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I am not depraved.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)

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| June 16, 2008 | O'Toole, Lenora C. | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

George Gilder has an effusive review of David Berlinski's new book, The Devil's Delusion, in your May 5 issue ("Blinkered Sages"). The book sounds interesting, but Gilder writes: "A culture that does not aspire to the divine becomes obsessed with the fascination of evil, reveling in the frivolous, the depraved, and the bestial." The idea of God, he says, is "essential to coherent thought or uplifting culture of any kind."

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