4 ms·

Statistically speaking, Mormons have one of the lowest rates of divorce among religions in America, at least when looking at marital status [1]. Only Hinduism h

Statistically 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 ago
Naturally, 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 ago
Your 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.