Can anyone explain for me the Fundie dress code/hair style guidelines?

[goodboy]

They really do have a unique appearance, and I'm curious how and why they choose the clothes and hair styles they do.
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Oh, and just for fun, here are some of the Duggar Families "Favorite" websites, including "WHOLESOME MODEST SWIMWEAR" (HOLY SHIT) TGIF!!!!

http://www.jimbob.info/favoritewebsites.html

[whatever4]

1. Neocon Fifties meets Children of the Corn...on steroids...amen nm

[ultraist]

96. LMAO!

:rofl:

Or, Little House on the Prairie.

[meganmonkey]

2. This is a lovely, slimming swimming dress!

[spinbaby]

7. That's not for swimming!

That's what the waitress at Denny's wears.

[Verve]

9. LOL! I hope that's a joke!

That is hideous! :rofl:

[Atman]

14. It's NOT a joke!

It's from some site selling "modesty" fashions for good Xtians, and people with debilitating body-image issues.

[Verve]

20. I understand the debilitating body image issues.

I have some cellulite, I'd like to hide.

To be serious, people should be free to wear whatever they want as long as they are not made to wear it.

To each his own!

[Atman]

25. You know, I completely agree with you

If these people have enough self-esteem to wear a house-coat to the beach and not care about being laughed at, why should any of us care.

And I'm sorry to rain even further on the fundie-bashing parade here, but to be fair, this IS a formal Olin Mills-style family portrait. My family is about as hippiefied as they come, but our last formal portrait didn't look a whole lot different than this...sans 14 kids and the wife's tangles mane.

[Kailassa]

131. Because if I was a kid being made to wear

those "swimming costumes", I'd call it child abuse.

[MoonRiver]

159. OMG! I am losing it reading this thread and looking at the pics!

:rofl: BIG TIME! It's really bad cause I'm recovering from the flu and laughing sets off a coughing fit. STOP IT ALREADY! :D

[ultraist]

95. Speaking of body images, why should woman be forced to cover their's?

When my daughter wanted a two piece, back when she was a little chubby in the stomach, I let her buy one and told her how great she looked. You don't need a blade thin, model figure to wear a 2 piece.

Woman should not be ashamed of their bodies! I'm 41 and I still wear a bikini. No way in hell I'd wear something from the early 1900s on the hot beach.

Fucking throw back to the Victorian days when women were only allowed to show their ankles.

[tocqueville]

12. reminds me of some islamic wears in Iran

just add a scarf

[goodboy]

52. BINGO! Fundie X-Tians and Fundie Muslims= 2 Peas in a Burkah. (nt)

[ultraist]

94. Yep, the long hair for woman and modest dress is out of the Bible

There are Bible quotes that dictate long hair is a "woman's glory" and "modest dress" is required to avoid vanity or some shit.

I've seen these Bible quotes on a couple of fundie sites.

It's all part of the oppressive, misogynist BS found throughout the Bible.

[we can do it]

24. OMG! I thought that was my fundie sis-in-law on the left....

EEEEEEEEEEEK

[shanti]

134. ooh baby!

i'm getting one of those!

[William769]

3. I can understand attacking ideas.

But fashion? Please! :eyes:

[tocqueville]

18. if fashion is expression for the "ideas"

why not ? fighting the burqua for example

[ultraist]

97. It is attacking ideas: Oppression of women--misogyny

I wonder how many of those girls will rebel against the oppressive, outdated dictates imposed by their parents (via conservative religiosity) and end up burning their bras in college.

[madame defarge]

4. Looks to me like...

fundies like to clone...

[AussieDave]

5. My guess is they're descended from this lot:

[immoderate]

13. McKeithans look like hippies compared to the Duggars.

That, my friends, is what is called a liesure suit. One of the great guffaws of fashion history.

--IMM

[SpiralHawk]

32. You are going to get a strongly worded letter from LSLA

The Leisure Suit Lovers Assoc.

We will not stand for this slander.

The Leisure Suit is Coming Back.

Doubleknit is the FUTURE.

Polyester Uber Alles.

Deal with it.

[MADem]

116. The Leisure Suit was the Silent Majority's response to the

NEHRU JACKET!!

[shanti]

136. omg!

LMAO - funny!

