When you put it that way . . .

A new book reveals that when President Reagan met Soviet Premier Gorbachev during summits in the 80's, Reagan tried to convince Gorbachev about the existence of God.

Mann writes, according to the Journal, that Reagan asked Gorbachev, “what if he ruled that religious freedom was part of the people's rights, that people of any religion — whether Islam with its mosque, the Jewish faith, Protestants or the Ukrainian Church — could go to the church of their choice."

The author writes that Gorbachev deflected the question and insisted that religion was not a serious problem in the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, according to the notes of the meeting published in the book and quoted in the Journal, said he had been baptized but was not a believer.

Asking for religious tolerance in the Soviet Union makes sense. Freedom of religion is an important human rights issue. But Reagan went further.

The book reveals that Reagan told Gorbachev that his son, Ron, did not believe in God either and said he had long yearned to serve his son the perfect dinner, have him enjoy the meal and then ask him if he believed there was a cook.

Uh. Okay. Because atheists don't believe in cooks? Because life is like a really good dinner? (Unless you're born in one of those countries. Then life is like a crap sandwich.) Um, what?

This was supposed to convince Gorbachev? Did Reagan think he was stupid? Then again, this argument obviously convinced Reagan.

This is the same type of argument that Creationists make. Watches have a designer, thus, so do humans. Unfortunately for them, it's a stupid argument and ignores a big thing we call reality.

Reagan should have consulted Nancy Reagan's astrologer so he'd know this argument wouldn't convince Gorbachev. Then he could have tried Ray Comfort's banana analogy. Certainly that would've worked.