Understanding the role of faith and affairs is a topic that researchers are now exploring. The June 2008 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family reports that having faith in God does not protect a person from infidelity. Another study by researchers at Fuller Theological Seminary found that church attendance did make a difference. Those who regularly attended church were less likely to have affairs that persons who did not attend or attended irregularly.
Although these studies seem contradictory, taken together, they make sense. Just having faith in god or having good intentions does little to prevent adultery, whereas those who follow up their faith with action and take steps to put their faith into practice have a lower likelihood of wandering into infidelity.
Best Regards,
Jeff Murrah