[loudsue]

155. LOL!! ROFL!!! Coke all over the keyboard!

SpiralHawk, :rofl: I can just see YOU in a polyester liesure suit!!! :applause:

Too frikkin' funny!! :rofl:

[dogfacedboy]

44. In the mid-70's,

my Dad thought the leisure suit was the shit! He certainly wasn't any kind of fundie, but he liked to dress "sharp", as he would say.
"Sharp", to him, meant a jacket and slacks, or a suit, and a tie. The leisure suit offered a chance to look "sharp", and not have to wear a tie. None of his leisure suits were of a color found in nature, however.

[MuseRider]

47. My father

is buried in a light blue leisure suit that my mother MADE for him. His outfit is complete with the white belt and white shoes. By now he is probably dust but that hideous suit will most likely be there forever.

[dogfacedboy]

63. My Dad never went with the white accessories. Brown. n/t

[Verve]

15. Hey, at least they were fashionable for their decade. They have an excuse

Fundies who refuse to dress in this century have a problem.

[NoPasaran]

85. Ma McKeithen may be a christian

But the Devil does her hair!

[annabanana]

90. that's not really a man?

look at that face..
c'mon..

[B3Nut]

86. GAAAAACK!

That's HIDEOUS! And the misuse of the apostrophe! ARRRRGH! Not only can they not dress, they can't punctuate either! Uff-da....


Todd in Beerbratistan

[Arugula Latte]

123. Hmmm -- McKeithens rhymes with McHeathens

Maybe the one in the middle is hiding Beezelbub in her beehive ...

[shanti]

135. wonder what's growing in that beehive?

*snicker*

[TrogL]

148. AAAAAAAAAIIII where's the eyebleach

:headbang:

[Obamarama]

169. OMG...that woman's behive makes her look like a High Priest from Aida. n/t

[formercia]

6. The women are easy to spot

Long hair and long skirts to hide their prolapsed uterus.

[Straight Shooter]

78. You have a point.

I look at a woman with this many children and my first thought is, "OMG, your health, woman, please take care of your health."

It's my understanding that the more children a woman has, the more likely she is to develop fibromyalgia. Needless to mention, yes, problems from being pregnant with one child after the other, very little rest time in between for the mother's body.

As for the fashion, blechh. But I think all fashion is rather silly in its own way. Except for tie-dye. That was cool. :D

[verdalaven]

83. The first thought I had looking at all those kids was

I wonder how they can afford to live. I imagine healthcare is something they leave to god. :eyes:

[formercia]

87. Child tax deduction and earned income credit

It must be a good chunk of change for that many kids. I think large families should be penalized taxwise, not encouraged, say increasing benefits for the first few kids and then deacreasing benefits as the number of children increase. These kids cost money to raise and educate and all taxpayers end up footing the bill.

[Jamison]

8. Basically they're almost like fundie muslims (Taliban)

No showing skin ever for any reason. I'm shocked they allow those girls to even show their bare-naked forearms.:o

[ChickMagic]

65. We have a right to bare arms, you know.

:silly:

[LiberalEsto]

10. Suspenders, bow ties, greasy hair

are often signs of wingnuts.

[Lerkfish]

11. wow, that mom should rest, and not in a bed.

good grief, how many kids is one woman expected to produce?

yikes!

If I were her, and saw that husband coming after me with a gleam in his eye, I'd whip out a "cease and desist" subpoena.

[TroglodyteScholar]

33. I saw an interview with them..

And the reporter asked the husband if they were going to have any more kids. He said he always leaves it up to his wife, then deferred to her...and she said "I'd like more, but we'll see what happens."

I thought that must feel awfully empowering for her. :crazy:

[ultraist]

100. I saw that interview. The mom said the older kids are raising the younger

That, IMO, is really poor parenting. Kids should be kids and not be forced to raise their younger siblings because two parents don't have the time to raise 16 children. OR, they should hire a couple of nannies.

[Lerkfish]

101. or maybe, just maybe NOT have 16 kids.

In the neighborhood where I grew up, there was a family that had 12 kids. Every single boy (which was about 2/3 of the kids) were meaner than the day is long.
I'm not saying large families are mean, I'm saying mean families shouldn't get so large.

[wellstone dem]

163. I had a friend in college with 21 siblings

I went to her home a few times. The 22 never all lived at home at the same time. I will say, those kids were all about the nicest they could be. I figured they had to learn how to get along to live in a family that size.

[SoCalDem]

110. That's the way it USED to be done..The young children

were watched/reared by the older.. Mom had too many chores to spend all day playing with kids..

