Ministry that once nourished Duggar family's faith falls from grace

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024

Conservative 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 Gothard’s 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]

1. Nourishing faith for RW xians usually means grifting and/or molesting, and/or going full paedo

[Wounded Bear]

2. Indeed! nt

[malaise]

8. Sadly this is true for some others as well

Eff them all

[Skittles]

3. "faith" should be replaced by "bullshit" in the title

what a bunch of fucking nonsense

[brewens]

4. I made a meme with a pic of Jed Clampett saying "I Recon That's One A Them

Evanpedical Christians". I throw that up every few days or so when one of these pervert stories is going around.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Keeping it within the family.

Deplorables.

Is this the family where the parents delegated all the duties to the older kids?

[Haggard Celine]

6. Who would have guessed that a guy named Got hard

would be a sex offender? If he wasn't a sex offender, he would have to have been a porn star.

[exboyfil]

11. It is a parody - right

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]

15. Ha! That's priceless!

[LastDemocratInSC]

7. As Anton Chigurh said in the movie "No Country for Old Men"

"If your rules have brought you to this place in life of what value are your rules?"

[scarletlib]

9. I feel sorry for the kids.

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]

12. I'll bet they will get made fun of at school,

and they are home schooled.

[exboyfil]

10. I am particularly suspicious of those who clutch their Bibles the tightest

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]

13. Bill Gothard never married

Ever.

100% against his own teachings.

Hypocrite and sexual abuser.

[tanyev]

14. And wearing ankle length skirts did nothing to protect those girls from their brother.

[exboyfil]

16. Should have gone with the chastity belt option I guess