Though this one is bogus,
1. Is she a woman of genuine faith? A woman who seriously believes that marriage is a sacrament – be she Christian, Jew or Muslim – will have a very different view of the institution and the commitment she is making than will a secular or casually religious woman. As for irreligious men, I see no purpose in marrying whatsoever – why put oneself at serious risk for a sacrament in which one does not believe? If you're marrying her simply because she demands it, don't be surprised when you're forced to accede to other, even less palatable demands, like a divorce.
You don't have to be religious to take marriage seriously and there is no evidence that Non-religious people are any more prone to divorce than religious people.
Actually Baptist (12%), Pentecostals(14%), Episcopalian/Anglican (12%) and Seventh Day Adventist (11%) all have higher divorce rates than people who have No religion(9%). The only Christians that have a lower divorce rate than people with No Religion are Born Agains(7%), Lutherans (7%)and Jehovah's Witnesses (6%)
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If you actually control for people who go to church every week--and especially more than once a week--there is huge difference.
1. Is she a woman of genuine faith? A woman who seriously believes that marriage is a sacrament – be she Christian, Jew or Muslim – will have a very different view of the institution and the commitment...
You don't have to be religious to take marriage seriously and there is no evidence that Non-religious people are any more prone to divorce than religious people.
I think the key word here that you are missing is "genuine" faith. I would lump all of the nominal Christians, the Christmas& Easter Christians in the same regard as non-religious. Your statistics don't differentiate. Since there are not any casually religious Jehovah's Witness, I would consider most genuinely relgious people to have similar percentages.
church of Christ statistics? Mennonites?
"You don't have to be religious to take marriage seriously and there is no evidence that Non-religious people are any more prone to divorce than religious people. "
He wasn't comparing religious with non-religios, but those with 'genuine faith' with 'secular or casually religious'.
Your numbers don't differentiate between those who are serious and those who are casual in the religios beliefs.