But I thought the left didn’t believe in God.
They most certainly do believe in God. According to their theology, they see God every time they look in a mirror.
Nutcases like this author have driven believers out of the Anglican church. Does the Left believe in God? The answer, generally, is no. Long ago Cicero wrote in the Tusculan Disputations, “Nobody, without great hopes of immortality, would ever court death for the sake of his country.” You don’t find the Left lining up to join the military, do you?