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Are you seriously suggesting that the cause of lower divorce rates is that couples who hardly know each other before marriage somehow get on much better than those who did?!
I am not suggesting anything, I am only presenting facts.
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The difference is cultural.. were you to compulsarily introduce arranged marriages for non-muslims in, say, the UK, while leaving divorce laws and attitudes to divorce the same, few would last more than a few months.
Instead of presenting evidence, you are merely presenting your opinion not backed up by facts.
I thought as an atheist you should be big on hard facts and evidence and not merely belief?
Or is that why you became an atheist?
although I think you maybe right, while Islam provides a complete prescription of how we should live our life (and not merely "you cannot date") that would give muslims the best and complete guidance to live the best life, non-muslims do not have that luxury. Had current non-muslims in western countries been forced in an arranged marriage, it would probably last even less than a few months, as the pursuit of non-muslims is instant gratification. Sooner after their arranged marriage, they'll start going clubbing, drinking, have other sex, and annul their arranged marriage the next day. Non-muslims do not believe in the concept of "sin" and even if they do believe, they trust that their sins have been exchanged by jesus death, so yeah... rock on!
Also, you mentioned "divorce laws and attitude towards divorce".
This had me chuckled because it shows your ignorance about divorce in Islam, quite possibly clouded by influence of christians attitude towards divorce.
In actuality, it is the reverse. While in christianity divorce is ouright banned (catholic) or very frowned upon and hard to do (protestant), in Islam, a husband only has to say "I divorce you" and mean it, and they are instantly divorced. So do you not find it amazing that divorce rates among observant muslims are extremely low even with such easy divorce law?
Meanwhile, my american friends' parents had to wait for years before they could finalise their divorces, and yet they couldnt wait that long and already had boyfriends/girlfriends while still technically married.
Next time, maybe you need to do some study first before saying something about Islam that only come from your own prejudice.