Duggars expecting child #19

Actually I can see the difference but the difference in no way sets up any moral imperative. Having agreed that not attending church is unscriptural it is a separate issue. The other two issues eg. leaving home and going to college are not mandated by any authority or moral imperative. There is no evidence of any kind of abuse.

 

Before I answer, is it your contetion, then, that parents scripturally have authority over their children in perpetuity, as long as the parents are living?

It's not an issue of "no longer parenting". The Duggars, like any parents, should consinue to parent for their entire lives. But parenting adult children does not include being allowed to tell an adult child what they may or may not do. Verses like Proverbs 22:6 makes a separation between training up of children, and but having them do their own walking as adults. The verse says that if you train a child as he/she should go, they will not depart from that when they are adults. 1Cor 13 also differentiates between a child being a child, but a man putting aside childish ways. If a parent is precluding a child from putting his/her childish ways aside, then it might possibly be a violation of 1Cor, at least the spirit of it.

 

Exactly :thumbs:

 

I see child rearing when they are on the cusp of adulthood seems to be a hot topic at BB.:smilewinkgrin:

Almost 14 pages in less than 30 hours.

 

Not quite. The Duggars forbid their children from going to college,regardless how how far past the age of 18 they are. They forbid their female children from moving out of the house until they are married, regardless of how far past the age of 18 they are.

 

Trying to tie when they leave home into whether or not they go to church does not prop up your position on the latter. They are unrelated.

 

But if your daughter decides to leave for college, you can't forbid her.

 

Not surprised to see who's finding fault with them.

God, thank You for the Duggars and their testimony.

 

There's no scripture that supports the concept of parents having decisional authority over other adults, which would include adult children.

Of your daughter is 18, and she leaves for college without your consent, the law will tell you she's over 18, and you can't stop her.

 

And no one has yet answered the question: How do you keep an adult from leaving home?

 

I just saw the connection between the Quiverfull movement and Bill Gothard, and the light came on!

http://askville.amazon.com/religion...as-belongs/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=17954545

If they follow Gothard, I feel sorry for their children. Gothard has gone into legalism and crazy teachings such as a man should not leave home until he marries (and never leave if he never marries). Also, Cabbage Patch dolls in the home will cause miscarriage. This is a mere slice of Gothard's teachings.

I highly recommend the book, A Matter of Basic Principles, by Don Veinot, which exposes some of the flawed teachings of Gothard. Followers of Gothard are almost cultlike in their devotion and churches have split over this.