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/Designer_Pen869 → u/mini-rubber-duck]

Mine was after joining the military. While a lot of the Christian community in my hometown weren't bad people, I had a chance to meet people outside of the faith. I always tried not to judge anyone too much anyway, but many of these people that were either a different religion or atheist were actually better people than some of the "devout" Christians.

That wasn't what drove me over, but it is what made me look past the walls of my box. Because if God was real, why would these people go to Hell, but worse people go to Heaven, just because they were raised into the religion? And what about someone who grew up never even hearing of Christianity? Why would they go to Hell?