Descartes was kicked out of holland as he was accused of being a follower of Servetus—the father of the unitarian church.
The unitarian church pushed the low view of christ—that is that christ is just a man. Which makes christ a mere human sacrifice —such sacrifice is no better than the sacrifice of a chicken or pig. This form of christianity is no better than an aztec ripping the heart out of man spread eagled on an alter.
Descartes slight of hand was to place theology right next to witchcraft—and these two were branches on a tree whose trunk was philosophy.
Theology, since its God centered, by definition—cannot be a subgroup of philosophy—since philosophy is man centered.
Nor was descartes slight of hand unintentional. It followed logically from his low view of Christ.
The french including rousseau—who came 100 years after descartes took the proposition that man is the measure of all things—to its logical conclusion—that man is the measure of God. That therefor, if God can be measured—he is not God. That therefor there is no God. That therefor man is free to fashion the world according to the passions of his own demons.
Now I grant you that that’s not what Rousseau said. Rather it was the premise of the age from which he started.
On the other side of the english channel Newton became a unitarian. he also held to the low view of christ.
Newton’s low view of Christ quickly jumped the atlantic to harvard in the 1700’s.
as it is written,we aree all made in his likeness, so how else ccould we measure deity, whether it be hebtew, greek, asatruan, or roman?
or, as some suggest, we are just too trucking dumb to figure that out?
or,, would someone suggest the Lovecraftian ancient ones, which are not the type to adorn our homes with?