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Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:14 pm
by drumdude
The proprietor of a certain Christopher Hitchens fan blog posted a link to the following article on Mormon marriage:
Why a ‘true temple marriage’ lasts in a world of high divorce rates
Jason Carroll, family initiative director at BYU’s Wheatley Institute, expounds on different kinds of marriage, during a BYU–Idaho devotional March 19
https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-fa ... -marriage/
Conspicuously missing are any statistics to back up the claim that temple marriage is objectively any better than your average marriage. A redditor offers a possible explanation:
While an undergrad at BYU I took a paid side job as a research assistant. Among other things we looked for was divorce rates among Mormons. Our survey results showed it at 52% with the National avg being 48% at the time.
The university asked the results not be published and the project was scrapped.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mormon/comment ... orce_rates
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:49 pm
by Everybody Wang Chung
While an undergrad at BYU I took a paid side job as a research assistant. Among other things we looked for was divorce rates among Mormons. Our survey results showed it at 52% with the National avg being 48% at the time.
The university asked the results not be published and the project was scrapped.
"It’s ironic that the Church that people claim to be true, puts so much effort into hiding truths."
--I Have Questions, 01-25-2024
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:48 pm
by markc
drumdude wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:14 pm
While an undergrad at BYU I took a paid side job as a research assistant. Among other things we looked for was divorce rates among Mormons. Our survey results showed it at 52% with the National avg being 48% at the time.
The university asked the results not be published and the project was scrapped.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mormon/comment ... orce_rates
That's bad enough, but what's worse is to my knowledge, for these "sealed" marriages, even when they're divorced, the wives are still "attached" to their husbands--they CANNOT be sealed to any other men. If this is not sexism I don't know what is.
Edit: grammar
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:48 am
by drumdude
markc wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:48 pm
That's bad enough, but what's worse is to my knowledge, for these "sealed" marriages, even when they're divorced, the wives are still "attached" to their husbands--they CANNOT be sealed to any other men. If this is not sexism I don't know what is.
You are correct. Sexism is built into Mormon God’s grand design.
Brigham Young:
“Relief Society -going to meet again - I say I will curse every man that lets his wife or daughters meet again -until I tell them -What are relief societies for? To relieve us of our best men -They relived us of Joseph and Hyrum -that is what they will lead to -I don't (want) the advice or counsel of any woman -they would lead us down to hell-"
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:21 pm
by markc
drumdude wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:48 am
You are correct. Sexism is built into Mormon God’s grand design.
Brigham Young:
“Relief Society -going to meet again - I say I will curse every man that lets his wife or daughters meet again -until I tell them -What are relief societies for? To relieve us of our best men -They relived us of Joseph and Hyrum -that is what they will lead to -I don't (want) the advice or counsel of any woman -they would lead us down to hell-"
Wow. Can you tell me the source? I need to share this with quite a few people I know.
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:19 pm
by Rivendale
markc wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:21 pm
drumdude wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:48 am
You are correct. Sexism is built into Mormon God’s grand design.
Brigham Young:
“Relief Society -going to meet again - I say I will curse every man that lets his wife or daughters meet again -until I tell them -What are relief societies for? To relieve us of our best men -They relived us of Joseph and Hyrum -that is what they will lead to -I don't (want) the advice or counsel of any woman -they would lead us down to hell-"
Wow. Can you tell me the source? I need to share this with quite a few people I know.
It can be found here.
https://www.churchhistorianspress.org ... 1/1-13
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:21 pm
by BeNotDeceived
I sometimes find myself asking the question 'who was more vile, Young or Smith'?
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:22 am
by markc
Thanks! Goodness, this is from the Mormon church's site...
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:23 am
by markc
BeNotDeceived wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:21 pm
I sometimes find myself asking the question 'who was more vile, Young or Smith'?
If you ask me, I'll 110% say Young! He's such a self-righteous evil jerk!
Re: Mormon divorce rates
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:25 pm
by BeNotDeceived
markc wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:23 am
BeNotDeceived wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:21 pm
I sometimes find myself asking the question 'who was more vile, Young or Smith'?
If you ask me, I'll 110% say Young! He's such a self-righteous evil jerk!
I'll take Smith... not only was he as vile a man as Young, he intentinally deceived tens upon tens of millions of people by creating a fraudulent religion to profit from.