The wrong person gets elected and could lead to unwanted fights, drama, destruction, people would outrage.
Answer: The civil war was definitely a traumatic experience tens of thousands of lives were lost. But the civil war also had many positive long term affects that we still feel on America today for example the civil war abolished slavery and have freed slaves the right to vote.
President Lincoln used ethos in, "<span>I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy.." to proclaim his justification and position for his Emancipation Proclamation for the legitimate action rather than just advocation for it.
For such an issue, the highest office in the country needed to act in such a way.</span>
Scientifically no. Earth has existed for millions of years. The Bible doesn't tell you about dinosaurs yet we know that they were real because of fossils. But according to the Bible we are only a few thousand years old. I guess it depends on what you personally want to believe in and if you are going mix science with religion.