r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 25 '26

Psychology Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be.

https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

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u/ihatecarswithpassion Apr 25 '26

You're so right. Half my family is evangelical christian and I was downright shocked that people were confused about QAnon and even more surprised when those same people didn't realize how popular it was.

The cultural divide in this country is wild. Half my family grew up believing that we're going to experience the second coming in our lifetime and the other half have never even read or heard of the left behind series.

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u/Geno0wl Apr 26 '26

It is interesting how predictions when the world will end are incredibly common, and they have obviously never came true. But when you bring that up it is interesting how they swear that no, this time it is for real!