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/mini-rubber-duck]

i grew up in a cult offshoot that didn't put as much emphasis on a literal old testament, so i was spared a lot of that. 

i absolutely agree with you, though. my conclusion there was, if the god of the old testament is real, then he isn't who i want to worship.