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"The Duggar family is a great, Godly American family. A throwback to what most American families used to be like."

I'll be honest, I don't know of any good Christian families like the Duggars. This is because the Duggars are cult members.

I've never heard of any conservative Christian teaching their kids that it's wrong to kiss or even hold hands, for heaven's sake. Who believes that? Michelle Duggar said she regretted kissing her husband before marriage. Come on! My parents "courted", as they called it, before my dad went to Europe in 1943. They used to take walks in the evenings and hold hands. Those bizarre Duggars would say they were being immoral. And my response to the Duggars would be, "You're freaks."

The Duggar women all wear those crunchy gelled perms because Bill Gothard thinks curly hair is sexy, so he teaches that women should curl their hair if it's naturally straight. That's not normal. That's cult behavior.

And let's not forget the Duggar family tradition of having the females in the family whisper a code word to the males so that the men can cast their eyes down and not be "defrauded" by looking at an attractive woman.

Any families you know do that kind of thing? Teach the daughters to be responsible for their brothers' and their father's sexual responses? Sorry, I see nothing to emulate there.

I didn't know all the code word stuff...it is a little odd. If they are part of the Gothard crew, they are cult members. Unless I know for certain, I tend to give folks the benefit of the doubt. I could be wrong, but I want to err on the side of love.

That said, I do not want my daughters holding hands or kissing strange boys. If they are courting, or engaged, that is different. Additionally, my understanding is that Jim Bob was a State Representative and an upstanding member of the community (only reviled by the Sodomites).

” And let’s not forget the Duggar family tradition of having the females in the family whisper a code word to the males so that the men can cast their eyes down and not be “defrauded” by looking at an attractive woman.

Any families you know do that kind of thing? Teach the daughters to be responsible for their brothers’ and their father’s sexual responses? Sorry, I see nothing to emulate there. “

I read this several days go but have not known how to respond to it.

Yes we as Christians are to help each other avoid sin but this is just creepy and weird. I don’t know what to say even now. People should be in control of their own mind and conscience. Their eyes as well. Josh’s sisters were not with him to tell him “Don’t look at that porn” so he did. He had no one to tell him not to. Pure freedom and he went wild.

Is why I keep saying that Josh should “control himself”. I really wonder if he can?