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| − | An atheist weddings marks a lesser commitment of two people to share their lives together in comparison to Bible believing Christian weddings.
| + | Atheist marriages and weddings mark a lesser commitment of two people to share their lives together in comparison to Bible believing Christian marriages and weddings. |
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| | The BBC errantly claims in their article entitled Non-religious weddings and civil partnerships: "A non-religious wedding marks the commitment of two people to share their lives together just as much as does a religious wedding."<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/ritesrituals/weddings.shtml Non-religious weddings and civil partnerships]</ref> | | The BBC errantly claims in their article entitled Non-religious weddings and civil partnerships: "A non-religious wedding marks the commitment of two people to share their lives together just as much as does a religious wedding."<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/ritesrituals/weddings.shtml Non-religious weddings and civil partnerships]</ref> |
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| | The Christian apologist [[Ken Ammi]] wrote: | | The Christian apologist [[Ken Ammi]] wrote: |
| − | Michael Caputo, on Atheism and Divorce wrote: | + | {{cquote|Michael Caputo, on Atheism and Divorce wrote: |
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| | “Very little else has produced as much euphoria in atheists than Christian researcher, George Barna’s announcement that Born Again and other Christians have a very high rate of divorce, while atheists have the lowest rate. Atheist web sites immediately announced the glorious news worldwide. The divorce rates they published were the following: Jews: 30%; Born Again Christians: 27%; other Christians: 24%; atheists only 21% ... | | “Very little else has produced as much euphoria in atheists than Christian researcher, George Barna’s announcement that Born Again and other Christians have a very high rate of divorce, while atheists have the lowest rate. Atheist web sites immediately announced the glorious news worldwide. The divorce rates they published were the following: Jews: 30%; Born Again Christians: 27%; other Christians: 24%; atheists only 21% ... |
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| | [[Vox Day]] further notes: | | [[Vox Day]] further notes: |
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| − | “the 2001 ARIS study … a much larger study that reaches precisely the opposite conclusion … according to ARIS 2001 more than half of all atheists and agnostics don’t get married … If one correctly excludes the never-married from the calculation, then atheists are 58.7 percent more likely to get divorced than Pentecostals and Baptists, the two born-again Christian groups with the highest rate of divorce, and more than twice as likely to get divorced than Christians in general.” | + | “the 2001 ARIS study … a much larger study that reaches precisely the opposite conclusion … according to ARIS 2001 more than half of all atheists and agnostics don’t get married … If one correctly excludes the never-married from the calculation, then atheists are 58.7 percent more likely to get divorced than Pentecostals and Baptists, the two born-again Christian groups with the highest rate of divorce, and more than twice as likely to get divorced than Christians in general.”<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism#marriage-and-divorce Atheist marriage and divorce] by [[Ken Ammi]]<ref>}} |
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| | == Irreligion and domestic abuse == | | == Irreligion and domestic abuse == |
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| | For more information, please see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] | | For more information, please see: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] |
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