Immodesty and Divorce

[The Nihilist]

Hilariously, divorce rates are significantly higher among christians than they are among atheists and agnostics. source: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

 

[Braunwyn]

I think the whole premise of the OP is wrong anyway.

I live in the north west of Engalnd. It's cold and if it's not cold, it's raining and if it's not raining it's overcast. There might be a few hot and sunny days scattered through a summer. People tend not to wear bathing suits that much.
The divorce rate here is 2.7 per 1000 population.

Now I like to holiday in the south of Spain. Beautiful mediterranean sunlight most of the year round. Plenty of beaches and some of the most beautiful women in the world dressing the way people do when it's 40 degrees.
The divorce rate there is 0.9 per 1000 population.

Well, that kills the premise of the OP. All well, CIC. Try something else that throws personal responsibility to the wind. I'm sure there's more to choose from in your bag of tricks.

Hilariously, divorce rates are significantly higher among christians than they are among atheists and agnostics. source: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

Recent data shows this is not the case. Of course the source of the above data, and recent data (which is the same group) is suspect so who knows.

 

[Oneofthediaspora]

My understanding from those figures and others I've looked at show that atheists, Catholics and Lutherans equally have the lowest divorce rates in the USA and that Baptists have the highest.

I think one should be wary of reading too much into these stats though because many areas that are predominantly Baptist are also very poor with much younger age at marrying and lower educational attainment (the figure quoted was that 1 in 3 residents in Massacheussetts have completed college education while the figure was 23% in Texas).

 

[Braunwyn]

My understanding from those figures and others I've looked at show that atheists, Catholics and Lutherans equally have the lowest divorce rates in the USA and that Baptists have the highest.

I think one should be wary of reading too much into these stats though because many areas that are predominantly Baptist are also very poor with much younger age at marrying and lower educational attainment (the figure quoted was that 1 in 3 residents in Massacheussetts have completed college education while the figure was 23% in Texas).

Yes, age, poverty and education are far better indicators of risk.

 

[The Nihilist]

Recent data shows this is not the case. Of course the source of the above data, and recent data (which is the same group) is suspect so who knows.

Suspect? What do you mean? Also, do you have a source?

 

[Belk]

What geographic differences do exist in
divorce rates?

Perhaps the easiest way to answer this question is to think not of baseball,
but of another warm weather accompaniment - bathing suits. Strangely enough,
the divorce rate of any place in the continental United States can be reliably
predicted by knowing the number of days out of the year that women there can
wear swimsuits. Generally, the more warm weather days suitable for bathing
attire, the higher the divorce rate; the more cold weather days unsuitable for
swimwear, the lower the divorce rate.

To illustrate, draw a line across the midsection of the continental United
States (along the northern borders of North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona, and continuing through southern Nevada and
central California). More than 60 percent of the total U.S. population lives
above what might be called "the tan line." Yet less than half of all divorces
occur here, and all 10 states with the lowest divorce rates are above the tan
line.


In the sun states women tend to wear much less clothing and thus incite lust in men more often, increasing the chance of both partys acting out on their desires.

You have got be kidding. Have you looked up the studies that detail the reasons for adultery? It is actually very rarely just about sex.

 

[Braunwyn]

Suspect? What do you mean? Also, do you have a source?

The Barna group. Here is their site.
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=170

It's suspect because it's always the Barna groupt that is cited. We need to look at other sources, that don't have a religious slant, for a reasonable review of divorce and why it happens. Most literature shows age, poverty and education level as indicators.

To add, I've never seen the actual raw data itself. If someone has access to it, please provide a link.

 

[mpok1519]

dont blame people for their actions based on these kinds of things.

people have free-will.

anything an individual does is their doing, or undoing.

If people cant control their own desires, then thats their fault, not the object of their desire's fault.

thats like blaming the car one wrecks bc it looks fast, and 'demands' to be driven fast. "It wasnt my fault, the car told me to do it!"