Yesterday was Abraham Lincoln's birthday and many made note of it, extolling his virtues on social media sites such as Facebook. This included conservatives and Tea Party activists like Sen. Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin: folks who typically embrace Christian ideals and limited, constitutional government. Why knowledgeable people uphold Lincoln as an archetype of Christianity, liberty, or constitutional government is beyond me when history proves otherwise.
Lincoln was not a Christian though he attended church services and was familiar with Scripture. As a matter of fact, he mocked ministers, denied the deity of Christ, claimed that Jesus was an illegitimate child, and disavowed the divine inspiration of the Bible. While it is claimed that he consecrated his life to Christ on the field of Gettysburg, John Matthews stated:
