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Divorce is higher in the Bible Belt

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Hey guys... I know that the general idea is that all godly people are the same and all share the same beliefs, but (surprise surprise!) not all Christian denominations are the same. The Bible Belt is predominantly Protestant Christian, and generally the denomination that is most against divorce is the Catholic Church. Even historically, that giant wing of Orthodoxy known as the Episcopal Church seceded from the Romish church over an issue of divorce.

So I know that you want to be like, "oh har har look at dem christianz and thar biblz and thar all gettin divorces and some such," but, really, many Protestant Christian denominations either tacitly allow divorce or have moved away from the issue... so... like... it's not as ironic as you think.
 
More bible-belters put off sex before marriage or treat it as dirty. That kills a relationship.

I dated a girl with religious convictions who, when I (finally) got her to hook up, would cry afterwards. Every time. She told me it was wrong, I eventually (rather, later that phone call) broke up with her.
 
ronito said:
Gay marriage is allowed in other states. Little surprise it's effect are being felt in the most religious areas of the country.
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What? For one, how many states do this now, 3? Secondly, it's a relatively recent development, so statistics about divorce are going to be incomplete at best, thirdly, what indication do you have that gay marraiges are necessarily less likely to end in divorce?
 
I always thought the Bible belt referred to the northern part of the South more than the entire South. Atlanta is just not a bible belt city in my eyes. Charlotte on the other hand, that makes sense. Wiki says I'm wrong though..

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TheDrizzlerJ11 said:
I always thought the Bible belt referred to the northern part of the South more than the entire South. Atlanta is just not a bible belt city in my eyes. Charlotte on the other hand, that makes sense. Wiki says I'm wrong though.
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More urban areas are less bible-y in general. I guess Florida is an exception, but all the rest of those states are definitely 'deep south'.
 
Conciliator said:
More urban areas are less bible-y in general. I guess Florida is an exception, but all the rest of those states are definitely 'deep south'.
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Florida also has a large Catholic population (relative to its neighboring states), and the Bible Belt is really more descriptive of the Southern Protestant movement. Similarly, while Louisiana has a large Catholic population for the South, it is most prevalent around Coastal Louisiana, due to it's Catholic history and settlement.
 
The Albatross said:
Florida also has a large Catholic population (relative to its neighboring states), and the Bible Belt is really more descriptive of the Southern Protestant movement. Similarly, while Louisiana has a large Catholic population for the South, it is most prevalent around Coastal Louisiana, due to it's Catholic history and settlement.
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Exactly this. Why the fuck didn't the "study" look at this?

NE is filled with Catholics. Compare the Protestant South to the more atheist west coast for a valid comparison.
 
I live in the Midwest and there's atleast 15 girls pregnant from my class of '09. They only taught us abstinence. Most of them got married and I doubt they'll last. I feel bad for the kids.
 
I have absolutely no idea why states such as washinton or oregon, let alone california could possibly be part of the same country as this region.


t makes no sense.
 
Hari Seldon said:
Exactly this. Why the fuck didn't the "study" look at this?

NE is filled with Catholics. Compare the Protestant South to the more atheist west coast for a valid comparison.
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Actually Catholicism is all but dead in the NE, but for some reason everyone still associates NE with the Kennedy's. There are far more Catholics in California with the rising Hispanic population. NE has the largest atheist population. Sorry, west coasters.

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The Albatross said:
Hey guys... I know that the general idea is that all godly people are the same and all share the same beliefs, but (surprise surprise!) not all Christian denominations are the same. The Bible Belt is predominantly Protestant Christian, and generally the denomination that is most against divorce is the Catholic Church. Even historically, that giant wing of Orthodoxy known as the Episcopal Church seceded from the Romish church over an issue of divorce.

So I know that you want to be like, "oh har har look at dem christianz and thar biblz and thar all gettin divorces and some such," but, really, many Protestant Christian denominations either tacitly allow divorce or have moved away from the issue... so... like... it's not as ironic as you think.
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Nope. It's Protestant Christians who are behind such notions as covenant marriage, and fundamentalist Christians frown on divorce strongly.

