"...Nevertheless, in the Second Inaugural he speaks plainly, if provisionally, about God's purposes in the war. They are two. One is to remove slavery from America. (Notably, neither side had intended to do so. At the outset of the war Lincoln had pledged not to attempt to do so.) The other is to judge both sides, North and South, for the offense of slavery"
and, I guess, thinking that he was fulfilling his part in God's plan.
In a debate last night, Senator Kerry couldn't bring himself to claim God's support in our war on terror.
BUMILLER: Really fast, on a Sunday morning, President Bush has said that freedom and fear have always been at war, and God is not neutral between them. He's made quite clear in his speeches that he feels God is on America's side.
Really quick, is God on America's side?
KERRY: Well, God will -- look, I think -- I believe in God, but I don't believe, the way President Bush does, in invoking it all the time in that way. I think it is -- we pray that God is on our side, and we pray hard. And God has been on our side through most of our existence.
BUMILLER works for the New York Times.

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