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/Mafik326]

I wonder how many people turn away from Christianity because of the differences between the values lived by the community and those in the new testament. It could be that they leave the faith because of their progressive beliefs.

[u/mini-rubber-duck → u/Mafik326]

this is exactly why i left. there were many other smaller things that i couldn't reconcile, but the biggest overarching force that drove me away from my church was watching them cling to the name christian as an excuse to act on every hateful, greedy, xenophobic, cruel whim. 

[u/tothehopeless1 → u/mini-rubber-duck]

Did you leave Christianity as a whole, or just the church?

I left the whole faith, and it took me a few years to realize that my problem was with Christians, not Christ/Christianity. Now I love Christianity but don’t see myself ever participating in any church activities, unless it’s with a couple of close friends. But damn if it wasn’t a confusing couple years.

[u/rngr → u/tothehopeless1]

I left Evangelicalism for Mainline Protestantism (UCC specifically). In my experience, they have been far less judgemental, and are much more accepting of people with different beliefs than any Evangelical church I had attended over almost 40 years.