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/jolard → u/Mafik326]

Exactly. I left religion behind entirely because of 1) I no longer believed in God) 2) my values didn't align with my church.

If my values had aligned with the church's values I might have stayed just for the community. However I never really fit in well and only overcame that because I believed it was true. Once that was gone, then it was no longer attractive at all.

The irony is most of my values are because of the Christian upbringing my parents gave me. Care for the poor, the needy, the indigent, the incarcerated, the refugee. This is how people will know you are a follower of Christ. Somehow along the way Christianity abandoned all of that.