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To: CHRISTIAN DIARIST
Washington and Lincoln both had a deep sense of "Providence" -- something very close to God -- but they had trouble professing specifically Christian beliefs.

Washington wasn't exactly a Deist either, but he had leanings in that direction.

Lincoln had something of an Old Testament view of religion that deepened as he aged. He understood judgment, but had a hard time accepting redemption.

7 posted on 11/20/2012 2:02:37 PM PST by x
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I understand what you’re saying x. But in his second inaugural address, Lincoln said, “Let us judge not, that we be not judged.” Those are the words of Christ, which are very New Testament.


19 posted on 11/20/2012 2:14:57 PM PST by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
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