Hello, why religion friends. John Hilton here. I want to start out today with a little quiz.

True or false. In general, people who marry in their late 20s have better marriage outcomes than those who marry in their early 20s.

Second question, true or false.

In the United States, when you get married, the odds of you getting divorced are 50%.

Last question, true or false, studies show that in general,

religious marriages are the happiest marriages.

Now, I don't want to give away all the answers, but here's the answer to that last question.

We did a study in 11 countries with 16,000 people looking at the impacts of religious practice on marriage and family life.

Most studies only look at whether people attend church, right?

You're highly religious if you go to church once a week.

We went past that, not just a tenders, but what a group

we called home worshippers who actually were praying on a daily basis, reading scriptures regularly,

having religious conversations in the home, praying together as families.

We found that the benefits of religion in people's lives was 30 to 40 percent higher than most studies estimate.

And all the studies have shown that highly religious, right?

So that's a great starting factor.

Our faith matters, right?

Religious practice matters.

Those are more resilient, more enduring marriages.

Profits have taught that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God.

Today we'll be exploring what current research tells us about marriage and its benefits.

I'm your host, Professor John Hilton, and this is why religion.

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