My views on divorce? Quite conservative and traditional. I think unless there is abuse, adultery, or addiction, divorce should be avoided at all cost. That includes religious upheaval in a marriage. I get it, losing faith can be disturbing, especially if religion plays a huge role in the couples life. But breaking up a marriage over that would be like pouring gasoline on a fire. In the real world religion and life are messy and you aren't the same person at 30 that you might be at 54. You can lose faith in a religion, gain faith in another-life is hardly a straight line for any of us.
Any minster of any religion who advises a couple to divorce strictly because the other is going through a faith crisis loses their right to be called a man/woman of God. That goes for Catholics-Protestants-Jews-Muslims and yes, LDS.
Just for the record, no, I don't look down on people who have gotten divorced for other reasons than abuse/adultery, etc. No one is perfect.
Any minster of any religion who advises a couple to divorce strictly because the other is going through a faith crisis loses their right to be called a man/woman of God. That goes for Catholics-Protestants-Jews-Muslims and yes, LDS.
Just for the record, no, I don't look down on people who have gotten divorced for other reasons than abuse/adultery, etc. No one is perfect.
Divorce has become so common now that marriage is becoming something that is done only for convenience and can be gotten out of for any reason. I firmly believe that the family is the bedrock and foundation of society and that Marriage, that commitment to something other than yourself is critical for the stability of society. Sure, there are reasons for divorce, but I also agree that those are few and far between. It's sad how we forget the whole 'in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad' part of marriage. I have found in my marriage that the hard times is what made our marriage stronger and what helped me come closer to my spouse.
ReplyDeleteDivorce is nowhere near as common as is portrayed. The famous statistic that "fifty percent of marriages end in divorce" is misleading BS. It's only true if you count people who have been married multiple times. The divorce rate is also plummeting because people are getting married later in life, which is a very good thing. Generally the older you get married the less likely you are to divorce. Once again, life is getting better for all of us yet people refuse to believe it.
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