- Over the weekend, the Duggar family official Facebook posted this photo captioned "Looks like Jordyn is getting some good practice"
- The problem: that's not Jordyn, it's Jennifer
- Cue outrage from haters and hysterical defensiveness from stans
- The post has since been removed
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- Vaughn Ohlman is the head of the Quiverfull movement, of which many believe the Duggars are members
- He is a big proponent of "early, fruitful marriages" (AKA marry young & start popping out babies ASAP)
- Has announced a retreat where conservative Christian fathers can arrange marriages for their kids aged 13-20
- Has scientific reasons n' stuff as to why girls should marry at 13 and why consent is overrated
- Quotes from Ohlman re: the best age to marry:
John Calvin defines the “flower of her age” (1 Corinthians 7:36)as “from twelve to twenty years of age”. Likewise, John Gill defines it as “one of twelve years and a half old”. And Martin Luther says, “A young man should marry at the age of twenty at the latest, a young woman at fifteen to eighteen…” We do not endorse marriage at ages as young as twelve. Our position is that, for a woman:
1) The ‘youth’ ready for marriage has breasts. A woman who is to be married is one who has breasts; breasts which signal her readiness for marriage, and breasts who promise enjoyment for her husband. (We believe that ‘breasts’ here stand as a symbol for all forms of full secondary sexual characteristics.)
2) The ‘youth’ ready for marriage is ready to bear children. Unlike modern society Scripture sees the woman as a bearer, nurser, and raiser of children. The ‘young woman’ is the woman whose body is physically ready for these things, physically mature enough to handle them without damage.
3) The ‘youth’ ready for marriage is one who is ready for sexual intercourse sexually and emotionally. Her desire is for her husband, and she is ready to rejoice in him physically. - Quote from Ohlman re: why consent is not necessary:
Scripture speaks of the father of the son “taking a wife” for his son, and the father of the bride “giving” her to her husband... It gives example after example of young women being given to young men, without the young woman even being consulted, and often, in some of the most Godly marriages in Scripture, the young man is not consulted... our study of Scripture has shown that the Word of God considers a covenant made by an authority to be meaningful and binding upon the those under his or her authority. ... And so, a lack of consent of the individual concerned is a choice of disobedience, a breach of a vow and of a relationship. God has designed the marriage relationship (in particular that of the virgin daughter marrying the virgin son) to be a relationship initiated by the parents, in particular the fathers, of the young couple. - According to one of the Duggars' books, "Even though Wikipedia and some Internet blogs report that we are part of a QuiverFull movement, we are not. We are simply Bible-believing Christians who desire to follow God's Word and apply it to our lives"
- Many people believe that the Duggars are Quiverfull in all but name since they appear to follow much of the cult's teachings
- More background on Ohlman:
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