Does the rate of divorce have any correlation with the decline of faith?

I think that the present divorce rate is a spin off of several things. I think that the point you mentioned is one of rather than the sole reason for the increase in divorce. Women are less willing to put up with certain things in a marriage and pass it off as the wifely duty to keep the marriage going at all cost. Many women are unwilling to endure what their mothers or other women close to them endured. These may include abuse, cheating, getting children outside of the marriage etc... Another contributing factor I beleive is our haste to form relationships and get married without serious thought as to whether or not we were marrying the right person. We may have a good relationship with someone but once we marry and the reality of making life together sets in then the incompatibilities surface even more and many times prove to much to surmount. 50 years ago people were more willing to fight for and keep their marriage going because the union was held in such high regards. Many women from these marriages however, will tell of the hardships they endured and the things they had to put up with in order to keep the marriage intact. I find this very unattractive as they are unable to share with us younger women the joy of marriage. They can speak highly of their children and their accomplishments but are almost mum on the joys of marriage. Plus I hate to see couples who seem to just barely tolerate each other for the sake of their children and public opinion. I love to see elderly couples who truly enjoy each others company. No one seems to be jumping at the others commands but there is rather true respect for each other. I dont see an awful lot of these kind of couples so that to means that though many did not get a divorce they have grown apart from each other and are as good as divorced. Many sleep in separate beds or with their backs to each other and can be awfully ill tempered towards each other. they live this way and they die this way and i ask myself many times what was the sense of it all. I would rather for couples and especially those who do not beleive in divorce (I dont either but will not stay in a union that is not working out), to live the the life of the marriage they preach about. Preaching one thing but living another is hypocrosy so I wonder why so many are being admonished to be this way.

I do not believe it has anything to do with faith. It has everything to do with women having more options. They are no longer forced to abandon their careers on marriage. Many women felt trapped in marriages with no chance to leave. Divorce was difficult and favoured the man. The woman who was forced to abandon her career on marriage felt she had no ability to return to the work force and so that marriage was all they had. These days women can work even after they get married as they no longer get sacked on marriage. They have access to education and careers so they are no longer financially dependent on their husbands and when the marriage does not work out they are able to leave and take care of themselves. It has nothing to do with faith and everything to do with women refusing to be martyrs.

Things have definitely changed since I dated my husband and got married. When we married, we decided it was forever. There would be no divorce because we knew we were for each other. Most people now days get married with the impression 'if it does not work, we can get a divorce'. They never think about making it work and getting help if they have problems. They take the easy way out. I think it's more the decline in morals in our society. Let's live together and we have no responsibility and can walk out any time we want. Most of those never set foot in church, have no faith in God, and do whatever feels good to them. I didn't get married in a church, so I know it doesn't take that to keep a marriage together. We were married by a Judge at the courthouse, and he gave us the talk of our lives before he would even marry us. But, having GOD in your life does make you think twice about separation and divorce. Oh, I can see someone divorcing because of adultery and can't work it out, but not just leaving someone because you no longer think you are right for one another. So many kids today are brought up in broken homes and don't know how to really relate in a marriage. They don't know how to really communicate and that is one of the most important things in making a marriage work, that and respect for yourself and your spouse.

breaking in the marital status is really high in our society. though faith plays a vital role in breaking upsbut there are also some other factors which affects the marriage.the most important among them is the stress that we all feel in our life whether its from the society or financial or may be the independ life style that everyone needs today are the major factors. since in a marriage you have to obey and care about your partner and have to maintain a disciplined life ,but lack of patience in these days ruin all the holy vows that they had taken while accepting each other as man and woman.

Hello dear makaro, the increase in divorce rate is influenced by many factors. And I think there is a correlation with decline in faith. In our country marriage is still mostly seen as religious bond and faith helps to keep the relation. The society is always changing and will remain so. The liberation of woman, economic freedom and change in the social outlook towards divorced and single woman is changing all throughout the world. The women dared not to divorce even if they wanted to.Let us see where we reach after another fifty years. Happy new year

The increasing number of divorces I believe is because of moral disintegration. People have no respect for each others matrimonial oath. It's a norm that married men go after married women or vice-versa. A third person involvement is always a cause of divorces. People only remember God when they are in hardship or despair that's why 50 years ago people were very close to God and fear Him. The more advance a society, the further it distance itself from true religion. 50 years ago a lot of women get married during tender age but now they don't even get married until they die or they prefer a live in partner and don't have to get married to avoid commitment.

I think a lot has changed in the world with relationships. Now days if a woman is really unhappy or even abused she doesn't always feel she has to stay. I think years back a lot of women just dealt with things even if they are miserable. I also think back then there was a stigma if you left, you know the gossip and ohh the older divorced woman. I really cant say religion has anything to do with it as my husband and I have been married almost 25 years and we find strength in each other. I'm still trying to find what religion I belong in.. LOL! It is also only normally when things go bad that more seem to go to church and pray as they believe that will save them. During the Wars people were scared, worried and that is why there was so many in churches in my opinion. I wont say that moral decline is down but I don't think that is totally it either. It comes down to their are a lot of different reasons, things have changed.