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Well, both movements are composed of humans, and as individuals we both shape our lives around metaphysical claims centering on questions of good and evil, wrongdoing and justice. Much of this debate hinges on how the boundaries should be drawn.
The entire red/blue analysis is based on analysis of American culture, and obviously isn't going to transfer well to foreign cultures. I'm skeptical of your claim that Christianity had no penetration into rural life in England, given everything I've read about British history in particular and European history generally; the explicit fights between various factions of the faith would seem to be fairly solid supporting evidence.
I've no disagreement that there's a dissident-right faction that's specifically anti-Christian. I also maintain that Christianity has been fighting Progressivism more or less since the invention of Progressivism, for reasons that have not significantly changed over time. But then, various factions of progressivism have likewise fought each other, so fights clearly aren't a workable way to determine how the boundaries should be drawn. Still, if you think Progressivism and Christianity are ultimately similar, shouldn't that similarity cash out in some sort of similarity in observable outcomes?
"Well, both movements are composed of humans" - on the internet no-one can tell if you are a dog.
With regards to christian pentration into rural areas I refer to the class distinction being one that Christian belief is a sign of wealth, working people less so afaik. I am arguing that it is top down and.most peasants or working class individuals did not, and do not actually have religious belief of any kind. Which seems inverted im the cultural analysis of the USA.
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