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Josh & Anna Smuggar: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Sew Sumi

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Yeah, the men are all on the left, the women on the right, and some odd men and couples in the middle pews. I wonder if they let couples sit together on Friday nights? For them, this is like a party! 

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New show title: 10 to 20 Years and Counting 

MargeGunderson
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Someone on Reddit just described Josh’s face as a glistening glazed ham. I am considering divorcing my husband and marrying that poster. 

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Well, for many of us, it's the difference between 'imperfect' and 'non-PC' and being a criminal.  Josh is a child molester and his parents actively intervened in his situation to avoid him being punis

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It doesn't get really special until a few posts below that where a rather manicured young woman in an unfortunate yellow crewneck sweater is flashing what appears to be the world's most suburban gang sign at the camera.

Oh my GOD, I know... !!!

 

She's all "Yo, Yo - Lemon Bars in the hizzle ! PTA for life ! Check my Pandora bracelet swag, dawg !"

 

Jesus on a cracker, I'm making myself laugh here. These things just write themselves...  ;)

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Sew Sumi

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He's probably off to the left with the men I recognized as definitely being part of the program  when I watched last week's video (women are off to the right). I'm not sure who they allow to sit in the middle, but definitely not a newbie! LOL

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CofCinci

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For those unable to watch, this guy has been going on manic mode for 10 minutes.  I don't know what he is saying because I have it on mute.

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This dude is all smiles tonight.  He's a celebrity now with his 67 viewers.  Just two away from that sinful number, 69.

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Sew Sumi

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The middle is for the outside people, including couples. The men in the program are off to the left in the front, the women in the program are on the right, far away from leches like Smuggles. 

 

eta: Testimony time will be our best shot at a Smuggles sighting. 

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Celia Rubenstein

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I was wondering how this place could possibly be a bigger waste of time for our Josh, and I just figured out how ... make the meetings open to the public via livestream! That will DEFINITELY encourage an atmosphere of open, honest sharing and introspection.  

 

Can't you just feel the healing! 

 

I think I saw a foot sticking out from under a bench on the menfolk's side ... could that be Josh, hiding underneath a pew? 

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Anyone have any guesses on Josh's location?

Is he the guy in the 4th row, with the striped shirt on?

I think so, but I keep getting distracted by Bandaid Aid Head and the Whore of Babylon.  They're all over each other in Church.

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Time to hand out awards.  This guy won best hair cut.

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Thank you, CofC....now I can't keep my eyes off them!!


There is a "woman" leg on the left side of the church....with a flip flop w/flower on it.

And I think I see a man and woman sitting together on the left side....this must be one of those discretionary decisions they make...

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Sew Sumi

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I think they keep the program men up front. I imagine that the people coming from the outside who graduated from the program know where they can and can't sit. Lord knows there are enough rules here already!

 

eta: I agree that the guy in the 4th row, striped shirt could be Smuggar. 

 

Interesting that this week they're having graduate testimonies. On last week's podcast, it was all "students" currently in the program. I wonder if they alternate weeks?

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Sew Sumi

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I'll keep the window open. I think they're coming back at 25 after. 

 

But yeah, that was mind-numbingly awful. Without band-aid head macking on his woman in the back, I would have totally zoned out. 

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I think so, but I keep getting distracted by Bandaid Aid Head and the Whore of Babylon. They're all over each other in Church.

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Time to hand out awards. This guy won best hair cut.

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I too am mesmerized by Band-Aid Head guy and his date. They were snuggled up like they were watching a double feature at the drive-in. Edited by ThinkerBell
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Oh my GOD, I know... !!!

 

She's all "Yo, Yo - Lemon Bars in the hizzle ! PTA for life ! Check my Pandora bracelet swag, dawg !"

 

Jesus on a cracker, I'm making myself laugh here. These things just write themselves...  ;)

snort! hahahahah... Wish I could attend the conference just to hear what Jessa says at these. If she says the same thing at each one, does she refuse non preapproved questions. Did Anna do many of these? Josh, pre-scandal?

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CofCinci

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Who would go into this voluntarily? Is Josh for sure diagnosed with a disorder of some kind? Or is it just assumed that getting off to porn and hookers is a mental illness? 

