Posted on 05/02/2021 6:48:24 PM PDT by Morgana
JOSH Duggar's wife Anna is "standing by" the disgraced reality star after he was arrested for serious federal charges.
A source exclusively told The Sun that the 32-year-old - who is pregnant with their seventh child - even accompanied Josh to the police station when he turned himself in.
Josh was taken into custody on federal charges on Thursday afternoon following a 2019 Homeland Security raid on his now-shuttered used car dealership.
An insider claimed Anna is continuing to support Josh throughout the scandal and has no plans to divorce him.
"Anna is standing by her husband as she always has," a source said.
"She even accompanied Josh to Fayetteville on Thursday so he could turn himself in to authorities."
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
I just got tired of their “holier than thou” attitude on tv, episode after episode. So sugary sweet, “we can do no wrong” putting others down. Trying to make others feel bad.
Then come to find out this, all of this.
Moral of this story is? Never put yourself, family on a pedestal because you can have it knocked out from under you at anytime.
and no, I don’t hate the Duggars, I hate what they do. I hate their actions, attitude, their crimes. I don’t hate them as people. I feel sorry for them as people.
Feds have a 92% conviction rate. Which means there is only a
8% chance he is innocent.
We know his track record.
I mean yea “innocent until proven guilty” but in this case.
he’s f******
Exactly, Verum.
This was taken from Facebook.com Thriving Forward
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Why has Anna Duggar stayed with Josh and continued to have children with a confirmed child molester? My thoughts as a Duggar cult insider......
The Duggar family is the poster family for a homeschool, patriarchal, fundamentalist cult called the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) created by a man named Bill Gothard (BG). My family was involved with ATI during the same years that the Duggar family was and I used to hang out with the Duggar daughters in our small social circles.
I made my escape from ATI in 2015 after I came to the realization that I had been sexually groomed by BG as a minor. I soon joined a lawsuit against BG with 18 fellow victims with similar allegations and to this day I have been shunned by the community due to speaking out.
Let me explain some of the very specific teachings of ATI in hopes that you will understand exactly why the Duggar family has handled the Josh situation they way they have, and why Anna has continued to stay by his side and continued to birth his children.
1. The word “abuse” does not exist in ATI. When I came forward that I had been sexually molested as a child by my own father, it was not called abuse within my ATI circles, it was called being “inappropriate”. ATI followers are told that the way secular, professional therapists and the way the government handles abuse is bad. They are taught that sexual abuse is, more than anything, a sin, and therefore it must be handled within the church. Licensed professional therapist are considered dangerous, and so you are only allowed to seek Christian counseling. This is why when Josh first told his parents as a teenager that he was molesting his younger sisters, he was sent away to an ATI camp as therapy. Abuse is always dealt within the system.
2. ATI followers are taught to be thankful for abuse. I was told by Bill Gothard himself when he found out that I had been molested by my father that I needed to write my father letter THANKING him for molesting me, because it had made me spiritually stronger. Emotional, sexual, physical abuse are considered badges of honor within the system. There is no such thing as depression, anxiety, trauma response, or PTSD, and if you are dealing with symptoms of any of those then you are told you are not trusting God. This is what the Duggar daughters would have been taught regarding the abuse they experienced from their brother.
3. ATI followers are taught something called “The Power of Spoken Blessing”. If you are being abused by someone, you are not to confront them or seek help, but you are to pray a prayer that God would bless that person with the attributes they are missing. Example: “God please bless this person with patience, and kindness.” Again, most of the responsibility in dealing with abuse situations is placed on the victim.
4. ATI followers are taught that homeschooling is the only Godly way to educate your children. You are taught that public schools are dangerous and evil and that if you send your children to public school they will reject God. If Anna Duggar were to separate or divorce from her child-molesting husband, she would have to face the reality of putting her children in a public school while she went to work. This is *unimaginably terrifying* for an ATI woman, for she is taught this will destroy her children’s lives.
5. ATI women are taught that their calling in life by God is to be a stay at home mom and homemaker. ATI women are taught that if they seek higher education, or seek any employment outside of the home, they will be open to spiritual attacks from Satan, and will more than likely be raped by a random attacker or one of their children might die. Women are told they must live in a home under the authority of a man. Single women must live in heir father’s home until the authority has been “transferred” to their husband in a marriage ceremony. If Anna Duggar were to divorce and then live in her own home without the presence of an older male to protect her, she has been taught she would be open to attacks from Satan, and God might allow her to be raped, or murdered by an intruder as punishment for being out of submission of male authority. Yes, ATI women are literally taught that living under the authority of a male will offer them **guaranteed** divine protection. (That’s an exact quote from ATI material).
6. ATI followers are taught birth control is a sin. They are taught that “God opens and closes the womb”, and that preventing a pregnancy in ANY way, shape, or form, is not trusting God. This means, couples are not even allowed to consider natural family planning, for choosing to abstain from sex when the female is most fertile would mean you are not trusting God. Why has Anna continued to have children with Josh? Because she has been taught to believe she LITERALLY does not have a choice.
