That makes much more sense than what is reported by the usual suspects.
OTOH, if all the couples who were just living together were added into the mix,.....The fact is, Christian couples are more likely to get married in the first place.
Thanks for posting this. Every Christian knows it takes 3 for a successful marriage: husband, wife and the Lord.
Perhaps the best known series of sociological data is the General Social Survey (GSS), which contains data on religion and marital outcomes. Below I present the percentage of ever-married respondents who had ever divorced or were currently separated by religious affiliation and frequency of attendance.
Divorce rates by religious affiliation & attendance. General Social Survey, 2000, 2002, 2004 (N= 5,963)
58% Non-active Black Protestants
54% Non-active Evangelicals
51% No religious beliefs (e.g., atheists, agnostics)
48% Non-active other religions
48% All non-Christians
47% Active Black Protestants
42% All non-Christian religions
42% Non-active Mainline Protestants
41% All Christians
41% Non-active Catholics
39% Jewish
38% Active other religions
34% Active Evangelicals
32% Active Mainline Protestants
23% Active Catholics
Source: http://www.norc.org/projects/gensoc.asp
“”Christians divorce at roughly the same rate as the world!” It’s one of the most quoted stats by Christian leaders today. And it’s perhaps one of the most inaccurate. “
I don’t know either way, but the VAST MAJORITY of marriages in the world do not end in divorce. Many are not pretty, but the women and men generally stick together.
It is only in the ‘liberated’ West where women run out on their men (or vice versa, to a smaller extent though) because the men just aren’t perfect. And if the little kids get traumatized, what the hell, who cares.
bttt
Do these stats factor in the people who are already divorced when they become practicing Christians?