Comments on: Meet the Duggars. http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/ One girl's struggle to escape her fat pants. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:45:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: why I just can’t stomach the Duggars « I wanna love You better whatever it takes http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-57591 why I just can’t stomach the Duggars « I wanna love You better whatever it takes Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:54:16 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-57591 [...] Even though a proper Republican Christian radio station referred to one Duggar-critical blogger as a member of the “scum of the earth” club, it’s still the case that if I am [...] […] Even though a proper Republican Christian radio station referred to one Duggar-critical blogger as a member of the “scum of the earth” club, it’s still the case that if I am […]

]]> By: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. at untitledlife http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-39173 Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. at untitledlife Wed, 23 May 2007 13:13:53 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-39173 [...] y’all hear that the Duggars are pregnant again — with their 17th child? [...] […] y’all hear that the Duggars are pregnant again — with their 17th child? […]

]]> By: untitledlife » Blog Archive » By now, we’ve ALL met the Duggars. http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1486 untitledlife » Blog Archive » By now, we’ve ALL met the Duggars. Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:09:55 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1486 [...] Recently a christian radio blog linked to my Duggar post, and I’ve gotten a lot of heated comments and e-mails as a result. In short, I’ve decided to close the comments on my “Meet the Duggars” post. If you’d like to read my final thoughts on the subject, you can check out my update to the original post. [...] […] Recently a christian radio blog linked to my Duggar post, and I’ve gotten a lot of heated comments and e-mails as a result. In short, I’ve decided to close the comments on my “Meet the Duggars” post. If you’d like to read my final thoughts on the subject, you can check out my update to the original post. […]

]]> By: Kristy http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1484 Kristy Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:34:47 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1484 To Lillian....YOU GO GIRL! To Lillian….YOU GO GIRL!

]]> By: Lillian http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1476 Lillian Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:55:57 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1476 I was raised in a family with 17 kids. I was "Laither kid 5" to the community. But you know what..I was proud to be the 5th kid born into our family. I love every one of my brothers and sisters. My parents raised us similar to the Duggars. We were all home schooled and raised in a Baptist church. Our community was very accepting to my family. And to all of the people posting that the family has problems or are abusing their children..you don't know what it is like to you live it. My parents are awesome and they spent their time loving us. I never felt neglected or unwanted. I wasn't just a number to my parents. We never lived off the government or neighbors. Now out of 17 kids 6 of us are in college and the other 9 are still being home schooled with dreams of going to college. My parents support all of our choices about life. I am getting married this summer and plan to have kids after I finish my degree. I may not want 17 but I know that I want more than 5. Now everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I am not bashing anyone but for those of you who post statements about abuse, neglect, living off of others and etc...you could not possibly imagine how the Duggars are living their life and rasing their kids..so next time you try and criticize them try looking in the mirror and find your own faults. I was raised in a family with 17 kids. I was “Laither kid 5″ to the community. But you know what..I was proud to be the 5th kid born into our family. I love every one of my brothers and sisters. My parents raised us similar to the Duggars. We were all home schooled and raised in a Baptist church. Our community was very accepting to my family. And to all of the people posting that the family has problems or are abusing their children..you don’t know what it is like to you live it. My parents are awesome and they spent their time loving us. I never felt neglected or unwanted. I wasn’t just a number to my parents. We never lived off the government or neighbors. Now out of 17 kids 6 of us are in college and the other 9 are still being home schooled with dreams of going to college. My parents support all of our choices about life. I am getting married this summer and plan to have kids after I finish my degree. I may not want 17 but I know that I want more than 5. Now everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I am not bashing anyone but for those of you who post statements about abuse, neglect, living off of others and etc…you could not possibly imagine how the Duggars are living their life and rasing their kids..so next time you try and criticize them try looking in the mirror and find your own faults.

