{"id":24811,"date":"2011-03-01T02:46:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T02:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bp_glenn_t-_stanton_the_christian_divorce_rate_myth_what_youve_heard_is_wro\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T02:46:47","slug":"bp_glenn_t-_stanton_the_christian_divorce_rate_myth_what_youve_heard_is_wro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24811","title":{"rendered":"(BP) Glenn T. Stanton: The Christian divorce rate myth (what you&#39;ve heard is wrong)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the truth&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Many people who seriously practice a traditional religious faith &#8212; be it Christian or other &#8212; have a divorce rate markedly lower than the general population.<\/p>\n<p>The factor making the most difference is religious commitment and practice. Couples who regularly practice any combination of serious religious behaviors and attitudes &#8212; attend church nearly every week, read their Bibles and spiritual materials regularly; pray privately and together; generally take their faith seriously, living not as perfect disciples, but serious disciples &#8212; enjoy significantly lower divorce rates than mere church members, the general public and unbelievers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/BPnews.asp?ID=34656\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the truth&#8230;. Many people who seriously practice a traditional religious faith &#8212; be it Christian or other &#8212; have a divorce rate markedly lower than the general population. The factor making the most difference is religious commitment and practice.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=24811\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,168,98,89,177,108,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-marriage-family","category-media","category-pastoral-theology","category-religion-culture","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}