Its Lincoln's birthday today!

[Shemtov]

10 score years ago there was born a great man Who empacited the slaves and restored hope to the land.

Yes, My fellow hypesters, today is Honests Abe's 200th Birthday.
discuss.

 

[Nirvana]

It's also Charles Darwin's birthday.

 

[Shemtov]

It's also Charles Darwin's birthday.

same day, same year.
but, meh.
this is the GREAT ABE LINCOLN we're talking about. not some hoitty-toity scientest.

 

[The Battousai]

Yeah - those stupid scientists

 

[Byrd Man]

Happy B-Day, Abe. 182 years past being legal

 

[Doctor Jones]

There's also this complete *****ebag in my school who's birthday is today.

 

[ttotheusher]

Interestingly, I've seen both Abe Lincolns and Charles Darwins signatures in an autograph shop. Whether there legit or not I dont know.

 

[union_jak]

It was also my birthday, most importantly.

 

[Timstuff]

It's also Charles Darwin's birthday.

Lincoln wasn't perfect-- he was actually a racist, and for most of his presidency, believed that everyone would be better off if Black Americans were moved to Haiti and Panama after the war. However, he was still a man who's resolve never faded, and knew that the struggles he faced were part of something bigger than himself. He was called everything from appeaser to tyrant by his detractors, and yet without him, we might be be living in two very different countries today, instead of one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Darwin helped bring credibility to the theory of evolution, by applying his theories about natural selection to it (he didn't author the theory of evolution itself, however). It certainly changed the landscape of the scientific community for the next 150 years, but I don't think that's quite comparable to making choices that ultimately may have drawn the map lines of the world as we know it. The finches on the Galapagos islands weren't going anywhere, so it'd only be a matter of time before someone else came to the same idea as Darwin. The civil war, on the other hand-- one bad call, and it would have been bye-bye to the sweet ol' US of A, and hello to the American Confederacy and the American Union.

So, with due respect to any Darwin fans out there, I would like to present the following concept for everyone's consideration:

Lincoln's birthday > Darwin's birthday

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[SuperFerret]

Lincoln's birthday > Darwin's birthday

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So incorrect.

Lincoln's Birthday = Darwin's Birthday.

However, one could argue: Lincoln > Darwin

 

[04nbod]

Lincoln changed one country. Darwin changed the world

 

[SuperFerret]

Darwin didn't really change much, his findings would've been found by somebody eventually, and evolution isn't universally accepted either. So he just added more controversy.

So did Lincoln, and there are some times that I wonder; aside from the slavery aspect, would this country be better off as two smaller ones?

 

[TEDDY]

Happy Birthday Lincoln! TEDDY!!!up:

 

[Immortalfire]

Evolution is a theory. America is real. Go Lincoln

 

[Addendum]

And gravity is a theory as well. Doesn't make it any less real

 

[chamber-music]

The really question is who had the better beard Darwin or Lincoln?

Old man Darwin looked like Ian Mckellans Gandalf

 

[shigsy2003]

And gravity is a theory as well. Doesn't make it any less real

But gravity is visibile...at least the outcome is. Evolution is not visible in any way so it is more of a faith.

 

[Arcturus]

Ah yes, the 'just a theory' angle.

15th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism Pt 1

 

[Lighthouse]

What was this thread about again?

 

[Arcturus]

What was this thread about again?

Something about cake.

 

[Immortalfire]

What was this thread about again?

A birthday party, but some brat came and ruined the whole thing.

Have some cake?

 

[Go Web Go!]

The 12th was also my ex's birthday. May her and her new fake rack burn in hell.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The 12th was also my ex's birthday. May her and her new fake rack burn in hell.

You missed out on the fake rack? Damn.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I think people also forget that President Lincoln also made Frederick Douglass enter the White House through the kitchen. Real progressive.

 

[Go Web Go!]

You missed out on the fake rack? Damn.

Yeah, but she did gain like 30 lbs. also, so they kind of cancel eachother out.