Can you believe it? Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day, February 12, 1809, but their lives had completely different effects. Lincoln is best known for freeing the slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, affirming that all men are equal. Darwin is best known for the theory of evolution, arguing that all men are not equal because some are more evolved. Darwin's theory has be used by atheists to explain away belief in God, whereas the last act of Congress signed by Lincoln, before he was shot, was to place the phrase "In God We Trust" on all our national coin.
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Amazing how one life can change and pave a new and better way for others. We are created relational beings ... What an Amazing Creator! I bet Lincoln was so humbled and pained in his life that he didn't see how his life would impact America ... well, not until the Heavenly Father took him in His Everlasting Arms, opening the portal between Heaven and earth, and said "See how My Plan was working in you..."
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