Lincoln and religion

[L Verge]

Don't laugh Kate, but I was raised in a predominantly Catholic, Episcopal, and Methodist region (Southern Maryland), so there was little talk of evolutionary OR social Darwinism when I was a child. Even in school, we were very quickly taught about a man named Charles Darwin; and it was geared more towards the social angle -- I suspect because there was a lady named Madeline Murray O'Hare making a lot of headlines in favor of being atheist, so let's avoid the religious angles of evolution.

I am an Episcopalian, and we are not known for being heavily into religious theory. Therefore, I avoid religious conversations. However, to bring the subject back to Lincoln: I have often thought that Lincoln was a Deist, as were many of our forefathers. As for his thoughts on social Darwinism, I think he is a perfect example of this -- both in his rise to superiority as well as his early beliefs that the Negroid race was inferior to the Caucasian.

Lincoln is praised today for his humbleness, but I suspect that he was more proud of his rise out of humble origins.