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mk  ·  4841 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rick Perry's God
>His own bizarre religion is regarded as just that by much of the mainstream and as heretical at best by the evangelical Christian rank and file.

Really? I mean, I haven't met a religion that doesn't have some bizarre to it, but really?

Hitchens makes a good point, but personally, I find this piece a but too snide. It isn't written in a way that would change minds. IMHO, if you agree with him, you'll nod, and if you don't, you'll get defensive as hell.

Bachmann and Perry are using their religion in a cynical way. That can be demonstrated; and, if you do so in a friendly way, it might even be agreed upon.