I feel like they still count for this thread just by being a weird Christian fundamentalist cult. Damn, yeah, definitely sounds like a group that probably doesnt have a whole lot of proper construction knowledge and sparked a fire unintentionally via shed wiring.
How do their views on women compare to IBLP? I assume if they're Christian fundamentalists they similarly want them barefoot and pregnant
A lot of these groups end up basically just different flavors of one another regardless of where they start.
The Twelve Tribes has a lot of the same fucked up courtship and betrothal practices of IBLP, but they don't even have "courting", they have a "period of waiting" where they have to have their romantic or sexual interest in another person approved by their local council. You're allowed to hold hands after you are betrothed (by your parents, of course) and that's it. Their child rearing is also similar - all homeschool, physical abuse is encouraged, boys are prioritized, and higher education is just the devil's indoctrination. And since they are much smaller than the IFB, they can't create their own string of unaccredited
indoctrination camps Bible Colleges to replace the sinister Satanic practice of critical thinking. Members have gotten busted for child labor, abuse, the whole thing. They're more outwardly anti-Semitic than the IFB, I know that. The IFB pretend not to blame Jews for the death of Christ (sometimes) and instead just wait eagerly for Jews to build them a setting for Armageddon (Israel, hence why so many Fundies are obsessed with Israel) then either convert or be cast into Satan's fiery pit. Whereas the Twelve Tribes just straight up say Jews are cursed, evil wretches who killed Jesus and are not real Jews, etc. They're also just a lot more explicitly racist overall and thought slavery was just dandy.
One of the reasons we hear so much about Fundies fucking up things like permits, safety regulations, etc, is a combination of labor exploitation and anti-government sentiment. Any sort of "interference" from the government, including OSHA and child services, is evil. So they ignore and/or actively flout that shit. On top of that, they rely a lot on the unpaid (and usually poorly trained) labor of kids and young adults. You'll find a looot of Fundie men who work in construction/carpentry/real estate because it gives them more control of their "domains" and they were taught a lot of "manly" tasks by their dads (poorly). They're usually taught the same exact things as their boomer dads, who became construction workers in the 60's-80's and openly disdain any new rules or developments whatsoever. If they are lucky, they pick up a few new skills when on missions from the locals, but almost across the board, their "qualifications" are woefully out of date.
Also real estate and construction are great ways to hide any assets you have.
So what you get is a lot of shoddy work by people who see safety manuals as toilet paper.
The Duggars' big house was partially built by friends providing a lot of the labor. Justin from I Pray You Put This Journal Away said he worked on it and mentioned that he probably did more harm than good.
Austin Forsyth, Joy-Anna Duggar's husband, has a construction/repair/house flipping business and has been sued for things like improperly installed septic tanks. And I think a few of the middle Duggar boys have also gotten into trouble with their own property ventures.
It's also how we get a lot of the Rodrigues misadventures, including the Baby cages, the "renovating" of their West Virginia home, and Jillpm insisting on remodeling Nurie's kitchen. It's also why there are often issues with their properties and you get things like easily avoidable fires that kill tons of people and property. - which of course are the devils' fault.
Fundies overall seem to really exalt and fetishize making stuff - which is normally great and refreshing given how consumerist everything is these days. Everyone should know how to work with tools and make things. The problem is that most of the time they don't know what they're doing, refuse to learn, and fuck everything up. And once they do, no need for self-reflection, just blame it on Satan.
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