God got more lip service back then. You could count on the submarine, hoagie, or grinder eaters, and the pop, soda, or coke drinkers, to all pretty much agree what God was about even if their allegiance to Him was observed more in the breach.
Maybe just lip service but probably not allegiance and certainly definition. You’d have Catholics and Jews and Baptists and different levels of dedication all the way to lapsed and ex.