Marissa Franks Burt

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Marissa Franks Burt

Marissa Franks Burt

@MBurtwrites

Storybound & Stardust series | The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Gen of Eva Families (2025) | Also find me @lectionaryhome

Seattle, WA Katılım Eylül 2021
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
Oh, Doug, no. No. Christians are to examine the fruit. If the fruit is rotten, the teacher, *who is subject to greater judgment* does not get to cry "user error." The teaching maps. Here is a thread of receipts: 🧵
Douglas Wilson@douglaswils

@ZachWLambert A novel approach. Refute a teaching by rounding up people who were victims of those who refused to follow the teaching.

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Victoria B.
Victoria B.@shesbookish3·
@MBurtwrites The leap here from a 12 year old’s curiosity about sex to molesting his siblings is wild. The contributing factors the offender names are his siblings’ lack of modesty, being asked to change diapers and babysit, and laziness. This is so disturbing.
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Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
Jim Bob Duggar indicated sexual abuse was a community norm. Now 2 sons have confessed to abusing young girls. Perhaps unsurprising in a purity-culture saturated community that dehumanizes children, blames victims & glorifies suffering. 1/2
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@miyanaire_ Community grooming, distorted theology, purity culture, hyper sexualization alongside lack of sex-ed and understanding of consent, and ideas about submission all play a part.
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No Eden Elsewhere
No Eden Elsewhere@noedenelsewhere·
@MBurtwrites when you tell boys that they have ‘uncontrollable urges’ & every female is a temptation, this is what you get. They turn into grown into men who feel entitled b/c there is no accountability for their actions. They just couldn’t help themselves.
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
Want to note that this worksheet *interviews* a brother who abused his sister. He advises parents to prioritize "modesty in the home" b/c males are "visual" & cites things like children's baths & girls wearing dresses. This functionally normalizes child sexual abuse.
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
And another page from one of Gothard's "wisdom booklets" that someone shared.
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Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
ETA: the screenshotted images are from Bill Gothard’s IBLP curricula. The Duggars were heavily invested in that community, encouraged others to join, and raised their children under these teachings.
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Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
@ThyRamMan Ok. Then my statement is simply descriptive of the professed tenets of the community.
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Jason A. Myers
Jason A. Myers@jmyers1018·
I’m excited to share that I’ve signed a contract w @ZonderAcademic for Colossians & Philemon in the Zondervan Critical Introduction to the New Testament series, edited @mbird12 Happy to join the Zondervan family! Project is now officially underway, but look for it in 2030!
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
@ThyRamMan ??? Are you suggested Gothard & the Duggars were not involved in and propagating "purity culture"? They seem pretty forthright about it.
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Derek Ramsey
Derek Ramsey@ThyRamMan·
@MBurtwrites "It's so weird to make this some kind of tribalistic issue..." "...purity-culture saturated community..." Surely you can see that your statement is self-refuting?
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
@ThyRamMan It's so weird to make this some kind of tribalistic issue. IDK which of my opinions you imagine is "anti-biblical," but let's all agree that CSA is bad & Christians must take accountability for the way our teachings & communities have enabled it.
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Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
@ThyRamMan Thanks for reading. Yes, Christian liturgies of "spanking" absolutely groom for and enable abuse. Add to that many adults reflect back & describe childhood experiences of spankings as child sexual abuse.
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Derek Ramsey
Derek Ramsey@ThyRamMan·
And, of course, Marrisa Franks Burt has an axe to grind as well. She's on a mission against spanking.
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Marissa Franks Burt
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites·
@ThyRamMan HI there. Are you okay with the teachings screenshotted in my post? Do you think God "allows" the sexual abuse of 4 YOs to teach them a lesson or that victims should examine their behavior to see if they caused their abuse?
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Taylor🏜️🦬
Taylor🏜️🦬@TaylorinAZ5·
High control groups often handle child sex abuse “in house,” causing victims more harm and allowing for more abuse. This happened when Josh Duggar molested 5 children (fundamentalist baptists) and in the Assemblies of God for decades as laid out in ABC’s recent investigation.
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites

Jim Bob Duggar indicated sexual abuse was a community norm. Now 2 sons have confessed to abusing young girls. Perhaps unsurprising in a purity-culture saturated community that dehumanizes children, blames victims & glorifies suffering. 1/2

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The Road Jess Travelled
The Road Jess Travelled@JessPected·
This is how christianity is a weapon to encourage sexual abuse, protect sexual abusers, & groom victims to be accessible, compliant, & protective of their abusers. And why it must be challenged, particularly by christians.
Marissa Franks Burt@MBurtwrites

Jim Bob Duggar indicated sexual abuse was a community norm. Now 2 sons have confessed to abusing young girls. Perhaps unsurprising in a purity-culture saturated community that dehumanizes children, blames victims & glorifies suffering. 1/2

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Hemant Mehta
Hemant Mehta@hemantmehta·
Another Duggar son has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a minor. The family once portrayed as the gold standard for conservative Christian values keeps making headlines for crimes against children. At this point, it's not just hypocrisy. It’s a pattern. friendlyatheist.com/p/another-dugg…
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TiffanyTwo@tiffany_two·
@MBurtwrites "If abused was not at fault..." IF abused was NOT AT FAULT
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