[OLD REGGIE]

Are you aware of the "divorce" rate between Protestants and Catholics? Divorce, not annulment.

Numbers please.

[RobbyS]

Only thing I have handy says I was wrong about the Swedes(divorce lawyers must work cheap). In 1996, Belarus had the highest divorce rate (68% of marriages)among 47 selected countries. USA is only 49%(12th) Belgium is 56%,(7th) but Catholic influence in that country is vanishing quickly.They are almost as demoralized as the former communists states. Austria is 38%. Poland is 19%, and Italy is 12%. Spain is 17%.

[Havoc]

Are you aware of the "divorce" rate between Protestants and Catholics? Divorce, not annulment.

That would be rather interesting. One of the guys I work with is an ex-catholic. He left catholicism to become a strict Bible based Christian. He later married a Protestant. His parents evidently don't treat him any too good now, and they treat his wife like less than a human being. I'm just wondering how many divorces happen that are considered other than divorce because catholics don't view the marriage as valid. Just a curiosity. I think my coworker would tell someone to stuff it before he'd ever consider the notion of parting with his wife.

[al_c]

Are you aware of the "divorce" rate between Protestants and Catholics? Divorce, not annulment.

Numbers please.

I did a search for this on Yahoo and found this site. There's some pretty good info on this particular page about this subject, but I chose to post only a chart that they got from Barna. If you want to read the rest of the article, follow the link. Enjoy ...

Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate)	% who have been divorced
Non-denominational (small groups; independents)	34%
Baptists	29%
Mainline Protestants	25%
Mormons	24%
Catholics	21%
Lutherans	21%