It seems that some priests would like to get married while some laymen would like to divorce.

Ulrich Zwingli was a reformer of Zurich, "married because they received marriage as natural for man and as a gift of God to be used and enjoyed".

"The Protestant Reformers, claiming to return to biblical teaching, rejected both the sacramental nature and the absolute indissolubility of Christian marriage. According to the Bible, they said, marriage is certainly holy and is in principle indissoluble but there are certain acts that break the marriage bond and, hence, permit divorce and remarriage."

Civil law and Canon law regulate marriage, divorce and separation.

Marriage is a multiple complex status; individual rights should come after third party rights, if fraud and corruption exists then the marriage should be dissolved.

"There are in excess of 15 million children in the US who have experienced first hand the dissolution of their family by the process of divorce. Divorce unfortunately brings out the worst in people and parenting skills seldom improve. Even when parents are able to see beyond their own emotional, physical and economic chaos they make mistakes that will impact the relationship with their children for years to come. In their attempts to reassure their children, parents lie and obfuscate."

We need to manage our senses, which are our greatest problem. "According to some psychoanalysts, repression is the 'best' and most common way to combat sexual desires. Instead of admitting an attraction or sexual impulse it's easier to hold it in the subconscious."

"Are you afraid of not having things to talk about in five or 25 years? Talk about that. Are you afraid of feeling suffocated, having kids, not being ready for a commitment, or financial burdens? Talk about it. The more you hide your specific fears of marriage, the bigger the fears get. The more you hide anything the worse it gets."

"If you don't think about what's going through your spouse's mind, you're not alone. Most of us worry about how we're perceived by our bosses, co-workers and even our friends, but marriage is usually a 'soft place to land' where we don't always screen our words before we speak. Thinking about the psychology of your marriage, though, is the key to making it last."

In this post-modernity era, we still have massive ignorance, and in my view both the state and the Church are not providing enough education on marriage and divorce. It would be more sensible to have a task force between the state and the Church first to look for problems and identify common ground to fortify marriage and, secondly, how the failures can make the lest damage.

I am not going to quote the Fathers of the Church or philosophers; it is evident that Judaism, Islam and Christianity are not in favour of marriage and divorce off the shelf. A person must decide whether to live a religious life or a secular life. Once decided then, as an atheist, divorce is a piece of cake.

Many great rulers and statesmen realised that there would be good governance with the help of a religion. Furthermore, good family nests make a better society.

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