Yes they are christians like you portrayed, one assistant pastor who was also a Realestate agent took my mother not once but 3 times for 150k or so.
In the case we are both thinking about I would say rigid thinking is more to blame than christianity because the rigidity part was applied to other than the spiritual side of life.
Divorce statistics will show
[link|http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm|http://www.religious....org/chr_dira.htm] tend to indicate the more conservative you are in politics the more likely to get divorced if you are christian. Even outside of religion simply compare conservative law makers divorce rate with Liberals. Clintons vs the Gingrichs.
This does not appear to be a religious issue as much as if
"you werer an asshole before you got saved, you are still am asshole, amen"
Variation in divorce rates among Christian faith groups:
Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate) \t% who have been divorced
Non-denominational (small groups; independents) \t34%
Baptists \t29%
Mainline Protestants \t25%
Mormons \t24%
Catholics \t21%
Lutherans \t21%
Barna's results verified findings of earlier polls: that conservative Protestant Christians, on average, have the highest divorce rate, while mainline Christians have a much lower rate. They found some new information as well: that atheists and agnostics have the lowest divorce rate of all. George Barna commented that the results raise "questions regarding the effectiveness of how churches minister to families." The data challenge "the idea that churches provide truly practical and life-changing support for marriage."
thanx,
bill
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Read, in context, please
