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Lincoln's Christianity by Michael Burkhimer
11-11-2015, 06:43 PM
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RE: Lincoln's Christianity by Michael Burkhimer
And that's my point, Eva. Whether or not Lincoln prayed, that is irrelevant to the larger question of whether he could be considered a Christian. Given that prayer is a significant practice in a number of religions, that he may or may not have done so proves nothing. Before one can make a thesis with any certainty, an objective set of standards has to be determined. Prayer in and of itself is not an objective standard.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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