Ep 824 | 'Shiny, Happy People': The Real Problems with Duggar Theology

Today we're talking all about the Amazon Prime documentary "Shiny, Happy People," which focuses on the Duggar family and the greater theology behind their beliefs (Bill Gothard's Institute in Basic Life Principles). The IBLP and Gothard have been accused of legalism, double standards, and abuse within their doctrine. We start off with some issues the documentary presents as big problems within Duggar/IBLP theology, which include wives submitting to husbands, gender roles, and modesty, among others. We also share the problems we see with their theology, but discuss how many things like submission and gender roles themselves are actually biblical – the IBLP has just misconstrued, misinterpreted, and misapplied these Biblical commands to create a legalistic, graceless, gospel-less framework that oppresses and represses its adherents rather than setting them free. We share some of the shocking revelations from the documentary series and explain the frustrating angle the filmmakers took in conflating IBLP and fundamentalism with true gospel principles and beliefs.

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Timecodes:

(01:19) Intro / Father's Day

(13:20) Breakdown of IBLP beliefs

(16:50) Duggar doc intro

(21:20) Problems with Duggar/IBLP theology from documentary perspective

(23:37) Problems with Duggar/IBLP theology from biblical perspective

(45:11) Josh Duggar's sentence & Du

(48:46) Credibility & criticisms of the doc

(57:29) "World domination" & children as arrows

(01:02:13) Differentiation of fundamentalism & true Christianity

(01:06:21) Interesting parts from the documentary

(01:12:11) C.S. Lewis quote

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Relevant Episodes:

Ep 745 | Life as a Duggar & Letting Go of Legalism | Guest: Jinger Duggar Vuolo https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-745-life-as-a-duggar-letting-go-of-legalism/id1359249098?i=1000596623691

Ep 777 | On Duggar Theology, Josh’s Arrest, & Media Lies | Guests: Jinger Duggar Vuolo & Jeremy Vuolo https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-777-on-duggar-theology-joshs-arrest-media-lies-guests/id1359249098?i=1000606178083

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