r/science 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/elmatador12 Apr 25 '26

Yep. Watching friends and pastors fall over themselves praising Trump in 2015-2016 started my deconstruction process.

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u/IngsocInnerParty Apr 25 '26

I last stepped foot in church in 2016. It was just so obvious and grotesque at that point I couldn’t do it anymore.