Its influence is not only in North America, but global.
Ameristians, today's American Christianity.
One major problem is they consider white-lie not a sin, because white-lies to them, is politeness, thus not a sin. Or as if there will be a time when one has to sin and by choosing the 'lesser' sin, one has not sinned.
This is the kind of perversion I've been shooting at with bloodthirsty temptation.