Dude, I'm interested to know how you determined that the majority of conservatives arrived at their positions as a result of religion. That's not my experience at all. Not that I've seen data on it. I was wondering if you had.
Religion is a huge influence on a lot of lefties, too. The whole liberation theology thing, the influence of churches in the African-American community, the Anglican US governing body (I forget what it's called)........... it's not like there aren't very influential and very large religious blocks on the left side of the aisle that think their religion gives rise to their politics.
I just don't think religion per se is determinative of politics generally.
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