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Duggars on TV again
For those of you who enjoy watching the Duggars (family of 18) on TLC, they have a show coming up of their road trip. Sunday September 9th at 6:00pm. They will show it again at 8pm and 11pm. It will be interesting to see how they plan and manage a vacation.
It is called "On the Road with 16 Children"
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv-schedule...413.111588.0.0
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09/04/07, 10:46 AM
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Here we go again... 
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09/04/07, 12:14 PM
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Let me just summarize.
A) The children are blessed little angels and God's gift.
B) The chlidren are locusts and will ravage the earth.
How about a compromise
"The Duggar children are blessed little angels/locusts and will ravage the earth."
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09/04/07, 12:20 PM
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"The Duggar children are blessed little angels/locusts and will ravage the earth."
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Sorry, that's not the Duggar children. Judging from his behavior swings this weekend, that's my DS! 
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09/04/07, 12:35 PM
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Tis not the children
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Originally Posted by Deacon Mike
Let me just summarize.
A) The children are blessed little angels and God's gift.
B) The chlidren are locusts and will ravage the earth.
How about a compromise
"The Duggar children are blessed little angels/locusts and will ravage the earth."
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but the continous breeding vessel who, were she on welfare, would be accussed of having babies to avoid getting a job. Not impressed with what amounts to leg movement at 2 different times.
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09/04/07, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Deacon Mike
Let me just summarize.
A) The children are blessed little angels and God's gift.
B) The chlidren are locusts and will ravage the earth.
How about a compromise
"The Duggar children are blessed little angels/locusts and will ravage the earth."
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Works for me!!
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09/04/07, 03:16 PM
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Good grief, it is getting easier and easier to tell who to put on ignore these days. I guess I should be thankful in that sense.
Rose,
We have them on VCR tape. I don't know if I can make copies, I can ask DH. If so, would you like some copies of them? We have enjoyed watching them. 
God Bless,
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09/04/07, 03:20 PM
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The children are not to be held responsible for the excess, its the parents (one, the other or both) that are mentally ill, attention seekers.
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09/04/07, 03:56 PM
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Rose,
I have that person on ignore , sad to say. It is a waste of time to ask that one to respect another's lifestyle choice.
I wish I had a DVD recorder so I could put them on DVD for you, but we don't. And I don't dare mention that to DH ask he is just LOOKING for a reason to buy one! LOL
God Bless,
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09/04/07, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MicheleMomof4
Rose,
I have that person on ignore , sad to say. It is a waste of time to ask that one to respect another's lifestyle choice.
I wish I had a DVD recorder so I could put them on DVD for you, but we don't. And I don't dare mention that to DH ask he is just LOOKING for a reason to buy one! LOL
God Bless,
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Michele, I have a DVD burner on my computer. Do you have some way of sending the tape as a file and I can burn it for Rose? 
I've seen the vacation episode unless this is a new one, it was amazing how they packed every nook and cranny of that motorhome with food and clothes.
Having that many children may not be my choice but they sure do have a system in place that works for them when they go anywhere as well as working together at home.
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09/04/07, 08:33 PM
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I do not hate large families. I do find the parents of those few who flaunt the fact that they have spawned a horde to be some of the most pitiful people around (Osama bin Laden with his reported 25 or so is a prime example) needing publicity to goad their ego. And, all those children, it wasn't their choice, they just were born into it.
I wonder how many of the children of such families will inherit the mental illness and continue the tradition and how many won't. That will not be answered for some time.
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09/04/07, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rose2005
Michele and KY Guest....you are both so kind....and I appreciate it, but don't worry.
I have been on their blog, and it shows some lovely pictures etc.
Maybe one of you can post on here and let me and maybe others know how it went?
(....and we'll just ignore those that hate large families! )
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Rose, if I happen to figure it out, I will make you a copy for your collection.
I have all this neat technology on this computer, I enjoy putting it to good use!! 
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09/04/07, 08:44 PM
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Its not bitterness. Its the reality of an overcrowded world and the fact that humans must pass the test of realizing our place in it or its going to get even uglier than it is now.
Its about respect for fellow people, fellow creatures and future generations.
Forget the 'I want it all now', thats what is destroying the world.
Prodiguous human over-breeding can only bring a return to the worldwide days of high infant, youth and young adult death-rates (some lucky regions of the world no longer must experience that but it can easily be brought back and truthfully I do not think there is a way to avoid the return of such for people will continue to think they are entitled to 'have it all and have it now' until the reality of rising death-rates in all age groups is confronted).
The Duggars are being paid to provide a terrible witness to all those naive, easily influenced people out there and are being paid by the very forces who are intent on enslaving the entire world, namely large corporate interests. Their plan, the large corporate interests, is to make people so desperate that they must work and must work hard for whatever meager wage they are offered so that the middle-class of the developed world is eliminated. Then there will be just the workers and the 1% or less of elite.