What will be interesting is whether those older girls will even WANT children when they grow up.. They will have had their fill of childcare by the time they grow up..

The boys in large families often grow up to be REAL RASCALS, because they are often raised by older sisters who boss them around.. Lots of boys from large families (whome I have known) have real issues with women:eyes:

The kids are all cute, and hopefully, they will do as most children do, and rebel BigTime when they meet and fall in love with someone their parents disapprove of..

[goodboy]

112. I don't think it's fair for the kids to grow up that way...what kind

of life is that anyway?

[LeftyMom]

115. I raised my sister and there are only two of us

Sometimes that's an economic reality, especially in single-parent families.

[flygal]

161. Reminds me of a joke

Mary and Larry had five kids, then Larry died. Mary married Gary and had 7 kids, then Gary died. Then Mary married Barry and had 8 kids. Mary died. At her service two grieving relatives conversed "well, at least they're together" "Who? Mary and Larry, or Mary and Gary?" "Mary's legs".

[atommom]

16. Yikes. That "wholesome, modest swimwear" looks heavy enough

to make you sink like a stone! :wow: I have a feeling that there's enough scary fundie material in these links to make up a pretty good master's thesis. (What's with Napoleon reading to the two little boys on the Vision Forum website?) I'm afraid to spend much time on the Creation Science Evangelism site ... it looks like a real head-exploder.

[we can do it]

34. No kidding - I would definitely drown in those dresses.

When my little brother started going to some functions with his Baptist friend (in the 70's) he was invited to go to summer camp - but declined when he found out they were not allowed to wear shorts - IN JULY. Has anyone else heard of stuff like this?

[ChickMagic]

70. Yup

I was a park ranger right out of college and gave biology/geology tours to Baptist groups. I would point out cretaceous formations from 130 million years ago and the leader would ask, "Well, couldn't they have died from the flood?" I said, "I doubt it - this was a marine environment."

The boys and girls were not allowed to swim together in the same freaking lake.

[donheld]

140. "boys and girls were not allowed to swim together"

I was raised that way. As a gay man I still treasure that rule. :rofl:

[Cactus44]

17. I think this phenomenon is more a product of a mid-western upbringing

than fundieism.

[atommom]

26. I don't think it's the midwest that's responsible. I don't see people

around here in fundie garb except for, well, the fundies.

[notadmblnd]

27. I think not!

I don't know what part of the midwest you are in to determine that, but it's certainly not where I live.

[AirmensMom]

67. I don't think so.

My in-laws are fundies in northern NY and they dress exactly like this. Fortunately, my husband is rebellious. :)

[MountainLaurel]

80. Actually, you'll find them everywhere

This is EXACTLY what the Charismatic Christians in West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia look like: long dresses (often, ankle-length denim skirts), long hair for the girls and women (lest they look too much like men).

[ultraist]

102. No, it's not. It's right out of the Bible

Hair: A woman's "glory"
Clothes: "Modest" dress

[goodboy]

113. what does that mean? "a woman's glory" and what chapter

and verse does it come from?

[ultraist]

127. Corinthians

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God'' (I Corinthians 11:3-16).

It also has something to do with women not being allowed to worship unless they are under a male.

The teaching that all women must be spiritually "covered" by a male is not the only one that has emerged from this portion of Scripture. Others have taken these verses to mean that a woman must have her head covered with some sort of wrap, such as a scarf, while she is prophesying or ministering. In some countries, the churches still hold to this teaching. Many of our traditional churches have a vestige of this teaching that has remained in the popular custom of women wearing hats to church on Sunday.

Recent teachings have gone forth that say a woman must be under a male's headship, or "covering," to be able to minister for the Lord. This has even been applied to women who are unmarried.

[Kailassa]

132. well if "her hair is given to her for a covering",

where did this obviously unchristian habit of wearing clothes come from?

[Arugula Latte]

124. It's kind of funny because in Islam the fundies have such a thing

about covering the hair. With these fundies -- the more the better.

The longer and higher your hair, the closer ya are to Jebus.

[stanwyck]

147. well, maybe 100+ years ago

and I grew up in central Illinois, the granddaughter of farmers. Families in the Midwest haven't bred their own farm labor for at least 100 years. You're thinking of the 1800's.

[HughBeaumont]

19. Litters of kids and kids OH MY!!

Jim Bob - here's a clue USE A FUCKING JIMMY HAT!!!

