While living at home, I watched my fair share of television and occasionally flipped the channel to TLC. TLC features odd families, though I found none more rare and confusing than the Duggar family. For those who do not know of the Duggars, they are a Christian, devoutly religious family committed to raising the 20 children Michelle Duggar conceived in her now 47 (48?) years of life.
I decided to inquire further about their decision to avoid any and all forms of birth control, and I came across the official Duggar family website, which describes the reasoning behind their decision to conceive in accordance with "God's wishes". According to the website, Michelle Duggar regularly used birth control before conceiving her first child and suffering a miscarriage. They consulted a Christian doctor, who informed the young couple that birth control often causes miscarriages in unknown pregnancies. As a result, Michelle and Jim Bob made the decision to abstain from birth control, and continued conceiving children as God "saw fit". I supposed the rest is history. Here is the link to the Duggar website.
The Duggars participate in Christian traditions typical of a devoutly religious family, and attempt to remain distant from pop culture in order to avoid temptation. One episode I saw even featured Jim Bob Duggar instructing his sons to look down and away from scantily clad women (rather interesting).
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