Lincoln and religion

[Craig Hipkins]

Interesting thoughts and speculations on this thread. I first became acquainted with evolution at quite a young age. I grew up in Worcester County, Massachusetts and when I was about 8 or 9 we visited the Higgins Armory which contains the largest private collection of medieval armor in the United States. One of the things that baffled me as an 8 year old was how small the suits of armor were. People have generally gotten larger over the centuries, at least in the western world. This collection of armor dates back only into the last millenium. Imagine what humans might look like if we could travel in time 100 or 200 centuries hence?

I don't believe that any rational, well meaning individual would advocate creating a society based on Social Darwinism. Nietzsche's superman could never work in a world with a population of nearly 7 billion. People, simply, are not going to starve, and will naturally rebel when anything like a superstate becomes too overbearing.

Like Mike B. stated, Lincoln was definitely not a Social Darwinist, and most definitely would not have been a supporter of the Ayn Rand ideology. Therefore, I do not believe that he would support the current agenda promoted by the powers to be in the United States today.

Craig