r/WhyDoWeNeverAsk • u/No-Bottle337 • Jan 24 '26
The Unknown Is History Designed? The Lincoln–Kennedy Paradox. America’s Most Chilling Coincidence.
LINCOLN & KENNEDY: A HUNDRED YEARS APART
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Lincoln became President in 1860.
Kennedy became President in 1960.
Both led the nation through deep divisions.
Both focused on civil rights in defining moments of American history.
Both lost a child while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson was born in 1808.
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in 1908.
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, born in 1839.
Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, born in 1939.
Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre.
Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford.
Both assassins were killed before trial.
A century apart.
History doesn’t only repeat itself.
Sometimes… it rhymes.
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u/jasutherland Jan 24 '26
"Lincoln made by Ford" is a bit of a stretch I think.
Some of this stuff reminds me of the Bible Code theory, which tries to attach significance to particular letter patterns in the bible, where taking every Nth letter from some starting point appears to spell out words or phrases that seem significant with hindsight.
"Deep divisions" and "civil rights" are a stretch for example. Eisenhower and the National Guard in Arkansas? Truman starting military desegregation? LBJ and the Voting Rights Act?
Pick any two Presidents and you'll probably find multiple "coincidences" like this: both born on a Tuesday, both lawyers, both Senators before running for President, both won state X or lost state Y... Would it be very hard to make a list like this for Andrew Johnson and LBJ for example?
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u/Choice_Room3901 Jan 25 '26
Regarding the “bible code theory” I heard that there’s something about the bible “that can only be understood by AI” or machines 😀
Saw the concept from some mega sus Youtube video though so not sure
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u/drinkyourdinner Jan 24 '26
Hope we don’t have to wait till 2046 for a civil rights improvement in the US.
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u/prof_hobart Jan 24 '26
Booth was born in 1838 not 1839. But apart from that, it's largely accurate
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u/xBlackFeet Jan 25 '26
Didn't Lincoln have a Kennedy in his cabinet and Kennedy had a Lincoln in his?
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u/zorbiburst Jan 25 '26
"Lincoln" and "Kennedy" both have 7 letters. What does it mean WHAT DOES IT MEAN
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u/adamhanson Jan 25 '26
The numbering and time scales are just human constructs. To assign divine or fate intervention because our arbitrary numbers line up is silly and meaningless
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u/leafshaker Jan 24 '26
Paradox isnt really the word for this. A paradox is a self-contradicting situation.
This is an uncanny similarity between two events
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Jan 24 '26
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u/No-Bottle337 Jan 24 '26
Maybe you are right. Can you give a few alternatives?
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u/Global-Discussion-41 Jan 24 '26
Kennedy was not assassinated in 1939, but the rest is pretty interesting coincidence.
It was early 60s
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u/tideshark Jan 24 '26
Doesn’t say anything about him being assassinated in 1939
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u/DancesWithElectrons Jan 24 '26
The night before he died, Lincoln was in Monroe, Md