Posted on 06/06/2015 10:48:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I’ve never watched The Duggars' "Reality Show". The initial and subsequent promos for it never really flicked my switch. There wasn’t enough crap blowing up, guns blazing, mud soaked monster Jeeps slingin’ caliche, or… enough crap blowing up.
For moi, sitting around and watching a couple with nineteen kids wearing Mormon dresses with Pentecostal hairdos do chores and squabble about Scrabble didn’t really pique my interests. Call me carnal.
No, when I watch TV it’s either the news, Netflix, Hitchens on YouTube, chick flicks (for my wife), horror movies and/or warrior pics for me or one of Mark Sullivan's dangerous game hunting DVDs that I usually have on a loop like the Warren Commission did The Zapruder Film. Exciting, eh? :P
I said all that to say this: I don’t have a dog in the Duggar hunt. I’m no glaze-eyed Jim Bob devotee who’ll defend them to the death because I’ve been watching that show and have evangelized others to do so. I’m not a fan and probably will never be one. That said, I don’t wish them ill and I hope they pull out of this harmatological hell that has hit their home.
I will tell you, however, that there is someone out there who is McLovin’ on The Duggars right now. Her name? Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Why do I think the old Hildebeest be diggin’ on the Duggar debacle? Well, it’s principally because it’s keeping the coverage off her abysmally unattended stump speeches, her intergalactic horse-scat and the disgustingly dirty Clinton Cash. Which, by the way, will have more massive long-term, detrimental ramifications for our nation, if she’s elected, then any demonic thing that Duggar dude ever did. Please tell that to Good Morning America. And that's not diminishing anything Josh did to his kid sisters, mind you.
Yep, I guarantee Hillary is in some underground lair donned in a Dr. Evil nehru suit, maniacally laughing her haggard backside off that the limelight is on Josh instead of her dirty deeds done on our dime.
Matter of fact, I wouldn’t doubt if her cabal had that police chief yield up the sealed Duggar intel to InTouch because it was in Little Rock, y’know? I wonder if that police chief has any connections to The Clintons? Any campaign contributions? Any soirees over lemonade and sweet potato pie? Now, that would be worth poking around a bit, wouldn’t it? Maybe Peter Schweitzer’s team could take a little "look see" as they say in Arkansas? But that’s enough of my right-wing conspiracy theories.
Now to my point: According to The Left, unless one’s perfect you can’t call sin, sin. Jim Bob’s and Josh’s denunciations of homosexuality, according to Libs, is illegit because of Josh’s past gross vices, even though he confessed them and repented of them. That’s what I’m getting as the main rub that folks have with the Duggars and their Christian values they've extrapolated on our crappy culture. Am I right? It’s the "who are they to judge when they’ve got T-Rex size skeletons in their nine-teen closets" argument, correct?
To some extent I agree with the Duggars' detractors, namely, that those who have failed miserably should keep that in mind when they carp on others' bents. I believe that encapsulates the Matthew 7:1-5 maxim which translates into redneck: "tread lightly when you bash others and always, as a fallen critter, err on the side of grace because ‘except for by the grace of God … there go I'."
But the label the Left is attempting to placard the Duggars with, i.e. "hypocrisy" doesn’t fit him/them in this case as far as the biblical definition of the word goes. Hypocrisy, according to Jesus, Joseph and Mary, is condemning in others what you’re currently practicing or have practiced in the past and have yet to repent of.
It is not hypocritical for repentant sinners to point out what the Scripture states is bad behavior. Duh. If that were true there would be no biblical instructions, as it was written, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, by a bunch of saints who had sinful San Andreas sized faults.
For instance:
• Solomon wrote about true love, avoiding adultery, the destructive power of lust -- and he tapped more booty than Hugh Hefner and Dan Bilzerain combined.
• Moses preached "thou shall not kill" after he killed an Egyptian dude.
• Abraham is a main example for Jews and Christians and he lied about being married -- twice.
• Noah preached righteousness and condemned the world’s sin -- and got so wasted he passed out butt naked on the floor.
• Samson, a great judge in Israel, dated a hooker. Hello.
• King David, who wrote about loving God and hating evil, boinked Bathsheba and had her husband killed to cover up his love child. That’s some House Of Cards stuff right there folks.
• Peter condemned cowardice and unbelief and he was an unbelieving coward at one point.
• Paul preached love and forgiveness -- and was a blood-stained overseer to multiple murders of Christians.
All of the aforementioned preached against sin from a radically sin-laden past. The only perfect person to every walk this planet was Jesus; and when he lambasted people's bad behavior they crucified him. That fact of the matter is that God uses, as he has done in the past, deeply jacked up, yet repentant, people to communicate his prescribed righteous ways.