Its just another scheme to break the back of the 'labor (no pun intended)' element of society just like allowing the Mexican trucks and truckers on American highways to break the Unions of truck drivers.
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09/04/07, 09:17 PM
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I have to agree in part with hillsidedigger. The Duggars are part of an unsustainable movement. They are not fully independent; their house is a handout, they started building it and couldn't finish it so TLC stepped in a built it for them. They also have to pay no taxes on it because they have a church in their basement for them and two other families (can I start one?). They also get handouts from the corporate sponsors of their shows. They eat only massive amounts of nutritionless, easy to prepare, processed foods.
I also am unable to respect their motivation. If you love kids, are able to care for them, and just want a whole bunch of them, fine. But the Duggars motivation is the create an army for their God (hence the name Quiverfull). They aren't having kids because they love them; they are having kids to increase their numbers. Can you imagine the effect on the world if everyone bought into their dogma?
Were they to live a quiet life for themselves, then yes, I would agree that to a point they should not be criticized (live and let live). However, they thrive in the spotlight and it has (through handouts) afforded them the lifestyle they currently have. Once you open yourself up to that you have to take the good attention with the bad attention (not to mention the fact that they are constantly criticizing those of us who chose to use birth control).
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Good point, Rose. I don't know why people are so threatened by the Duggars. If every family on this great big earth was like that, then I would be the first to admit that we should be worried. But the Duggars are the exception rather than the rule. Let them be. Please. They are being responsible and paying their own way and seem to be raising their children just fine. Be concerned about you and your own family, as I am about me and mine. The Duggars should be respected and admired. Not for the size of their family, but for the way they are a family.
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09/04/07, 09:20 PM
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Well i am excited the Duggers will be on Sep 9th!
We happen to enjoy watching that wonderfully blessed large family! My daughter who is 7 wishes she had that many siblings!
What a wonderful gift from God!
If the Good Lord did not want them to have that many beautiful children, He wouldnt have blessed them in the ways he has.
They are an example of what we all should be. Good, kind hearted, God loving people who does the Lords work.
It is so sad to say but There are not enough God loving people in the world these days. as some of posts on here show.
It is not a mental illness! God Blessed this Family and i am glad that they chose to let others see there Happyness!
It brings my family great joy watching there joy!
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My Aunt Nancy (my godmother but we called her Aunt...) had 11 children. Nope, not to increase her numbers or anything like that--she was blessed by God with a large family, and I have good memories of being in her home growing up I have a fairly big family (5 kids...), and have nothing but admiration for the Duggars (sp?).
To each his own...
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Why would you say that they aren't just parents that love their kids, are able to provide for them and want a whole bunch of them?
I have watched the shows about them and they have repeatedly said that they love their children and have decided to put it in God's hands how many he wants to bless them with (apparently he sees fit to bless them 17 times). They are able to provide for their family, they did not go out and seek TLC for handouts. They had every intention of building their house on their own however TLC thought finishing sooner than later would make good t.v. and stepped in. These people have not owed a dime to anyone for anything and never asked for handouts, they provide for all of their children and they seem to all be happy.
I think the biggest issue for most people is that they don't agree with their lifestyle. Even though I wouldn't do things the same way they do in every aspect I have to respect that they are living their lives their way and they are not placing the burden of raising these children on society.
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We don't watch TV so I've only heard about this family here.
I don't understand why they generate so much public attention as there are plenty Amish and Mennonite families of that size or larger. It just seems so odd....almost contrived.
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Originally Posted by hillsidedigger
Its not bitterness. Its the reality of an overcrowded world and the fact that humans must pass the test of realizing our place in it or its going to get even uglier than it is now.
Its about respect for fellow people, fellow creatures and future generations.
Forget the 'I want it all now', thats what is destroying the world.
Prodiguous human over-breeding can only bring a return to the worldwide days of high infant, youth and young adult death-rates (some lucky regions of the world no longer must experience that but it can easily be brought back and truthfully I do not think there is a way to avoid the return of such for people will continue to think they are entitled to 'have it all and have it now' until the reality of rising death-rates in all age groups is confronted).
The Duggars are being paid to provide a terrible witness to all those naive, easily influenced people out there and are being paid by the very forces who are intent on enslaving the entire world, namely large corporate interests. Their plan, the large corporate interests, is to make people so desperate that they must work and must work hard for whatever meager wage they are offered so that the middle-class of the developed world is eliminated. Then there will be just the workers and the 1% or less of elite.
Its just another scheme to break the back of the 'labor (no pun intended)' element of society just like allowing the Mexican trucks and truckers on American highways to break the Unions of truck drivers.
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I think your tinfoil hat has come loose. LOL
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