Gettysburg Address ... easy question? maybe

[L Verge]

Thanks, David. I will never be a Lincoln scholar like some of you, but the questioning of Lincoln's religious beliefs has truly been a "question vexata" to me for years. From the little bit that I have read, there seems to be so many instances of Lincoln calling on God that I cannot fathom how Lincoln scholars have called his faith into question.

Does anyone know exactly when this belief in his non-belief really got started? Was it questioned during his political life, after his death, not until 20th-century liberalism? Who is the guilty party for getting it started?