Yesterday, Jessa Duggar tried to change the subject away from her older brother and how he’s a lying, cheating, child molesting adulterer and dirtbag. I mean, she sort of tried to change the subject – she posted a photo of a Biblical passage which says, in part, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” You can see the Instagram here. Well, funny story. Josh Duggar’s brother-in-law Daniel Keller (Anna Duggar’s brother) apparently went HAM in the comment section of Jessa’s IG. People Magazine hasn’t confirmed that these comments really were from Daniel Keller, but I have my fingers crossed that this is really him. Here are some of the comments he made:
Keller wrote: “You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin confess and repeat.”
“Think for a min about the victims. Tell me how you would feel if someone cheated on your sister and brought so much disgrace to you and ur family.”
Addressing another reply on the comment thread, he continued, “Confessing and getting caught are two different things. You want to know what happens when you cover ur sin maybe you should go read ur bible instead of beating people over the head with it.”
In reply to another commenter, he wrote “I have been thinking of her and sick to my stomach for her for [the] last few days… I have told her I would pay for her to move out here w me and pay for her kidz. I don’t think josh will see that this is a big deal and be truly broken till that happens,” he said, adding that he bet his “life on the fact” that Josh has not come “to true brokenness yet.”
“…My parents are preaching to stay with him. They are more interested in how their daughter getting a divorce will make them look then they are in trying to truly get josh some help and getting Anna and the kids out of there till he has gotten that help.”
In another comment, Keller bashed Josh: “I told her I would go get her and her children stay w me. She said she’s staying where she’s at. But I won’t stop trying to get that pig out of our family. I tell you who I don’t give a s— about is that pig she calls her husband.”
Daniel (if this is him) also referred to some busybody commenter as a “bitch” because the woman was trying to tell him he should be “thinking about the victims.” Sigh… well, at least we know Anna Duggar has at least one lifeline, maybe. And I think Anna’s parents are probably more concerned about how a divorce will “look” rather than about how their daughter is married to a total douchebag. Free Anna!
Photos courtesy of Duggars’ social media.
If this is him, yay.
*shots fired*
I really hope it is him. Anna needs at least one person looking out for her and those kids.
How can I read more about her family? Any links? Other commenters have said her siblings left the “church.”
I just googled the same thing. Interesting stuff!
I need it to be him. Because I’m already making t-shirts that say “F*CK YEAH DANIEL KELLER.”
“You should go read ur bible instead of beating people over the head with it.”
I mean… I think I love you.
Nicely summed!!
+1
+3
There’s a really good Duggar page on Facebook, run by a liberal Catholic, and someone there linked to these comments while it was all happening, so I went straight to look at the posting account because I assumed it was a faker. The guy posting as Daniel Keller is friended to proven accounts from other siblings of Anna’s, and there are comments all over photos that look completely ordinary saying how cute their kid is, etc. as well as photos of him with family members. It does seem to check out. Admittedly I really, really want it to, but there doesn’t seem a huge chance that someone faking it would have that sort of old, very ordinary FB page with non-famous in-laws of a Duggar in the photos from a while back.
It gives me more hope than anything else that she may in time find the strength to walk away from the cult, especially as a couple of her siblings apparently already have.
Her brother has balls and a brain.
Exactly…thankfully somebody still has their feet on the ground and said it like it is. Somehow when i read these stories i get reminded of the movie “the Magdalene Sisters”…awesome movie precisely about people who beat others on the head with the Bible instead of really living by it and letting the rest of the world be.
This
“You have to confess and forsake your sin to have mercy. Not sin confess and repeat.”
Best Christian comment EVER!!!!!!
As sad as it is…we all know what the outcome to this situation will be. She will stay with him. And I do feel sorry for her, but at this point I feel worse for the kids. They have bred essentially a new generation of fuck ups. It’s just a cycle.
Yeah, as sad as it is to say I think you’re right. I really don’t see Anna leaving; she’s had it bred into her bones that she’s to be subservient to men, that she should only listen to her husband, her father or the head of her church, and so on.
