God 

The topics of God and religion, albeit controversial, come up a lot in the discussion of divorce.

While I'm not religious by any stretch of the imagination, I can understand why someone would want to have the Lord's blessing in their decision to end their marriage.  You take your vows in front of God, at least most people do, and so it's no wonder you'd want his blessing when the marriage is over.

All I'm saying - and don't rake me under the coals for this - is that it is useless to shape (or reshape) your life, to please some unseen deity.  What a hideous waste of time, to stay in a marriage simply because (you think) god frowns on divorce.  Some people might feel content living an uncomfortable life because the pay-off is that they're making god happy but is that a realistic outlook?

I hope no one is offended by this.  All I'm saying is that it would be a shame to devote your life to someone else's happiness by living miserably.  I actually know someone who did this; she was a friend of my grandmother.  Perhaps still living in older days, she stayed with a husband she didn't love just to please god.  Now she is no longer with us, and I just think it's a shame to have spent her last years in an unhappy marriage, simply because she was afraid to go against god.

What do you guys (respectfully) think?