Is god angry that the divorce rate of christians is higher than atheists?

Question

Does this make the following claim by christian leaders a lie -
"The family that prays together, stays together"

All figures quoted are not imagined - please see sources, and verify them yourself if in doubt.

The Associated Press computed divorce statistics from data supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health.
Born-again Christians 27%
Other Christians 24%
Atheists, Agnostics 21%

They showed that the highest divorce rates were found in the 'Bible Belt'.


A recent study by the Barna Research Group verified findings of earlier polls: that conservative Protestant Christians, on average, have the highest divorce rate, while mainline Christians have a much lower rate. They found some new information as well: that atheists and agnostics have the lowest divorce rate of all.

Answer 1

As with all these statistics its to do with the social demographic which atheists belong to. Atheists and Agnostics are more likely to be higher income and have completed more years of education so what you are in fact seeing is that less educated and poorer people divorce more!

Answer 2

First of all, no matter what view one takes in the issue of divorce it is important to remember the words of the Bible from Malachi 2:16a: “I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel.” According to the Bible, God’s plan is that marriage be a lifetime commitment. “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate” (Matthew 19:6). God realizes, though, that since a marriage involves two sinful human beings, divorce is going to occur. In the Old Testament, He laid down some laws in order to protect the rights of divorcees, especially women (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). Jesus pointed out that these laws were given because of the hardness of people’s hearts, not because they were God’s desire (Matthew 19:8).

Answer 3

"Then Im thinking possibly it extremely is by using the fact there are extra Christians than atheists." it extremely is beside the point to the divorce fee it extremely is the share of individuals in a given team that get divorced. the fee of divorce for Christians is bigger than it incredibly is for atheists. and that i do no longer see what the share of "bible believing Christians" has to do with something, except you're asserting that the different ninety six% are not incredibly Christians.

Answer 4

Sorry Mystery, but what you said about athiests not being a real marriage is complete b/s. Because they don't have the same beliefs as you, doesn't make their marriage invalid.

What would you call a christian bride marrying a athiest groom? Is that a real marriage or not?

A real marriage is when two people (of any religion) come together as one.

So, why is it that the divorce rate is higher in Christians and athiests have a low divorce rate?

Answer 5

Divorce is not a sin - adultery would be the sin if it applies, but divorce is not the sin;
Do you want me to say that again in case your church doesn't know whats written in Gods Word?
DIVORCE IS NOT THE SIN, ADULTERY WOULD BE THE SIN IF IT APPLIES.
DIVORCE ITSELF IS NOT A SIN.
To see a woman in our own neighborhood who's Catholic Priest told her that when her husband gets out of jail for molesting their
3 and 4 yr old daughters, that she has to take that husband back, is as anti-scriptural as you can get. She did in fact take the creep back, and turned both daughters over to being wards of the state of Penna because they would "make the husband feel uncomfortable in the home".
This is a disgrace at very best. God would nulify that marriage and it would be as if it never happened. That Priest has alot of
explaining to do before God.
God does not expect any person to stay in any abusive marriage situation. You are freely forgiven in Christ, and if the marriage is bad, and cannot be saved, then alot
of communication with God is necessary, but that split will be forgiven of God, and the person is free to even remarry should they find the right person. God wants his children happy, not in bondage to anything dangerous or causing unhappiness.
I don't care what the statistics say, because it is too individual a thing to be able to
judge by percentages. They mean nothing.

Answer 6

No, man have free will.
But today few man accept that the life is simple, the most beauty is the simply natural beauty and accepting that is time to think to God, to our soul, to understand from we come and where we go, to the needs of other man, to live in God.
So the partner who haven't professional Carrier, who don't bring many money to house, who don't like the noise of this world, the to many publicity, isn't good.

Answer 7

Observation: defining what or who is a Christian must be recognized first. Then the statistics can follow with a much greater margin for the true scriptural Christian, not simply professed or assigned by a "pollster"as a Christian.

Answer 8

to answer the whole "is God mad" thing, yeah, He's probably pretty disappointed. I'm catholic, and I think the biggest problem is that the rules of most christian religions doesn't permit living together before marriage, which is something I think is key to determining whether or not you want to live with someone for the rest of your life. Also, a lot of religions promote marriage at the earliest time available (for example LDS really emphasizes getting married and having lots of kids so you can raise them to be LDS) so lots of people get married without taking the years it takes to get to know someone. Basically, religious leaders put the pressure on people to be perfect and get married and have kids and take them to church. so they rush everything. and that's not what God wants. God wants us to take the time to find our soul mate and take the process slowly so we can really be ready for the sacrament of marriage.

Answer 9

Fist of all, God is loving, so I don't think he is angry about anything, maybe sad sometimes, but not angry.

I think you need to think about these lifestyles these people live.

Divorce is more prevalent amongst lower income and lower educated people. I also think that age has made a difference as well.

Answer 10

And they say marriage is a sacred union.
Some people think getting married "in the sight of god" makes a difference. If that was the case, no one ever married in a church would get divorced, because their union was supposedly blessed by god.
I guess god changes her mind after a year or two.