]]> By: Karl Zimmer http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1472 Karl Zimmer Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:23:46 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1472 I'm not a Xian and don't share these folks' religious conviction, however, some of the posts on this blog are just plain assh*le oriented. Soem of the people on here genuinely hate this family. Then hinting the gov't should be involved, children taken away, etc, etc. Some of the posters, in my opinion, are mentally disturbed for the sheer hatred they spew at this family. I just love people who in one breath is gibbering 'tolerance' and other BS and in the next are completely intolerant when it comes to one's hair, lifestyle, how they raise their kids, etc, etc. Yet some of these bloggers *know it all* didn't you know? Yup, I'm sure they send their kids to the publik skool system to git edjemkated so their chilren can learn what a ho, dog, muthaf*cka is and be so far advanced over these kids in such social skills like bullying, bringing guns to skool, talking jive, smokin' weed & crack....wow! Yup, these homeschooled kids are missing out on this to be sure. To you bloggers who are certified assh*oles towards this nice family here is my response to you: f*ck you! I’m not a Xian and don’t share these folks’ religious conviction, however, some of the posts on this blog are just plain assh*le oriented. Soem of the people on here genuinely hate this family. Then hinting the gov’t should be involved, children taken away, etc, etc. Some of the posters, in my opinion, are mentally disturbed for the sheer hatred they spew at this family.

I just love people who in one breath is gibbering ‘tolerance’ and other BS and in the next are completely intolerant when it comes to one’s hair, lifestyle, how they raise their kids, etc, etc. Yet some of these bloggers *know it all* didn’t you know? Yup, I’m sure they send their kids to the publik skool system to git edjemkated so their chilren can learn what a ho, dog, muthaf*cka is and be so far advanced over these kids in such social skills like bullying, bringing guns to skool, talking jive, smokin’ weed & crack….wow! Yup, these homeschooled kids are missing out on this to be sure.

To you bloggers who are certified assh*oles towards this nice family here is my response to you: f*ck you!

]]> By: debi http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1443 debi Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:20:09 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1443 I just finished watching the lastest Duggar show. Has anyone noticed that these kids have no outside friends, could careless what they wear or what their hair looks like? That is NOT normal. Also, it is impossible to give that many children the attention and love that they need. Doesn't Mrs. Duggar have anything better to do with her life than overpopulate our planet? I'm curious how much financial help they get. I became a R.N. and was able to have a child and my husband and I support our two boys. They get the proper love and attention and also are well-adjusted with many friends and are involved in many sports activities. I'm sorry, but the Duggar family and their children will regret their lifestyle in years to come. I feel for the kids. I'm an educated person and know what I'm talking about. These kids are so far from normal. I just finished watching the lastest Duggar show. Has anyone noticed that these kids have no outside friends, could careless what they wear or what their hair looks like? That is NOT normal. Also, it is impossible to give that many children the attention and love that they need. Doesn’t Mrs. Duggar have anything better to do with her life than overpopulate our planet? I’m curious how much financial help they get. I became a R.N. and was able to have a child and my husband and I support our two boys. They get the proper love and attention and also are well-adjusted with many friends and are involved in many sports activities.

I’m sorry, but the Duggar family and their children will regret their lifestyle in years to come. I feel for the kids. I’m an educated person and know what I’m talking about. These kids are so far from normal.

]]> By: SJ http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1433 SJ Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:28:15 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1433 "World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision" states: • The growth rate of world population peaked at 2.04% per year during 1965-70 and has subsequently fallen to 1.48% per year during 1990-95. • The absolute population increase peaked at approximately 87 million per year during 1985-90, and has since been declining at a rate of about one million people per year. • A fertility rate of 2.1 is required to maintain population stability. The world fertility rate is projected by the UN to fall below this replacement level around the year 2013. • Each year about a million fewer babies are born in the world. Births in developing countries have recently declined by about 400,000 births each year. Many of you need to throw away "The Population Bomb" (1968 book about overpopulation that has been totally discredited), and start looking at some of the latest statistics. If anything, we need to worry about under-population. You can still comment on the Duggars for/against, but don't use overpopulation as a valid argument. By doing so, you display your ignorance and lack of education. “World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision” states:
• The growth rate of world population peaked at 2.04% per year during 1965-70 and has subsequently fallen to 1.48% per year during 1990-95.
• The absolute population increase peaked at approximately 87 million per year during 1985-90, and has since been declining at a rate of about one million people per year.
• A fertility rate of 2.1 is required to maintain population stability. The world fertility rate is projected by the UN to fall below this replacement level around the year 2013.
• Each year about a million fewer babies are born in the world. Births in developing countries have recently declined by about 400,000 births each year.