I really do hope that I’m wrong but my gut is saying that I’m not.
Interesting, isn’t it, that he voices so much additional concern for the kids… seems as though he may have concerns about potential violation.
Sorry, I don’t feel sorry for Anna if she stays with that pig. She’s putting him above the welfare of her children. And I wonder about her I.Q.
I am out of sympathy myself. These people have been indoctrinated with their brand of religion their entire life but that does not absolve them from personal responsibility. They are not sheltered like Little House on The Prairie, I mean get real. They are willfully ignorant when it suits them.
I don’t know, that sounds overly harsh. I see them as victims. They’ve been totally brainwashed. It’s easy to say they should know better from the outside, but most of us did not grow up being told over and over again they were evil and useless, except for being baby factories.
@msw…Yes, I know it sounded harsh, but he molested his own sisters. I don’t care how much brainwashing has been involved–when a mother’s own children could become victims themselves, it’s time to think for herself and stand up for and defend her children. I’m tired of the “growing up in a cave” victim excuse.
This right here!
You are so right JudyK. It does not matter your religion, your education , or your moral code, you don’t touch little kids. It’s not that he just groped his sisters when they were 12 which was bad enough, he touched his 5 year old sister. That is so far over the line of acceptable behavior.
Thanks kcarp–liked what you said about them being willfully ignorant when it suits them.
I agree, out of sympathy. To all the kind and compassionate comments about poor women being brainwashed in a cult I say this: I grew up in a communist country, where essentially ALL of us were constantly being brainwashed. Guess what though, we could still think and see the truth, and that was in the age before social media, internet etc. you have to want to stay blind and deaf in this instance…
I am going to guess that her brother is the “odd one out” of her family.
Go Daniel, give ’em heck!
That was my initial thought when I read this. He must be the black sheep of the family. Not treading the party line. Tsk Tsk Tsk hellfire and damnation.
ETA: I read somewhere that not all the Keller kids drank the Duggar/quiverfull kool aid. There might be more than one in that brood. So Anne has PRACTICAL options. Not just praying it away, but real help if she leaves Josh.
This situation is the prefect example of why you shouldn’t stay for the kids. Zero tolerance of terrible behaviour.
Yes, I read that she has a sister who is estranged from the family. She had an out of wedlock child. But she also has another who drank the koolaid heavily and is (or was) living in appaling conditions (9 people in a pop-up trailer) at one time.
I think Daniel and sister Susannah are the normal ones and could be avenues of help should she ever leave.
Preach!! God, please let this be her brother, ’cause he knows the Bible well enough to actually use it against them. Boundaries are rarely recognized as important when forgiveness and compassion is trumped above all else.
In a fundy world, I could absolutely believe that her parents are more concerned with how a divorce would make *them* look as parents than the well-being of their daughter. #TeamDaniel #FreeAnna
If it is her brother Awesome!
And he’s saying what I said on a yesterdays Madison/blogger thread. Asking forgiveness sincerely and using it once caught to protect yourself from earned consequences… 2 seperate things entirely! And I hope this brother is just a good brother. Not that he had to be a black sheep. Just a better person.
I gotsta admit, my initial thought was that it probably wasn’t really the brother and oh, if only it was. It would/will be most satisfying to watch the fallout and domino topple if/when one of them actually breaks ranks.
But perhaps it is him. Hope so.
She has a sister who had a baby out of wedlock and is definitely not a “quiverful” like Anna. And she has another sister who completely drank the koolaid and is, at the moment, living in Africa with a bunch of kids her husband who is trying to convert people. So far three converted in two years or something… Check out freejinger.org/forums for more details
That’s what I thought. The koolaid-drinking sister is now in somewhere in Africa, but before then was living in abject poverty too. I think her name is Esther? and her husband is completely shady too.
I don’t see Anna’s parents supporting her at all, if that means getting her away from Josh. They don’t care about anything but their standing in the Quiverful world.
