17 Kids and Counting

[My Own Eyes]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

Well, yeah, but so were the Stepford wives...


Anyhow, I have friends that move in the same (religious) circles as they do, they are of the "house church" movement. They have a lot of similar beliefs as far as "standards" go, but I think the theology is very different.

Actually, the group that my friends are in live a VERY separated lifestyle, much more than most UC apostolics, with a few variations. They do believe in cutting the hair (trimming), and simple jewelery, but all of them home school and keep their children completely away from any outside influences.

Most believe in the "courtship" method of teenagers dating, it is a lot like arranged marriages. They like to have their own businesses, working for other people or companies is not common.

It is a very odd group from the outside looking in, but I do know that my friends are some of the most godly people that I know. It also has given me greater perspective on how the rest of the world sees traditional Apostolics.

In one episode they asked one of the girls why they all had long hair, and she answered "My Dad just likes long hair on girls".

I liked that, that she didn't try to spiritualize it.

My Mom and I watch the show together all the time.

We keep wondering which of the kids are going to rebel. I mean the more you have, the better the chance, ya know?

My vote is on John-David, simply because he is almost never shown on the show, probably because he is out dating, and listen to Contemporary Christian music, or some other craziness

Seriously though, I get the same feeling watching that show as I do reading Anne of Green Gables, or watching Little House on the Prairie, where I think "Awww....isn't that sweet...wouldn't it be great to live like that....."

And then I remember my ipod, and the internet, and the microwave and I think, Nahhhh...I am content where I am. In the case of the Duggars, I simply remember that I am childless feminist, lol.