....from choosing a leader of their faith. I vote for the person and their ability to lead, not basing how they'll do it because of their religion . By the way , be honest with yourself ,quick , what was A. Lincoln's religion ? Didn't know did you !!! He was the the best President the USA has ever had and didn't have to defend HIS faith .
2007-12-07 12:54:42 · 5 answers · asked by 1wiseguy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
IT IS important to question a man's faith who is seeking to be president. He should not use his faith or his religion to achieve any of his policies.
2007-12-07 12:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Imagine No Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln was a deist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_religion
He also said this:
"I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races. I am not now nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor of intermarriages with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the two races living together on social or political equality. There must be a position of superior and inferior, and I am in favor of assigning the superior position to the white man."
http://www.pointsouth.com/lincoln/race.htm
He was a puppet of Big Rail and one of the worst Presidents the USA ever had. The Civil War was about succession, not slavery. He said whatever he had to say to get from A to B, whatever he felt people wanted to hear, and that included his views on religion.
It's fair to question a person's faith if they are seeking public office, because chances are good that if they HAVE religious faith, they can't be trusted because they can't even think for themselves.
2007-12-07 12:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No it isn't fair. Faith is no proof that a man will be a good president or not.
2007-12-07 12:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by punch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What? You mean we shouldn't pick a president because he's an evangelical Christian and then turn around and whine about Iran electing a fundamentalist Muslim for president?
2007-12-07 12:58:43 · answer #4 · answered by Orpheus Rising 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lincoln was an atheist everyone knows that.
And Einstein is still freeking agnostic.
2007-12-07 12:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