I’ve been in the religious subculture enough to have seen it all and to have seen people from one group trash other groups as compromisers or cultists.
People who said the LDS Church (Mormons) were cultists, the Roman Catholic Church was a cult and so on.
The angry people quite often were hurt in some way by their involvement in the “cult”. I don’t agree with Bill Gothard and have heard some disturbing things about him, but why all this anger.
We are human, we make mistakes. I can’t live in bitterness or resentment over those who really have caused me harm who have conservative religious backgrounds.
I have to move on and not live in resentment and anger. I can only wish the Duggars the best and not take potshots at their religious belief system.
Anger?
How about an alternative motivation? I have personally known families that were sucked into ATI. I have personally seen the swath of destruction and ruined relationships as a result.
I see uninformed Christians here holding up the Duggars as an example of an ideal. The Duggar family view their show as an outreach ministry. Bill Gothard and ATI saw the show as a positive recruitment tool. Advertising worth millions for free.
The truth needs to be out in order to spare other well meaning people from getting sucked into the ATI trap. That is why I provide links to information. Do your own research. You don’t have to take my word for it.