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Apparently Abraham Lincoln decided that there is one god for our nation. Or as patcondell from youtube suggests Abraham believed that 'one size fits all' or in this case rather, 'one god fits all'. Obviously, if that was the case A.L. was mistaken.
It is rather interesting that Abraham often made refrences to God and/or quoted the bible during his speeches. Well, thats not the interesting part. The part that boggles me is that he never officaly joined a church. It is also noted that he wrote a manuscript that challenged christianity but a good friend burned the material to protect Lincoln. (Though a piece of information like that would be difficult to verify as you can imagine.) And to top it off, the existance of this manuscrapt was challenged by Mentor Graham, an alleged eyewitness.
"...I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side." The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House by Francis B. Carpenter (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. 282. Also, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by Ward Hill Lamon (Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1994), p. 91.
"...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.
I must wonder how much of an influence A.L. contributed to the fact that, really, our government is based on religion.
A youtube video actually inspired me to write this blog.
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell
(That is just the user, not that video itself, though if you would like to watch the video it is titled God The Psycho)
And please do not take this as any form of disrespect or crudness to any religous readers. I mean no harm. I am however interested in what everyones take on this is.
