(November 4, 2013 at 9:29 am)John V Wrote:(November 1, 2013 at 2:53 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: You do know that in his early days he was a lawyer so there would be court records from your country that confirm his existence.
So we have court records, government records, coroners records, Newspaper accounts, photographs all of which can be VERIFIED i.e. demonstrated to be true.Quote:It's circular to say it's verifiable because it's been verified. What are the criteria that determine if something is verified/verifiable?
Why does anyone even say verifiable, rather than verified?
Well there is a body in his tomb.
Quote: the body was moved to its final resting place, a cement vault 10 feet (3.0 m) below the surface of the burial room. In 1930–1931 the State reconstructed the interior of the memorial. Rededicated in the latter year by President Hoover, it has undergone little change since that time.[3]
The Lincoln Tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Tomb
Quote:But on top of this Lincoln was only a man. There is nothing remarkable to prove. Its not like someone is pretending that he was some bullshit impossible magic man.I'm comparing this to the Jesus myther position - that there wasn't a man behind it at all.
But there is no evidence for the existence of jesus and Lincoln made no stupid claims of being magic.
You are comparing things that are not alike.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.