[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Though the author says it's not in order, it's instructive to see that Darwin's Black Box made it to #1 anyway.

Just a few comments:

John Dewey. If you want to pick up his essay The Influence of Darwinism, go to my FR homepage.

The Prince. An incredibly boring and useless book. I can't imagine anyone being influenced by Machiavelli. It must be the cool face on the cover that does it.

Margaret Mead. A complete fraud, as anyone who has travelled to lesser-trod parts of the world can know for themselves. She was awarded Unesco's Kalinga Prize. Julian Huxley, the eugenist, also got that prize. Not really surprising--Julian founded Unesco.

I can think of many books that belong on this list. Darwin's Origin and Descent. Karl Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery, everything every written by Freud, the mendacious British histories of Hume, and, oh, so many more to choose from.

[Swiss]

Seems like the Koran should be #1

[Allegra]

Dr. Spock's "don't frustrate the child" crap deserves an honorable mention.

It could even be said that it's one of the roots of a lot of the societal problems we have here in the U.S. today.

[Varmint Al]

"Silent Spring" The book written by Rachel Carson. This book has caused the death of about 50 million Africans. It was based on "feelings" and the facts were distorted. It was the start of the Echo Freaks and they are still with us today.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[newheart]

the Science community has overwhelming rejected it.

The mere fact that Behe's book is in the #1 position is evidence of the agenda behind this list. The "Science" (why is science capitalized?) community's rejection of his thesis does not answer the question of how such complex organisms could have evolved.

[Swordmaker]

Why isn't Silent Spring on the list? Arguably, more people have died because of Rachel Carson's pseudo science than almost any other book.

[tet68]

Seems like “Silent Spring” should be on the list somewhere.

[tcrlaf]

Machiavelli books should ALWAYS be read to an eye to what was going on in Italian Politics at the time.

Smallish city-states constantly at War with each other, for everything from each others lands, percieved slights, or even just to merely fight.

Much of this was ENCOURAGED by the Church, which saw the Unification of Italy under a single leadership as a threat to it’s own power and sway.

[El Cid]

Odd that Darwin's Black Box made this list (because I agree with most of the others on the list).
The book documents processes that seem to be inexplicable by the process of darwinian evolution. Its fair to disagree with Mr. Behe's conclusions -- but apparently the author of this article would rather the world keep silence than to question the validity of the religion of darwin. And since Darwin's Black Box question's this god, the author of this article is offended. I don't even know if he read the book. Had he, he'd have known that Mr. Behe did nothing to support the literal interpretation of Genesis - he merely pointed out a few examples of 'irreducible complexity' (e.g., blood clotting, eyesight); and how the world of microbiology has revealed even higher degrees of complexity and 'apparent design' that Darwin never dreamed of.

[Keith Brown]

Where’s the Bible and the Koran?

Lots of blood on those two.....

[svcw]

#4 Baby Care

I remember that book. My mom said it was good for one thing and one thing only, it made a perfect paddle for spanking.
I hated that stupid book!

[wardaddy]

Men Who Hate Women and The Women Who Love Them: by some angry urban Jewish girl whose daddy was too distant

[SeeSharp]

I think it is well established that the Tsar’s secret police produced the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.

[wardaddy]

Actually the largest influence on Communism was hardly The Prince whether Stalin kept it on his nightstand or not. The rejection of Christianity by some and Judaism by others in Europe was what gave rise to Collectivism and Messianic Humanism which depended on the naive notion of the new man devoid of self desire as the Godhead.

The most influential book to my mind’s eye in Machiavelli’s era was written in Paris by an Englishman named Hobbes. But to be fair, The Prince was unique at the time because it was a roadmap not so much for realpolitk but for a new ruler versus one who had inherited power....something fairly revolutionary for the time...a little nuance that makes it immune to your casual dismissal with all due respect.

[I still care]

Wow. I guess this guy must think that religious types that believe in creation are far more dangerous to society than communists that kill millions through starvation, or genocide like Hitler advocated.

Won’t argue with a few of his choices, but his number one is off base.

[LiteKeeper]

No prejudice in this list /sarcasm

[foldspace]

Perhaps we should rename this:

“10 Lists that Screwed Up The Readers”

... by blatantly manipulating them and leading them to the new public enemy #1 !!

Hitler, Sanger, Protocols, Marx, Behe?

BEHE? Oh, please!

Putting Behe at #1 is a philosophic CRIME and a SLIGHT that should put Ethan Clive ‘Osbadde’
at the TOP of the:

“TOP 10 PROPOGANDA PRODUCERS” list! This is nonsense!

I do not believe over 10 people have died while reading that #1 book...

... and that was while they were carrying it crossing the street!... Sanger? Hitler?

The content of those books and the statistical fallout in number of deaths is staggering, UNTIL you get to the #1.

What obvious misdirection! Good show!

[hosepipe]

[ This book has helped to fuel (through pseudo-science and untruths) the idea that evolution is false and that a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis is the only possible manner in which the earth was created. ]

If Darwin is correct then primates evolved to eventualy invent God.. since no primate before homo sapiens has ever been known reverence a deity.. Therefore NOT believing in God is a devolution and a primitive throwback Apeing of evolved intellience..

Believing in "God(s)" seems to be evolutionary development.. and morphing God into an intelligent designer might be a cutting edge evolutionary value added development.. That is if Darwin is correct.. of not then his yarn is creative fiction..

Fiction MUST BE logical, reality need not be logical at all..

[miliantnutcase]

I was waiting for the “Cat in the hat” at #1.

[Mad Dawgg]

Unless this Book: “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” By Keynes is number 11 on this list then its bunk!

That dang book gave us all the idiotic ideas that Roosevelt and Johnson burdened this country with. Its the headwaters of all things to do with entitlement programs!

Roosevelt was said to be enamored with Keynes.

[weegee]

Missing the Koran and Al Gore’s tome that even served as inspiration for the Unabomber.