Duggars Redux: 19 Felonies and Counting

[Hamatron]

Dude, I am an atheist, and even I can appreciate the irony that the loudest Christians aren't really all that Christian. They're completely missing the point. It must be even more maddening for people who share the "same" faith as these people.

[biondetta]

I've never actually seen the show, but it's hard not to know about the family. In one of those posts linked to where people were giving the whole family shade, it seems that Josiah is particularly awful in terms of arrogance and rebellion. Does anyone who watches the show know if he seems a potential trouble-maker or liable to break away? Or is he just bratty and cocky?

[putch]

I've only been able to stomach watching small amounts of the show but from what I've read, most people seem to think that Josiah is gay and since their religion is against gays, he is sad and depressed because he'll be forced to marry and stay in the closet. I'm not sure if him being gay is true or not. Sometimes, it seems that he is; other times, I'd say he's more sensitive/creative and is stifled by his awful "parents." I've seen clips of the show where Jim Bob seems to target him as if he's trying to toughen him up. Either way, I think he's miserable.

I really hope that some of these kids decide to break away instead of living under daddy's rule.

[lea1977]

Jana is not married and in her mid 20s, that is considered old aged in that background but I am more convinced than ever she stays around the house to protect the younger girls. I still hope that one day she will bolt, take all of her sisters with her and give them a chance at a normal life.

[Spinderella]

Anna Duggar's Brother Bashes Cheating Husband Josh on Facebook: 'I Won't Stop Trying to Get That Pig out of Our Family'

"You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin confess and repeat," wrote Keller in reference to the quote posted by Jessa, which reads: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

"Think for a min about the victims," continued Keller in response to a reply left on his original comment. "Tell me how you would feel if someone cheated on your sister and brought so much disgrace to you and ur family."

Oh, snap! I really hope that he and his family succeeds in getting him out of Anna and their lives for good.

And Jessa has come forward and posted a very, very telling scripture on her Instagram that is totally aimed at Josh. Me thinks that she is not too happy about all that he's done and maybe is reconsidering what he did to her as a child/teen.

“If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth,” Jessa shared, among other underlined passages. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”

[Ninja Bunny]

Eh. It says if you confess and ask for forgiveness then you'll be forgiven. It's the usual claptrap from the Duggars that if Josh prays for forgiveness then he should be forgiven by everyone.

Jessa went on to say:

“I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa told Kelly. “I’m like that is so overboard and a lie really, I mean people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.”

Sorry, sweetie, but you don't get to minimize what he did just because you're one of his victims.

[Auroranorth]

She's allowed to feel how she feels, but she can't define how other people feel.

[azaleaqueen]

I'm glad the brother spoke up. Maybe all the Kellers will get behind Anna and support her instead of laying blame on her. God knows, she needs it. The only reason I can see for her to stay with him is the religious brainwashing she's grown up with. He's not attractive, is an ass, and now doesn't even have a job.

[GinFizz]

So cheating is a bigger deal in the fundie world than being a kiddie fiddler. Good to know.

[azaleaqueen]

I just wonder how many other scandals will arise from the Duggars. And I'm sure they will arise. The other boys are being raised in the same repressive atmosphere as Josh was.