Many of you need to throw away “The Population Bomb” (1968 book about overpopulation that has been totally discredited), and start looking at some of the latest statistics.

If anything, we need to worry about under-population.

You can still comment on the Duggars for/against, but don’t use overpopulation as a valid argument. By doing so, you display your ignorance and lack of education.

]]> By: MissMaryMoo http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1423 MissMaryMoo Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:49:39 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1423 Take a look at two recent broadcasts. One called "Inside Polygamy" airing on A&E and the other a Dateline episode from about two or three weeks ago. The real problem here is that these children are not being raised to go out into the world at all. They are being raised for one purpose only, to marry within their own sect and begin the cycle of mass reproduction as soon as they do. This is no secret, it's widely known fact. The boys and girls are only ever allowed to "date" someone from within the sect, they get married young and begin having babies immediately. The females in the sect are treated as second class workers whose sole purpose is to have babies and wait on the men hand and foot. It wouldln't bother me at all (free choice) but these kids aren't really making a choice! They are raised within the sect, socialize within the sect, school within the sect, and are never able to make an educated choice for themselves because they have NEVER known that there are other options. It's sad and shocking, especially when you see that many of these girls end up married as teenagers, giving birth to a baby a year, and then perpetuating the cycle over and over. Not one of those Duggars is going to live outside of the sect, you can bet your life on it. Not one. Every one of those children will marry within and do exactly what their parents have done (as long as God "blesses" them with the ability to reproduce every year). Take a look at two recent broadcasts. One called “Inside Polygamy” airing on A&E and the other a Dateline episode from about two or three weeks ago.

The real problem here is that these children are not being raised to go out into the world at all. They are being raised for one purpose only, to marry within their own sect and begin the cycle of mass reproduction as soon as they do. This is no secret, it’s widely known fact. The boys and girls are only ever allowed to “date” someone from within the sect, they get married young and begin having babies immediately. The females in the sect are treated as second class workers whose sole purpose is to have babies and wait on the men hand and foot.

It wouldln’t bother me at all (free choice) but these kids aren’t really making a choice! They are raised within the sect, socialize within the sect, school within the sect, and are never able to make an educated choice for themselves because they have NEVER known that there are other options.

It’s sad and shocking, especially when you see that many of these girls end up married as teenagers, giving birth to a baby a year, and then perpetuating the cycle over and over.

Not one of those Duggars is going to live outside of the sect, you can bet your life on it. Not one. Every one of those children will marry within and do exactly what their parents have done (as long as God “blesses” them with the ability to reproduce every year).

]]> By: missy http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1395 missy Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.untitledlife.com/2005/10/19/meet-the-duggars/#comment-1395 I admire the Duggars on most levels- their attitudes and outlook on life, especially their Christian faith. I don't care for the attire they wear or the "hairstyles" but that's what is hidden to the world- their whole idea is to not be concerned with looks but rather the attitude they present to the world, and they want to be Christlike. It's good that they're not concerned with the world's opinion but at the same time it's alarming that theire children live in a big bubble in which they are not allowed to associate with anyone else other than the people their family already knows. These kids do not know any information outside their home and they will be in for a big surprise when they encounter the outside world, if they ever do. You won't see many people wearing the "modest swimwear" at the pool, either, no matter how modest or conservative they are. I admire the Duggars on most levels- their attitudes and outlook on life, especially their Christian faith. I don’t care for the attire they wear or the “hairstyles” but that’s what is hidden to the world- their whole idea is to not be concerned with looks but rather the attitude they present to the world, and they want to be Christlike. It’s good that they’re not concerned with the world’s opinion but at the same time it’s alarming that theire children live in a big bubble in which they are not allowed to associate with anyone else other than the people their family already knows. These kids do not know any information outside their home and they will be in for a big surprise when they encounter the outside world, if they ever do. You won’t see many people wearing the “modest swimwear” at the pool, either, no matter how modest or conservative they are.

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