Divorce rate among Christians, one more for the Atheists and Agnostic!!

by jam 6 Replies latest jw friends

  • jam
    jam

    Miseryloveseldrs, your topic yesterday (marry only in the Lord)

    made me think.

    We have heard the saying, A family that pray togather stay

    togather, I believe in Psalms or Proverbs we are told, marry

    A woman 10yrs plus 7yrs younger, something like that. There are all

    kinds of counsel for A successful marriage within the Christians

    community. Hey folks it coming from God.

    Well lets take A look.

    Statistics taken from Religions Tolerance, U.S. divorce rates

    for various faith groups.

    Barna's results verified finding of earlier poll. That conservative

    Protestant Christians, on average have the highest divorce rate,

    while mainline Christians have A much lower rate.. Now check this

    out, they found some new information as well; that Atheist and

    Agnostics have A much lower rate of all, humm, how is that possible?

    Donald Hughes, author of the" Divorce Reality" said, "In the churches

    people have A superstitious view that Christianty will keep them

    from divorce, but they are sudject to the same problems as

    everyone else, and that include A lack of relationship skills...

    Just being born again is not A rabbit foot. Hughes claim that

    90% of divorces among born-again couples occur after

    they have been saved.

    Non-denominational 34%--Baptists 29%---Mainline Protestant 25%

    Mormons 24%---Catholic 21%--Lutherain 21% ---JW,s ??????

    Whats the conclusion, no one even God have A clue , why some

    marriage work and others do not.

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Very interesting...

    Thanks, Jam, but do you feel like posting a link? Pleeze and thank you!!

  • whereami
  • jam
    jam

    Religioustolerance.org / chr-diva.htm,

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    Is divorce a thing to cheer about? No matter who is getting a divorce, it's a sad thing.

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    Causation does not equal co-relation. Xtians tend to get married a lot more frequently than Athiests too, so those numbers may be flawed.

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    Divorce rates are down in Canada. Young people are also taking longer to get married. It might be that those who take their time generally make better choices.

    http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/980129/dq980129-eng.htm

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