From Christianity today

Update (Mar. 10): The full text of the ministry email revealing Gothard's resignation can be read here, courtesy of Homeschoolers Anonymous, which broke the news.

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Update (Mar. 6): Bill Gothard has resigned from the Institute in Basic Life Principles, according to an affiliated ministry email obtained by Religion News Service (RNS).

The popular seminar speaker and his ministry had weathered moral and financial controversies, as well as scrutiny over his teachings, in the past. But recently a whistle-blowing website gathered accusations of sexual harassment from more than 30 women.

 One famous family from Bill's cult is the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting.  So far they have not said a word about Bill.  Josh Duggar's brother in law David Waller works at IBLP as an assistant to Bill.

You can also say Bill was an associate of Sarah Palins too.   He’s also rubbed shoulders with Republican luminaries. He and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee were photographed at a campaign lunch together; former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue spoke at one of Gothard’s conferences; and Sarah Palin, when she was a small town mayor in Alaska, attended his International Association of Character Cities conferences and declared Wasilla among Gothard’s “Cities of Character.”

Jim Bob Duggar thinks abortion is the holocaust

From Crushable.


Goshdarnit, those silly old Duggars just can’t stop saying wildly offensive things about stuff they know nothing about. Which makes them kinda like that annoying person on your Facebook feed who’s always sharing factually incorrect memes about the government and writing, “so true!” Today’s topic du ignorance revolves around abortion and The Holocaust. Two topics that never cause any controversy on the Internet!
Last week at the Values Voter Summit, non-uterus-haver Jim Bob Duggar stood up and compared life in America today to life in Nazi Germany. And then he followed up those comments with a clarification this week that was along the lines of, “by Nazi Germany, I meant that there’s a baby Holocaust going on in this country right now.” Sadly, for humanity, we’ve discussed the Duggars’ insistence on comparing The Holocaust to abortion on this site before. But because they continue to bring it up, we’ll run through this again.

Several million human beings died in The Holocaust because a homicidal sociopath decided that they didn’t deserve to live based solely on their religion or sexual orientation or mental abilities. Even though these people did not in any way affect Hitler or the way he chose to live his life, he had them systemically enslaved and murdered. In contrast, several million fetuses are aborted every year because the women carrying them decided that it wasn’t in the fetus and/or the woman’s best interest to bring the fetus to term.

There are several valid reasons for why a woman decides to have an abortion. While we don’t need to dive into each reason right now, let’s throw a few of them out there: a woman can’t afford a child right now, a woman can’t bear giving birth to a child with fatal fetal abnormalities, a woman was raped and got pregnant as a result of that violent sexual assault, a woman knows she’s currently unable to emotionally and mentally provide for the child, a woman is not a woman but a teenager.

The common factor in all these cases is that having a baby affects the woman carrying it. Being pregnant isn’t easy, pre-natal care isn’t cheap, maternity leave isn’t a given, family support isn’t always there and adoption doesn’t always prove to be a viable option. (And do please check out some stats on foster care in America before you even dare to leave a comment on this about adoption. And then check out an article on how pregnancy affects a woman’s body and mind. After that call your local foster care system and adopt one of these blessings from God. Bonus points if you don’t list “healthy and white” as one of the requirements. Finally, write a letter to the Duggars asking them why they haven’t adopted any of these angels when they clearly can afford to do so and are currently talking to the media about “trying” for a 20th child.)
Considering that every rational and educated person knows about The Holocaust as well as the various reasons why women have abortions, it’s absolutely unbelievable that we have to have these conversations over and over again. And it’s even more unbelievable that we have to have them because this family uses their platform to spread ignorance and hate.

Really Jim Bob, really?

I double dog dare you to say that to any Holocaust survivor.

I watch 19 Kids and Counting for the laughs because Jim Bob and Michelle are awful parents and I feel for the kids but I think the show is on it's last legs as it's become a real snooze fest.  That and the fact son Josh is working for a hate group, the Family Research Council.

The Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting are the original grifting family

Years ago Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar took part in Jim Sammons Financial Freedom seminar. It teaches you how to be debt free.

