Vyckie Garrison started No Longer Quivering to tell the story of her “escape” from the Quiverfull movement.
Over time, NLQ has developed into a valuable resource of information regarding the deceptions and dangers of the Quiverfull philosophy and lifestyle. Several more former QF adherents are now contributing their stories to NLQ and our collective voice makes these Quiverfull warnings impossible to dismiss or ignore.
NLQ is a gathering place for women escaping and recovering from spiritual abuse.
Listen to Vyckie's Story now:
- NLQ FAQ: Does Someone Always Have To Be In Charge? Part 1
- Atlantic Wire:’19 Kids and Counting’ Gets Stranger, Sadder
- How the Modesty Doctrine Hurts Men, Too
- A Brief Comment on Divorce and the Bible
- The Myth of the Weaker Vessel
- Young patriarch tells it like it is: Woman indeed is the weaker vessel; Sodomites hate God, and infiltrate churches to spit in God’s face … Am I controlling for keeping my woman away from these evil men? Then so be it.
- Snipped! – Part 2: My Little Years
- The Destiny of a Virtuous Daughter ~ Part 5: Not My Will
- Bring Me The Flaming Head Of Barbie! – Adventures In Recovery
- Daughter of the Patriarchy: Admissions
- danielle: OK TO THE LADY WHO WROTE THIS THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH IT WAS NEEDED I AM A SINGLE ...
- NewLife: I used to think this was true- but apparently Michelle gets pregnant first, then her milk dries up. I ...
- Alison G: YOu know, I have gotten AR for years, even attended a few retreats. On of may friends is 'really into ...
- Sierra: The problem is that there is no convenient way to refer to the network of ideas that the Message, Gothard, ...
- Sierra: Exactly this is what I meant. Thanks, NewLife. Much of what I write is about the effects of Christian patriarchy on ...
- Olivia: But The Duggars don't even truly let nature take its course. Michelle weans her children early so she will be ...
- Andrew: Kirsten Never mind my comment. I must need new glasses or something because I just saw that you did.
- Andrew: Kirsten Regarding Hebrews 13:17 you should have referred the reader to the original Greek which a direct translation reads "be ye ...
- madame: Thanks for such a thorough study, Kristen! If you think about it, Complementarianism is placing someone between women and God, practically ...
- Retha: "the group denies payment for treatment of any conditions resulting from sinful behavior" -quoted from above. That don't sound Christian to ...
- Lilah: Oh, do you think that men will "gawk or leer" at me if I wear a sweatshirt with one side ...
- NewLife: I don't think Sierra's pitying the men who make the rules, but the boys whose childhoods and teen years are ...
- NewLife: Well said! I recently listened to a sermon in our new church and was amazed to hear the words "Men ...
- NewLife: I very much appreciate the sentiment behind your article, Sierra. I fear, though, that you limit your effectiveness by ...
- John Shores: The first time I saw a commercial for this show was immediately after seeing a commercial for "Hoarders" on another ...
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Michelle says, Never enough babies!What the quiverfull movement doesn't have is satisfaction. It casts itself as only looking for "blessing" but in many cases it seems to go far beyond that to reach the collectors' mentality which bespeaks more of greed, grabbing for every child you can, and if you don't do that, you fail spiritually. It's an insidious teaching and my only regret in accepting my atheism is knowing that there will be no ultimate reckoning where those who promoted and gained from this teaching do not face what they have created and see it for what it really is. The quiverful movement claims to welcome every child, but it never allows you to be happy with just what you have already. Satiety and peace are foreign to it.
~ NLQ forum member, JemandNLQ Unique Visitors Since March 7, 2009
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