tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post432561604762297939..comments2024-03-28T02:22:59.764-05:00Comments on Duggar Family Blog: Duggar Updates | Duggar Pictures | Jim Bob and Michelle | Counting On | 19 Kids: Dillards Share How Donations Are UsedLily and Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00941253435533935093noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-39027629197947258552016-10-14T11:38:52.924-05:002016-10-14T11:38:52.924-05:00El Salvador has approximately the third highest mu...El Salvador has approximately the third highest murder rate per capita in the entire world. Their country is full of crime, that is most likely why he said most of them are spiritually dead. They are not practicing any Christian faith if they are murdering people for their gangs. Saying you are Christian is not always the same thing as being a practicing Christian in daily life. Of course there are some real Christians in El Salvador too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-73953148868370525752016-10-12T19:50:40.588-05:002016-10-12T19:50:40.588-05:00Anonomous 3:59, I believe no one said "Cathol...Anonomous 3:59, I believe no one said "Catholics are spiritually dead." No matter what religious/non-religious background one has, it is only trusting in Christ as Savior that will get one to heaven. From what I read in the comments, no one is intent on insulting anyone. I think it's just, according to the comments, that people don't have a clear understanding of what spiritually dead means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-42716089655542161172016-10-12T14:35:45.417-05:002016-10-12T14:35:45.417-05:00@3:59, How can you ask anyone to respect people wh...@3:59, How can you ask anyone to respect people who call other people names or slap unfair labels on them like that? Especially in the name of religion. Sorry, but that's just wrong on so many levels. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-58707358252378196942016-10-12T13:59:09.436-05:002016-10-12T13:59:09.436-05:00Yes but calling someone "dead" because t...Yes but calling someone "dead" because they don't believe the same things you do is pretty extreme. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-50475503273078323342016-10-12T10:51:40.217-05:002016-10-12T10:51:40.217-05:00Technically they didn't live abroad. In theor...Technically they didn't live abroad. In theory you could drive to central America from the states. I wouldn't advise it but it is possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-84882318844896954482016-10-12T06:31:21.607-05:002016-10-12T06:31:21.607-05:00It makes no difference if one gives or not. If a ...It makes no difference if one gives or not. If a group or organization receives tax-exempt donations, it stands to reason that the taxpayers are within their rights to ask how the money is spent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-82852795279799273052016-10-11T21:31:38.903-05:002016-10-11T21:31:38.903-05:00@3:33. I, too, am sorry for the loss of your frien...@3:33. I, too, am sorry for the loss of your friend over a doctrine. You are both Christian and sadly she let her ignorance divide instead of finding the common ground in your faith. I'm Catholic too. I think what a lot of us feel on here is hurt and betrayal. I actually think there are a lot of us Catholics who liked the Duggars. I know I did. We are for family as we still tend to have "larger" families as well. We love Jesus and strive to teach our children to live moral lives according to the Bible. We believe in strong marriages--as do most Christians, and non-Christians. However, we have heard time and time again such outright hatred, ignorance, accusations ( spiritually dead?) from the Duggars, Dillard's and Seewalds. I dare them to go to Mass during Holy Week where we truly remember the love of Christ out poured for our Savation. Every song and every Scripture reading bringing us to worship our Risen Lord! Spiritually Dead?? I think not!! Perhaps the Dillard's would be more effective if they chose to understand the Catholic faith instead of continuing to throw such horrible insults. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-82191542465027371862016-10-11T18:06:23.249-05:002016-10-11T18:06:23.249-05:00No one will answer this question.. Not sure why Li...No one will answer this question.. Not sure why Lilly and Ellie bother posting it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-60717100859314950182016-10-11T17:19:55.281-05:002016-10-11T17:19:55.281-05:00I think she has had a very hard time cutting the c...I think she has had a very hard time cutting the cord with her family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-30941659153138638222016-10-11T17:18:32.516-05:002016-10-11T17:18:32.516-05:00Catholicism is a completely different belief syste...Catholicism is a completely different belief system from Biblical Christianity. That is why they refer it as they do. Catholicism believes Jesus is offered up for sin every time there is a Mass. That is an unBiblical teaching. The Bible teaches Jesus was offered up once on the cross thereby covering sins for all times through one sacrifice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-17492708760196680362016-10-11T16:39:31.733-05:002016-10-11T16:39:31.733-05:00We explained before that simply turning on your TV...We explained before that simply turning on your TV set to a certain channel does not help ratings. You have to be one of the families chosen by the ratings system to keep a viewing log or to have your viewing monitored. And then that data is extrapolated for an estimate of what any show's ratings are. That's all there is to it. So please stop trying to shame the "trolsters" (that's a word?) you think hate this family and have nothing better to do with their time. Try understanding that there are people out there who do care about what's on TV and do care what is going on with these kids, only they have had their eyes opened by all that's happened and how TLC is now scripting the shows in a most ridiculous manner. I'm surprised Ellie keeps posting this same message from the same person week after week. Can you add something else that would be interesting to the conversation we're having here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-10938017766489292872016-10-11T15:59:34.458-05:002016-10-11T15:59:34.458-05:00Except that you don't know if they haven't...Except that you don't know if they haven't accepted Christ. Just because they are Catholic? Yeah, that's a major assumption and an insulting one. And I don't know anyone who thinks being Christian means a US citizen - what a bizarre thing to even consider. