Comments on: FactChecker: Divorce Rate Among Christians

By: Misquoting Christian Divorce Rates – Don’t Make the Common Mistake | Seth's Oasis

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:15 +0000

[...] the abuse of stats by evangelicals and the media in the past, it was refreshing to see a recent article at the Gospel Coalition show some new data that corrects some erroneous divorce rate statistics which seem to get thrown [...]

By: Not So Fast: The Real Divorce Rate Among Christians — Fr. John Peck

Not So Fast: The Real Divorce Rate Among Christians — Fr. John Peck — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:33:36 +0000

[...] Source: The Gospel Coalition Filed Under: General, Morality, The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow Tagged With: christian, divorce rate, marriage About Fr. John PeckI am a priest in the Orthodox Church in America, an award-winning graphic designer and media consultant, and a professional business and non-profit administrator. [...]

By: Do Christians divorce at lower or higher rates than others? | CMF BLOG

Do Christians divorce at lower or higher rates than others? | CMF BLOG — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:41:39 +0000

[...] I do not have recent statistics from the UK, there is an interesting article circulating in the US and over here by Glenn Stanton, which busts this myth [...]

By: defining love – genuine love isn’t normal | Daren's Blog

defining love – genuine love isn’t normal | Daren's Blog — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:03:44 +0000

[...] 1. Genuine love is about faithfulness. “Professor Bradley Wright, a sociologist at the University of Connecticut, explains from his analy... [...]

By: Rabbi Allen Maller

Rabbi Allen Maller — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:15:50 +0000

the major reason individual Jews have an above average divorce rate is that so many of them today are married to Christians. The divorce rate for Jewish Christian mixed marriages is double the rate for both Jewish marriages.

By: Element #5: The Great Marriage Mystery | FarmingtonGlenn

Element #5: The Great Marriage Mystery | FarmingtonGlenn — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:07:47 +0000

[...] (2) The widespread belief that Christians divorce only slightly less than non-Christians is actually false. Strongly committed Christians actually divorce much less often than less than average, although still too often. Discipleship DOES make a difference for marital oneness: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/09/25/factchecker-divorce-rate-among-christians/ [...]

By: Bob Srigley

Bob Srigley — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:58:47 +0000

There is another factor at work which significantly mitigates the charge against Christians: More non-Christians than Christians tend to cohabit in fairly committed relationships, sometimes even with children. When these relationships break up, as they frequently do, it does not count as a divorce in any statistical analysis because they were never married.

By: MickeyFL

MickeyFL — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:33:13 +0000

So, to summarize you could say "the divorce rate for christians is lower than reported because I will personally label those people as not christian." Problem solved.

By: Creating Culture « leadership42day

Creating Culture « leadership42day — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:20:25 +0000

[...] the notion that most Christian’s lifestyles reflect that of the general population. However, a Gospel Coalition post from September 2012 demonstrates that Christians who are actually attempting to live-out their faith have a lower [...]

By: Ronnie W. Rogers, “Taking every thought captive…” » Blog Archive » Think About IT: Statistics of Christian failures—not so accurate

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:43:30 +0000

[...] example of comparisons that take these vital behaviors and beliefs into account was in the Fact Checker. What is at stake is, if Christ does not make a difference in marital relationships, then how can [...]