Oh wait, they're fundies; therefore, any form of birth control is immoral.

Soooooooooooo . . .. any bets on which one of these poor children will eventually end up being the family hellion?

[LibDemAlways]

82. I look at this pic and I think of my husband's

nutcase aunt (strict Catholic) and what happened to her 3 of her 6 rigidly controlled kids.

Her oldest set fire to the car of his wife's lover and served a year in jail.

Second child has severe mental issues.

Third child became a fundie minister as an act of rebellion against Catholicism, and then acted out by cutting himself and claiming he was attacked in his office. Lost his job as minister and as teacher at the local middle school when he fessed up. Is currently on probation for filing a false police report.

Not saying all or even a majority of these Duggar kids will have serious issues, but I wouldn't bet against it.

[peekaloo]

21. According to Jon Stewart the men do not allow gay people to touch

their hair.

[ronnykmarshall]

121. That explains why it looks like shit.

[donheld]

141. What sort of test do they give the barber to be sure he's not gay?

:shrug:

[CottonBear]

22. Here in the South, Church of God ladies wear dresses and have long hair.

It seems to mostly Pentecostal churches that adopt this dress and hair style. The men seem to wear regular clothes. I suppose there is nothing wrong with being modest. I could care less what they wear. I see these type of ladies around where I live.

I wonder if the Duggar girls and boys will continue in the church once they're grown up? I'll bet they'll have no kids or just one or two. hoo boy, that's a lot of kids. The news anchor on CNN said their monthly grocery bill is $2,000! WOW! I think that the father must make a bunch of money in his real estate business.

[holboz]

39. OK Jim. We get it. Your dick works.

In any case, I wonder how much money he's getting from Discovery Health and the Today Show for prostituting his family out as a "curisoity" and entertainment.

[Tinksrival]

139. Maybe it's for another shot at the Senate

This guy was a Rep from '99 to '03 :scared:

[ChickMagic]

68. I've seen the Pentacostal ladies too

They have really long hair and long dresses, but the dresses are very tight. I guess that's fundy rebellion.

[Ladyhawk]

160. My fundy school ruined me for dresses.

I hate 'em, can't stand to wear 'em.

I have to wear one at least a few times a year for concerts, etc., but I hate 'em.

[HereSince1628]

23. On Sunday everyone in Toad Suck is dressed like that.

All the shoulder and tushy tatoos are neatly covered.

[tocqueville]

28. OK that's what you were wondering about

[mikeytherat]

29. Each one parts his or her hair only on the left -- what is up with that?

mikey_the_rat

[GrpCaptMandrake]

41. Because parting it on the right

makes Jeebus mad, since it's clearly homersexkshul "code."

In all fairness, those are beautiful children in that portrait. What a pity that their minds are being nailed closed. (Motto; "Most people use duct tape to fix things. God used nails.")

Whenever they really hard-core anti-uterus crowd gets going about abortion, one of them is as sure as little green apples give you the trots to say "one o' thim a-borted baybeez mighta cyard kanser."

We can do that here, too. One of those lovely children, had their minds not been closed by their parents' dogmatism, might have changed the world.

Any bets on whether that father is a belt-spanker?

[ultraist]

107. Spare the rod, spoil the child

My money is on severe beatings as a form of "discipline." Sexual abuse is also closely linked with fundamentalism.

http://lists.heartlandhumanists.org/pipermail/hh_talk/2005-February/000341.html

From "Sexual Abuse in Christian Homes and Churches", by Carolyn
Holderread Heggen, Herald Press, Scotdale, PA, 1993 p. 73:

"A disturbing fact continues to surface in sex abuse research. The first best predictor of abuse is alcohol or drug addiction in the father. But the second best predictor is conservative religiosity, accompanied by parental belief in traditional male-female roles. This means that if you want to know which children are most likely to be sexually abused by their father, the second most significant clue is *whether or not the parents belong to a conservative religious group with traditional role beliefs and rigid sexual attitudes*. (Brown and Bohn, 1989; Finkelhor, 1986; Fortune, 1983; Goldstein et al, 1973; Van Leeuwen, 1990). (emphasis in original)

Note: Dr. Finkelhor is one of the most highly respected, scholarly researchers in the field of child sexual abuse.

[donheld]

142. "Any bets on whether that father is a belt-spanker?"

Without doubt he is. He should take up monkey spanking and save the world another child.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

153. REALLY coulda done without

the visual!

