No, they follow a very particular, strict, and bizarre form of Christianity filtered through a dude named Bill Gothard (does that name sound like a sex scandal waiting to happen? No need to hold your breath: it already did! http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyf… )

This. I get angry when people blame religion as a kneejerk reaction for things. I don’t think that it’s God in this case; it’s their interpretation of Him. Every time I see any news about the Duggars, I think of the recent SVU episode that was spun from the situation and hope that some sort of end result happens that…

That is very true.

Maybe, but she’d at the very least have a support system that wasn’t indoctrinated with the same “well... God says (insert platitude here) and it’s partly your fault anyway for not being more “open” to him” crap that she was. If she were allowed at least ONE supportive non-quiverfull/fundamentalist friend she'd have a…

I love how molesting a bunch of little girls (mainly his sisters, one of whom was only 5) is not as bad as the cheating. Raise your hand if you’d much, much, rather you found out your spouse cheated on you than sexually abused a number of kids? I might be hurt about cheating, but I could see working past it. I would…

With 4 kids and literally no qualifications or achievements to her name, I think even with a different upbringing she’d be considering staying with the guy. That large a family isn’t cheap to raise - it’d pretty much be impossible on the $7.50 an hour jobs she’d be eligible for.

Why are all my cute normal dudes getting buff and bulky (looking at you, John and Chris Pratt)

I usually reserve this one for mass shootings but I think it works well here.

I will just leave this here. Along with affluenza sociopath, this story kills my heart. Our fifth rescue baby.

Falling into vaginas?

I think something inside my brain just broke.

“I’m fragile”

I FUCKING CAN'T ANYMORE.

EVERYTHING IS GARBAGE

I give up.

I bet when he orgasms he yells “GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

And Iberico ham.

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I just cannot wait to read this book.

Cthulu is fake?