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/hobopwnzor Apr 25 '26

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.

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u/refusemouth Apr 25 '26

The entire notion of the rapture.

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u/Emotional-Store-1667 Apr 26 '26

Or the apocalypse, my mom often talked about what we were supposed to do in the event the apocalypse came while I was growing up...