move Jinger Duggar to tears<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn her memoir, Jinger discusses another downside to Josh\u2019s crimes. One that weighs on her mind, even if it might not be anyone else\u2019s first thought.<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Jinger Duggar smiles very broadly in this sweet photo of the former reality star. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBecoming Free Indeed<\/em> is a thought-provoking title for a memoir. Particularly for someone who has parted ways with a fundamentalist cult.<\/p>\nThough critics say that Jinger has simply traded one extreme iteration of Christianity for another, she clearly sees IBLP for what it was.<\/p>\n
And her book makes it extremely clear that she sees her eldest brother, the disgraced criminal Josh Duggar, for what he <\/em>is.<\/p>\nJosh Duggar smiles in one of his many, many mug shots.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn December of 2021, a court of his peers found Josh Duggar guilty of receiving and possessing CSAM \u2014 child sex-abuse materials.<\/p>\n
He had used peer-to-peer software to download photos and videos of little girls\u2019 lives being ruined. And he did it for his own sick sexual gratification.<\/p>\n
Josh\u2019s wife, Anna, was using a special Christian spyware monitoring program to keep tabs on him. But Josh found a workaround at his office computer. <\/p>\nJosh Duggar won\u2019t be taking any selfies for a very, very long time. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHowever, he was so focused upon avoiding Anna\u2019s detection that he seemingly <\/em>forgot to hide his activities from actual authorities. <\/p>\nFortunately, this meant that investigators were able to catch him.<\/p>\n
Despite Josh\u2019s own history \u2014 of having preyed upon little girls in the past, including his own sisters \u2014 he tried to pin the blame upon an employee. Fortunately, no one (except perhaps Anna) bought it.<\/p>\nJosh Duggar might soon be back in court for his appeal. (Photo via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThat includes Jinger, who clearly does not believe that President Biden (or Trump, or the literal actual devil) has framed Josh.<\/p>\n
In Becoming Free Indeed<\/em>, she confirms that she has not spoken to Josh in about two years.<\/p>\nAnd she characterizes the \u201cbacklash\u201d against Josh over his actions as \u201ccorrectly severe.\u201d<\/p>\nTo Jinger, this is about more than just the victims \u2014 little children who will never get to have normal lives, because of what men did to them. Men who record their brutality for men like Josh.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if he [weren\u2019t] a public figure, he would still be in prison for his actions,\u201d she notes in her book.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut because millions know who Josh is, his sin gives Christ a bad name,\u201d Jinger laments.<\/p>\nJinger Duggar stares intensely into the camera in this still image from a YouTube video she recorded. (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cThose who oppose Christianity can point to Josh,\u201d Jinger worries.<\/p>\n
She writes that a critic can cite Josh \u201cas evidence that anyone who claims to walk with Jesus is a phony.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jinger is not wrong here. We will note that, of course, no one person represents all <\/em>members of a faith. Relatedly, one can oppose the theology or societal impact of a religion without vilifying adherents of that religion.<\/p>\nJinger Duggar has released her own blend of coffee grounds. Are she and Jeremy desperate for money? (Photo via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt may sound insensitive for Jinger to worry about the image <\/em>of Christianity when there are real, human victims. <\/p>\nThat said \u2026 perhaps there is some nuance here. We can understand that this is her worry, since she is a Christian. And she clearly sympathizes with the victims.<\/p>\n
Perhaps Jinger can take comfort in the knowledge that Christianity is a majority religion, and thus people are less likely to blame Josh\u2019s actions on Christianity and all Christians. People of minority faiths have no such luxury.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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