7 hours ago, AprilQuilt said:

Besides this, it looked like a nice wedding, the video was well made, everyone seemed happy, the lack of Josh was refreshing. I know only some of the brothers were groomsmen but given TLC wasn't filming they might have chosen to include him if they'd wanted to. That or they edited him and fam out because they felt it wouldn't go down well with the fans, and that's fine by me too. They get the message, on some level.

I also think the more ''younger Duggars'' wedding we will see, the less Josh will be included in the wedding parties. The smaller kids are probably not even that close to him. Josh married in 2008 and thus left home when Justin was 6 YO. I doubt they are that close (thank goodness).

I used to think chattel slavery might be wrong, but thanks to Doug Wilson I now know that anything can be justified if you just ignore the verses that say it’s wrong!

1 hour ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

My kids are the same age and I agree! It is so much easier to go to a wedding without kids!

This summer we went to my cousins wedding out of state and we took our kids as most of my family was attending. Well my sister and her kids, last minute I might add, were unable to come and my kids were the only other kids at the wedding. Thankfully we thought to bring my son's tablet (he has ADHD and OCD) so he just hid in a corner after dinner with my Mom and his tablet. My 6 year old though was cutting a rug all night, she was the life of the party lol. 

7 minutes ago, just_ordinary said:

They can be fine between them believing things but others having other rules to go by. They also are able to think for themselves and decide to make their own choices and live in the real world like the rest of us all while being Christians. They realise the heathen world does not threaten their way of life.

I'm so glad someone recognized this! Fundamentalist Christians are a small subset of Christianity. In my tradition, we do not believe that our denomination will be the ONLY ones who are saved. No, that door is wide open! We practice open communion. There is a "statement of beliefs" put out by the General Conference, but if one goes to the Pew Surveys, one would find that the POV of the denomination slants more liberal than hard-core trunt. My congregation of not quite 300 people is very active in the community. Food banks, farmer's markets, medical care, taking care of other needs, these things are central to our church. Our Pastor does not get paid out of church offerings, he is paid by the Conference, so there's no reason to "cook the books". However, the utter generosity of the small congregation would blow you away! One family lost a child due to a tragic accident. Within a week, we had raised enough money to go to the family to let mom, dad and the family rest and deal with their grief w/o worrying about financial obligations for a couple of months. We've furnished apartments for refugees, we DO, not a whole lot of saying, but a lot of DOING. 

The "heathen" world doesn't threaten me one bit. I'm quite able to function in that world and still hold my beliefs. 

Never forget how utterly stupid some people are.