Second, most lay Catholics are of the cafeteria variety, and don't get all that worked up about divorce. I'm sure they're grateful that you're so offended on their behalf, though.
 
SRG01 said:
Those poverty percentages towards women are just heartbreaking :(
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And thats the reason why we have child support and wealth redistribution after a divorce. Not saying I agree with the way we get their though.

This really is just the tip of the iceberg though, its a lot worse the more you dig at it.
 
Soooo, less divorce in places where shacking up through the younger period is more common?

Whoodathunkit?
 
The Albatross said:
Hey guys... I know that the general idea is that all godly people are the same and all share the same beliefs, but (surprise surprise!) not all Christian denominations are the same. The Bible Belt is predominantly Protestant Christian, and generally the denomination that is most against divorce is the Catholic Church. Even historically, that giant wing of Orthodoxy known as the Episcopal Church seceded from the Romish church over an issue of divorce.

So I know that you want to be like, "oh har har look at dem christianz and thar biblz and thar all gettin divorces and some such," but, really, many Protestant Christian denominations either tacitly allow divorce or have moved away from the issue... so... like... it's not as ironic as you think.
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This still doesn't make up for the disconnect between lobbying for family values and being unable to maintain a stable family. There's still a pretty decent level of hypocrisy there. You're absolutely right about the lumping together though.

If the people with the highest rate of divorce weren't the same people trying to tell the entire country how to live their lives this wouldn't be a story at all.
 
The Albatross said:
Hey guys... I know that the general idea is that all godly people are the same and all share the same beliefs, but (surprise surprise!) not all Christian denominations are the same. The Bible Belt is predominantly Protestant Christian, and generally the denomination that is most against divorce is the Catholic Church. Even historically, that giant wing of Orthodoxy known as the Episcopal Church seceded from the Romish church over an issue of divorce.

So I know that you want to be like, "oh har har look at dem christianz and thar biblz and thar all gettin divorces and some such," but, really, many Protestant Christian denominations either tacitly allow divorce or have moved away from the issue... so... like... it's not as ironic as you think.
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The irony is not that Christians get divorced at all... The irony is that a heavily Christianized area shows MORE divorce than less-Christianized areas.

If a society makes marriage compulsory for coupled life... you get shitty marriages. That's the gist of it.

Marriage should be reserved as a high level option for true longterm lovebirds... It shouldn't be a baseline expectation for coupling.
 
It's not hypocritical to divorce in a region that that is religious. From the article, there isn't a real link between devoutness and divorce. It's purely a geographical study that attaches Bible stuff to it. Getting married young is far more of a cultural norm as very few churches actually encourage young marriages.

However, it does make sense if you factor in the idea that they wisely think abortion is killing a kid, something those heartless, pagan Yankees in the North think is as easy as changing hair color
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YoungHav said:
LOL @ people letting a book troll them into marrying at 17.
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The article seems to indicate that being horny is the primary factor.

The fact that they are having out of wedlock kids too (The article isn't about this though) tends to show that the Bible had very little to do with any of their decisions.
 
The Albatross said:
Hey guys... I know that the general idea is that all godly people are the same and all share the same beliefs, but (surprise surprise!) not all Christian denominations are the same. The Bible Belt is predominantly Protestant Christian, and generally the denomination that is most against divorce is the Catholic Church. Even historically, that giant wing of Orthodoxy known as the Episcopal Church seceded from the Romish church over an issue of divorce.

So I know that you want to be like, "oh har har look at dem christianz and thar biblz and thar all gettin divorces and some such," but, really, many Protestant Christian denominations either tacitly allow divorce or have moved away from the issue... so... like... it's not as ironic as you think.
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Oddly enough (not really), those same Protestant Christian denominations, normally, cry out that allowing two men or two women to marry would destroy the American family and rock the foundation of our country.

