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==Religion==

==Religion==

Abraham Lincoln, like many other people of his day, believed that "Religion is a private affair between a man and his God."  Doubts about Lincoln's faith have arisen mainly because he never officially joined a church, which his political opponents used sometimes to accuse him.  He had a love of the Bible and memorized parts of the Bible, and used biblical allusions later on in political speech.  Lincoln said once that:

Abraham Lincoln, like many other people of his day, believed, at least initially, that "Religion is a private affair between a man and his God."  Doubts about Lincoln's faith have arisen mainly because he never officially joined a church, which his political opponents used sometimes to accuse him.  He had a love of the Bible and memorized parts of the Bible, and used biblical allusions later on in political speech.  Lincoln said once that:

''"I doubt the possibility or propriety of settling the religion of Jesus Christ in the models of man-made creeds and dogmas.  I cannot without mental reservations assent to long and complicated creeds and catechisms."''  

''"I doubt the possibility or propriety of settling the religion of Jesus Christ in the models of man-made creeds and dogmas.  I cannot without mental reservations assent to long and complicated creeds and catechisms."''