Just to expand the conversation. Few Americans follow the bible just because (fundamentalism). Most do it for cultural reasons, and those cultural norms also

Just to expand the conversation. Few Americans follow the bible just because (fundamentalism). Most do it for cultural reasons, and those cultural norms also dictate picking-and-choosing what to follow, while claiming the religious authority of the bible. It's not the individual that is hypocritical, it's the culture. The reason I mention this is that hypocriticism requires some kind of logic to track consistency (or lack of) and yet faith is blindly illogical (believe this just because). No one is analysing why someone has (or chooses to have) a faith in something in the first place. I also think there is a definition of hypocrite that goes something like: being a proponent of some universal moral rule, while excepting oneself from it.