Abraham Lincoln Did Not Understand God

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Just watched PBS video God in America: Three: A Nation Reborn. Here is the PBS introduction to this video: “As slavery splits the nation, abolitionists and slaveholders find justification in the Bible. Frederick Douglass condemns Christianity; President Lincoln struggles to make sense of the war's carnage and the death of his young son. Lincoln, who previously had favored reason over revelation, embarks on a spiritual journey that transforms his ideas about God and the war's ultimate meaning.”

Abraham Lincoln’s Faith In God

Did Abraham Lincoln indeed believed that the American Civil War was a contest willed by God? To call this savagery a contest is almost Orwellian language.

Was the Union so important to Abraham Lincoln as if ordained by God?

Did Abraham Lincoln really believe by proclaiming the Emancipation Proclamation he would be on God’s side despite all this massive bloodshed and carnage? Or when he tried to reconcile in his 2nd Inauguration Address at the end of the war?

Touching The Nimbus Of Abraham Lincoln

I strongly believe that President Abraham Lincoln was very controversial and still is to this day for many reasons. Yes, he was a great orator, but actions speak louder.

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

For they will be the children of God! Was Lincoln a peacemaker? I am afraid not or I have not studied U.S. history enough.

What is the greatest sin according to God? To kill someone except in self defense! Thus, God does not will civil wars!

Has Lincoln before he became president of as president ever really tried to free slaves by other means? I am not aware of.

President Lincoln had many options to avoid such an all out war lasting for four years. He did not pursue these options as far as I know.

God does not care about state sovereignty, or federal government or any other man made political institutions, he only cares about love among humans and their happiness and individual liberty. The Golden Rule is the holiest of all ancient principles. Did Abraham Lincoln understand this?

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