{"id":2615165,"date":"2026-06-17T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-atheistic-culture-opposes-christianity-vance\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:19:42","slug":"progressive-atheistic-culture-opposes-christianity-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-atheistic-culture-opposes-christianity-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Progressive atheistic culture\u2019 opposes Christianity: Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprogressive-atheistic-culture-opposes-christianity-vance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance has expressed that a &#8220;progressive atheistic culture&#8221; conflicts with core christian teachings, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criticizing thier perceived rejection<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-beauty-guru-to-launch-make-makeup-great-again-line\/\" title=\"Conservative Beauty Guru To Launch \u2018Make Makeup Great Again\u2019 Line\">religious beliefs<\/a> such as belief in Jesus Christ. During a Fox News appearance on Gutfeld!, he commented on how progressives may dismiss religious beliefs as superstitions. Vance is promoting his new memoir, *Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith*, which details his conversion to Catholicism in 2019, making him the second Catholic to serve as Vice President, after Joe Biden. He criticized progressive views on gender, describing them as far removed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-pulls-bestseller-on-transgender-issues-from-store-without-explanation\/\" title=\"Amazon Pulls Bestseller on Transgender Issues From Store Without Explanation\">natural law<\/a>, and criticized Vatican diplomats&#8217; superficiality. vance sees Christianity as a source of meaning, contrasting it with what he calls the distortive effects of politics and worldly pursuits.Historically, Catholics were a Democratic voting bloc but shifted towards Republicans in recent decades, with Trump winning a significant portion of Catholic votes in 2024.Speculation exists that Vance&#8217;s memoir signals a possible presidential run, following a trend among GOP contenders to publish books during the campaign. His previous memoir, *Hillbilly Elegy*, reflected on his rise from Appalachia to Yale Law School and propelled him into the national spotlight.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> said \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/progressives\/\">progressive<\/a> atheistic culture\u201d is fundamentally opposed to core <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"774\">Christian teachings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you believe that Jesus is the son of God, rose from the dead on the third day, there are a lot of progressives who will say, \u2018You\u2019re a crazy person, you believe in superstitions,\u2019\u201d Vance said during an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2067079830307237926\">hour-long appearance<\/a> on Fox\u2019s <em>Gutfeld!<\/em> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4612446\/trump-iran-deal-friday-doubt\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump casts doubt on landing Iran deal Friday: \u2018You never know\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4612099\/labor-department-threatens-withhold-funds-governors-state-unemployment-fraud\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Labor Department threatens to withhold funds from governors over unemployment fraud and waste<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4608693\/trump-iran-deal-very-strong-g7\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Iran deal is \u2018very strong\u2019 but \u2018nobody knows what it is\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance\u2019s comments come as he promotes his new memoir, <em>Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith<\/em>, which was released Tuesday. The book details his 2019 conversion to Catholicism. Vance is the second Catholic American to hold the nation\u2019s second-highest office, after former Vice President Joe Biden. Both Catholic presidents, John F. Kennedy and Biden, have been Democrats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose same people will tell you that if a grown man takes some hormonal therapies that Big Pharma told him to take, that person will become a woman,\u201d Vance said, referring to the progressives he says deny the communion. \u201cIt\u2019s like, actually, you believe something that is far crazier and clearly a violation of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance was one of the last to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3385552\/vance-meets-pope-francis-easter-vatican\/\">meet with<\/a> Pope Francis before his death, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-refuses-to-debate-extremist-ron-desantis\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris declines debate with &#039;extremist&#039; Ron DeSantis.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter ... Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> criticized<\/a> the \u201ctrite platitudes\u201d of the Vatican diplomats who accompanied the pontiff in his recent book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is great about Christianity is that it is a healthy way to find meaning,\u201d Vance added on <em>Gutfeld!<\/em> \u201cBut if you try to find all of your meaning in politics, or you try to find all of your meaning in worldly things, I think it has a very distorting effect.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catholics were formerly a major voting bloc for the Democratic Party. They <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/725574\/the-myth-of-the-catholic-voter\/\">began to break<\/a> for Republicans following upward economic mobility and the growth of the anti-abortion movement in the latter half of the 20th century. President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> won 59% of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4522816\/can-democrats-get-religion\/\">Catholic voters<\/a> in 2024, according to exit polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4610021\/vance-praises-trump-rebellion-against-gop-donors-new-book\/\"><strong>VANCE PRAISES TRUMP\u2019S \u2018REBELLION\u2019 AGAINST GOP DONORS IN NEW BOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of Vance\u2019s memoir fueled speculation that the vice president is preparing for a presidential run. Apart from Trump, nearly every major Republican candidate in the party\u2019s 2024 presidential primary released a book as part of their campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Communion<\/em> is Vance\u2019s second book, after <em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em>. Vance\u2019s 2016 memoir reflects on his journey from Appalachia to Yale Law School. The book also catapulted the then-venture capitalist into the national eye.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance: Progressive culture opposes core Christian beliefs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4301,"featured_media":2615166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25296287838189.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36122,5695,52371],"class_list":["post-2615165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-atheism","tag-christianity","tag-culture-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25296287838189.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615169,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615165\/revisions\/2615169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2615166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}