On any given Sunday in church, I believe only about 37 percent of what I hear. This ecclesiastical credulity has fluctuated greatly in the past 40 years. It has been as high as 81 percent and as low as 3 percent.
A lot depends on what is being said, who is saying it, why they’re saying it, my general mood at the time and whether I’ve been taking all of my meds.
Ironically, deep blue believers and hardcore atheists alike respond the same way to this selective form of church participation — faith in God is an all-in or all-out thing.