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In reply to the discussion: Jim Bob Duggar: Molestation Is Common In Christian Families [View all]TCJ70
(4,387 posts)66. Not my Christian family...
...yikes. This guy (and his family) are messed up...
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Wow, shit, that has to be one of the dumbest, most thoughtless posts on DU. n/t
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72
You'd be amazed how much religious sexual repression contributes to the problem.
backscatter712
Jul 2016
#60
I'll make one generalization, here: Oftentimes it's the sanctimonious, moralizing finger-waggers
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2016
#80
I suspect mostly it's because they think homosexuality is a communicable disease
Major Nikon
Jul 2016
#15
Yep. tell teens they're going to Hell for masturbating or looking at porn...
backscatter712
Jul 2016
#61
When I was growing up, nudity wasn't exactly encouraged in our household,
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2016
#13
Subservient wife? She practices blanket training, in which people smaller than
jtuck004
Jul 2016
#18
Apparantly she really digs beating up on children, from what I heard in a couple
jtuck004
Jul 2016
#24
They aren't limited to the homes either. These folks work in schools, hospitals,
jtuck004
Jul 2016
#83
THESE PEOPLE ARNT CHRISTIAN. THEY HIDE BEHIND THAT LABLE SO THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
allan01
Jul 2016
#28
"Oh, c'mon! Everybody else does it! So can we please have our show back?"
struggle4progress
Jul 2016
#29
Jim Bob, has it occurred to you that there's something wrong with your culture?
perdita9
Jul 2016
#32
It's biblical so it's okay! Noah and his daughters, where do you Cain and Abel got their wives?
REP
Jul 2016
#37
You all are forgetting - Christians have that "escape" clause in their religion
packman
Jul 2016
#42
It is the result of the religious impulse to control people by controlling sex.
backscatter712
Jul 2016
#86