Russell, you could start backing up your confident claims with something ... However, regardless whether any of what you say is accurate, I'd like to say something here.

You present yourself very well, very confidentally and respectfully. You are articulate and intelligent. What you tell us or the particular sources of your choosing tell us, may not be the absolute knowledge on all these things regardless of what you may tell the rest of us.

Christians/Catholics are not immune to marriage break-ups, nor may they be perfect in their own faith and many of us fail to pray enough. Marriages are one of the most attacked sacraments by the Devil, because those with a belief are of particular interest to him (as even Christ Himself was). Anything sacred is of interest, as if he brings it down, he has won a victory. Anything that is an affront to God is what he's after. Do you really believe that Christian marriages are going to be left alone? Anything that is of God is worked upon more than anything that is of the world by Satan. Since he is far more interested in attacking that which is holy/sanctified to mock God. Those already mocking God either directly with hate, or indifference, may not require the interest or work, since he's already got them - unless they decide to turn to God, then the interest grows.

See, if you really believe there is no God, then why would you try and make out that our marriages do worse than others? How would this, in your eyes, make much of a difference? Either they believe in a big bang, or a God right? So tell me Russell, what's the key here? Does a big bang belief (or similar) create an amazing lifetime bond between couples who believe they are the result of random events and nothing more? Does believing in God, cause the couples to split up because they believe that they have a purpose, a point and their marriage has a meaning? GET REAL!

Since many do not pray or pray enough, regardless of their religion, such a marriage can leave itself wide open for demonic influence. It actually doesn't matter WHAT a person's religion is, if they are not praying and being faithful, they are even MORE vulnerable to attack, because they not only KNOW better, but again their marriage under God is exactly what the Devil wishes to separate. That which God has joined, Satan wishes to separate/destroy.

See, if you wish to downgrade religions on here any which way you can, you also need to know religious reasons. Whether you believe them or not, is not the point. If you bring things like this up, then you need to understand our side of things. Or you will simply give one version of it.

I am not overly convinced by your claims regardless, as far as I see, marriages are breaking up all over the place from all kinds of people in all faiths or non faiths. My own parents for instance broke up. Believed in God, but nobody prayed for protection, nobody really went to church. Yet a few marriages who had parents who were Catholic also never prayed, had affairs and simply gave lip service to God on a Sunday morning.

You'd be surprised at how many claim a faith, but do not practice the teachings faithfully. They're once a week Christians/Catholics and the rest of the time they can behave as though God doesn't exist and are no better than the secular.

Please stop misrepresenting the faiths on this forum Russell. You'd be surprised at how many marriages remain faithful to the end with couples who practise their religion, keep God involved, and keep a good prayer life. Those who do not? Are truly open for attacks. It's not enough to say "I'm a Christian" therefore, I'm 'safe'. If one does not pray, one is vulnerable. No matter what station in life. Whether single, married or religious.

It's the same as bad things being done in the name of religion, from those who really do not love God at all, but use religion to rouse the masses/emotions. Does one judge all by such people? Since Christ preached love, and to love ones own enemies. Those who kill and pretend it's in Christ's name are liars. Please quit using historical negative events, when so much has also been done from atheist/communists that have been outrageous/horrific. Consider the many Christian sacrificed? Consider the same going on today? Do these things deliberately somehow escape you? Do the vast amount of Christian/Catholic organisations around the world devoted to helping the poor, sick/wretched/dying/starving also escape you too Russell? Would you like me to give you an example of a list of them? Perhaps the atheistic ones could outdo them you think?

I think you need to start taking off the blinkers and start looking at history on both sides of issues, instead of the one that suits you because you're simply looking to discredit religion any chance you get on this forum. Oh, admittedly you do it very very nicely!