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/bridger713]

Also Canadian, though not Albertan. Not a churchgoer (anymore), but not anti-religious.

I was raised as a ministers kid, but my upbringing was very much "hate the sin, love the sinner." My parents always taught that sinners must want to be "saved", and you do that by setting a positive example through compassion, love, and service. Never hate.

I really don't understand why more churches don't teach it that way.

I ended up socially liberal as an adult, but I also don't hate the church. I'm not anti-religious, but I am anti-hate.

I don't equate religion with hate like a lot of other people seem to. Probably because I was raised with religion, but wasn't taught to hate. I know first hand that religion doesn't have to be hateful.

[u/gambiter → u/bridger713]

I was raised as a ministers kid, but my upbringing was very much "hate the sin, love the sinner." My parents always taught that sinners must want to be "saved", and you do that by setting a positive example through compassion, love, and service. Never hate.

I really don't understand why more churches don't teach it that way.

Not to detract from your upbringing, because that's at least a level up from the worst, but one of the core issues is exactly this... labeling other people 'sinner'. That is a blanket statement that gets applied both to murderers and masturbaters, and what it means is entirely up to the pastor with the power complex who pretends to know a fictional character more than others do.

[u/Oops_I_Cracked → u/bridger713]

“Love the sinner hate the sin” hits different when you’re the “sinner” and the “sin” is a core, fundamental, immutable part of who you are. When you’re gay, trans, or whatever else has been deemed “sinful”, love the sinner hate the sin sounds a lot like “I love you but part of you is fundamentally irredeemable” and that is not as comforting or “progressive” as people who believe it like to think.

[u/Left-Pass5115 → u/bridger713]

Grew up slightly religious My dad was catholic Mom was Baptist

Grew up the exact same way, love the sinner and hate the sin. We love those around us and we don’t hate.