Freejinger is a good source and addictive. “No longer quivering” is too. I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole of those sites more often than I would like to admit.
Her name is Esther and she is married to John Shrader. He is a “missionary”, but in truth he’s a grifter.
you had me at “her name is Esther” enough said
At least someone in her family is talking sense – go Daniel.
Testify!
At least someone with a brain is in her circle, but as predicted, her parents just gave her away thinking she hit the jackpot.
Every time i think about the “work” that Duggar-types do with organizations like the FRC and how they /really/ are in their private lives, i get angrier and angrier. I hope Daniel sits down privately with Anna and has a heart to heart talk with her – brother to sister.
ALSO maybe i missed something but has Ma and Pa Duggar said anything about this latest scandal? Let me guess, they’re ~praying~ and ~cleansing their souls~ with God’s word or something?
RE: Jim Bob and Michelle: There was a big ol’ piece on People. Was hoping Kaiser & CB would run it here. I’m trying to get “Poophole” (wish I’d thought of that, but all props go to an editor in my past) to stop paying attention to them, which is why I figured I’d wait for the CB site summary.
I think the tide is turning with people and this family ( until the next cover…). This was sent to me from a pro duggar family site;
If you visit your local grocery store this week, you might notice this week’s cover of PEOPLE Magazine: ‘The Duggars Now: Life After Scandal.’ Out of curiosity, you might grab a copy and thumb through it as you wait your turn in the checkout line, but you will quickly discover that the article is nothing like the magazine’s past stories featuring the Duggar family.
This particular article contains no new quotes from either Jim Bob or Michelle Duggar, nor from any of their 19 children, three children-in-law, or five grandchildren.
Bride-to-be cousin Amy Duggar contributed a few quotes to the article, as did close family-friend Michaela Bates Keilen before her wedding on August 15th. Both ladies expressed their support for the Duggars.
The article also contains multiple quotes from “family insiders,” although without knowing the identities of those individuals, it is difficult to determine the validity of their comments.
In the past, PEOPLE Magazine has done a commendable job presenting the Duggars’ biggest milestones in an unbiased light, and it would be wonderful to see this publication continue to do so, even while the rest of the media world tears the family apart.
This is the link
http://www.duggarfamilyblog.com/?m=1
I guess they are approved or have the duggars blessing ( lol) and work with the family, because they sell their stuff and have interviews and all things duggar.
Squirrel and Gopher BJ are hunkered down and praying. They can’t believe their precious golden boy would do this. Child molestation is acceptable to them, apparently, but cheating on one’s wife is the work of Satan and his interwebs. There was a thread about them over the weekend.
That is the thing that is disturbing to me, that most can or have brushed aside child molestation, oh let’s just put it down to youth and did we mention they were alseep and it was above clothing( the times when it wasn’t is just muffled out). But cheating on your wife, or trying to is just going to far. Their golden boy has fallen and thus their brand. When your brand is focused around your lifestyle/values and having a shit load of kids and marketing their parenting ways,than this is a fail. The bloody buddy system was a fail, who would have guessed that getting your older children to parent your younger children could not be such a great idea. To finish my little rant, I can completely see Michelle losing her shit at josh after the A/M scandal ( I know not b4,because gosh, he was just a youth that only repetively committed sexual offences!!). I think she sells sweet ( that voice) but I could see her in his face, swearing up a storm for ruining their brand and sadly not for ruining/hurting his wife and kids.
Yes #freeanna
…and the kids!
The Duggars comments on their blog concerning People magazine are to point out that they are angry because they were supposed to do an intervirw with People but the interview DID NOT happen because the parents refused to answer any questions about Josh. So they are letting fans know from here on out People Mag is just another lowly scandal rag to them and you will no longer see direct quotes from them any longer. I guess People took the kid gloves off!
There is supposedly a twitter account that Josh made up that is very NSFW, using the same email he used for his other accounts, using the same guy’s photo, and had stopped posting at the time of the molestation charges came out, what a sick, sick, person
Please elaborate.
