Posted on 08/20/2015 11:57:00 AM PDT by Morgana
After reports surfaced that former “19 Kids and Counting” star Josh Duggar had an Ashley Madison account, the disgraced reality star has admitted he cheated on his wife Anna Duggar.
Ashley Madison is a website that claims to pair up men and women looking for extramarital affairs. Its database was hacked, and the e-mail addresses and other information from its members was leaked.
In a statement posted on the Duggar family’s website he wrote: “I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the Internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife.”
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No that would be Josh.
Morgana, it would appear you know someone of his ‘religion’ that treated someone badly after rape or molestation..
If so, it was not what Jesus would do....
On the whole, those who are true Christians reach out to broken souls who have been hurt.
Morgana, we have all been broken at some place in our lives
I too have been broken, and only Jesus could repair my soul.
What I meant....is Christians as a whole will be caught in the blame game over Josh.
It is not fair.....but it will happen.
How is it that someone knowing they have these issues in their life would then go on TV and pretend to be something better? You have to question whether this man has a conscience at all.
If Christians hadn’t held these freaks up as model Christians there wouldn’t be a problem, Guenevere. There is something seriously wrong with the Duggar brand of fundamentalism. But fundamentalism in any religion is dangerous.
Well, he is righteously afraid of gays and trannies, so he at least has that going for him.
Glee?
How about anger?
Anger at him and his degenerate family for holding themselves up on national TV as a model of Christian life and representatives of Christianity?
Especially when we now know that they were hiding evildoing before they ever agreed to go on TV?
No Christian on this site wants to stone them - but they do want them to go radio silent.
The way to do penance for vainly strutting in the public spotlight is not to keep in the public spotlight, but to give it up.
It is not the fault of the family. And yes, the problem is widespread. What is offensive is that he was pretending to be something he was not. A normal conscience, not even just a Christian conscience, would have sought to not be in the media limelight. Guilt would have prevailed. He brings disgrace on himself, his wife, his family and Christianity in general.
You'd give him credit for admitting it after he got caught red handed?
Truth does not cease to be true just because the messenger is rotten. I am sure the gaystopo is celebrating his downfall. But his sin does not make theirs go away.
I never watched their show......but I thought they were trying to be model Christians.....
.....many honestly think this family wanted to glorify Christ, and I still do....
.....Josh will answer for his sins, actions have consequences
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Even in repentance, as King David, whom God loved.....he will find the consequences of his actions almost unbearable.
“What I meant....is Christians as a whole will be caught in the blame game over Josh.”
I figured that from the getgo. I have a feeling that is why TLC put these freaks in front of the camera, I bet they knew all along. I figured TLC was propping these people, selling them off as “Good Christians” only to have this happen so they could say “see see this is what Christians are really like”.
Well no, this is not what Christians are really like. Yes Christians have troubles like everyone else, but blaming the victim is not part of Christianity. Also removing someone who is dangerous, like a sexual predator is something a Christian should do. Josh is dangerous and needs to be dealt with. I mean by professionals and not by other “so called Christians”, where the head of that facility stepped down because HE was sexually abusing other people. You realize this whole story line reads like a bad soap opera.
“it would appear you know someone of his ‘religion’ that treated someone badly after rape or molestation..”
I was raised in a religion “like” this one. It is part of the reason I left. Plus I did some research on the duggars.
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/05/87984/duggar-homeschooling-method-sexual-abuse
“The Duggars’ Homeschooling Method Blames Victims In Abuse”
He is not repenting. He is excusing.
“No that would be Josh.”
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I think that BOTH you and Josh Duggar are slimy and should craw under your respective rocks. I’ve seen no indication that Josh’s sisters, brothers, parents, wife and children are in the same mold; quite the contrary.
I’m ashamed to see creatures such as yourself on Free Republic...most FReepers, in my experience, have far more decency than you are apparently capable of having.
You noticed too?...
You are right...
I should not have used the word ...cackle
Of course folks are going to accuse hypocrisy......I know that....
.....I just hated the thought of millions of Christians being tarred with the broad brush of Josh’ downfall.
Christians are held to a higher standard!!...,as well they should.
I let my hyperbole get away from me.
gaystopo = gaystapo. I think that’s the spelling. LOL.
I still don’t believe it.
You owe Laz an apology.
Your post was out of line !
Did you also catch that he’s admitting. He admitting to viewing porn yet that was not released in the hack. Makes me wonder if that is about to come out.
What it means is, millions of names hacked yet someone KNEW to look for his name there. Someone(s) knew he was on that site messing around. Like I said, makes me wonder what else he’s done.
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