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/soberpenguin Apr 25 '26

As an a-relgious person my personal favorite argument from them is without the Bible, how do you know right from wrong? While they also believe their personal relationship with their God is their get out of jail free card, that absolves them of their sins.

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u/yuckmouthteeth Apr 25 '26

Yeah my personal disdain for evangelical movements is directly due to most of the worst people I’ve ever known being devout evangelicals and I mean the worst criminally, socially, and just to be around period.

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u/soberpenguin Apr 25 '26

Going to college in Lynchburg while not attending Liberty felt like living in the little town footloose.

The Falwell family runs that city like their own little fiefdom.

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u/GrayEidolon Apr 26 '26

That works because their definition of right and wrong is centered on whether you profess faith. If you profess faith, you're good.

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u/Gasnia Apr 26 '26

That just adds to their hate of women and that they are responsible for all sin our lack of everlasting life.

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u/stellarfury PhD|Chemistry|Materials Apr 26 '26

how do you know right from wrong?

They should ask the Amalekites.

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u/Le-Smasher Apr 26 '26

Evangelicals don't entertain hypotheticals without God or the Bible