7. Speaking of sex, ATI women are taught that it is a sin to refuse your husband sex. They are taught that men have an uncontrollable sex drive, and that if a woman was to deny their husband at any time, this could cause their husband to “stumble” and possibly have an affair, or develop a porn addiction. Women are taught they are at fault for their husband cheating on them because it wouldn’t have happened it they had given him enough sex (and of course the man gets to decide what ‘enough’ looks like).
8. ATI followers are taught to practice shunning. When you are a part of ATI, you live in a bubble. You are taught that the outside world is dangerous and that you shouldn’t form relationships with anyone that does not conform to the same belief system taught by ATI. You are also taught not have any kind of relationship with people who have “gone astray”, and have left the belief system, INCLUDING FAMILY. If Anna Duggar were to leave, she would have no one to help her. She has no life outside of the fundamentalist word. She would not just be walking away from a marriage, she would be walking away from her entire community, her entire life, her entire culture. The system is designed to keep you in the bubble out of fear.
So there you are. Why has Anna Duggar stayed? Because she been programmed to believe she doesn’t have the choice to leave. Why have the Duggar’s continued to whitewash Josh’s actions? Because they have been taught that what he did was “inappropriate” and “a mistake” but nonetheless redeemable by God. They have been taught to deal with Josh’s problems privately, within ATI churches, and we all know how horrible the church is at properly handling abuse.
Anna Duggar does not need your condemnation right now. She does not need criticism for staying with Josh. She should not be told that she’s getting what she asked for because she choose to stay. She is a victim of a system designed to trap women. She needs our support. She needs our love. She needs brave people coming forward and telling her they will do whatever it takes to help her get out.
Please share this post. It’s time the world understand that the Duggar’s lifestyle of “old fashioned family values” is not one to be admired. It is a dangerous cult, that harbors and protect abusers and blames and shames victims.
~ Emily Elizabeth Anderson
I've never cared for Michelle and JoeBillyBubby's rabbit hutch vibe, but it's more about taste and style than the values they aspire to. Could you cite an example of them trying to make others feel bad?
” Could you cite an example of them trying to make others feel bad?”
It’s been years since I’ve seen their show so it’s hard to pick or remember just one...
But here is the big thing okay?
Let me put it this way..their whole thing you know the sex abuse cover up and more?
Okay there have been other family reality shows...Kate and Nate plus 8, Mama June and that foul mouthed kid. Thing about it is? Those two did not say they were Christians.
In fact Kate and Nate only had a show because she popped out 8 kids at once, Mama June had one because of her foul mouthed kid. See what I mean?
We have this Duggar family pretending to be “all that” when they are not. This is giving the rest of us Christians a bad name and don’t you think TLC knows this? I have to believe TLC KNEW about Josh if Oprah knew and reported it. They just waited until In Touch magazine reported it years later then took off the show...rather renamed it under the same contract with Jim Boob. They did not do that with Mama June.
Come on AB you never caught on to this? Jim Boob is greedy for money, but TLC is casting Christians in the worst light possible.
I freaking cringe when I see these people in the media because I know what they are doing. Don’t you feel bad when you see this train wreck?
As for Jim Bob, back when this happened he could or should have been worrying about saving his son’s soul and not that stupid TV show. Now look what has happened. Was it worth it Jim Bob? Your son is going to hell and you got your show on the air 3 more seasons and a spin off. smf
“What thou do unto the least of my brethren thou do unto me’’.
“Suffer unto me the little children and forbid them not. For such is the kingdom of heaven’’.
“For verily I say unto you; Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a child shall in no wise enter therein’’.
Jesus was clear about harming children.
He didn’t tolerate it at all.
In this case Josh was at first a child harming another child. Jim Bob could have helped him. Sent him to a licensed facility for treatment even if that meant he lost that damn tv show. Now I fear all is lost with that guy. Unless he has a real come to Jesus moment in Federal lock up.
You really believe that?
From everything I ever researched on the subject of pedophiles the accepted fact is that they can never be cured of the obsession to want to molest and have sex with children.
If he is found guilty and there is a 92% chance he will, and she stays with him? Yes she is freaking stupid.
No good mother of soon to be 7 stays with a child molester.
Not defending anyone here, just would like to know where this seeming vitriol comes from. My understanding is the family (not this son) as a whole are God-fearing people. Maybe I don’t know something you do; if so, please illuminate.
You know people have told me that but I want to believe as a child he could have been. Maybe I’m totally wrong but at least give it a chance being he was a child, and maybe his mind could be set right.
Now? No. There is no chance.
God fearing people my ass.
The son molests 4 sisters and the father covered it up. That is not what God fearing people do.
I would have more respect for them had they just admitted it when it happened, and told the world “our son did this, and this is how we as Christians plan to deal with it”. I bet even TLC would have let them keep the show if they dealt with it in a positive, law abiding way. A way that set an example for others. You know this happens in other families too, not just them.
Wouldn’t the pop psychologists tell us that he himself was probably molested? Never watched the show...just remember that they’d turn up on the networks once a year to pop out another kid.
The “state” (read media) kills Jeff Epstein before he can implicate, allows Hunter Biden to skate, raids the offices of various Trump lawyers. So I’m giving this dude a pass.
You know her? You’ve met her I guess and she gave you this idea?
8^)
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