Lincoln and religion

[Craig Hipkins]

I believe that lincoln received a lot of guff from people because he never formerly joined a church. I do believe that the Lincoln's purchased pews from time to time at various churches, but unlike his wife he never committed to any church. That said, this does not mean that he was wholly without spiritual guidance or did not believe in God. I believe his various mentions of God in his writings point as proof that he at least believed in a divine being.

Rob, Robert Ingersoll was a very interesting character. I first became acquainted with his work a few decades ago when I was reading the works of Thomas Paine. In the late 1870s Ingersoll claimed that he would give $1,000 in gold to anyone that could prove that Paine died in terror because of his Deist beliefs. I believe that there were a few people who took him up on it!

Craig