That is weak!
It seems that Mrs. Duggar was talking about having their 20th child and someone else said that “her uterus is not a clown car.” That was a pretty good attempt at a joke. Armoured, I have to read between the lines for your response. My guess is that you think that the Duggars are a cult because they have lot of children. I think that is a weak position as years ago American families had lots of children. My grandmother raised 15 and my great aunt raised 14 and they were Methodist. Is Methodist a cult?
Here is what I have gathered so far regarding the Duggard:
Joshua Duggar proved that he was a pervert at the age of 14-15
Joshua Duggar should never be trusted around small children again
Joshua Duggar appears to have repented in that he has not reoffended in the last
12 years. Josh committed a terrible sin but it is not the unpardonable sin.
As far as legally punishing Joshua more, that is a dead issue, stop kicking a dead horse
Mr. Jim-Bob Duggar
With Jim-Bob’s statement above and his actions regarding his son’s molestation he deserves to not only be called out on that but also to expect the disgust that he is getting from some people. On this issue Mr. Duggar is a hypocrite on this issue.
I do not see the Duggars as a cult in the sense that a cult is like the Charles Manson family, Jim Jones family, David Koresh family, etc. In fact no one responded stating that Mr. and Mrs. Duggar are socially deviant in judging the Duggars as a cult. If the definition of a cult is limited to NOVEL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES then, many of us could be labeled as cults. With the broad definition of “novel beliefs and practices” a cult could be harmless
As for the parenting of Mr. and Mrs. Duggar I would say that with the exception of Joshua Duggar they have done an outstanding job. Even with Joshua’s situation can we blame the parents for the 14-15 year old’s offenses?
Out of the adult and teenage children that they have raised so far only one out of twelve has had a huge failing. I do not think that the overall judgement of Duggars parenting need to be continually negatively criticized. In fact they are probably doing better than many of us on this forum.
Josh Duggar Age 27 Married 3 children
John David Duggar age 25 not married
Janna Duggar age 25 not married
Jill Duggar age 24 married 3 children
Jessa Duggar age 22 Married expecting in November 2015
Jinna Duggar age 21 not married
Joseph Duggar age 20 not married
Josiah Duggar age 18 Not married
Joy-Anna Duggar age 17 not married
Jedidiah Duggar age 16 not married
Jeremiah Duggar age 16 not married
Jason Duggar age 15 not married
As of this date none of the above (except Josh) have committed a serious crime or even a minor crime. That is ELEVEN good citizens; that is probably better than some of us could do with raising twelve adults and teens!