Christian arguments against the Pearls' teachings.
Bethany Basset, of Coffee Stained Clarity, reflects on the sadness she feels at finding out that her high school friends are following the Pearls’ teachings.
I see that Bethany was raised in the VF/Patriarchy mindset. She posts her story in 5 parts:
The Preface: The Stuff of Brains
Part 1: The Net
Part 2: The Reality
Part 3: The Hope
Part 4: The Outcome
And she has an epilogue about parenting with grace here. I love a happy ending. <3
No Longer Quivering has a new series called Steadfast Daughters in a Quivering World. Part 4 of this series is Acknowledgment & Apologies which could be considered testimonies of the damage done by the quiverfull mindset. Part 5: Confessions of a Quiverfull Hero and Part 6: Soul Binding are long testimonies about how raising children in the quiverfull mindset almost destroyed them. Heartbreaking.
E. Stephen Burnett has a teaching about the problems with Patriarchy in a 5 part series called, Sins Of The ‘Patriarchs’. Interesting to me is that with all the words he has written about patriarchy, he never mentions spanking or harsh discipline. He does mention control, but not the physical aspect (unless I’m misremembering.) This would make it a good series to share with pro-spanking people.
He also wrote a book review of Quivering Daughters by Hillary McFarland.
I might as well mention that he also has warnings about Vision Forum on his site. He is worried about their possible influence on homeschoolers and he shares that he was homeschooled as a child. He has a very interesting site and it is well worth checking out.
Sue Talbert at A Mother’s Heart Blog is writing a very interesting series called Vision Forum, Patriarchy and FLDS, Oh My!
In part 1 she explains how she came to find Vision Forum and read one of their books. She starts describing some objections to their teachings.
In Part 2 she expands on their teachings that women should not go to college or work outside the house (or from the house) and compares that to the FLDS as well as the taliban.
In Part 3 she discusses Bill Gothard and his teachings and how they relate to Vision Forum.
In Part 4 she begins to analyze problems with their teachings. She starts with Clothing / Modesty.
In Part 5 she discusses Reproduction / Quiverfull and the fact that they discourage adoption.
In part 6 she takes a look at their Politics and how they are working to create an Army For God. She also mentions child rearing, perfect obedience of children and wives and the Pearls’ teachings.
In Part 7, She explains Patriarchy and their teachings on Marriage and Wife Only Submission.
In Part 8 she concludes her series by looking at whether the group is Christian or heretical, what draws people to join such a group and her reason for writing the series.
Wondering One is telling her story, I Am So Much More Than A Maiden Of Virtue, over at No Longer Quivering. In Chapter 3 she shares how her parents discovered Michael and Debi Pearl’s book To Train up a Child. If you start at chapter 1 and then read chapter 2 and chapter 3 you will find that it is a very gripping, albeit disturbing, story about punitive parenting from the child’s point of view.
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Since yesterday’s post was about Patriocentricity and I have this link which mentions Debi Pearl, I might as well share it. Dolly Mama writes about some parallels she sees between the FLDS movement and the patriocentric movement in Escape, FLDS, and some parallels.
Rachel has written a post called, Count Your Blessings, in which she reflects back on her patriocentric childhood and her escape from that mindset.
Sister Lisa has written an interesting review of Quivering Daughters in her blog, Soul Liberty Faith. This blog post is mainly about spiritual abuse but she does mention Lydia Schatz.
Joey at Wide White has written an in depth exposé of The cult of the Quiverfull / ATI / Vision Forum movement, Duggars and all. That is a lot to cover in just one blog post and yes, it is a long one. While it is mainly about the Patriarchy Movement, Pearl is mentioned a few times.
Proof that he is pro-spanking here: http://widewhite.blogspot.com/2007/01/another-attempt-at-no-spanking-law.html
I have 2 interesting book reviews for 2 books that were recently published about the patriarchy movement. I do not think that the Pearls are directly involved in this movement, but their names to tend to come up and it appears that Debi Pearl was interviewed for the first book:
Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement: 3 Stars by ThatMom
Quivering Daughters – Hillary McFarland on Patriarchy by Barbara from Mommy Life
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