(March 13, 2012 at 4:47 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(March 13, 2012 at 4:08 pm)Ziploc Surprise Wrote:(March 13, 2012 at 4:08 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Don't know about the veracity of the claim, but the link below claims that the divorce rate in the religious is higher than in non-believers.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm
If that's true, I can hardly see how more religion will help.
As my disclaimer suggested I've heard of these statistics before and I question them. I see too many variables that could skew things. This does not mean that I'm unwilling to be convened of your point, it only means I'm skeptical. Thanks for posting the link. I promise to look at it soon. I'm hoping to find links to any studies that show how the statistics were obtained.
It wasn't my point to make. I'm skeptical of the numbers as well, which is why I said I didn't know whether the claims were true. Just presenting them as fodder for discussion.
Well thanks for the fodder. I just read the article you linked to. It brought up even more factors that I didn't consider. It looks like getting real numbers on the situation is difficult at best because it is a multifaceted problem with many factors that effect it.
Also I think it may confirm that there are two things to consider in this argument. First is the divorce rate, second is the ability to keep and maintain long term relationships. I think people have been combing the two or confusing the two hence the misunderstandings of the situation I have been hearing over the years.
Do you think it's safe to say that religious people are (knowingly or unknowingly) oversimplifying the problem to confirm their own bias?
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
