I have a boss that is profoundly religious and by most counts has high moral standards. Because of this she was the last person that I would have suspect would lie and not take accountability for the words she speaks, but that is exactly what happened. Much to my surprise this God fearing woman lied to protect herself. She knew I knew she was lying and in my presence she failed to be accountable to our mutual big boss. She blatantly omitted facts and took no responsibility for a decision she made putting me on the spot and creating an uncomfortable situation for us both.
I hate to say this and it is going to sound a bit bias but I find that religious people are more likely to turn on you in for their own benefit. I believe this is because they give all the credit for the things that go right or wrong in their lives to an omnipotent being and take no responsibility for their actions themselves. I have witnessed this throughout my life and this is just the most recent experience for me to reference. Rather than take accountability for their own actions they find a way to to take comfort in their faith for throwing you under the bus. They just ask an imaginary being for forgiveness and all is well.
The bottom line is that the majority of devoutly religions people must be hypocrites, they do not have a choice. They hold themselves to a ridiculously high standard that they can not ever live up to but give themselves an easy out by just asking an imaginary being for forgiveness and all is well. In the end these individuals are forced by human nature to go against these beliefs and take actions that they would never acknowledge they are capable of, hypocrites....
