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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024Conservative Christian parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar did not use birth control, home-schooled their family, wore modest clothing including ankle-length skirts for the girls and strictly limited influences from the outside world.
Yet some Americans recognized their own values in the fundamentalist Christian family, as well as the influence of one man: Bill Gothard, founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles.
The Duggar family has attended and promoted IBLP events on and off camera. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, regular speakers at its semiannual Family Conferences in Big Sandy, Texas, have said Gothards teachings changed our lives.
But today, the IBLP is losing income, and Gothard, 87, has been forced out over allegations that he abused young women working at its headquarters. And the Duggars shows have been canceled: 19 Kids and Counting in 2015 amid revelations that their eldest son molested four of his sisters as a young teen and Counting On last year ahead of his child pornography trial and eventual conviction.
Celerity
(43,501 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,709 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Eff them all
Skittles
(153,193 posts)what a bunch of fucking nonsense
brewens
(13,621 posts)Evanpedical Christians". I throw that up every few days or so when one of these pervert stories is going around.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)Deplorables.
Is this the family where the parents delegated all the duties to the older kids?
Haggard Celine
(16,856 posts)would be a sex offender? If he wasn't a sex offender, he would have to have been a porn star.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)It is like the woman who got trampled on Jan. 6th carrying a Don't Tread of Me flag. God is trolling us.
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Haggard Celine
(16,856 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(3,649 posts)"If your rules have brought you to this place in life of what value are your rules?"
scarletlib
(3,418 posts)Whether or not they can escape this cult life will probably be difficult for them especially the girls. Not many options for kids homeschooled in fundamentalist religion and not much else.
multigraincracker
(32,719 posts)and they are home schooled.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I think of my in laws whose quiet faith has been a strength for me since I started dating (and eventually marrying) their daughter. Even they know they are imperfect and have regrets and need for redemption (they didn't treat my wife as well as they shoud have). I still love them though.
Of course I haven't always been the best husband either.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)Ever.
100% against his own teachings.
Hypocrite and sexual abuser.