:spray:

[Mutley]

30. I wouldn't care what they wear...

if they would shut the hell up about what the rest of the world wears, and thinks, and says, and does, and reads, and watches, etc. They have a hell of a lot of nerve if they're offended by people making fun of their clothes.

[Pepper32]

31. They remind me of "Little House on The Prarie" (eom)

[hatrack]

37. More like "Little Coven In The Forest Of Fundie Fear"

:hi:

[Pepper32]

108. Well, that too.

:hi:

[hippiegranny]

146. or how about "Little Cult on the Prairie"

I don't understand the need for uniforms, but that's just little old heathen me.

[goodboy]

158. Little cult on the Prairie...HAHAHAHAHAHA...It's Taliban-Tastic!!!

[triguy46]

35. The highest level of fashion, the ultimate attire for the most

important and special occassion for women is "Sunday school dress." In the south at least, that defines a specific style and for most of the fundies would their 'best.' For guys? maybe a necktie.

[neebob]

36. I'm not sure what the guidelines are, but their purpose is

to isolate and make the members and especially children more susceptible to brainwashing - not unlike fundamentalist Mormon polygamists or even modern Mormons, really. Those are just two examples that I have some knowledge of or (unpleasant) experience with. If you look, um, special, then you feel that way, too. That's what I was taught. The polygamists and these people, apparently, just take it to extremes.

[Momgonepostal]

152. I'm a "modern Mormon" and I sure don't dress like that

There are lots of ways to dress modestly without looking like you just stepped out of the 1800's...or even the 1950's. Some types of people take things to the extreme.

[neebob]

165. I didn't say modern Mormons dress like that, exactly -

but there are rules, no? And their purpose is to set you apart, because you're special, and you should feel special. Have you never been told that?

[Momgonepostal]

166. Today, I'm wearing jeans and a knit shirt...

Fairly typical weekend attire and not designed to be "special." We are encouraged to dress modestly, which of course means different things to different people, but to most Mormons doesn't mean keep your arms and ankles covered.

No, I can't recall ever being encouraged to keep my wardrobe "special" just to be respectful, that the body (meaning everyone's body, not my special one) is a temple and should be treated and attired accordingly.

[neebob]

167. If you can't recall ever being encouraged that way,

then it must have been your idea. No indoctrination, no peer pressure.

I'm aware that Mormons wear jeans and T-shirts. I wore them, too. My jeans were always looser and higher waisted than everyone else's, and my T-shirts thicker and not as tight. My skirts were always just a little bit longer and my necklines quite a bit higher than everyone else's, and it wasn't just my parents' idea. There are rules, and Mormons look different because of them. It's deliberate, publicized, and sold to the membership as a point of pride and self-respect.

Just because the rules allow you more freedom to dress the decade doesn't make them any better than the rules that Jim Bob Duggar's family follows. The same principles are at work.

If you don't think so, fine.

[mccoyn]

38. Doesn't seem that odd.

I would be shocked if they wore this kind of stuff every day, but this is a clearly a planned protrait. The last one I was in everyone was wearing a suit or dress and had recent hair cuts. All those people were back in shorts and t-shirts 20 minutes later. You would be hard pressed to find us looking like our portrait.

[goodboy]

46. Believe it or not, they DO dress like that all the time. I can't imagine

what it would be like living in their house...

[shanti]

137. no way, they DO dress this way all the time

watch the discovery channel show about them. the boys basically wear khakis and navy polos and the girls all wear jumpers with peter pan blouses (no pants), kind of like parochial school. blechh.

[Bill McBlueState]

40. girl-mullets

Girl-mullets are common among fundies. My sister-in-law's mother-in-law has one. (As you can tell from her relationship to me, I don't have to see her too often, thankfully.)

[goodboy]

54. hey Bill!, noticed your avatar, Fellow Steelers fan here...off topic, but

was it just me or did that Ref. have it in for the Steelers last week?

He should never be allowed to referee again. Thank jeebus the Steelers pulled it off despite his vicious attempt to rob them at every turn.

[holboz]

42. Mom must have gotten a good deal on the fabric

And I think she ran out before she was done (notice girl in second row who doesn't have sleeves on her dress). Better get an extra couple yards next time, Michelle!

[Patiod]

43. I live around Mennonites and Amish

And they wouldn't approve of all that hair showing on the girls - pretty radical stuff! Plus, what's with the clean shave on the husband?

