tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post6364470123288426004..comments2024-02-10T00:09:14.970-05:00Comments on Sister Wives Blog: DR. DREW - Why Do Women Stay in Polygamist Sects?Mister Sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-7764209969539559552011-10-20T21:52:43.945-04:002011-10-20T21:52:43.945-04:00What I wonder is they claim in sister wives to be ...What I wonder is they claim in sister wives to be open thinkers just raising their family in a non traditional way. So if they are so open I wonder how many brother husbands they would like to welcome??? If they are so open minded I would like to hear their response to that what is good for the man is good for the woman if they are that open. If not maybe some of their own reasons for not having brother husbands would apply to sister wives as well. It works both ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-16074147324250869202011-08-07T20:22:26.892-04:002011-08-07T20:22:26.892-04:00Well, I have also done some research into the Goth...Well, I have also done some research into the Gothardites, ATI and Quiverfull as some of my high school friends are into these movements. There are some parallells with Mormonism.<br /><br />The husband is the head of the home and the family's final authority. A husband is disobedient to God if he refuses to be the head of the home. The wife is commanded to submit to the authority and rule of her husband. If the wife refuses to submit to her husband’s authority she risks the judgment of God. There is no such thing as an equal marriage partnership.<br /><br />In these groups God’s highest calling for women is marriage, having children, and keeping the home. Often women are discouraged from going to college. After all why waste money going to college if you are going to be busy having children and keeping the home.<br /><br />Children are at the bottom of the hierarchy. Of particular interest is the growing stay-at-home-daughter movement. These are daughters who forego higher education to stay at hometo learn advanced homemaking skills and "advance their fathers' visions" under the authority of their fathers until they are married and their father transfers control to their new husbands. These women are not independant at any point in their lives. If they become widowed they move in with a child and authority over them is transfered to the man in that house.<br /><br />Does anyone notice that the older Duggar girls are stay-at-home daughters?Terrasolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-5021042674677067372011-08-04T23:30:11.800-04:002011-08-04T23:30:11.800-04:00When do you go after cultic groups ?
Education -...When do you go after cultic groups ? <br /><br />Education - a state wide, standardized curriculum for all students - you can home school, but the standard curriculum must be followed in order to pass annual or semi annual standardized testing. Part of that educational program can be a health education program which tells young people that no means no, and that no one has the right to compel you to marry someone you don't want to be married to, nor may anyone be compelled to have intercourse with someone whom they don't want to have intercourse with... that would be a good start.Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-87170745652073490902011-08-04T22:44:38.191-04:002011-08-04T22:44:38.191-04:00Who is Bill Gothard? I like the D's, but the h...Who is Bill Gothard? I like the D's, but the home schooling always gets me. Let those kids get out and LIVE. They want them home to do the chores. I do feel they are much better taken care of, and are not on welfare.Heathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-51042455994348136262011-08-04T19:09:25.938-04:002011-08-04T19:09:25.938-04:00the Duggar children are being raised in love and s...the Duggar children are being raised in love and service to God- not out of fear that they will go to hell if they are not polygamist. The government needs to step in if it is harming the children's physce and physical well-beingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-31072160041808645182011-08-04T18:09:48.169-04:002011-08-04T18:09:48.169-04:00How is this any different than how the Duggar chil...How is this any different than how the Duggar children are being raised? Their parents follow Bill Gothard who despite being single and childless has dictated how his followers live their lives and raise their children from of conception.<br /><br />I'm not saying what's happening with the FDLS & other polygamist cults are right, it's not. But, where does the government step in when dealing with religious cults? The answers aren't easy or black & white.Nyshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450549978306903661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-58845998805378029602011-08-04T17:00:35.353-04:002011-08-04T17:00:35.353-04:00BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD SINCE BIRTH THEY WILL GO TO ...BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD SINCE BIRTH THEY WILL GO TO HELL IF THEY DON'T BE SUBMISSIVE. HELL ON EARTH TO GET TO THE PLANET.BurntToastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-27576042497337401872011-08-03T16:33:45.600-04:002011-08-03T16:33:45.600-04:00Cult it is. False Prophets, evil secrets. It almos...Cult it is. False Prophets, evil secrets. It almost makes you sick to think how those little ones must feel. <br /><br />They stay because the are already dead inside, fearful, and too beat down to do anything different. Just like any abusive relationship, except this one starts at birth.<br /><br />Strangely, today on "Days of Our Lives" they spoke of water-boarding. too coincidental!<br /><br />Be Obedient, stay away from those young bad boys, so I can marry you to some 60 yr old creep. The only way to heaven, my dear.<br />Stripped of emotions, you do what your told. Stripped of an education, you don't have much to go on to come to any other conclusions.<br /><br />It did bother me when I believe it was Laurie said it took her months to find family. I virtually have none. Sometimes you have to make it on your own, or find sources to help you. That's an overpowering mission for an abused woman. Can you imagine getting out, it would be like us landing in Egypt.Mister Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-345672330844059412011-08-03T15:46:33.254-04:002011-08-03T15:46:33.254-04:00Oh fragnabbit. I had a whole eloquent post just d...Oh fragnabbit. I had a whole eloquent post just disappear. <br /><br />Essentially, I had an epiphany that these are cults. Kids are indoctrinated from birth and know no other life but this. They believe that this is the ONLY way to get to heaven and if they don't go to heaven they will go to a literal fiery hell where they will burn in agony for all eternity, which is not an attractive option. So they are scared into poligamy. Or they walk into it like little sheep because everyone else does it.<br /><br />Plus, they know nothing about the outside world except that it is a very bad place - like those '70s movies where people get tortured and killed for crossing the street in the wrong place. Better to stay in a safe place where the Prophet knows best.<br /><br />My research sources:<br />http://neirr.org/ncultlst.html<br />http://www.howcultswork.com/<br />http://griess.st1.at/anne/children%20in%20cults.htm<br />http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/chldclt2.htm<br />http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/landa_susan_childrenandcults.htm<br />http://www.freeminds.org/psychology/cults/reflections-on-marriage-and-children-after-the-cult.html<br />http://www.neirr.org/psychissues/Children_Raised_In_Cults.htm<br /><br />Apologies to LDS members but the LDS church (mainstream Mormonism) appeared on every reputable cult list I found. Please don't shoot the messenger.Terrasolanoreply@blogger.com