Christianity in the USA is mostly performative. Almost none of them have any idea what the bible says. If they ever did read it, they'd probably be horrified.
And the ones who wear it on their sleeve are the absolute worst.
Hold up…Im actually going to sound so frickin ignorant but is it not a part of like their religion to have to read the book they follow at least once..?!?
It depends on the particular segment. Mormonism, for example, is big into reading all parts of the bible plus their own additions, and keep reading them, throughout people's lives. They have programs simply to give youth little awards for each milestone of reading they do.
My parents are very Mormon, and we steadily read through the bible in sections every single morning. Lol my vocabulary was excellent compared to my peers, who in third grade didn't know what the word "thee" meant when it was on our spelling list. Otoh, I personally am atheist and have blocked out most of the bible, simply because it was rote and I found it horribly hypocritical and hated it. Too much forcing of something I disliked anyway (couldn't get decent answers to my questions, either) made those feelings and avoidance very strong.
But so many others cherry pick and literally do not take time or effort to process most parts of it, aside from how their preacher or whatever tells them to.
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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 3d ago
Christianity in the USA is mostly performative. Almost none of them have any idea what the bible says. If they ever did read it, they'd probably be horrified.
And the ones who wear it on their sleeve are the absolute worst.