Aix, you asked for it you got it!
DIVORCE RATES AMONG CHURCH GOING COUPLES:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/ifm_divo.htm"The effect of religion itself on marriage stability:
The slogan "The family that prays together, stays together" is often seen on billboards and magazine advertisements. But this may not be accurate:
There has been much anecdotal evidence that has led to "unsubstantiated claims that the divorce rate for Christians who attended church regularly, pray together or who meet other conditions is only 1 or 2 percent". 2
A recent study by the Barna Research Group throws extreme doubt on these estimates. Barna released the results of their poll about divorce on 1999-DEC-21. 4 It was based on interviews of 3,854 adults from the 48 contiguous states. The sampling error is within 2 percentage points. The survey found:
Divorce rates among born-again Christians were much higher at 27 percent than for other Christian faith groups.
Atheists and Agnostics have the lowest divorce rate of all: 21 percent.
Divorce rates among Jews were highest of any religion sampled. In order of decreasing divorce rates were: born-again Christians, other Christians, and Atheists/Agnostics. More information.
Dr. Tom Ellis, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's Council on the Family said that for truly "...born-again Christian couples who marry...in the church after having received premarital counseling...and attend church regularly and pray daily together..." experience only 1 divorce out of nearly 39,000 marriages -- or 0.00256 percent. He doubts the accuracy of the Barna poll, noting that "Just saying you are Christian is not going to guarantee that your marriage is going to stay together." One must make a full commitment to God. "
TEEN PREGNANCY RATES US TOP 20--Welcome to the Bible Belt:
http://www.stopthereligiousright.org/biblebelt.htmTOP 20
1....TX......106
2.....NM......104
3.....DEL.....102
4.....AK...100
5.....ARK.....87
6.....GA.......85
7.....ALA.....84
8.....NC.....84
9.....OR.....84
10....TN....82
11....KS...79
12....NY.....78
13....KY.....77
14....CO....73
15....SC.....72
16....LA.....69
17.....ME.....69
18.....MISS.....68
19.....WVA.....68
20....OHIO....67
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG CHRISTIANS:
The is literally mountains of books and papers on this one. Most written by churches and clergy on how to best address what seems to be Christian Americas' biggest embarrassment. But what I found deep down in the dogmatic bowels of Christian Fundamentalism I think says it all about hard-core christianity and beating one's wife:
http://christiandomesticdiscipline.com/Home.html
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