(I actually have a lot of respect for the Mennonites, who are actively anti-war.)

[dogfacedboy]

60. I had neighbors in Chicago that are Mennonites.

Urban Mennonites. They're very nice, and don't seem backwards to me in any way. They're part of a congregation that is small enough to only need a store front church. Their simple lifestyle could be construed as Hippy-esque. They garden for food; the man is a carpenter and house painter. They love their children, and it's genuine. Definately pacifists.

[baldguy]

45. The Bible, of course.

The husband is literally the master of the household, his wife is a slave, the children are property - the boys until they're 21, the girls until they're married off.

Dress is modest is all ways. Nothing colorful or flashy - nothing that draws attention to oneself. (Such dress may generate the sins of lust or pride.)

And if you can't find such admonitions in the Bible - well, then God will cast you unbelievers into hell on Judgment Day. Isn't that nice?

[goodboy]

49. I must've missed Sunday school the week the dress code was discussed...

oh well...

[spinbaby]

79. What's with that picture

Evidentially, some great disaster--possibly an earthquake--has struck, yet all the people are deliriously happy.

[atommom]

84. I'm guessing they're happy because The End Times have come.

Very surreal picture!

[spanone]

48. It's the 'tightass' McCarthy era fifties all over again.

You know, back when creative people were blackballed and Hollywood was blamed for all the evil and ills in society. Yea, those good old days.

[tocqueville]

50. That's the question...

[goodboy]

56. HA HA HA! I love it!@ (nt)

[Batgirl]

51. when going for a more casual look

the fundie women in these parts wear long denim skirts and white ankle socks with those little white sneakers.

My fundie sister-in-law told me one day, in a low voice, that her 19 year old son was dating a girl who "wears pants sometimes." She didn't want her husband to find out because he'd blow a gasket.

[goodboy]

57. YEAH! I saw a family dressed like that just the other day! I think either

Amish or Mennonite also dress like that sometimes. The women in the family I saw had prayer hats on.

[LostinVA]

72. Probably Mennonites

We have quite a few around here.

[goodboy]

75. Hey Lost, do you know what makes an Amish woman happy?

3 Mennonite

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

76. Oi!

[goodboy]

111. vey! (nt)

[Silverhair]

53. There is none.

What is normally meant, on this forum, by "Fundie" is any born-again Christian. Using that defination, the only dress code is reasonable and moderate. You can't tell that kind of fundie by looking at them.

Even in the Pentacostals, most dress like ordinary people.

That said, there are some very extreme branchs of Christianity that insist on the type of dress codes that one see with this family. But they are a very small, very tiny branch of born-agains, even among Pentacostals.

I was born into, raised in, and still faithfully attend Assembly of God services, so from a lifetime of experience - I know what I am talking about.

[DBoon]

55. reminds me of this...

[immoderate]

98. One of the greatest albums ever made!

Carla Bley said, "The Shaggs bring my mind to a complete halt."

--IMM

[calmblueocean]

150. "My pal's name is Foot Foot..."

I heart the Shaggs!

[warrior1]

58. what do the guys wear?

This people are scary.

[Horse with no Name]

59. Okay...here is my bet on the radical one

2nd row...4th girl.
She is by far the prettiest girl.
The others will probably make her feel bad for that...she will probably even be stoned or disfigured if she looks in the mirror too much.
But I detect that girl has "bedroom" eyes...and that ONLY means trouble.;)

[warrior1]

62. Odds are

one to two of the children are gay.

[Lars39]

73. I'm thinking the 3rd one.

I'd lay heavy odds on the boy to mom's right becoming a preacher(if he's not already).

[seabeyond]

61. three oh my gods as i sat looking at this picture. hmmmm and

wow. still shaking head. hm. not what my family looks like. yes i am seeing more and more of this in my area. red religious belt amarillo. there really seems to be the visual creating the message good christian, in dress. hey calif gal myself living in texas. getting old too, 44 but i have two young kids. met up with a fellow mother from my private christian school for boys. in target this spring looking for short. me saying, 40's i need longer shorts than the ones that shows butt, i mean after all for the sake of my fellow man alone. oh she went off and has the cutest little 7 yr old girl listening all the while, about modesty yada yada. she puts hand on knee. i am thinking just cover butt. look at the shorts i am wearing thinking, oh bad me. i didnt even know. had on some cutoffs

my kids went to a fundie school dress code. they were young though and i pulled kids out last year, but my almost 13 year old niece is going there now. lots of pointing finger and dress isnt acceptable

i addressed the head dude last year and told him, what a total lack of trust in the kids and adults with their more strident dress code. but he didnt get what i was saying

this is being done to create the cult

stay in own little circle. ia m afraid. remember the village. a movie where the town hid from the world?