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-13688505630404402212016-10-11T15:59:27.412-05:002016-10-11T15:59:27.412-05:00If you're following the Bible, then someone wh...If you're following the Bible, then someone who has not turned his life over to Christ is spiritually dead or not "alive in Christ," whether he calls himself a Catholic, a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, or anything else. That's just what the Bible says. Either you believe it or you don't. But please respect those who do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-19835242687942346822016-10-11T15:56:22.285-05:002016-10-11T15:56:22.285-05:00Jim Elliot (Spurgeon's middle name) died on th...Jim Elliot (Spurgeon's middle name) died on the mission field doing exactly what God called him to do. Even so, following God is the safest place to be. Remember, this life is a blink of an eye compared to what awaits in eternithy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-54488859087032856702016-10-11T15:54:32.664-05:002016-10-11T15:54:32.664-05:00Great points, 4:21, and clearly and respectfully s...Great points, 4:21, and clearly and respectfully stated. I am heartened reading comments like yours. Thank you for posting that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-3651227438157135402016-10-11T15:51:58.058-05:002016-10-11T15:51:58.058-05:00The answer to all this is for those who are not co...The answer to all this is for those who are not comfortable with how the money is used to not donate. Those who feel led should donate. Some people just like to complain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-2648372025172922262016-10-11T15:50:37.919-05:002016-10-11T15:50:37.919-05:00I do, too!I do, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-25570363352403589182016-10-11T15:42:09.482-05:002016-10-11T15:42:09.482-05:00So basically, you're saying that if you don...So basically, you're saying that if you don't believe in OUR religion and OUR God, then *poof* you're dead? Because OUR religion says so? If you believe in some other supreme being, even if you have full faith in that being, you're still dead? That makes little sense. And it's a pretty bad thing to tell someone, BTW. Not to mention arrogant. Would you like other religions to tell you that about their gods? Then what good is religion, if it just divides us and makes us look down on one another?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-56424112252428224152016-10-11T14:54:43.280-05:002016-10-11T14:54:43.280-05:00By dismissing those who raise reasonable and justi...By dismissing those who raise reasonable and justifiable questions as "trolls and complainers", you are being as judgmental as you accuse them of being. Those who blindly worship or follow any person, group, or organization without thoughtful critique are not doing themselves any favors. When we stop asking questions, we are vulnerable to indoctrination by intimidation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-33970973557213837682016-10-11T13:11:41.428-05:002016-10-11T13:11:41.428-05:00I used to get upset in my mind when I would see su...I used to get upset in my mind when I would see such negative comments and I'd wonder why these people with negativity come to this site. But now I see that it is a curiousness in them and maybe God is calling each one of them here. We were all once "in the dark" and now are in the light by the grace of God and by the blood shed of Jesus Christ and not by anything we ourselves have done. Rather than call them "trolsters" I would say they are called by God to come here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-44841828605616204282016-10-11T11:21:12.926-05:002016-10-11T11:21:12.926-05:00The world always seems to get darker for each gen...The world always seems to get darker for each generation in the past. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-48789500146370791322016-10-11T11:18:37.629-05:002016-10-11T11:18:37.629-05:00AgreeAgreeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-34053306003462628222016-10-11T11:05:57.973-05:002016-10-11T11:05:57.973-05:00I don't see why Jill and Derick had to come ba...I don't see why Jill and Derick had to come back and visit so often. We are a military family, and you can bet when we are stationed overseas for two or three years, we are lucky if we can get home once for a visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-45382304230006732872016-10-11T10:30:48.662-05:002016-10-11T10:30:48.662-05:00Anon @ 4:21 This is your opinion. The Bible ...Anon @ 4:21 This is your opinion. The Bible has been a source of dispute and conflict for eons. To suggest that there is one group of people who have the market cornered on the "Truth" is the epitome of audaciousness and self-righteousness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925412444274057427.post-8781496240919952312016-10-11T10:28:57.863-05:002016-10-11T10:28:57.863-05:00@7:13. Thank you that's very sweet. But..she m...@7:13. Thank you that's very sweet. But..she made it abundantly clear she wanted nothing to do with me or having our children play together anymore because we are Catholic and she had joined the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church. That I was part of a cult who practice witchcraft. It really stung as I love Jesus, His Word, The Holy Spirit, and know my Father God. I also love Mass and am closest to My Saviour when at the Communion Table. But as I said that was about 10 years ago--she even refused my FB request..the ultimate snub by today's standards ---LOL!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com