However, Jesus Christ specifically discusses how divorce is akin to adultery. So, regardless of what a particular demonization thinks about divorce, it’s pretty clear cut it’s not biblical. At all. Excusing it is being hypocritical, at best, or tailor fitting the bible to fit your lifestyle, at worst.

I'm just not sure how millions of people who have been divorced, and their churches that don’t discourage the activity, have such a problem with Gay marriage destroying the family when us Breeders in the South are doing the job just fine.
 
Southern men and women had higher rates of divorce in 2009 than their counterparts in other parts of the country: 10.2 per 1,000 for men and 11.1 per 1,000 for women, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
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I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this statistic. How can the divorce rate per 1,000 marriages be different for men and women? Shouldnt it be exactly equal?
 
I H8 Memes said:
I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this statistic. How can the divorce rate per 1,000 marriages be different for men and women? Shouldnt it be exactly equal?
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Different addresses in different regions?
 
I H8 Memes said:
I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this statistic. How can the divorce rate per 1,000 marriages be different for men and women? Shouldnt it be exactly equal?
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Woman marries man. They get divorced. Same woman remarries other man. They get divorced as well. End result: only 1 woman got divorced, but 2 men. Therefore the rate of men divorcing is higher.

That would be my guess.
 
i live in a very religious town, well compared to the rest of the country, and from my 20 old school mates 16 are married. i'm 22 btw.


wouldn't be surprised if half of them are divorced in 10 years since most of them married their first love.
 
I'm still shocked at the "incredible difference" of 4 people out of a 1000. This is not news. This is what we would call a "non-reportable variance".
 
Skiptastic said:
I'm still shocked at the "incredible difference" of 4 people out of a 1000. This is not news. This is what we would call a "non-reportable variance".
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The difference in murder rates between countries must really be insignificant, then. smh
 
Clearly the gays are sabotaging marriages in order to make the persecuted Christian majority look even worse!


Veidt said:
Isn't it because there's more married couples there?
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Do you not know what a rate is?
 
Skiptastic said:
I'm still shocked at the "incredible difference" of 4 people out of a 1000. This is not news. This is what we would call a "non-reportable variance".
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The few religious that moved into the North are skewing the numbers.
 
Josh7289 said:
Can anyone explain why the rates of divorce are slightly different for men and for women?
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I mentioned moving to a different location, but militart divorces could play a role too perhaps.

Also remarriages, but that seems unlikely.

EDIT: It also appears that census divides things up by age which could be skewing things.
 
JGS said:
I mentioned moving to a different location, but militart divorces could play a role too perhaps.

Also remarriages, but that seems unlikely.
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But if a couple gets divorced... They're both getting divorced. I don't see how the rates can be anything but the same for men and women.
 
Josh7289 said:
But if a couple gets divorced... They're both getting divorced. I don't see how the rates can be anything but the same for men and women.
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Well, if it's census data, it really is based on the info provided isn't it?
 
Think I found the reason for the difference. Sorry, it's sloppy.

https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-13.pdf

Table 1 shows the national,
regional, and state marriage,
divorce, and widowhood rates for
men and women in 2009. Rates
throughout this report count the
marital events reported in the
past 12 months per 1,000 men or
women in the population 15 and
older. The overall national rates
of marital events for men in 2009
were 19.1 marriages, 9.2 divorces,
and 3.5 instances of widowhood.
The overall national rates of marital
events for women in 2009 were
17.6 marriages, 9.7 divorces, and
7.8 instances of widowhood. Variations
in rates between men and
women can be attributed to gender
differences in marriage. Women
tend to live longer than men.7
Women also tend to marry older
men.8Consequently, widowhood
rates were higher for women. Men
also remarry more than women
do, so men’s marriage rates were
higher than women’s rates.9
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So men marry their mistresses who stay with them until they die to get inheritance confirmed?
 
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