Links, details, receipts, all of it please.
The Twitter handle is toughguyy11. I warn you, it’s really not safe for work.
The only thing linking Josh and that twitter account is the same stolen picture of that guy taking a selfie in a sleeveless t-shirt (and the timeline works).
The twitter account actually isn’t registered under the same email address as Josh’s Ashley Madison & Facebook accounts (or under the same pseudonym he used for those sites).
and the name “John”
he used that name before
Anna, listen to your brother!! This is a voice of reason in this mess of Christian hypocrisy you’re stuck in!!
I really hope he can convince her that she and her kids deserve better.
Who is doing the photo bombing? Is that her brother?
There are TWO black…uh…arrows in this quiver; one of Anna’s sisters had a baby *gasp* out of wedlock!
Squirrel + GopherBJ = Pig.
Are you teaching evolution, Lilacflowers? *clutches nonexistent pearls*
Evolution? Why? That is the word of Satan! An evil word. The holy Duggars do not evolve!
Are you teaching evolution, Lilacflowers? *clutches nonexistent pearls*
Is there an echo in here?
Are you teaching evolution, Lilacflowers? *clutches nonexistent pearls*
Are you teaching evolution, Lilacflowers? *clutches nonexistent pearls*
Stupid phone acting up！My apologies to all!
No worries, it cracked me up. And that lilacflowers needs to snap to it, and answer questions faster, lulz.
Answer questions faster? But who’ll guard the Cheese-its?
I’ll eat…I mean GUARD…the Cheez-its.
Ah, the beauty of genetics.
“You want to know what happens when you cover ur sin maybe you should go read ur bible instead of beating people over the head with it.” – that sentence pretty much sums up the Duggars’ approach to religion. I’m glad Anna has at least one close supporter and in their patriarchal world – it’s very important that it’s a man speaking up for her, but I still think there’s maybe 0,5% chance she’ll leave Josh, not more.
I watched that courtship vs. dating clip someone posted in the comments under the last thread and it’s horrifying how backwards their views on marriage, intimacy and relationships are. This woman didn’t know what sex is until 2 weeks before her wedding! And I believe she really didn’t – it’s not like she was going to the regular school, was allowed to watch movies/documentaries or read books/magazines that would explain it to her. I watched the segment of John Oliver’s show concerning US abstinence only sex-ed and if she believes what they preach (and she is) – that as a non-virgin, mother of four she is like a “used, dirty shoe” or a “used toothbrush”, how can she leave Josh? Her parents taught her that her purpose in life is to be a wife and that no other man will want her after him – she’ll stay with him no matter how miserable she is and what other skeletons will fall out from his closet.
THIS sooo much! My parents raised me in a very normal household, nothing fundie or quiverfull and both my parents encouraged me to study and work and be the best woman I could. However, being a Hispanic Catholic family, my mom always tied a woman’s virtue to her virginity. As in, “if you give it up, he will dump you. If you give it up, he already got what he wanted. Women who don’t marry as virgins get treated horribly by their husbands in the future. True love waits” etc. Which in turn, totally twisted my view of my self worth as a woman and how my virginity **was** so important than no man would ever take me seriously if I gave it up before marriage. That’s something I don’t plan doing with my own kids.
good on you OSTONE. wishing you all the best for your future.
I experience something very similar. Did your views on relationships evolve? Do you think today that these views have a negative impact on women’s lives or are they meant to give them a shot at a stable, committed relationship? After all, today’s culture is not one that’s prioritizing commitment or responsibility. I for one I’m still scratching my head over this. I think truth is somewhere in the middle.
You can’t change a man, but you can make a decision to always be there for yourself.
I find this so strange, because I’m Catholic from a country that’s almost 90 % Catholic, and I don’t know anyone who lost their virginity on their wedding night. I know some people who eventually married the first person the slept with, but actually losing it after the wedding? No one under the age of 70,
But then again, people here seem to be pretty lax when it comes to these things. My next door neightbour had a child out of wedlock with a maried man in the 70s and no one treate dher or her child differently. People talked fo a little bit and then no one cared.
