Perhaps, but I've got a very large vocabulary.
Posted on 08/01/2010 12:24:10 PM PDT by geraldmcg
A recent study released by the Barna Group—a leading research company focused on the intersection of faith and culture—has been the spark plug for a surge of editorials around the country because of the study’s eye-opening, statistical revelations regarding Christianity and divorce.
Among the findings, divorce rates among conservative Christians are not only counter to Christian ideals, they are significantly higher than that of other faith groups, including atheists and agnostics.
George Barna, the director of the study observed, “There no longer seems to be much of a stigma attached to divorce. (Instead), it is now seen as an unavoidable rite of passage. Interviews with young adults suggest that they want their initial marriage to last, but are not particularly optimistic about that possibility.”
Offering a unique insight into the depths of modern-day Christian marriages is minister and author, Rodney Winters, who’s new book, Go Into the House, much like the Barna study, has Christians talking.
Winters explores a wide range of marital mysteries among Christians, particularly when held up against the chasm between the sexes.
Why do Christian men choose to commit adultery? Why don’t men share their fears and emotions with women? Why do women want and need to hear the man’s perspective on “when a wife cheats”?
Further, Winters writes about the other side of Christian marriage, when a spouse is facing the aftermath of divorce. Barna pointed out in his company’s report that, “(our) research also raises questions regarding the effectiveness of how churches minister to families. The ultimate responsibility for a marriage belongs to the husband and wife, but the high incidence of divorce within the Christian community challenges the idea that churches provide truly practical and life-changing support for marriages.”
The use of four letter, gutteral Anglo-Saxon words has long been the mark of a very stunted vocabulary, stormer. I wouldn’t be smug about it, if I were you.
What does “live in sin” mean?
Well let me tell you something, Mr. RegulatorCountry, I’m really not interested in your opinion of my vocabulary or of my style of communication. I consider you nothing more than limaceous galactophage.
You’re pitiful.
Perhaps, but I've got a very large vocabulary.
2008 study by Barna: Evangelical Christians have lower divorce rates. He allows people to define themselves as “born-again,” It is always the so-called “born-agains” that mimic the society as a whole. He has his own methodology that leads to provocative headlines. Perhaps the question is better, “Which Christians are serious about their faith?”
Divorce Among Adults Who Have Been Married
(Base: 3792 adults)
Population Segment Have Been Divorced No. of Interviews
All adults 33% 3792
Evangelical Christians 26% 339
Non-evangelical born again Christians 33% 1373
Notional Christians 33% 1488
Associated with non Christian faith 38% 197
Atheist or agnostic 30% 269
All born again Christians 32% 1712
All non born again Christians 33% 2080
Protestant 34% 1997
Catholic 28% 875
Upscale 22% 450
Downscale 39% 367
White 32% 2641
African-American 36% 464
Hispanic 31% 458
Asian 20% 128
Conservative 28% 1343
Moderate 33% 1720
Liberal 37% 474
(Source: The Barna Group, Ventura, CA)
It's a euphemism for "shack up." I guess "shack up" is a euphemism too, but perhaps you are familiar with it.
You're vacillating between banality and puffery, here, not as if the two are mutually exclusive, as you so aptly demonstrate.
Given the choice of reading juvenile excessive use of four-letter words and juvenile excessive use of nickel words, I suppose I'll take the nickel words, though, so carry on.
Good morning.
I think I know what you mean, but I am curious where it is found in the Christian Bible. Where and how is it defined in your scriptures?
I bet google would turn up something for you, on that line of inquiry. My remark was based on many Christian churches teaching, right or wrong, that sex without lifelong commitment is wrong.
I can't find anywhere in Scripture where a marriage is defined by a ceremony, only by a heart commitment on the part of the two.
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