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Religion in America; is it really tribalism?

In light of the Evangelical "unfailing" support for Trump despite his multiple marriages and (it would seem) too numerous to count affairs you start to wonder about what religion in America is about. As a Canadian, the way Americans talk about their religion (and boy oh boy do they talk about their religion) is somewhat unsettling.  Granted that Canadians have a very "private & personal" view of their religion (at least on the east coast.  It is not spoken about, God is not thanked every two minutes and generally, religion (or the lack thereof) is a very private affaire. Years ago, a friend invited me to join his family to a vacation home on the coast of main for the July long weekend.  First, we were surprised that such an amazing house would even be available at that time of the year, what my friend told me was that the owners were Jewish and because the "enclave" was Presbyterian no children would play with theirs!  All of us, it was a very la