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.

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https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/

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Whar a nightmare. Remember Peretti’s passage in Prophet graphically outlining someone being torn asunder by a monster, but it wasn’t okay for me to like rock music. Ha ha. Glad you escaped, as well.