What religion does not allow marriage?

Buddhism. Buddhism has no religious concept of marriage (see Buddhist view of marriage).
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Which religions allow divorce?

Buddhism and Divorce

Since Buddhism doesn't have strict tenets about marriage, divorce is allowed in the religion and is unrestricted.
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Which religion has highest divorce rate?

For every 1,000 married Hindu women, 2.6 are divorced, while for 1,000 married Muslim women, 5.6 of them are divorced. As for men, the ratio is almost the same (1.5 for Hindu men and 1.6 for Muslim men).
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What religions do not allow priests to marry?

The Catholic Church forbids clerical marriage. The Latin Catholic Church requires clerical celibacy for the priesthood, but Eastern Catholic Churchs do not require clerical celibacy for the priesthood.
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What religions are celibate?

Religious celibacy constitutes an especially puzzling institution, as it both is very costly in terms of fitness and is widespread, being present in virtually all major faith traditions—including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Sufi Islam—in a variety of forms [4].
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Is kissing celibate?

Celibacy generally means abstaining from sex (usually penetrative sex) voluntarily. Ideally, celibates must stay away from everything related to sex, such as kissing, cuddling, snuggling, or touching sexual parts. However, different people practice celibacy differently.
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Are nuns celibate?

Aspiring nuns and monks are required to reject private property, marriage and biological family ties. Celibacy – abstinence from sexual relations – is implicit in the rejection of marriage and procreation and has always been central to the monastic ideal.
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Is it a sin to marry a non Catholic?

The Catholic Church has from the start opposed marriage between a Catholic and any non-Catholic, baptized or not, seeing it as "degrading the holy character of matrimony, involving as it did a communion in sacred things with those outside the fold.
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Can a nun be married?

The vow of chastity, or celibacy, means that Catholic nuns and sisters do not marry or engage in romantic behavior or sexual acts of any kind. This vow frees her from the demands of an exclusive human relationship so that she can give all her love to God and through God to all people.
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Is it OK for a Catholic to marry a non Catholic?

The answer is “yes, so long as you do so with the assistance of your parish priest from the beginning.” Catholic/non-Catholic weddings are called mixed marriages.
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What religion has a lot of wives?

Muslim supporters of polygamy often cite Quran verse 4:3, which instructs men to take as many wives as they can take care of, up to four, and they also point out that the Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives.
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What is the #1 cause of divorce?

Lack of commitment is the most common reason given by divorcing couples according to a recent national survey. Here are the reasons given and their percentages: Lack of commitment 73% Argue too much 56%
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What religion does not allow divorce?

The Catholic Church prohibits divorce, and permits annulment (a finding that the marriage was not canonically valid) under a narrow set of circumstances.
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Can Mormons get divorced?

Members of the Latter-day Saints can divorce or marry again, but it can get a little more complicated if one had been married in the temple. Extra efforts can be needed, for example, a person who was divorced can marry again in the temple if he is granted permission by Church leaders.
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Why can't Catholics get divorced?

The Catholic Church teaches that marriages are unbreakable unions, and thus remarrying after a divorce (without an annulment) is a sin.
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Why do Catholics not accept divorce?

The Roman Catholic Church does not recognise divorce. A marriage can only end when one partner dies or if there are grounds for an annulment . A couple may be granted a civil divorce and be divorced in the eyes of the state, but their marriage will continue in the eyes of God.
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Do nuns still have to be virgins?

While the lack of a strict requirement of virginity was only implied by omission in the 1970 document, the Vatican on 4 July 2018 released a clarifying statement, explicitly conceding that: "to have kept her body in perfect continence or to have practised the virtue of chastity in an exemplary way, while of great ...
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Has a nun ever got pregnant?

A nun who gave birth to a baby boy in the central Italian city of Rieti, said she had no idea she was pregnant, local media report.
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Are nuns allowed to have babies?

There is, as far as I know, no rule that prohibits or even makes it an offense for nuns to give birth, but this is not to suggest that childbirth and child raising were entirely free of problems.
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Can Catholics use condoms?

Catholic views on condoms. The Catholic Church's opposition to contraception includes a prohibition on condoms. It believes that chastity should be the primary means of preventing the transmission of AIDS.
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Can you kiss before marriage Catholic?

Answer: If they are married to each other, it is no sin at all, as long as it is done in appropriate circumstances. If the persons are not married, then such kissing is not permitted, since it provides a compelling incentive to proceed to full sexual relations.
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Can Catholics get tattoos?

Paul makes it perfectly clear that the ceremonial law is no longer binding. I'll cut to the chase: There is nothing immoral about tattoos. Mother Church has never condemned them, and neither can I. It is one of those areas where a Catholic must follow his or her conscience.
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Can nuns have their period?

Nuns, being childless, generally have no break from periods through their lives.
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Are nuns allowed to hug?

For their enitre lives, their time will be divided between constant prayer and the work of the convent. Most do not read novels, see movies, or play sports. They do not hug one another and keep all physical contact to a minimum.
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What time do nuns go to bed?

The nuns then retire to their cells and are to be in bed by 9:00 p.m. They may read or do some quiet work before they lie down on their straw mattresses or thin rug mats for a few hours of peaceful slumber only to rise again at 12:30 a.m. for a new day of Poor Clare life in Corpus Christi Monastery.
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