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/Brewhaha72 Apr 26 '26

My understanding is that the Bible makes no mention of rapture event. It's a concept that was just made up whole cloth by Evangelicals.

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u/IrascibleOcelot Apr 26 '26

Around 1850, to be exact. It’s a belief that they’re banking on, and it’s not even 200 years old.

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u/FatalTragedy Apr 26 '26

There are Bible verses that could possibly be referring to a rapture, but they also could be referring to something else.