As an aside, my wife has been saying for years that she felt Jana Duggar (the oldest girl) was the victim of sexual abuse. Now it turns out that she may be the only one who wasn't. In any case, I don't think the Devil just showed up at Josh's doorstep one day and forced him to molest his sisters. I think the whole lifestyle - the unsanitary long hair on the women, the forced long skirt wearing, and the really weird, controlling courtship rules gave the kids a perverted view of sexuality, i.e. the Duggars very lifestyle invited the Devil into their home.
I think you are right. A lot of things about this family were very bizarre. For instance, men couldn't wear shorts or even go to the beach (where they would see scantily clad women). Strange courtship rituals. Guilt and shame tactics were used to control them.
This isn't so much a Christian family as a cult.
Repression often leads to perversion and we see that here.
Unfortunately, this freakish family, made famous by their TV show, has done great damage to normal conservative, Christian families, who will now get painted with the broad brush.
I didn’t say that at all. You assumed Josh has not apologized/repented to the girls.
Their lifestyle is different but not sure how that equates to perversion. It’s easy to lash out because we all want to find a reason why this happened. I think they raise their kids in a conservative Godly manner that foremost includes repentance and forgiveness. One child (that we know of) went astray and they seemed to have dealt with it years ago. I am not making light of this but what good comes from outing Josh et all at this point in time? He seems to have turned his life around as far as we know.
God’s healing grace is a wonderful thing. Sad this came out NOW where the entire family has to relive this horror. I’m sure bashing the family isn’t helping the victims either. THEY have to live with this. Not you and not me.
I can’t even imagine how these girls feel TODAY. They have already been tortured enough in the past by their own brother. Enough.
Unsanitary long hair?? The girls’ hair looked clean, and lovely, to me.