Lincoln's Christianity by Michael Burkhimer

[My Name Is Kate]

Why is it that so many people who are atheists, argue their beliefs (or lack thereof) with an almost religious fervor? There may be no God (though I personally believe there is), but why in the world would anyone WANT for there to be no God? I'm no expert on Lincoln and practically all that I do know about him has been learned on this forum, but I see no evidence at all that he was an atheist. He may not have been a Christian either (belief in Christ as Savior), but he certainly did seem to have Christian values. Why not just leave it at that? Do you think that if Lincoln was an atheist, or that if Einstein was an atheist, or that if a certain number of the world's greatest thinkers could be proved to be atheists, that would prove there is no God? What is the point of arguing about it?