Atheism and marriage
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Survey data and website tracking data of prominent atheists' websites indicate that in the Western World, atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women.[1][2][3] Studies also indicate that atheists are a minority in the population. In addition, studies indicate that people tend to marry people with similar values or who resemble their parents or themselves.[4][5] Furthermore, the Bible teaches Christians not to marry a non-Christian (The Bible also teaches a believer to stay married to a non-believer if you are already married).[6] Also, interfaith marriages often have greater marital friction and interfaith marriages historically have had higher rates of divorce.[7] Therefore, it would not be surprising if atheist/theist marriages also have increased marital friction and higher rates of divorce since these two worldviews are so different.
Given that atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women, atheists are a minority in the population and that people tend to marry people with similar values or who resemble their parents or themselves; this would suggest that male atheists may find it more difficult to find prospective female partners for marriage. And of course, militant atheism might make matters even more difficult.
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Atheism and rates of marriage in the United States
Christian apologist Michael Caputo wrote:
| “ | Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published its mammoth study on Religion in America based on 35,000 interviews... According to the Pew Forum a whopping 37% of atheists never marry as opposed to 19% of the American population, 17% of Protestants and 17% of Catholics.[8] | ” |
Vox Day declared that according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and agnostics don’t get married."[9]
The claim that atheists tend to be quarrelsome and socially challenged men
In 2007, Vox Day wrote:
| “ | It's not just a figment of my imagination, it seems atheists truly are socially autistic by their own report. Asperger's Syndrome is a disorder described as "autistic psychopathy" by its discoverer, Dr. Hans Asperger. Those with the disorder tend to be intelligent, socially awkward and difficult to converse with. They are also likely to be male.
Based on Wired magazine's observation that atheists tend to be quarrelsome, socially challenged men, to say nothing of the unpleasant personalities of leading public atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Michel Onfray, one could reasonably hypothesize that there is likely to be a strong correlation between Asperger's and atheism. It's by no means a scientific test, but it is interesting to note the coincidence that 59 of the virulent atheists over at Dr. PZ Myers place report an average score on the Asperger's Quotient test of 27.8. And this does not include the two individuals who actually have Asperger's but did not report any test results. The test notes that "Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism". The average male score is 18, the average female score is 15. By way of comparison, I scored 14... Obviously, more comprehensive and scientific tests would be advised before any definite conclusion can be reached...[10] | ” |
In 2010, the Christian apologetics website True Free Thinker wrote:
| “ | Scienceblogger Chad Orzel described the commentators on PZ Myers ' Scienceblogs.com site Pharyngula, and other Scienceblogs.com commentators, as "screechy monkeys."[11] | ” |
In February of 2010, the news organization The Telegraph reported that the atheist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins was embroiled "in a bitter online battle over plans to rid his popular internet forum for atheists of foul language, insults and 'frivolous gossip'."[12] In addition, Richard Dawkins has a reputation for being abrasive. For example, in September of 2010, Richard Dawkins became nasty towards a woman in an audience he spoke before (see: Women's views of Richard Dawkins).[13]
Of course, there is no necessity to assert that atheists are more likely to have Asperger's Syndrome. The historical militancy of the atheist/evolutionist community and the ideas their ideologies have often engendered provides more than enough explanatory power to explain the origin of the quarrelsomeness and other social deficiencies of many in the atheists/evolutionist population (see: militant atheism and social effects of the theory of evolution ). In fact, it is arguably the best explanation for the quarrelsomeness and other social deficiencies of many in the atheist/evolutionist community. In addition, ultimately the decision to reject or be reconciled with God is a matter relating to the grace of God and free will and nobody is forced into atheism due to a physical condition.
Atheism, Marriage and suicide
See also: Atheism, marriage and suicide
The atheist population has a higher suicide rate than theists (see: Atheism and suicide).
Christian apologist Michael Caputo wrote:
| “ | Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published its mammoth study on Religion in America based on 35,000 interviews... According to the Pew Forum a whopping 37% of atheists never marry as opposed to 19% of the American population, 17% of Protestants and 17% of Catholics.[14] | ” |
Vox Day declared that according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and agnostics don’t get married."[15]
According the website Marriage and Family Encyclopedia:
| “ | Marital status has a strong association with rates of completed suicide. Suicide rates are higher in the divorced and widowed than in single people, who in turn have higher suicide rates than married people. This protective effect of marriage on suicide is stronger for men than for women, although it is found for both men and women (Gove 1972).[16] | ” |
Prominent atheists whose wives believe in the existence of God
See also: Prominent atheists whose wives believe in the existence of God and Atheism and women
Below is a list of prominent atheist who have wives that believe in the existence of God:
- David Silverman, president of American Atheists[17]
- Austin Cline, atheist blogger [18]
See also
- Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian
- Evidence for Christianity
- Atheism and obesity
- Atheism
- Atheism and Mental and Physical Health
- Psychology, obesity, religiosity and atheism
- Atheism and suicide
- Western atheism and race
- Atheism and bestiality
- The atheist and evolutionist helpline - satire
- The benefits of atheism - satire
Notes
- ↑ http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf
- ↑ http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html
- ↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women
- ↑ http://www.physorg.com/news199509031.html
- ↑ http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6188
- ↑ http://www.gotquestions.org/household-salvation.html
- ↑ http://blogs.chron.com/believeitornot/2010/06/interfaith_marriages_more_like_1.html
- ↑ http://creation.com/atheism
- ↑ http://creation.com/atheism
- ↑ http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/socially-autistic-atheist.html
- ↑ http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/pz-myers-and-pavlovs-monkeys
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7322177/Richard-Dawkins-in-bitter-web-censorship-row-with-fellow-atheists.html
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/richard-dawkins-i-never-meet-people-who-disagree-with-me-2080451.html
- ↑ http://creation.com/atheism
- ↑ http://creation.com/atheism
- ↑ http://family.jrank.org/pages/1659/Suicide-Marital-Status-Family.html#ixzz1RJRmwSPF
- ↑ David Silverman
- ↑ About Austin Cline
