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napkinz

(17,199 posts)
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:01 PM May 2015

Josh Duggar Scheduled To Speak On How Bible Is Life’s ‘Owner’s Manual’

May 29, 2015

Josh Duggar, who recently resigned from his post with the Family Research Council after revelations that he sexually molested five girls, including his sisters, recently withdrew from speaking at a homeschooling convention in Sandusky, Ohio.

But Duggar, who claims he’s forgiven by his God, even though his family tried to cover up his sex crimes, is still scheduled to speak at the ALIVE Festival in Mineral City, Ohio, an event sponsored by Liberty University and other Christian organizations, to discuss how “the Bible is the owner’s manual for life.”

Following GOP Jesus’s teachings, prominent evangelist Ray Comfort told fans on Facebook that he will boycott TLC if the network dares to drop the Duggar family’s reality TV show in response to the cover-up of Josh diddling those young girls, Right Wing Watch reports.

read more: http://freakoutnation.com/2015/05/child-diddler-josh-duggar-scheduled-to-speak-on-how-bible-is-lifes-owners-manual/

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Josh Duggar Scheduled To Speak On How Bible Is Life’s ‘Owner’s Manual’ (Original Post) napkinz May 2015 OP
He may want to read this first: shenmue May 2015 #1
Wisk that off to Huckabee, Rachael Maddow, Jon Stewart, misterhighwasted May 2015 #3
huckleberry does not care. he is in this up to his hypocritical eyebrows: niyad May 2015 #7
he probably reads only the Old Testament napkinz May 2015 #10
Hey, I wouldn't mind being like old King Solomon Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #43
+1 nt Tree-Hugger May 2015 #34
Good. Stay with you own kind & away from the moral world. misterhighwasted May 2015 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #4
Still pimping the press and publicity. Old saying is that there is no such thing as bad publicity. libdem4life May 2015 #5
Duggars To Sit Down For Fox News Interview With Megyn Kelly napkinz May 2015 #15
Yes...and I'm sure they'll be well paid. But their shelf life is in serious decline. libdem4life May 2015 #17
He never got past the Private Parts section. TheCowsCameHome May 2015 #6
Does it explain what to do when you're scheduled for a 30,000 mile tune up? Initech May 2015 #8
What's horrific is that he'll have an audience. Avalux May 2015 #9
speaking of having an audience ... napkinz May 2015 #12
I don't fucking believe they're doing this ONE WEEK after the scandal broke! bullwinkle428 May 2015 #13
they don't need media consultants to advise them napkinz May 2015 #14
They are panicking because their sponsors are leaving. I mean, who is going to advertise them now? libdem4life May 2015 #18
toon ... napkinz May 2015 #22
News travels fast...I laugh, yet want to cry. I cannot imagine how any of them will libdem4life May 2015 #23
I don't think I've ever watched anything on TLC napkinz May 2015 #25
I remember when it showed James Burke's shows hifiguy May 2015 #26
I guess it's like MTV napkinz May 2015 #27
Problem is that they will not have the numbers needed yeoman6987 May 2015 #28
I watched it back when it started with my then young son when it was the Discovery libdem4life May 2015 #30
Well, he got the rape parts down. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #11
Complete with instructions on how to sell your daughters into slavery Major Nikon May 2015 #16
I think he said "Wife's Owner's Manual" Tom Ripley May 2015 #19
How touching.... Johonny May 2015 #20
How does he know he's forgiven by his God? Vinca May 2015 #21
Huck informed him napkinz May 2015 #24
Boy is he clueless!!!! Initech May 2015 #32
yeah right catrose May 2015 #29
Amnon and Tamar? N/T LadyHawkAZ May 2015 #31
I wonder if his little victims will be on FOX news with him? Loryn May 2015 #33
he's not going on FOX napkinz Jun 2015 #45
My mistake. Loryn Jun 2015 #46
I am continuously sickened by this Tree-Hugger May 2015 #35
bunch of self-righteous hypocrites napkinz Jun 2015 #36
Exactly Tree-Hugger Jun 2015 #40
I find it hard to believe GOD forgives child molesters. B Calm Jun 2015 #37
I think it's a very common belief among Christians Mariana Jun 2015 #38
Unbelievable. . . B Calm Jun 2015 #39
But how does anyone know if the sinner is truly repentant, especially if the sinner does it again. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #41
Presumably, God knows, since God knows everything. Mariana Jun 2015 #42
So christians are allowed to do horrible things because GOD always forgives them. B Calm Jun 2015 #47
posted by RandySF ... napkinz Jun 2015 #44

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
1. He may want to read this first:
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:12 PM
May 2015

Matthew 18:6 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
3. Wisk that off to Huckabee, Rachael Maddow, Jon Stewart,
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:16 PM
May 2015

Jon Fugelsang, Megyn Kelly, & TLC.
Live with it, Duggars.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
43. Hey, I wouldn't mind being like old King Solomon
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:18 AM
Jun 2015

Wise and rich, with a couple hundred wives and concubines

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
2. Good. Stay with you own kind & away from the moral world.
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:14 PM
May 2015

Disgusting fucker.
They cant do enough damage control. Ever.

Response to napkinz (Original post)

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
5. Still pimping the press and publicity. Old saying is that there is no such thing as bad publicity.
Sat May 30, 2015, 08:51 PM
May 2015

OTOH, if all the fundy wackos boycott TLC, they won't have any viewers left...except those lurking under assumed profiles.

When this latest 15 minutes of infamy run out, what will they do? Ah, write a book on Child "Rearing".

