The Comparison of the Assassinations of Kennedy and Lincoln

I’m going to do a short teaching on how people get caught up in the things of the world that are meaningless. We are to follow truth, not mysticism. A few days ago I got an e-mail from someone with some “information” on the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.  I saw a printed copy of this first in the middle sixties and although I had to look up dates to refute some things, I am amazed I didn’t see some of the flaws then.

It is almost a spooky flashback thing as presented but it isn’t what it appears to be. I remember telling someone years ago that the similarities don’t mean anything. The preson responded that history repeats itself, a concept that is not true. History does not repeat itself, men repeat the mistakes of the past.

I will give the same counsel here as Paul gave Timothy. 1Ti 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 1Ti 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

On the second e-mail I started to respond with a philosophical response.  I actually spent more time on this than it deserves. I just hope this lays to rest this one and some other like items that are just as bad. As an aside there is one out there about Bill Gates and Windows that is easier to debunk.

It is meaningless. I’m a mathematician, actually have lots of Statistics. I can find more DISSIMILARITIES than SIMILARITIES. The problem is that people who do these things only focus on the likes. And given enough time someone will find some sililarity in any two situations.

I started posting differences to the list. I was looking for differences and I wanted to check if Kennedy and Lincoln were both elected to the Senate or House. I pulled up the Lincoln biography and found this:

“In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860.

First difference – LINCOLN NEVER WAS ELECTED TO EITHER BODY OF CONGRESS. The first similarity is a lie and even the date he ran if that were used as a similarity is wrong.

Brothers and sisters, many of these things that are being passed on the internet are just junk. These are not Godly, they are not truth, they are not pure, they are not edifying to this country or the church. They are interesting, things to cause idle conversation, they are things for those who are into mysticism to hang on, but these things are not of God.