(September 19, 2011 at 4:21 pm)ElDinero Wrote: Not convinced on that, Min. As with many figures in America's history, there appear to be quotes by him and about him that would paint Lincoln as an atheist, a theist or a deist. Even if it was definitive, the quote you provided would only say he wasn't a Christian, it certainly wouldn't make him an atheist.
He believed in god, but did not worship god. That gives him the appearance of either theist or atheist depending on the context of the quote.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
