Thoughts on 53% Divorce Rate?

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I heard the current divorce rate in America is a whopping, steady, 53%.
And growing. I also heard, this statistic, could be the results
from the feminist movement over the last 30 years.

Jesus said, to believers, DON’T marry - a person who’s been divorced. Period

Curiously, 80 % of the women -
are the ones who are seeking separation, for whatever reason.
 
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It’s economically beneficial for women to seek divorce. Our court system rewards it.
 
We live in a country where women are not nearly as economically dependent on men as other countries.
We also live in a very secularized culture, so people don’t really care what Jesus taught. Christianity IS shrinking in western cultures.

If one is going to evaluate any statistic in America, you can’t put it in a Christian context anymore. We aren’t a Christian nation anymore.
 
My wife and I are happily married, celebrating our 6 year anniversary on April 6th and going strong.
 
JanSobieskiIII said:
It’s economically beneficial for women to seek divorce. Our court system rewards it.
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Tragically, it is not economically beneficial for America. The breakdown of families can lead to huge problems and depression.
 
People are seeking fulfillment in the love of a frail human being.
They want the endless emotional high of infatuation.
They’re seeking to fill deep emotional wounds.
They no longer see sex and marriage as dependent on each other, and don’t see either as a “forever” commitment.
Certain religious movements in Western Christianity (I’m looking at YOU, Henry VIII) opened the door to divorce as a convenient “out”
Lack of willingness to commit to any person or ideal. Don’t wanna be tied down, don’t wanna lay down ones life for ones friend

Sadly, it becomes a cycle over generations–kids feel insecure over they’re parents divorce, wind up having trouble pair-bonding themselves.

And nowadays a lot of people just live together, and there’s a growing number of young people who don’t even seek out relationships at all.
 
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Certain religious movements in Western Christianity (I’m looking at YOU, Henry VIII) opened the door to divorce as a convenient “out”
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Not really fair on Henry: what he sought was an annulment. What’s the annulment rate in the US, by the way?
 
Meh, divorce, annulment, beheading.
He always managed to get his own way…
 
not sure how this response pertains to OP’s thread topic;

but whatever

check in again with the forum about your marital bliss in 20, 30 or 40 years…
 
That statistic is based upon the number of marriages recognized by the government vs. the number of divorces, not the number of people who actually divorce. I believe that this is is part of why there is such a difference in the statistics. Also, all those other countries you mentioned are under communist (or the remnants of communism in Russia’s case) governments. Historically, the civil recognition of marriage is not usually seen as important and many resort to common-law marriage, in which divorce is sometimes not counted, as the common-law status is dissolved upon separation. So, if these governments view theses statistics as legal civil marriages which have gone through divorce vs. the gross population then yes, the statistic is going to be much lower.

The one thing I learned about statistics in High School is that they are very easily mmanipulated. Do not trust the stated result, but instead review the data and make your own conclusions.
 
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Per conservative social scientist, Charles Murray, the one demographic group that has a low divorce rate are those where both members of the marital union are highly educated professionals. As far as I can tell religious affiliation and practice has not bearing on who does or doesn’t get divorced; however, I am open to information on it.
 
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Mine’s OK after 50, thanks. I attribute it to my secular culture.
 
humble bragging is starting to sprout like dandelions in this thread

too bad none of it addresses OP’s thread topic
 
Well, that was a pleasant response.

Someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

6 years of solid marriage is a considerable accomplishment today, considering how many marriages fail in the first year.

@brian_custer - what is your age range, and are you married or ever been married?
 
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Divorce rate in Vietnam is 0.2 %. Russia 4.8%. China 2.8%
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There is NO way that the Russian divorce rate is 4.8%.

I looked this up and you’re seriously botching the stats.


Using the type of numbers you used for the US (divorce to marriage ratio–it’s the third column), the US percentage is 46% and Russia’s is 52%.

Also, China’s is 30% and Vietnam is 4%.

The US does not have by any means the highest divorce to marriage ratio–higher ones are found in places like Belgium (61%), Cuba (56%), Czech Republic (54%), Denmark (57%), Estonia (50%), Finland (56%), France (55%), Luxembourg (67%), Portugal (71%), Spain (58%), etc.

I see that the marriage-to-divorce rate in the EU as a whole is 44%.
 
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Okay.

Then I’ll simply write off your comment as meaningless drivel.

God bless you on this Holy and Mandy Thursday
 
JanSobieskiIII said:
It’s economically beneficial for women to seek divorce. Our court system rewards it.
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If that’s so, why are divorced women usually poor?

I agree that it may be economically beneficial for a woman to divorce…but only if the marriage itself is an economic disaster, and divorce means being able to get away from an ongoing financial trainwreck, or if the husband is unwilling to support the family within marriage–which does happen.
 
@Xantippe thank you for providing the actual scientific demographics.
 
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