I have no basis in experience with Perry to say this, but I’ll venture my guess anyway based on the experience I have with other people of faith.  He genuinely believes in the broad strokes of his Christian faith, but, like nearly every other practitioner, has never had to conduct any searching examination of the soundness of those beliefs.  If religious indoctrination in a protestant faith is as breezy and intellectually vapid as it is in catholic church, then there’s really no information beyond fairy tale telling passing from one generation to another.  When this gobbledygook is presented to a child, they don’t know to question any of it.  By the time a person obtains enough maturity and life experience to begin doubting what their parents tell them, they’re already an adherent to this world of ridiculous ideas. 

Why should Perry be any different?  He’s simply emotionally committed to a ridiculous idea spoon fed to him as a child.

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Perry is undoubtedly “pandering” IMO,  Evil is greed’s best buddy - some dabble in the art while those like Perry revel in the practice.

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Brilliant.  Glad to see Hitch still writing.

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It’s not fair that some people are stupid and others are not.  The weight of this unfairness, however, does not fall on the stupid.  It’s quite the other way around.

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it’s a bit of both; but I think it leans more towards the pandering for votes side.

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