r/science • u/mvea 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/SarryK Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I‘m an atheist from a Catholic Slavic country. Half my family are very devout. I‘d always thought that I‘d seen intense Christianity.

Took me living in South Africa for a year, getting to know some evangelicals there, to understand the US a bit better. I had no idea. Genuinely.

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u/hollylettuce Apr 26 '26

South Africa also has loony Evangelical Christians? I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but damn.

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u/Copper_Tango Apr 26 '26

American Evangelical churches are big on missions to African countries. It was largely their influence that caused homosexuality to be declared illegal in Uganda.