So, does this excuse, condone or make light of Josh's teenaged transgressions? Hell, no. Is Josh Duggar a hideous hypocrite or a broken dude trying to do what's right? Heck if I know. My intent with this screed is to point out that God chooses and uses the base, the corrupt and the vile (1Cor.1:26-31), quite often, to speak truth to culture and we often miss the message by focusing on the messed up messenger.
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LOL, I think it was justified and I don’t miss him one bit. I still don’t think I needed therapy. I knew I did nothing wrong, he was a pervert.
If the intent is to be cute, Dave Barry has that covered. If the intent is to make a point about Josh Duggar, he lost me.
Ok, rant off. This author might speak to different folks, just not making the connection here!
Seriously???
YOU completely missed the boat on that one. I suppose that a murderer can’t be 14? Or a thief? Etc?
Forgot to add that perhaps I should go back to my old Prosecutors office and ask them to expunge the records of, or release, the FEMALE pedophiles I prosecuted? Adult males only? You can’t be serious.
Besides Josh went voluntarily into treatment which he paid for himself.
SHAME ON YOUR HYPOCRISY.
You really need to crawl back under your rock from which you crawled out from. You sound exactly like the liberals, who are nothing but hypocrites
BTW your name is nothing but a laugh. You are anything but right ward
You are dead wrong. Period.
Really sad that you can’t see what is right in front of your face. Someone says “I’m a Christian” and you take it at face value. That is an ENORMOUS problem.
I’m gonna keep pointing out the hypocrisy of these people who claim to be what they clearly are not.
The fact that you have resorted to name calling as your only point now speaks volumes. I took a strong stand on a point but never started calling you names. Wanna talk about what Libtards do? They defend the indefensible. EXACTLY what you are doing. But hey, whatever helps you sleep[ at night.
Pity Admin doesn’t have an ignore feature as you would be the first I would ever put on there.
I never said I would have an abortion.
They actively tried to get pregnant even while they were dealing with a huge issue in their family.
He was old enough to know what he did to his 4 year old sister was wrong.
The parents did not do enough to protect his sisters.
I don’t care if they don’t get hand outs from the government.
It’s from a movie, I think.
Have you ever known a woman who killed her unborn child by volunteering for an abortion, or a man who encouraged her or paid the blood money ?
I’m the type that would protect my daughters.
I’m also the type that would really try to help my son.
Getting him out of the situation where he has temptations. I would also get him counseling.
I would encourage him not to have children because he has issues in that area. I would make sure his spouse knows about his past. If he does have children, that puts me in a sticky position. How do I know my grand kids are safe?
I would also be very remorseful for the harm I did to my children.
If he would have been caught outside his home, he would have gone to juvenile detention and registered as a sex offender.
I think there is a middle ground.
I think helping him not repeat his actions is the loving thing to do.
I would never go on TV and have a reality show.
How does him paying for his own treatment have any relevance? Is that some sort of demonstration of the level of his repentance?
It would open my eyes that I’m not doing enough to protect and raise the kids I have.
I stopped having kids after I had a special needs kid. It took so much time. I’ve always felt my other kids didn’t get enough from me. I knew it when they were little, and we’ve talked about it since they are adults. Having more kids would have been worse. (I love my special needs kid. She’s a doll, and all the extra work has paid off! She couldn’t talk until she was 5, and now she’s going to college.)
If my kid did something like Josh, I would think there is work to do in my family with my existing kids. It’s hard to just be pregnant. It just seems like the parents are more concerned about the number of kids instead of the quality of life of those kids.
Outstanding perspective by Doug Giles.
Having seen a few episodes, I’m profoundly struck by the extraordinary kindness Michelle shows when correcting her kids’ bad behavior.
Anyone who claims they have too many kids to parent them conscientiosly has probably never watched the show.
A neighbor of ours half-jokingly called his oldest daughter “the first pancake” - the one you throw away - because she had a horrid temper and disposition. The Duggars’ “ first pancake” has had an unimaginable impact on not only their family and future, but very possibly on our next presidential election if we don’t get some perspective on this.
Thank you, Doug Giles.
Josh paid for his treatment to cure himself of being a sexual predator?
Who was the doctor?
Was Josh cured of his proclivity or fondle prepubescent relatives?
Soooooo, you don’t believe in Redemption and you would send your SON to detention and have him be listed as a SEX Offender.....even though there was no SEX involved?? As I asked you....what kind of Christian are you?
The HO part may be correct though.
Let me get this straight.
If a 14 year old boy from your neighborhood, who you believed to be Christian, fondled the vaginas of four of your prepubescent daughters, you would not want him listed as a sex offender?
Like I said it’s none of your business. What part of None of your business do you not get, you busybody?
IDIOCY.....they were ALL siblings.....IDIOTIC Non Sequiter.
One can always spot a LIEBERAL by the way they TURN a question on it's head.
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