Not a single employee of the facility is licensed to diagnose or treat mental health or addiction disorders.  Josh is there solely in an attempt to not be cut off by his father.

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Liz Tudor

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Thanks to all you dedicated PTV forum correspondents for braving the boredom and fundy date night at RU to share & snark on it all with the rest of us. Me, I'm watching Modern Family re-runs, but keeping an eye on your updates and posts. Am recommending you all for awards for selfless reporting!

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Who would go into this voluntarily? Is Josh for sure diagnosed with a disorder of some kind? Or is it just assumed that getting off to porn and hookers is a mental illness? 

This bunch doesn't consider it a mental illness, it's a spiritual one.  And the cure is Jesus, He's like Penicillin for porn.  As far as any of us know, Josh has never received any counselling other than that provided by extreme conservative Christians like his family.  And the emphasis is on how the devil lead the sinner astray and prayer is the cure.  Nobody at the place where Josh is staying has any sort of certification in psychology, psychiatry, social work, addiction counselling or anything else.  They're all fundies, some of whom have been 'addicted' to porn or drugs or alcohol themselves, who are now spreading the Gospel of repentance and Jesus.  The website of the place he's at specifically says that the clients are forbidden to discuss their addictions with anyone there.  The schedule they provide on the website seems to indicate there is no actual counselling going on; it's all prayer sessions and manual labor.  It's sounds kinda like the way the Duggars expect all the children, especially the girls, to 'keep sweet' no matter what.  All this place seems to do is try to get the clients to bury their problems as deeply as possible under a heap of bullsh** with a little Jesus sprinkled on top.

 

Josh may have gotten some court ordered counselling as a kid when social services got involved when he molested his sisters, but his parents and the rest of the Gothardites don't believe in traditional psychiatric diagnoses or treatments.  It's all about Jesus.

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This bunch doesn't consider it a mental illness, it's a spiritual one.  And the cure is Jesus, He's like Penicillin for porn.  As far as any of us know, Josh has never received any counselling other than that provided by extreme conservative Christians like his family.  And the emphasis is on how the devil lead the sinner astray and prayer is the cure.  Nobody at the place where Josh is staying has any sort of certification in psychology, psychiatry, social work, addiction counselling or anything else.  They're all fundies, some of whom have been 'addicted' to porn or drugs or alcohol themselves, who are now spreading the Gospel of repentance and Jesus.  The website of the place he's at specifically says that the clients are forbidden to discuss their addictions with anyone there.  The schedule they provide on the website seems to indicate there is no actual counselling going on; it's all prayer sessions and manual labor.  It's sounds kinda like the way the Duggars expect all the children, especially the girls, to 'keep sweet' no matter what.  All this place seems to do is try to get the clients to bury their problems as deeply as possible under a heap of bullsh** with a little Jesus sprinkled on top.

 

Josh may have gotten some court ordered counselling as a kid when social services got involved when he molested his sisters, but his parents and the rest of the Gothardites don't believe in traditional psychiatric diagnoses or treatments.  It's all about Jesus.

Someone should fix it Jesus for poor Jesus.    He wouldn't want to be around these ignorant fools.

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sleekandchic

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Why aren't these suckers allowed privacy? If the Church wants to broadcast a service, do it on Sunday.

Are we sure Best Haircut is a guy? He's got boobies, and they're well-uplifted like he's wearing his Victoria's Secret.

See this is what happens when a wiseass like me gets to invade these lost souls' privacy!

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cheatincheetos

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For those unable to watch, this guy has been going on manic mode for 10 minutes.  I don't know what he is saying because I have it on mute.

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He's raving about selling his very own line of Holy Brylcreem for "anointing of the head".

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sleekandchic

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For those unable to watch, this guy has been going on manic mode for 10 minutes. I don't know what he is saying because I have it on mute.

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He's raving about selling his very own line of Holy Brylcreem for "anointing of the head".

That guy is definitely the second man pictured on the RU staff page. Both men are seared in my cerebellum.

Yeah, Steve Curington, Founder.

http://ruhomes.org/about-us/staff

ROFLMAO! No that cant be Steve Curington! He is dead! Or is he a hologram? OMG.

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