My mother actually used ‘Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free.” An oldie but a goodie.
I just hope that if Anna does decide to leave and go stay with her brother that some trolls from the church or “Dugger fans” don’t harass her.
One of the Gothard/ATI teachings is that you must always be happy and cheerful. Sadness, anger, frustration, and similar emotions are the work of Satan.
It pains me to think that Anna is likely fighting to maintain a sunny, content facade when inside she feels wretched. Then she probably prays to God to stop her from experiencing the perfectly expected and NORMAL feelings anyone I her situation would have. And I don’t doubt for a second that d-bag Josh is chastising her for even remotely feeling upset because after all, God has forgiven him and if she is holding on to these feelings, then clearly SHE is the one with problems – not him.
Ugh. Need a shower and brain bleach now!
#FreeAnna
Yes! Daniel Keller FTW!
IF it is her brother – I can only hope it is – I’d like to hear where that independence of mind comes from. Was it a specific incident, a set of circumstances or is he just a bit brighter than the others? IS he going to reveal more information about the family to explain why they are clearly bonkers? Either way he’s living proof it’s no bad thing to be the ‘black sheep’ – the outside view can often be the clearest. # Free Anna! I hope this means she has some options.
I lurk on a Duggar discussion (snark) board and from what I understand he left the religion after he and his wife adopted a baby and the family disapproved. In ATI, there is some sort of issue with adoption because the baby has the “sins of the father” or some crap. There’s probably more, but I’m not well versed enough to provide any more details.
that’s interesting, it suggests there was a catalyst that challenged him and prompted him to change his idea’s. If the recent revelations about her husband haven’t moved Anna at all then, sadly, I doubt anything will.
that’s interesting
again, spirit babies matter, actual babies not so much
The Kellers were estranged from the son, Daniel, and the daughter who had the baby out of wedlock, but they aren’t anymore. There’s pictures on Free Jinger from last Thanksgiving with all of them together, including Josh and Anna.
Whoever it is, he’s quite right. If she wants Josh to have a chance at dealing with what’s wrong with him, she needs to let him go and work it out himself. She didn’t break him and she can’t fix him. Separation (not necessarily divorce immediately) will help him fix himself.
Exactly. So what he’s advocating is actually the best thing for that marriage.
Relieved to hear of the possibility that there is at least one sane person in that family who can help Anna. Whatever her feelings are, it is good to know that she has a lifeline if she ever chooses to use it. And I believe that somewhere down the line she will need to use that lifeline because this sh*t from Josh will never stop. He will always have a taste for children and strange side pieces. He is mentally disturbed and I don’t think he will ever be rehabilitated at this point. I hope she finds the strength to leave him someday, sooner rather than later.
I hope she is somehow aware of this support- I would imagine the Duggars have her on lockdown, so they can reinforce that all of this is somehow her fault. I hope she at least knows that she has options and someone out there who loves her and is willing to help her.
She knows. He’s been in contact with her. She knows she can bring the kids and stay. She told him she’s staying with Josh.
Hopefully she’s just reacting right now because this is all so new and upsetting. Maybe with some time to think about it, she’ll wise up.
She’s already taken partial blame. How is this EVER her fault?
I hope this is actually her brother and that he succeeds in getting her and her children away from JD and the Duggar family.
This is exactly why I can’t bring myself to have any sympathy for those who signed up for the Ashley Maddison website with the intention to cheat.
You’re not the victim here. Your own behavior and actions just got publicly unleashed but that was the choice you made. The victims are your spouse and children who now have to make some hard decisions and go through some terrifying things because of your own shallow and immature thinking.
Just a bunch of idiots acting like they’re still 18 in fear of disappointing Mommy, Daddy and Jesus. Be an adult for once and make a responsible decision.
