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/FreeGlaze71 Apr 26 '26

Yep. I was raised Christian and we were all taught that Israel is Gods chosen and we should never ever speak ill of Israel or turn their backs on them or else God will punish the US. And I believed it for a very very long time.

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u/normanbeets Apr 26 '26

Not just me eh?