1 posted on
10/29/2013 2:09:52 PM PDT by
NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...
2 posted on
10/29/2013 2:10:13 PM PDT by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: markomalley
3 posted on
10/29/2013 2:10:39 PM PDT by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: NYer
This does not take into account practicing Catholics and nonpracticing, nominal Catholics. Among nominal Catholics the divorce rate is close to the national average. Among practicing, devout Catholics the divorce rate is much lower.
Another factor that keeps Catholic marriages together is explained in the linked article.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/17/devout-catholics-have-better-sex
4 posted on
10/29/2013 2:20:01 PM PDT by
detective
To: NYer
Without marriage you won’t ever end up in the divorce statistics.No doubt about it:
The number one cause of divorce is marriage.
5 posted on
10/29/2013 2:29:05 PM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: NYer; metmom; boatbums; HarleyD; smvoice
The number one cause of screwed up statistics favoring Catholics is the inclusion of every dimweed cult as a protestant. Let’s look at the number of Catholic “priests” who have fondled little boys versus the number of reformed elders. My bet it is 1000 to 1.
To: NYer
BTTT!
A Sacrament makes the difference!
7 posted on
10/29/2013 2:45:52 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: NYer
We Do put more delaying tactics in place for couples that approach us for Matrimony, is that a factor? Does it have an effect on the number of Catholics not marrying or delaying marriage? I suspect in many areas this is the case. a 6-8 week commitment of meeting with the priest is a pretty steep thing for many people. I know a few have married in a different church to avoid it.
Kind of odd.
16 posted on
10/29/2013 4:10:07 PM PDT by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: NYer
I thought many protestants, since King Henry VIII, were not opposed to divorce. I am not sure how that factors in but I don’t know how to even quantify how many protestants are actually against it so the whole thing seems apples and oranges to me.
My wife and I, both Catholic have been married 29 years.
I tend to agree that Catholic’s put enormous emphasis on marriage and it even seems to me that the whole of the faith beautifully revolves around Jesus and the marriage / family theme.
Divorce is such a terrible thing especially when there are young children involved, it is often just the beginning of a lifetime of grief and heartache, as a nation we should be ashamed of the way we treat each other.
18 posted on
10/29/2013 4:26:36 PM PDT by
infool7
(The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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