To
truly understand the motivations and the life of the Duggar Family,
one must understand that they are, first and foremost,
followers of the elitist Independent Fundamental Baptist minister,
Bill
Gothard. They not only participate in his homeschooling program,
but they also follow his comprehensive lifestyle program. Gothard
appeals to the age group and demographic of Jim Bob and Michelle
Duggar (the parents) by offering allegedly foolproof ways of raising
Christian families whose children will continue on in the Christian
faith. He's best known for his simple steps and formulas for solving
any complex problem in life, throughout life.
To Evangelicals like the Duggars, restoring their church and their culture through the traditiaonal family depends on adherence to extreme patriarchal beliefs and purity standards. Believing that secular society poses grave threats to their efforts, their religious movement soon demanded large family size as a primary strategy. The imperative serves to both advance Christian political causes and demonstrate individual holiness within their subculture.
To Evangelicals like the Duggars, restoring their church and their culture through the traditiaonal family depends on adherence to extreme patriarchal beliefs and purity standards. Believing that secular society poses grave threats to their efforts, their religious movement soon demanded large family size as a primary strategy. The imperative serves to both advance Christian political causes and demonstrate individual holiness within their subculture.
Please
browse through the tabs above to better understand the leaders
and religious movements to which the Duggar Family ascribes.
As you
do, please consider what might have happened to their son if the
family had not enjoyed wealth and celebrity status within their
religious system. In response to the sex abuse situation in the
home, Josh Duggar could have met with a much different fate. His
mother's false reference to a “training
center” in the 2006 police investigation suggests that her son
could have landed in one
of Gothard's behavior modification facilities/programs or one of
the IFB's Roloff Homes in the Troubled
Teen Industry.
- The View from Here: A series of posts drawn from the information shared with a journalist in August of 2015 who had questions about the Quvierfull Movement as it related to the Duggar Family. This presentation hopes to provide a consolidated and comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon.
- The Duggars Seem Nice Until you Meet their Terrifying Political Agenda Dec 2014
- How TLC's Fundamentalism-as-Kitch Hurts Women Jun 2015
- Understanding the Duggar Daughters as Second Generation Adults of a High Demand Group
