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To: tejek who wrote (231801)5/6/2005 6:41:50 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582748
 
Ted, nowhere in Lincoln's speech did he make any sort of separation between church and state. You might infer a conclusion one way or another, but that wasn't the point of Lincoln's address. Instead, he lays out a wonderful spiritual foundation for reconciliation. He was sensitive of the knowledge that both sides fought in the name of God, even though in reality "The Almighty has His own purposes," and he reconciled it all into a vision for reconstruction.

Nowhere do I see secularism entering that picture. Nowhere do I see any mention of the so-called wall between church and state, because none of that was relevant. You could come to conclusions yourself based on what Lincoln said, but in the end, you still haven't shown me any evidence of secularist influence in the middle of the 19th century.

Tenchusatsu



To: tejek who wrote (231801)5/7/2005 6:24:10 AM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582748
 
Lincoln says: "The Almighty has His own purposes." And that says it all. It establishes that God's agenda is separate from man's.

No, it does not. While it could be interpreted your way, most good English readers would extract the message that it may be beyond Man's ability to understand God's purposes. Or in other words that God's wisdom eclipses ours by far.

Taro