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August 20, 2005, 7:18 pm PDT
08/19 Ask Dr. Phil About Sex
Quote From: lilacmessI just did a little research online. Interestingly, the religious group whose members get the fewest divorces (according to a study on divorce rates by religion in America) is the catholics. Equal to them in divorce rate are the lutherans and the agnostics and atheists. Mainstream protestants get the most divorces with baptists topping the list. So, ironically, according to recent research, atheists (who don't even believe in god) get fewer divorces than protestant Christians. Hmmmm . . . . I think you're a bit hasty in blaming divorce, for one, on lack of "God" in a person's life. You are right, actually the divorce rate is higher amongst christians then it is in the secular would which is a sad thing. I am a devoted Christian and I see it all the time, of course no one is perfect but I think divorce is just too easy in this society and I think people marry for all the wrong reasons,(money, security, lonliness..........). And people just don't want to put the effort into making their marriage work, I believe people go into marriages thinking it is going to be one big honeymoon and then they get disappointed and then there are others who go in to a marriage thinking, "oh, well, if it doesn't work, we can always get a divorce". It is all in the attitude. Also there is the temptation thing, we all face temptataions in our lives and that is not a sin, even Jesus himself was tempted but being the human beings that we are, we can't always resist it and then we get ourselves into trouble, and things like adultery happen,one certainly needs to be stronger then the temptation and must stayed connected with their spouses, just doesn't happen in this society even amongst christians. We are definetly living in a self centered society when it comes to morals/values......................
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