While I have never taken the class, I have heard and read bits of it.  The class advises you to buy used and save the rest, build from scratch like your home.  Basically get the materials donated and have a few friends to help help you build.  (Sounds like Housegate).

The Duggars did just that.  Except I think TLC paid for it.  Also they use that house for a home church so they can get a tax deduction.  I have also read the Duggars leaned on their old church for donations such as clothing to they would not have to buy.  Sounds like grifting to me.

A Quiverfull of snark

You all know who the Duggars are.  They are the ridiculously large family who does not believe in birth control.  Anyway I stumbled across this forum called Free Jinger.  It's basically about the Duggars and Quiverfull movement.  Enjoy!

Oh no she didn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From CNN.com

Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, stars of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," are expecting their 20th child this spring.

"We are so excited," says Michelle, 45, who is now about three-and-a-half months into her pregnancy and due in April. "I feel good. I am past the sickness stage now."

The Tontitown, Ark., couple, who are parents to children Joshua, 23 (who is married to Anna, 23 and has two children, Mackynzie, 2 and Michael, 4 months), twins Jana and John-David, 21; Jill, 20; Jessa, 19; Jinger, 17; Joseph, 16; Josiah, 15; Joy-Anna, 14; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 12; Jason, 11; James, 10; Justin, 8; Jackson, 7; Johanna, 6; Jennifer, 4; and Jordyn, 3, weathered the medical emergency of their youngest daughter, Josie's birth on Dec. 10, 2009.

She was born following Michelle's preeclampsia diagnosis at a mere 25 weeks, weighing only 1lb., 6 oz.

Josie's medical drama -- and Michelle's own fight for survival -- was documented throughout their TV series. Josie will turn 2 in December and is developing normally, without any longterm effects from her premature birth.

"It is a miracle. Josie is the most energetic, busy little almost-2-year-old," says Michelle. "She is short, and yet she can keep up with the big girls and she thinks she is just as big as they are. We are amazed at what she can do."

Questions About the Pregnancy

Following Josie's life-threatening arrival into the world, the Duggars understand that some might question their latest pregnancy.

"Michelle is probably in better health now than she was 10 years ago," says Jim Bob, 46. "She has been getting on an elliptical for about an hour a day and is very careful of what she eats."

Michelle, who is under the care of a high-risk pregnancy doctor, says she is being cautious, eating a lot of protein and green vegetables and abstaining from caffeine. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of women have preeclampsia -- Michelle had it with her second pregnancy -- and the condition can strike randomly. Women who have had it previously are at higher risk, however.

"We are just going to do the best we can," says Michelle. "I am taking a nap every day, and we are just taking good care."

Jim Bob agrees: "If we had lived by fear after Michelle had preeclampsia after her second delivery, we would have missed out on all our wonderful blessings," he says. "So many of her pregnancies have gone extremely well."

One completely new aspect of this pregnancy? Michelle will have her very first scheduled Cesarean section since Josie's premature birth required a special cut on the inside of her uterus.

"I've never had a planned C-section," Michelle says. "So this one will be different."

Spreading the News

Also different: how to tell 19 siblings that one more is on the way. Jim Bob gathered all the kids together for a family picture, but instead of telling them to say "cheese," told them to say, "Mom's going to have another baby!"

"The kids were all asking, 'Are you joking or are you serious?' " says Michelle. "It was a big surprise. The little ones started jumping up and down when they realized he was serious."

After hugs and high fives all around, the siblings are now debating the baby's gender and name. The Duggars, who heard the baby's heartbeat in a recent ultrasound, expect to find out whether they are having a boy or girl around Christmas.

The Season 5 finale of "19 Kids and Counting" airs 9 p.m. Tuesday on TLC. The special "Duggars World Tour: Scotland & Ireland," showing a newly pregnant Michelle traveling to Europe with the whole family, premieres November 13, at 8 p.m. on TLC.

Please Jim Bob and Michelle, stop!

You are the most selfish people in the world. If you love kids so much ADOPT! It might actually reduce the abortion rate. It's not fair to make Jinger, Jana, and Jessa to take care of your offspring. My grandmother had to take care of her youngest twin brother and sister, she dropped out of high school and actually had plans to go to beauty school to be a beautician. She always seemed bitter about it