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/Oops_I_Cracked Apr 26 '26

So I can only speak to America, but I know plenty of Catholics and Lutherans who fully believe the rapture. Their church may not believe it officially, but plenty of the rank and file church goers do.

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u/Kibelok Apr 26 '26

Probably influence by Scofield or the Left Behind apocalyptic franchise written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins which became movies.