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Rick Perry – “spiritual” or “anti-intellectual?” [snip "So how will Rick Perry’s faith be derided? For starters, he will be subjected to ridicule centered around the assumption that in his own mind, EVERYTHING he does is “God’s will”. That kind of mockery plays heavily on the assumption that religious individuals are either too stupid or too gullible or too arrogant to objectively use history, reason, or the counsel of others when making decisions. He will also be subjected to the same kind of “If Perry really was a TRUE Christian then he would …” second-guessing that liberals heaped on George W. Bush, especially after the US invasion of Iraq. This will be folded into another attack strategy that seems to be underway, namely that Perry’s record as Texas governor proves that he is callous and lacks compassion for the poor. The WaPo article quotes William Martin, a professor at Rice University: “I looked at his policies, and they didn’t seem to be something that would flow from a heart full of Christian love, so I was thinking he had found religion conveniently. But as best I can tell, it seems to be a long-standing conviction of his.” [snip]