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
9. What's horrific is that he'll have an audience.
Sat May 30, 2015, 10:03 PM
May 2015

He shouldn't, but there will be parents of daughters in that audience thinking that he's a good guy, a man of god.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
12. speaking of having an audience ...
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:11 AM
May 2015
Duggars To Sit Down For Fox News Interview With Megyn Kelly

May 30, 2015
Brendan James

The patriarch and matriach of the Duggars clan, Jim Bob and Michelle, will soon speak to Fox News' Megyn Kelly about allegations that their son Josh molested underage girls as a teenager.

"Next week we will sit down with Megyn Kelly on Fox News to share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago, the tears we all shed and the forgiveness that was given," the Duggars wrote on their website.

"We appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers for our family at this time," they added.

read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/duggars-interview-megyn-kelly-fox-news

bullwinkle428

(20,630 posts)
13. I don't fucking believe they're doing this ONE WEEK after the scandal broke!
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:16 AM
May 2015


I know they have media consultants and people like that, surely advising them to lay low for a good 6 months before they even think about attempting their "reputation reclamation" efforts. Just another example of what happens when ego and hubris are the dominant personality characteristics.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
14. they don't need media consultants to advise them
Sun May 31, 2015, 10:31 AM
May 2015

they believe God is the supreme consultant and he has forgiven them

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
18. They are panicking because their sponsors are leaving. I mean, who is going to advertise them now?
Sun May 31, 2015, 02:58 PM
May 2015

Any situation that creates a new word in the language, kind of like Watergate and all the "___gates" thereafter, will likely never be forgotten. It brings to mind skulduggary...the word duggary is already in the Urban Dictionary:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=duggary

duggary
The act of fondling young girls while they sleep. To be a duggar.
He was arrested for two counts of duggary. They really should put sick duggars like this on the sex offender registry.
by Nix Nightbird May 24, 2015

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/dan-savage-wants-to-make-duggar-the-new-santorum-clearly-duggary-needs-to-be-a-word/


Dan Savage wants to make the name Duggar synonymous with hypocrisy and child molestation – just as he helped make Santorum a descriptive noun for a byproduct of anal sex.

“Clearly ‘duggary’ needs to be a word,” Savage posted Tuesday on Twitter.

I feel sorry for all of the kids...Jim Bob, by his own definition, is the total blame...as women/his wife, and all of his children are subject to his rule.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
23. News travels fast...I laugh, yet want to cry. I cannot imagine how any of them will
Sun May 31, 2015, 06:24 PM
May 2015

fare in the big world...because their fame has turned to infamy. Glad I'm not an Exec at TLC.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
25. I don't think I've ever watched anything on TLC
Sun May 31, 2015, 07:23 PM
May 2015

The Learning Channel, huh? From what I've read, it's no PBS.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
26. I remember when it showed James Burke's shows
Sun May 31, 2015, 07:29 PM
May 2015

and really cool space documentaries. Fifteen years ago.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
28. Problem is that they will not have the numbers needed
Sun May 31, 2015, 07:36 PM
May 2015

To go back to a NOVA type channel. Eyeballs are what matters.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
30. I watched it back when it started with my then young son when it was the Discovery
Sun May 31, 2015, 08:02 PM
May 2015

Channel and they had really good shows...Ken Burn's Documentary on Mark Twain was the best piece of film I've seen. But, there isn't a huge market for intelligent viewing...note the shows today. So, instead of ending, it morphed somewhere along the line into Reality TV.

Johonny

(20,888 posts)
20. How touching....
Sun May 31, 2015, 04:00 PM
May 2015

oh wait that comment might be in bad taste. When people ask why are young people less religious than ever doesn't the fact this crap parades throughout society as deep theological thought pretty much answer it.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
21. How does he know he's forgiven by his God?
Sun May 31, 2015, 04:05 PM
May 2015

Did he send a bunch of flowers and a note? "Dear Josh - Ixnay on molesting little girls in the future, up the tithe a few points and you're still in. Sincerely, God."

Initech

(100,102 posts)
32. Boy is he clueless!!!!
Sun May 31, 2015, 09:48 PM
May 2015

This guy does not get it - what Josh Duggar is inexcusable. And his religion (excuse the all caps) DOES NOT FUCKING EXCUSE THIS BEHAVIOR OR MAKES HIM IMMUNE TO LAW!!!!

catrose

(5,073 posts)
29. yeah right
Sun May 31, 2015, 07:51 PM
May 2015

Even before taking his crimes into account, he has no education or qualifications. Heck, I own a Bible. Does that make me qualified?

Loryn

(945 posts)
33. I wonder if his little victims will be on FOX news with him?
Sun May 31, 2015, 09:58 PM
May 2015

and if they also extend their forgiveness.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
45. he's not going on FOX
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:28 PM
Jun 2015

As the article says, Josh Duggar is going "to speak at the ALIVE Festival in Mineral City, Ohio, an event sponsored by Liberty University."

It's his parents who are going on FOX News.

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
38. I think it's a very common belief among Christians
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:21 AM
Jun 2015

that God will forgive any sin, no matter how heinous, if the sinner is truly repentant.

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
42. Presumably, God knows, since God knows everything.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:00 AM
Jun 2015

Anyway, it doesn't matter to us if the sinner is truly repentant. We should assume that a man who has molested little girls in the past is a danger to little girls for the rest of his life, regardless of how much he goes on about his repentance and God's forgiveness.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
47. So christians are allowed to do horrible things because GOD always forgives them.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:01 PM
Jun 2015

I'm with you, they are a danger!

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