Posts keep showing up in my Facebook newsfeed saying that as Christians we should forgive Josh Duggar. No. We should not forgive Josh Duggar because we cannot forgive him. Josh Duggar did nothing to any of us. It’s not our place to decide whether to forgive or not because you can’t forgive someone if you’re […]
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#DefendTheDuggars (Sort of)
I’ve said it before on social media and I’ll say it again here. The mocking of Duggar children is not something I can get behind. Criticize the Duggar parents for what they’re doing to their children, criticize Jim Bob, Michelle, and Josh for their anti-LGBT activism, that’s fair game. Mocking the kids isn’t. Kids like […]
In which TLC gives fundamentalist Mormon polygamists a half hour to lecture on Purity Culture
The TLC reality show Sister Wives has always been a guilty pleasure show of mine. Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain it, especially since my reality TV viewing preferences generally run towards the kind of over-the-top camp that Tyra Banks gives us with America’s Next Top Model. This week they delved into purity culture […]