Reply #46: This from Barna Research - a Christian Research company

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"1. Born again adults are more likely to experience a divorce than are non-born again adults (27% vs. 24%). "

http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=77

Another Article:

"(AgapePress) - The Barna Research Firm is defending a recent survey which found some disturbing statistics regarding born-again Christians and divorce. The survey found that born-again Christians were just as likely as non-believers to divorce. In fact, the survey found that the divorce rate is higher for Christians when compared with non-believers."

http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/christian-divorce-rate.html

Another study shows that Baptists have the highest divorce rate of any denomination and are more likely to get divorced than atheists and agnostics:

http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/divorce.htm

And in another study - the divorce rate in the US (excluding Nevada) is highest in the Bible Belt:

http://www.ncpa.org/pd/social/pd111999g.html

And this:

"Take a look at the findings from the George Barna Research Group. George Barna, a born-again Christian whose company is in Ventura, Calif., found that Massachusetts does indeed have the lowest divorce rate among all 50 states. More disturbing was the finding that born-again Christians have among the highest divorce rates.

The Associated Press, using data supplied by the US Census Bureau, found that the highest divorce rates are to be found in the Bible Belt. The AP report stated that "the divorce rates in these conservative states are roughly 50 percent above the national average of 4.2 per thousand people." The 10 Southern states with some of the highest divorce rates were Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. By comparison nine states in the Northeast were among those with the lowest divorce rates: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont."

http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archives/002428.html