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I'm married (15 years), and I wish there was a hardcore mode where not even death would end it.
by mathgladiator 3y ago
I'm married (15 years), and I wish there was a hardcore mode where not even death would end it.
- ngngngng 3y agoThat’s called Mormonism
- Prickle 3y ago[flagged]
- ngngngng 3y agoDo you have a source for any of those claims? Higher divorce rate or rate of violence?
- Prickle 3y ago[flagged]
- Prickle 3y agoActually, a separate comment reminded me about excommunication statistics within the LDS. Divorced members of my local LDS church usually left the church soon after. So you would likely end up with some level of bias based on whether the questions asked of past religious affiliation. (ie: does it sufficiently include former members) For example, Pew Research's questions do not ask about past affiliation. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.relig... Here is a very old article based on data from 1999 which shows the LDS' divorce statistics are not very different from other Christian denominations. It includes a list of citations at the bottom of the page. Hopefully this a bit more constructive than the previous thread.
- bennettnate5 3y agoStatistically speaking, Mormons have one of the lowest rates of divorce among religions in America, at least when looking at marital status [1]. Only Hinduism has a lower rate of divorced individuals. That being said, I'm sorry that was your personal experience growing up. Statistics don't change the fact that individual experiences can really suck, and if it was the case that most of the Mormon membership around you were as terrible as you imply then that's rough. [1] - https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/marital-status/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-stu...
- Prickle 3y agoNaturally, these are personal anecdotes. But I'm fairly certain the divorce rate is severely affected by scripture. I have seen a decent number of unhappy Mormon marriages in my admittedly short time. The individuals that divorced were usually not allowed on the premises or excommunicated. (Or whatever the more appropriate term is for cutting them off from the church without ceremony) There were people who were more afraid of divorce than anything else. Personal happiness was secondary.
- Prickle 3y agoYour reply has given me brain worms for pretty much the entire day today. Some ancient gear was rotating in the back of my head. Finally found out why! https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20220128113620/https://www.relig... It is because of this now old article I read, about 10 or so years ago. I was still in the LDS back then. But it is based on data from 1999 that points to the LDS having similar divorce rates to other Christian denominations.
- Spivak 3y agoI actually said something to that effect at my wedding. We had been together for 12 years prior to getting married and had already made stronger commitments to each other than the marriage imposed. Til death do us part, naaaah, I'm making sure to have unfinished business so I can still be around as a ghost.