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Having faith doesn't necessarily mean you're faithful... to your spouse.
A new survey conducted by Ashley Madison -- a dating website for people already in relationships -- sought to discover the link between religion and infidelity by asking 105,000 of its members around the world about their religious affiliation. More than 60,000 of the respondents were in the U.S.
It turns out, one in four members who responded described themselves as "born again" Evangelist Christians. Catholics comprised the next largest group at 22.75 percent, followed by Protestants (22.7 percent).
"People who have faith often use it as an outlet for forgiveness" said Dr. Eric Anderson, a sociologist at the University of Winchester in England, "so they're more likely to cheat and less likely to feel guilty."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/04/infidelity-and-religion_n_5447526.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,645 posts)and go to church on Sunday and pray for crop failure.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I feel like some people who are hypocritically religious.
The ones that are more judgemental as they have gotten older, are the ones who had a more sordid life to begin with.
I mean, seriously, who pre-occupies their minds so much on what other people do, and makes something that could have meant nothing, innocent or done as a whim, as something bad and perverted.