[dogfacedboy]

64. The guys all have that Santorum Look. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

66. This family should be the poster family for stem cell research

Not for the reasons you think either.
Statistics are that 1 in 3 people will get cancer.
By these odds...the chances that 6 people in this family will get some form of cancer in their lifetimes is a little staggering.

[mrfrapp]

69. When George H W Bush said ...

When George H W Bush said that he wants the American nation to be "more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons", this is presumably what he had in mind.

Something else to worry about.

[LostinVA]

71. Looks very Fundie Mormon to me

Like those whackos out in Arizona and Texas....

[Nikia]

74. If it is their choice, I don't see why it would be repressive

Since many people consider what they wear important, any dress code can be repressive.
As I understand it, some Fundie churches have responded to modern culture by adopting more conservative dress and making sure that women are dressed differently from men, thus women usually wear dresses and are encouraged to grow their hair. While I am a big believer in gender freedom, I read that the U.S. military makes (or at least made) female enlistees wear make up to be distiguished from men. There are many Americans that are uncomfortable by people who they cannot tell gender. These churches are just taking it a little further.
If it is one's choice, I don't think that there is anything necessarily repressive about wearing long, non form fitting dresses. Many people think that women are more free if we have the freedom to wear as little clothing as possible and things that accent our bodies. I say that there is also freedom in making the choice to cover up as well. Not all women want to draw attention to our bodies all the time. Do you think that men do?
Personally, I think that the suits don't look like suits for swimming. I don't think that most bikinis are suits for swimming either. At the other extreme, I don't understand why men would want to wear baggy trunks for swimming either.
Along the lines of functionality, I have seen athletic wear that is not very compatible towards athletics in the name of modesty. On the other hand, during my college career, we competed against a Bible college that required long skirts for women in class. Their female athletes wore running shorts which extended to mid thigh and compression shorts underneath which came to just above the knee and teeshirts underneath their running jerseys. I saw nothing wrong with that.

[jmowreader]

92. The Marines used to teach their women fashion and deportment

The MI school is interservice and one day a bunch of us were sitting around the Concho Corral (the all-ranks club on post) drinking large amounts of beer and talking shit about each other's branches. At one point we started talking shit about how the Marines have different boot camps for men and women--"and the women's boot camp takes a whole week--which is all it takes to go to the makeup class and the cocktail party class." A couple of the women Marines told us "we gotta show you something. Don't go anywhere."

The "something" was a boot camp yearbook with a whole section in it of pictures of the makeup class, the cocktail party class, and the other classes women Marines were given.

Some fun articles:

http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/ec68d78c773e3eda8525706a0049820d?OpenDocument

http://www.corpsstories.com/former_v0203.htm

[Howardx]

77. what does this guy do for a job?

i would hate to find out they were having all these babies to collect more welfare!

[zbdent]

81. So, "God made Man in his own image"

So they're saying that God's creation is ugly and evil?

I saw some larger, "fuller figured" women naked in a Spencer Tunick shoot, and at a couple of occasions where I was able to be nude. No "grossly obese" women, but some of the large ones were still "not ugly" . . .

[mrsadm]

88. It's a cloning experiment ... gone really REALLY BAD

:-)

[marions ghost]

89. I feel sorry for these children

growing up as part of a gigantic litter. Two parents are just not adequate for the job and the older kids will have to bring up the younger ones. People who think the world wants this many of their progeny have a big ego problem. This isnt a family--it's a kid factory.

I don't care what they wear so much as the fact that they all must dress alike and what is it--their names all begin with 'J"? Wonder which ones are going to claim some individuality? I see nose rings and tattoos in their future (or the behavioral equivalent)

[Dulcinea]

99. Same here.

I'm sure a lot of those kids just get lost in the shuffle, & when kids get no attention at home, that's when they go wrong.

I maintain that at least one of them will go off the deep end.

[momisold]

91. You do realize

that this represents a very small portion of fundamentalists? Very Small.

edited for spelling.

[thebigidea]

93. fundmentalists? Are they insane Wall Street brokers or something?

