{"id":550,"date":"2026-04-27T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/04\/27\/jinger-duggar-exposes-bad-theology-behind-brothers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:42:00","slug":"jinger-duggar-exposes-bad-theology-behind-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/04\/27\/jinger-duggar-exposes-bad-theology-behind-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jinger Duggar Exposes Bad Theology Behind Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-553710\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>\u8aad\u66f8\u6642\u9593\uff1a <\/span> <span> 3<\/span> <span>\u5206<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Duggar\u2019s arrest on charges that he allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/joseph-duggar-confessed-impure-intention-with-9-year-old-girl-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">molested a 9-year-old girl<\/a> sent shockwaves through the family.<\/p>\n<p>But he is not the first of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/12\/josh-duggar-found-guilty-of-child-pornography-possession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his siblings<\/a> to be accused of sexually abusing a child.<\/p>\n<p>Jinger and Jeremy know that fans and critics alike are discussing why this horror keeps happening.<\/p>\n<p>They explain that the Duggar family is caught up in a bad theology that gets worse and worse over generations.<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Jinger Duggar on her podcast April 22, 2026.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0427_use_jingerduggar_03.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>On the podcast that she shares with her husband, Jinger Duggar speaks about how she felt \u201cashamed to have a body\u201d growing up as a girl under the cult\u2019s theology.<span> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-this-dangerous-theology-has-done-a-lot-of-damage\">This \u2018dangerous\u2019 theology has done a lot of damage<\/h2>\n<p>During the most recent episode of their <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8_hbvi-UeNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Jinger &#038; Jeremy Podcast<\/a><\/em>, the eponymous hosts delved into Joseph\u2019s arrest, Josh\u2019s crimes, and the subculture that afflicts the family.<\/p>\n<p>Jinger offered a brief explanation of Bill Gothard, his IBLP \u201cmovement\u201d from many decades before she was born, and the \u201cdangerous\u201d environment it creates \u2014 especially for girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of families were well-meaning when they entered that setting,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey thought, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m going to protect my family by putting up these very concrete rules for my kids to keep them safe, to keep them in,&#8217;\u201d Jinger explained.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201c\u2018To have friends that are going to be identical to us, that will shield our kids from the outside world almost, and let them be a light to the nations.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"The Dangerous Theology Behind These Scandals | Ep. 92\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_hbvi-UeNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">\u53d7\u3051\u5165\u308c\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044 <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> \u3053\u306e\u52d5\u753b\u3092\u8996\u8074\u3059\u308b\u306b\u306f\u30af\u30c3\u30ad\u30fc\u304c\u5fc5\u8981\u3067\u3059\u3002.<\/div> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What Jinger is referring to here is the belief that the IBLP cult and similar Christian fundamentalist sects push: total cultural isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Within these circles, there is a theological belief that the world has been supernaturally corrupted by the devil, and that isolating one\u2019s children from other ideas \u2014 including other children \u2014 can keep them spiritually pure.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream Christianity generally acknowledges the idea that there are mechanisms for purifying oneself (though this varies, particularly between Protestants and Catholics) to meet their god\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<p>(It is actually very normal for religions to both present non-physical problems and then provide remedies. Christianity\u2019s involves a concept of \u201csin\u201d and then methods of atonement.)<\/p>\n<p>It is morally wrong to isolate one\u2019s children from meeting their peers, preventing them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/10\/jason-duggar-totally-failed-by-cult-approved-homeschool-educatio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from getting a real education<\/a> or forming their own ideas. But, as Jinger\u2019s husband points out, it\u2019s also <em>dangerous<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Jeremy Vuolo on his podcast April 22, 2026.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0427_use_jeremyvuolo_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>On the podcast that he shares with his wife, Jeremy Vuolo speaks of \u201crampant abuse.\u201d<span> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-lives-are-crumbling\">\u2018Lives are crumbling\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAnd then decades later, it produced bad fruit,\u201d Jeremy described.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cAnd decades later, it was exposed as false and lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd,\u201d Jeremy remarked, \u201clives are crumbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is very natural for a Christian like Jeremy to view this as a topic of bad theology, first and foremost.<\/p>\n<p>He and Jinger also delved into how the cult\u2019s view of women and girls \u2014 as people whose \u201cshameful\u201d bodies entice men to experience lust \u2014 made gender into a prison.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger Duggar on their podcast on April 22, 2026.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0427_use_jingerduggar_02_jeremyvuolo.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>On their shared podcast, Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger Duggar discuss IBLP and its pernicious impact upon her family.<span> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Jeremy made sure to make it clear that they\u2019re not claiming that Joseph, Josh, or anyone else are just victims of toxic theological teachings and thus blameless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I\u2019ll say this, you know, in reference to this direct topic regarding your brother, everyone is responsible for their actions,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo none of this is an excuse to say, \u2018Oh, but the theology was poor, therefore someone\u2019s not responsible for their actions,\u2019\u201d he affirmed. <\/p>\n<p>Jeremy continued: \u201cNo, we fully, as the Bible teaches, the sword of justice is given to the government to punish evildoers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People of all faiths can likely agree that the government often fails to target all evildoers or to only target evildoers. But, in the case of Joseph\u2019s charges, it sounds like the state is right on the money.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Joseph Duggar\u2019s arrest on charges that he allegedly molested a 9-year-old girl sent shockwaves through the family. But he is not the first of his siblings to be accused of sexually abusing a child. Jinger and Jeremy know that fans and critics alike are discussing why this horror keeps happening. They explain that the Duggar family is caught up in a bad theology that gets worse and worse over generations. On the podcast that she shares with her husband, Jinger Duggar speaks about how she felt \u201cashamed to have a body\u201d growing up as a girl under the cult\u2019s theology. 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