[RR] Lincoln: Did he really say this????!!!!!

[Jose Rodriguez]

I was surfing the net and I found this shocking quote: "The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma." "...Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man--this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in and inferior position...Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal." Speech, Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1858 --Abraham Lincoln I found this quote on http://www.2think.org/quotes1.html and I find it quite sad since I have always viewed Abraham Lincoln as strong Christian man.  Could this have been taken out of context?  I pray this is so, otherwise I probably won't ever get to meet him in person (if you know what I mean). CMDR Jose F. Rodriguez Outpost 214, Potomac District