(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.
An additional example then:
Quote:"In religion, Mr. Lincoln was about of the same opinion as Bob Ingersoll, and there is no account of his ever having changed. He went to church a few times with his family while he was President, but so far as I have been able to find out, he remained an unbeliever. Mr. Lincoln in his younger days wrote a book, in which he endeavored to prove the fallacy of the plan of salvation and the divinity of Christ."
-- Judge James M Nelson, who had an intimate acquaintance with Lincoln in Washington, in the Louisville Times, in 1887, quoted from Franklin Steiner, The Religious Beleifs of Our Presidents, p. 137
I trust you know who Robert Green Ingersoll was?
