Duggar cult founder plans Kansas ‘retreat’ to set up arranged marriages for teen girls
Source: Raw Story
Duggar cult founder plans Kansas ‘retreat’ to set up arranged marriages for teen girls
Vyckie Garrsion
04 May 2016 at 17:56 ET
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A group of ultra-conservative Christian men are planning to meet up in Kansas later this year to arrange marriages for their pubescent daughters … and they don’t believe their daughters’ consent is actually necessary.
Quiverfull patriarch, Vaughn Ohlman, who runs a website promoting early, “fruitful” marriage for Truly True Christian™ children, has announced plans for a “Get Them Married!” retreat where fundamentalist fathers will find, and TAKE, suitably submissive young brides to bear many babies for their adolescent sons.
The weekend retreat, which will be held in Wichita this coming November, is “designed to bring together like-minded families (and their unmarried young men and women) who are committed to young, fruitful marriage and to help them overcome the barriers which have kept their children unmarried.”
For around $1200 per family, Quiverfull parents will spend three days “networking” with similarly-delusional zealots who believe men are to be in charge, wives are to be submissive baby-makers, and children are to be sheltered, isolated, indoctrinated, and pushed toward early, prolific marriages for Jesus.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/duggar-cult-founder-plans-kansas-retreat-to-set-up-arranged-marriages-for-teen-girls/
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The Betrothal of Joshua and Laura
It is with great joy in the mighty blessing of the Lord that we, the undersigned, in obedience to God do Covenant or Witness thereto that:
Joshua Phillip Ohlman
and
Laura Marie Camp
Are this the 23rd day of August, 2013 bound in the sight of God and man in the unbreakable Covenant of Betrothal; are now husband and wife to each other; and await the blessed day when they will come together physically.
In this covenant we bind ourselves or our children to the following:
A lifelong continual sexual union in which the body of each spouse belongs to the other.
A union which shall be ever open to the blessing of children; and where the children shall be raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
A union in which the husband shall love his wife, as Christ loves the Church; washing her in the water of the word.
A union in which the wife shall love and respect her husband, love her children, and keep the home; helping raise her children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
A union, under Christ, with the husband as its head, the wife as his submissive helpmeet, and the children bound in obedience to their parents.
We make this Covenant with the following purposes and goals:
That fornication may be avoided by the God given use of the marriage bed.
That a Godly seed may be raised up.
That the word of God be not blasphemed.
That God’s command to be fruitful and multiply, replenish the Earth, subdue it, and have dominion over it, may be obeyed.
That the relationship between Christ and the Church may be reflected.
That, above all, God may be glorified.
What God has joined together let not man put asunder.
In testimony and covenant thereto the following set their names:
_____________ __________________________
Andrew Camp Vaughn Ohlman
Father of the Bride Father of the Groom
Who gives his daughter Who takes a wife for his son
More:
http://vonstakes.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-betrothal-of-joshua-and-laura.html
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What You Need To Know About The ‘Quiverfull’ Movement
05/26/2015 06:43 pm ET
Antonia Blumberg
Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post
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“19 Kids And Counting” stars Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar found themselves in the spotlight for dark reasons this week after reports surfaced that their oldest son, Joshua, molested several young girls, including some of his sisters, during his teenage years. With 19 children, the Duggars are frequently associated with the “Quiverfull” movement — a contingent of conservative Christians who shun contraception — though Michelle and Jim Bob have said they do not formally consider themselves “Quiverfull” Christians.
Even if the family doesn’t openly embrace the ideology, their lifestyle mirrors many of its core principles. To remind you exactly what the movement is all about, here are a few key facts you should know:
The name comes from a passage in the Bible.
Psalm 127 states: “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.” A quiver, in the old English sense of the word, is a case for holding arrows.
Many couples in the movement believe God won’t give them more children than they can handle.
Families that follow Quiverfull ideals refrain from using contraception, believing that it is only God who “opens and closes the womb,” as adherent Kelly Swanson told NPR. Another adherent told BBC in 2013 that her husband “saw it wasn’t such a scary thing to do after all, and that God wouldn’t overwhelm us with more than we could handle. One baby at a time arrived, and we were handling it, so we felt our marriage was being blessed by this choice and we continued.”
More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/quiverfull-movement-facts_n_7444604.html
I do remember hearing of a connection between Bill Gothard and the Duggars during their awkward days when their problems with their creepy son were revealed.
Their approach to teaching is astonishing, when it's so wildly stupid.
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Wow, oh, wow, oh, wow.
There is some serious sickness among these people.
Thanks for this look. They are far dingier than I could have ever imagined, and they are committed to their craziness.
