That makes much more sense than what is reported by the usual suspects.
Thank you- one of my pet peeves is preachers who bear false witness against the church to make some kind of a convoluted point! I appreciate you posting this-
In 1996, my wife was part of a group of five women who were very active in their churches, as were their husbands, including deacons, children s ministry, etc. They also had families and had all been married in the “20 years” range. One of the women was even the secretary at her church.
By 1999 all of the women except one had divorced their husbands. And they all used the same attorney. No, the one wasn’t mine. I was the second to go. I had been married 20 years and it happened out of the blue and was brought on by a class she was taking at the church (Learning to live, Learning to love).
Interestingly, the Lord brought the woman of my dreams into my life less than two months later! And I was “done” with women - or so I thought. We are nearing our 13th anniversary and the honeymoon STILL is not over.
And my wife is now counseling a woman she works with that is the same age as my ex was when she did it. And the reasoning is the same - she’s just “fallen out of love” with her husband and wants to move on. And yes, she is also VERY active in her church.
On a side note, the reason I think the divorce rate is so high among Christians relative to non-Christians is that non-Christians often don’t bother to get married. They live together and when the going gets tough they split up. It is not factored into the stats.