Monday, April 20, 2009

Three Myths About Christians and Divorce

Here's an article by sociologist D. Michael Lindsay. (It's a proven fact that people are smarter when their first name is an initial!). He examines prevailing beliefs about Christianity and Divorce, and he identifies 3 myths.

1) Christians divorce as often as non-Christians.

2) Church attendance makes no difference.

3) Things are only getting worse.

He provides compelling evidence from the General Social Survey to refute these common beliefs...

Check it out.

1 comment:

K T Cat said...

Thanks so much for this post! I've been mulling over a post on my own blog wherein I would claim that prudes bay the bills. That is, weekly church goers, the ones scorned and ridiculed by the popular culture, divorce less, have higher incomes and, because of our highly progressive tax rates, pay the lion's share of the taxes.

We're made fun of while we shoulder the load for everyone else.

This link will help a lot.