[Lerkfish]

103. with 16 kids, not small portion for long.

if THEIR 16 kids had 16 more kids, in no time you've got the state of nebraska.

I'm just sayin.

:)

[ernstbass]

104. That family scares me

Those poor kids

[JI7]

105. that baby in the bottom middle is so cute

but he doesn't look too happy in those clothes. he kind of has an embarrassed "wtf am i wearing" type look to him. i bet he grows up to be a liberal.

[SeekerofTruth]

106. Why does this remind me of Monty Python, every sperm is sacred?

What is it, one kid a year?

This is so funny and scary!

[SoCalDem]

109. Usually republican women wear red

[deadparrot]

114. I want to know why there's no "wholesome" men's swimwear

included on that website. Talk about misogyny in action. One of the many reasons why I reject organized religion.

[goodboy]

119. That would be this:

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NAW...on second thought...shows too much skin.

[Arugula Latte]

125. Click on this: this is as wholesome as you'd ever want for men!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mensthong.html

[loudsue]

156. OOOOoooo Gawd that's ugly!

You should have warned us!!

:kick:

[OxQQme]

117. Saves money

on 'hand-me-downs'.

[PATRICK]

118. Kind of vain about hair

They need those big floppy hats for their swim wear- which will at least combat skin cancer.

Do Fundies go bald or skinhead?

[readmoreoften]

120. WHEN STRAIGHTS ATTACK!

When Christians succeed in annihilating the global gay population, all women will have floral dresses and poofy wings on the edges of their hair.

The greatest horror movie of our time: STRAIGHT FASHION!
Who will come to rescue you WHEN STRAIGHTS ATTACK!

This is the horror movie poster, right?

[SmokingJacket]

122. They have a special hair school.

No kidding! I found this on their site:

http://ati.iblp.org/ati/students/opportunities/hairdesign/

[meow mix]

151. "enhancing the outward appearance to the glory of God" LOL

ok thats pretty bad.. i usually have a lot of sympathy for those of religious beliefs but cmon thats f-ing stupid. and these same people likely condemn "those bearded fanatics, with thier beards."

[Catherine Vincent]

126. That's a nice picture.

I don't see anything wrong with it except the girl's dresses are kinda ugly.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

128. Just like Jesus wore. His cleaning and hairstyklist bill was huge.

They look to be a happily brainless bunch of stiffs.

[tlsmith1963]

129. There's A Fundie at Work...

...and I knew he was before he wore a "Passion of the Christ" button to work. I wondered at the time how I knew, but I guess it really is how they dress, & also how they act. They *do* come across like a 1950s nightmare.

Tammy

[shanti]

130. they're handy with the wet comb!

:puke:

*g* watch these kids when they get older have spiked mohawks, magenta dye and dreadlocks! :evilgrin:

[Ellen Forradalom]

133. Even the kids have combovers

and they're not even bald yet.

[KayLaw]

138. That one boy on the right. . .

Sure looks like he wants out of that outfit. Sis has him in a death grip. We attended a Mennonite church for a few years and I'm saying, no, not Mennonites -- the other women always wore their hair up and covered.

[Puglover]

143. LMAO

I almost sprayed my computer with coke when I saw this picture.....gawd almighty

:rofl:

[Puglover]

144. You guys have GOT to check out the

swimwear site. This people are just plain scary.
:scared:

[Larissa238]

145. www.modestwear.com

In case anyone was wondering


Its insane! I would never wear those things... and I am on the pretty heavy side. there is nothing wrong with a bathing suit. If you have problems with body image, then a t-shirt and shorts is fine.

[calmblueocean]

149. I like it!

Why does everyone have to mock everyone else?

[stepnw1f]

154. WEIRD

very out of the mainstream. Please go back to the 50's and stay there.... OK?

[goodboy]

157. Do they think this is what Jesus wants them to look like? Because,

I'm pretty sure he looked more like:

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http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm

[SlavesandBulldozers]

162. dad's having a lot of fun in this picture

it's as if he hasn't really considered what he's going to do when he's parenting 10 teenagers at a time.

i'm not a parent, but I wouldn't wish my teenage years on any parent. This guy's going to have major problems, so I'm relieved he knows how to pray to the Laaawd cause he's going to need it.

[FlaGranny]

164. eeeEEEEKKKKKK

Young Evangelical Republicans!

[Obamarama]

168. Jesus H. Christ....how about a WARNING for a pic like that!!???