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11C - Divorce Myths and Consequences
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About 11C - Divorce Myths and Consequences
Divorce is all too common because each party is pursuing their own way rather than what is best for the other person as well as the children. The justifications used are most often myths based on lies. Here you will find 6 myths used to justify divorce and the top 10 myths about divorce.
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11C - Divorce Myths and Consequences
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Assumes love has in fact left the marriage. Fact: It is still there by choice
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Where’s the Evidence It’s “Better” for Children? What do the children think?
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There is no real dilemma – stay married; it is what is actually “better” for children
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The leaps into fantasy develop the myth that you are somehow owed happiness. What a great lie from Satan, make my happiness dependent upon something or someone other than myself.
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The foundation for this myth is based on the reality we make mistakes, but the lack of fantasy that willful mistakes are acceptable. It links back to the fantasy that you are somehow entitled to happiness.
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What audacity to claim God led them to do what He hates (Malachi. 2:16). Divorce is an option only because of the “hardness of your hearts” (Matthew. 19:8)
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Although many people who divorce have successful subsequent marriages, the divorce rate of remarriages is in fact higher than that of first marriages.
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Many studies have found that those who live together before marriage have a considerably higher chance of eventually divorcing.
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Many studies have shown that the most stressful time in a marriage is after the first child is born.
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This dramatic inequity, one of the most widely publicized statistics from the social sciences, was later found to be based on a faulty calculation.
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Marriages of the children of divorce actually have a much higher rate of divorce than the marriages of children from intact families.
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Those early events create bad assumptions and conclusions about relationships and marriage. They see relationships as fragile where the tie between a man and woman can break at any time, without reason or warning.
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The post divorce experience for the children was a world where their fears became true. The home was a lonely place. The household was in disarray for years. And many were forced to move and leave familiar schools, close friends, and other supports.
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The greatest struggles came as adults. Divorce affected their personality, ability to trust, expectations about relationships, and ability to handle conflicts.
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The contrast between the children of divorce and the children from good intact homes, as both go in search of love and commitment, is striking.