Good for Anna she has one brother not afraid to call the bull out and also confront all the hypocritical bible thumpers.
she in an anti-choice “douche bag” too, IMO. *shrug*
It is him. This has been out there since Sunday. The FreeJinger site picked it up off of his Facebook page. He’s never said it wasn’t him since then. Also, Susanna, her sister, has been vocal on her private Instagram page or Twitter feed to people, but that has been reposted what she has said also. She wants her to leave Josh.
She has two siblings that are there for her, but, sadly, we know that won’t happen. In another year, she will be knocked up again and still with him, and he will have just gotten right with Jesus and is all righteous again.
Her brother is right. Josh needs to seek help, but he won’t. It will just be the Cross Church type of counseling, where they have now announced that preacher is putting on classes about sex in marrriage. He’s the one that did that sermon the other day. Jessa or Jill tweeted the new info. That will be Josh’s counseling.
Oh no. A preacher from that sickening cult is doing a class on sex in marriage? This is going to turn around and be all Anna’s fault. I want to vomit.
FWIW, Daniel was commenting on Jessa’s Facebook post of the verse, not IG. Amazingly, his comments haven’t been deleted, nor did she delete the hundreds of other comments agreeing with him. (The FB consensus is that it is the real brother who posted, too.)
This begs the question…does Jessa agree with him? Or, a stronger possibility is that Jessa is not smart enough to know how to delete comments on FB.
So much this^^…….I wonder…
A day late and a dollar short. I can’t believe this Josh person is so clever that he fooled everyone. He had to have left traces behind. I believe Anna just did the ole see no, hear no evil. I’m glad someone in the family is speaking the Word, but I’m guessing he won’t be having too many Thanksgiving invitations this year. He will be the one who is shunned, and this is very sad.
I never comment on Duggar threads because I dont care about them, but just by reading headlines I can know whats going on. This guy is just gross and disgusting. Just by seeing that face on the header pics I feel nauseous. I dont think I can exactly describe what he makes me feel – but I have an easier time watching pictures of children suffering than pictures of him smiling. And that shouldnt be right.
I feel so sorry for Anna and the children. They deserve better than what has happened lately.
I’m glad she has her brother to be there for her, but I don’t think it will do any good. She’s so repressed and beaten down. Someday, I hope she will rise up inside and realize that SHE is worth fighting for. Or maybe she will do it for her children. But I don’t think she’s ready. Her parents are the worst. All they care about is how her leaving would reflect badly on them. It wouldn’t to us, of course, we would be cheering, but to their stupid cult it would look like they failed. “Christians” will be the destruction of Christianity.
so true…these people apparently only care about producing children, not actually caring for them. It’s sad.
Now THAT is a big brother. I would love to see him smack down Josh.
I’d pay to see him go all Sonny Corleone on Josh.
Siblings unite!!!
And here I am saying “Go, Daniel!” for yet another story today.
At last, a Christian with a brain who knows the Bible much better than these Quiverfull nutjobs. The problem with cults (and we see this displayed in CO$ as well) is that they promote abuse and are very good at keeping the abused under wraps and brainwashed. CO$ does it purposely, and Quiverfull perhaps unintentionally through their doctrines.
#freeAnna
I dont know how they do it. I seriously cant figure out how a woman wouldnt run away from a child molester – especially if shes having chidren of her own.
Josefa – two words: Victim mentality.
She is absolutely unable to see that she has a way out. She probably sees her brother as a lost sheep, and to be honest, he isn’t helping by bad mouthing Josh to the press. He would have a much better chance of getting her to his house if he kept his mouth shut about her husband. She is going to see him mouthing off as ‘disrespecting’ Josh, and, as she is incapable right now of understanding that Josh deserves disrespect, she will not go along with it.
Josh isn’t only a dbag, he’s a pedophile and a repeat offender at that. Anna and her parents and in laws are accessories after the fact imo if they let children live with him. His wife can postpone the inevitable heartbreak if she wants, but it’s coming. He has a lifetime of acting out his sexual disfunction. I don’t even know him, but his crimes are well documented. Anna’s brother does know him and is saying, it’s not over.
