it he was gay or just had strange bedfellows.

[Mountainman]

3. That sort of puts a new twist on sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom

[w13rd0]

11. Actually...

...as I understand it, the "new twist" is actually more in line with the original ribald meaning of the phrase.

[medeak]

10. book coming out

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/49/news-ireland.php

no wonder Mary Todd was a bit touched.

[Mountainman]

2. Hey, those quotes weren't in my history book!

I guess I wasn't supposed to know how he felt about the topic.

"Four score and .........................................."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. as a young man,

Lincoln wrote a piece questioning the existance of God. He was never a member of a church, though he did attend the Presbyterian Church in Springfield with his family.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. Further Proof:

My sigline...hehe

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it. " -Abraham Lincoln, August 6, 1859

[El Supremo]

6. What years were those statements made?

I have read opinions that he originally was a deist who started attending church regularly during his Presidency.

I have also read that even though he talked about God often, he never quoted from the New Testament.

[knight_of_the_star]

7. Considering what happened in his presidency

That doesn't surprise me. There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.

[El Supremo]

8. It may have been more a reaction...

to his son's death and his wife's mental state.
Personally, I think he cared little about all the soldier's deaths.

[w13rd0]

12. Nonsense...

...there could be an atheist in a foxhole. People participate in wars not only for their god, but for country or family as well. And then there are mercenaries, communists. That phrase "no atheists in a foxhole" has always bothered me as one of those things people who have never been in foxholes say to try and convince themselves of it.

[Sandpiper]

9. 1862 for the second one

Not sure about the first one.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. Proof positive?

who needs proof. those "truths are self-evident";) furthermore, its evident that this Repub party is neither Republican nor Christian,so i dont see why it would matter. And given the fact that they book Stephen Baldwin and Hillary Duff as their headliners nor are they a "party"<bad-dum-dum) To read Lincoln and chimp in the same paragraph, to imply that there's even a comparison, is embarssing.