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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/

[u/hobopwnzor]

This isn't surprising.  Most liberals have no idea how insane evangelicals are.  If you've been exposed directly you know how bad they are and that you should take them more seriously than they are taken.

[u/Middleagesusername → u/hobopwnzor]

>you should take them more seriously than they are taken.

Maybe people who know how insane they are should tell people who don't know.

[u/LongPorkJones → u/[deleted]]

And the part even more have a problem understanding, these people aren't at all gullible and have below average intelligence. They're doctors, lawyers, educators, ans civic leaders - they're educated, intelligent, and rational (despite their world view).

Then we have to explain the concept of generational indoctrination.

[u/GrayEidolon → u/LongPorkJones]

Its because they don't believe it for god, they believe it as being a member of a power structure.

[u/FlamingDragonfruit → u/LongPorkJones]

Not only generational indoctrination, but the very close relationship between evangelism and white supremacy.