Actually, I think if mankind is going to survive, he will have to march away from superstition. If he doesn't move away from superstition, he won't survive and it won't matter.

         If he does move away from superstition, Reagan will become to look more like a societal anchor and less like an inspiration.

         I think Reagan did more damage in the sense that, in order to form the coalition that his handlers wanted he made political deals that eventually resulted in the election of GWB. In that sense, GWB is just an extension of Reagan. It's just one great big political disaster.