Just finished watching Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets on the 19 and Counting family, and the fundamentalist Christian cult they grew up in... holy fuck what an absolute horror story. There's some truly shitty stuff happening, large scale, under the guise of Christianity.
We’ve been watching this. It is frightening. It’s these types of scenarios that really contribute to the distrust and animosity towards Christianity.
I didn't see (and won't see) the Duggar documentary, not really interested, but I am familiar with much of the story. I do feel obligated to remind those that aren't familiar with many, many of the good works that DO happen in the name of Christianity that watching the Duggar's and their cult and assuming that reflects ALL of Christianity is like picking a rock band at random - the Red Hot Chili Peppers - and saying "well it's these types of bands that really contribute to the distrust and animosity towards rock music". Maybe they do, I agree with you there, Gary, but there is a wide world of rock music out there with Genesis, and Sabbath and Dream Theater and the Grateful Dead, that are world's apart. Something like 85% of Americans - that's about 280 million out of 330 million people - are nominally "Christian" (that is, believe in Christ as the son of God), and the vast majority don't comport with these fringe groups. I am, nominally, Christian and this stuff is as foreign to me as the landscape on Mars.