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Related: About this forumThere is a link between the Duggar family and the Christian Dominionist and Quiverfull movements
In recent years, most popular culture discussions of the Christian Quiverfull movement center on the charming Duggar family of TLC reality fame. The Duggarsparents of eighteen children with another on the wayare seen by many as a wholesomeif quirkyexample of a healthy family with astoundingly polite and well-behaved children. It is nearly impossible to have a discussion with a well-meaning Quiverfull-illiterate without hearing that familiar refrain: They just seem like such nice people!
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The overwhelming majority of Quiverfull familieswho comprise a miniscule percentage of the American populationare followers of an extremist brand of right-wing politics called Christian Dominionism. Motivated by such writers as RJ Rushdoony and Francis Schaeffer, they want to establish a militant Christian theocracy in the United States. Not only that, but they have imperialistic designs on the rest of the world.
In this era of Christian Right ascendancy, there are at least three names that those of us who remain committed to transparent democratic processes should know: RJ Rushdoony (intellectual father of Christian Dominionism), Bill Gothard (Quiverfulls figurehead for stealth political organizing), and Erik Prince (CEO of Xeformerly Blackwaterand the first Christian Dominionist to amass a private army capable of successfully overthrowing a government). The rest of the posts in this series will show what each of these men is about and shed light on this often dismissedbut increasingly powerfulfringe minority. It appears as though TLC will continue to romanticize the Quiverfull lifestyle for the foreseeable future, and its up to those of us who know better to shed a brighter light on its politics.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2009/11/christian-dominionism-part-2-r-j-rushdoony-and-the-ties-that-bind-extremist-politics-to-christian-patriarchy/
Born in 1916 to Armenian immigrants in the United States, Rousas John Rushdoony was a Calvinist theologian whose fundamentalist teachings would provide the intellectual foundations for Christian Dominionismor Christian Reconstructionismin North America. In his writings, Rushdoony laid the groundwork for the establishment of a Christian theocracy not unlike Calvins Geneva in the contemporary United States. Rushdoonys multi-volume opus, The Institutes of Biblical Law, has provided much of the movements political framework.
Rushdoony today remains a popular figure among fundamentalist Quiverfull families. He was an early proponent of the view that Christian families should homeschool their children in order to shelter them from secular schools in the United States. Among other works, his Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum was heard as a rallying cry for parents who shared Rushdoonys disdain for the evils of secular humanism. For Rushdoony, the Christian homeschool was seenalmost literallyas a military training ground for the children who would become the foot soldiers in this war to replace the secular government of the United States with a fundamentalist one. In defense of these goals, Rushdoony famously wrote that Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2009/11/christian-dominionism-part-3-bill-gothard-and-the-ties-that-bind-extremist-politics-to-christian-patriarchy/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2009/11/christian-dominionism-part-4-erik-prince-and-the-ties-that-bind-extremist-politics-to-christian-patriarchy/
Erik Prince? Remember him? He's the Blackwater / Xe guy:
One thing that has not been widely reported, however, is Xes Dominionist allegiance, up to and including the fact that its former CEOand now chairmanErik Prince, is the biological heir apparent to the U.S. Dominionist community.
Scaryyyyy!!!!!!!
There are more articles on the Duggars, and the young women trying to escape from the Quiverfull movement on the Patheos blog.
Oh, while you're at it; read the Wikipedia pages on the Quiverfull and Dominionist movements.
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There is a link between the Duggar family and the Christian Dominionist and Quiverfull movements (Original Post)
LongTomH
May 2015
OP
Ted Cruz is also part of the movement. 7 Mountains Dominionism. Scary people.
OregonBlue
May 2015
#1
Asseblies of god are involved in this and thier churches are everywhere
undergroundpanther
May 2015
#7
Sarah Palin was associated with this group...saw a video of her being strenuously prayed over
libdem4life
May 2015
#8
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)1. Ted Cruz is also part of the movement. 7 Mountains Dominionism. Scary people.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)2. Thanks for these links.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)3. Erik Prince is one scary guy. Thanks for connecting the evil dots.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)4. Great job putting this all together.
The veil has come off. They can't just pretend to be a kind of eccentric family anymore.
I hope the girls get out.
okasha
(11,573 posts)5. Until uesterday, the Duggars were the Quiverful poster family.
I sincerely hope their disgrace damages the whole movement.
AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)6. Further down the rabbit hole........
This makes Rushdoony a traitor, Grade A.
undergroundpanther
(11,925 posts)7. Asseblies of god are involved in this and thier churches are everywhere
www.seekgod.ca/toast2.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)8. Sarah Palin was associated with this group...saw a video of her being strenuously prayed over
during the campaign and that god had anointed her, or something like that. Wrong god?
I did not know about Erik Prince's evolution. Did know about Xe. The Republicans are going to have to make some decisions about who supports them and who they owe. Pretty sure the Duggars are off their list now, but how many others?