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Descartes proved the existence of God by showin....<br /><br />Descartes proved the existence of God by showing that he could imagine him, making God a figment of his imagination.<br /><br />Machiavelli said to pretend to be religious and Wiker says anyone who can give that advice (as well as his no-fear-of-hell other advice) can't be a believer.<br /><br />I like your take on Hitler, David. Now <i>there's</i> a novel.<br /><br />RC: And now you'll never have to.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-36913315234000356902009-07-30T14:03:01.144-07:002009-07-30T14:03:01.144-07:00So I got the 10 books that screwed up the world bo...So I got the 10 books that screwed up the world book as a Christmas present a while ago. The rhetoric was too much for me, I didn't make it through the book. As you described, it sounds like AM radio...Recession Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288371918529972744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224520.post-40578494864264681902009-07-30T12:36:12.339-07:002009-07-30T12:36:12.339-07:00I have not read Wiker, but I have read Descartes (...I have not read Wiker, but I have read Descartes (doesn't seem to be an atheist to me-rather he credits God with the benevolence of giving him his senses so that he may reason and find truth)<br /><br />I have read THE PRINCE several times and never came away think Machivelli was an atheist, aybe I'm not remebering it well enough but I sure don't recall getting that impression. Ruthless sure, morally ambivelint sure, but atheist i just do not recall.<br /><br />Decent points about the genocidal dictators, though I would argue Hitler belived in a god even if he wanted to become that dark and bloody god himself. Too much occult connections for me not to think he believed in something supernatural.<br /><br />Still ilike readding books like Wiker's if only to reevaluate what it is I believe and think about most anything.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.com