GC, I don't know if you would consider the Duggars to be 'real' Christians.
The family follows a man named Bill Gothard. The unmarried, elderly Gothard was recently accused of inappropriate behavior with the young female staffers. Here is an article about the accusations
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanin...paging=off
Gothard taught his followers that children should not eat pork, women should only wear dresses and should have long hair, couples should not limit the number of their children, adult children should remain in the parental home until they marry and that families should follow aspects of the Mosaic law. Here is a website that has some survivors from Gothardism and describe it as a cult.
http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2012/01/a...l-gothard/
The people who run the site are still Christian and appear to be very religious so you will probably agree with some of their stances; however, they point that Gothard's teaching is harmful
The family follows a man named Bill Gothard. The unmarried, elderly Gothard was recently accused of inappropriate behavior with the young female staffers. Here is an article about the accusations
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanin...paging=off
Gothard taught his followers that children should not eat pork, women should only wear dresses and should have long hair, couples should not limit the number of their children, adult children should remain in the parental home until they marry and that families should follow aspects of the Mosaic law. Here is a website that has some survivors from Gothardism and describe it as a cult.
http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2012/01/a...l-gothard/
The people who run the site are still Christian and appear to be very religious so you will probably agree with some of their stances; however, they point that Gothard's teaching is harmful
