Don’t forget the Seewald’s cut of the TV action. None of those associated with th ed show wanth that money horse to go away.

So sinners gonna sin is the fundie version of boys will be boys. Fuck this guy.

I think I actually just had a rage stroke. All of the things he mentioned as unraveling the fabric of our whole society can actually be lessened with honest sexual education. There will be less teen pregnancy, less unwanted pregnancy and less STD’s if kids aren’t shamed for every sexual impulse and instead are given…

I’ve long held the view that extreme religious sects are one of the worst thing in the world. And I don’t think I’m wrong.

It’s more than a big bummer to them - it’s also an opportunity to forgive and become a better person, according to the Institute of Basic Life Principles.

Their religion teaches the words to use in all situations. Cause you don’t need outside secular knowledge. That’s one sign of a cult. Ideology trumps experience. America has been admiring a cult, a real one.

It absolutely is rampant. I grew up in a fundie community, and I started being molested at age four or five. First by a much older cousin, and then by my father. Neither was punished, even though local police (they were also part of the community) got involved. My cousin was a minor, so they did the talk with the cop…

I guarantee there’s a huge amount of sexual abuse going on in those sects- they’re obsessed with sex. If they can look at children and think, “That 3 year old is showing too much leg. IT’S TOO SEXY,” as Jim-Bob had alluded to, then you can bet some of them are acting on these thoughts. And since there seems to be a…

Of course! You don’t want to fan the flames! You want to clamp that shit down, tighter and tighter, like a secret garden that you never tell anyone about...ever...just simmering in your soul and reminding you that it’s going to one day go all horribly wrong...gnawing at you...like a rat in a cage....

Oh FUCK off. Josh sinned because he was raised in a fucking oppressive family who don’t address sexual things and .. fuck fuck fuck fuck their oppressive fundamentalism is SO EVIL!

I don’t think that they think it’s no biggie, they think that everything from holding hands to felching is equally sinful outside of marriage, so they have no way of measuring degrees of sexual misbehavior beyond “It’s all bad— it’s all Eve’s fault for tempting Adam— pray it away— OK we’re good now.”

Oh for fuck’s sake. So basically having the children of the family molested by an older sibling is a big bummer? Well, we hope it won’t happen, but if it does, them’s the breaks and no biggie?

This is awful. Also consistent. This sect views any sexual interaction outside marriage as the same sin, so wanting to take off your clothes with someone you’re dating is the exact same as what Josh did.

“Many times it is simply lack of opportunity or fear of consequences that keep us from falling into grievous sin even though our fallen hearts would love to indulge the flesh. We should not be shocked that this occurred in the Duggar’s home, we should rather be thankful to God if we have been spared such, and pray…

Can someone please promote this shit to the top? Also, is there a “failure to report a crime” thing in Arizona, and could they be charged with it? Because they never reported it, it’s only a matter of record because SOMEONE ELSE TATTLED.

Boy, this is it, isn’t it? They told a state trooper family friend that gave Josh a “stern talk,” and then nothing further. There was no due process for his victims.

So, the next time a 14 year old girl gets pregnant and gets an abortion, we should show compassion because “her judgment was not mature” and “we all need His grace and His forgiveness”?

were honest and open about it with the victims and the authorities.

Can I add to your comment?

Republicans, these are the people you vote for. These are the people you willingly choose as your leaders. You elect people who throw their support behind incestuous molestors. You elect people who raise children who torture animals. This is conservatism in the year 2015.