I was just talking to some colleagues about a child where images have been found of dad molesting said child and other children. Mums reaction isn’t quite “right” and so we’re talking about having to remove the child for her own protection. This guy hits a nerve as it’s so similar and yet religion makes it okay somehow?? Just insane.
Exactly. Josh has daughters now. Home-grown victims. He’s a child molester with children and I really don’t think Anna will protect them or inform on him.
She’s a grown woman with children. If she chooses to stay with a confessed child molester and philanderer, that’s her choice. I feel badly that her husband ended up to be such a pig, but the ball is in her court at this point.
I don’t believe I will have any pity for her if she chooses to stay with that man. The children are the ones that I worry for.
what an amazing brother
It’s hard for me to imagine Anna finding the courage to leave Josh. When they were courting, you can tell she idolized him. She grew up in poverty, and having someone like josh was like her knight in shining armor. On the other hand, maybe if she sees the support she has from her brother and others, she may somehow dig deep and find the courage to leave this situation, not only for her; but for her small precious children. She has devoted her life to being a wife and mother, and that’s all she knows. It will take a lot from her to do that, but who knows, maybe she is stronger than we think.
Hi fives to Daniel Keller for callin out DB8 Josh! Anna, please listen to your brother because you are married to a sexual deviate..its not going to stop.
LOVE this guy- a true man and a loving brother.
Totally agree with everything he said. Good for her for having someone in her corner. There is a difference in confessing your sin, and changing your ways; and confessing and keeping on sinning. And he didn’t confess until he got caught.
It seems that Anna does not feel their are many options, but praying. I think it is sad that their religion keeps them from the help they really need. Whatever they did the first time to help him didn’t work. That’s not to say spiritual guidance/praying couldn’t be a part of their healing, along with some bonafide therapy at a center trained in sexual addiction. It also seems that their beliefs keep them quite sheltered and very narrow-minded. The poor gal has so much on her plate, I feel for her greatly. Nobody knows if this guy is capable of change, especially without using proven addiction resources, but I would be wary of the situation changing without it.
Saying “Free Anna” is ridiculous. She’s an adult. She’s been no more brainwashed than Josh has. And apparently she has a relative practically begging her to let him help her out of this mess. But she’s not budging.
She is choosing to stay. Operative word: Choosing. She could leave, and face the backlash from her parents and that wacky community that apparently means so much to her. But she’s choosing not to.
She’s going to stay with the pig and turn a blind eye while he abuses their children. So as far as I’m concerned, she’s no better than he is.
Anna’s brother would have a much better chance of luring her away from Josh if he would not badmouth him to the press. WE know Josh deserves it, but Anna is brainwashed, and can’t see it (yet). Badmouthing Josh is only going to make her stick to him that much harder. She sees her role as Josh’s caretaker, and I’m sure he is pulling all kinds of ‘woe is me’ attitude.
I don’t think he was “bad mouthing” him to the press. I think he was being truthful on FB . I think the old saying “the truth shall set you free” is what Anna needs to be thinking about now and not staying with a man who continues to do her wrong and treat religion as his own get out of jail free card. But I do agree that she and all those like her are brain washed to believe they are doing what god would want them to do. And I can’t feel sorry for someone who refuses to think for oneself. It is all laid out in black and white for Anna and all she has to do is connect the dots and put her children first. Hard for her to do I am sure.
Yep it’s like friends who are in a bad relationship…you can’t bad mouth the guy or they just cling even harder…you can only listen and help them reach the right conclusion by their own way.
http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/anna-duggar-brother-slams-cheater-josh-duggar-facebook-comments-deleted-account-deactivated-duggars-to-blame/
While I agree with what the brother is saying, the part that bothers me a little Is that he said it now instead of after the molestation came out. Molestion of Children is much more disturbing than cheating on a spouse. I don’t like how this is the line that has gone too far.
Well, this gives me hope. Finally someone in that family found a pair to sit on.