Podcasts about vyckie garrison

Vyckie Garrison was once a prominent member of the "Quiverfull" community, a rapidly growing Christian fundamentalist movement that bans birth control and encourages huge, "Biblical families" (much like the Duggars of TLCs 19 Kids and Counting fame). Garrison edited and published a Christian "pro-life, pro-family" newspaper for 16+ years in northeast Nebraska while home-churching, home birthing, and home schooling seven children. She made waves when she left the Quiverfull movement, divorced her husband, and began speaking out against the lifestyle. She recently received American Atheists' Atheist of the Year award and runs the blog "No Longer Quivering" to provide support to women and children who are escaping abusive religious movements and to provide the public with accurate and compassionate information on the unique challenges faced by the spiritually abused. We spoke about what her Quiverfull lifestyle entailed, how she escaped it, and what advice she would give to other women in her position.

Vyckie Garrison was named American Atheists' 2015 Atheist of the Year. She's also the founding editor of No Longer Qivering, a website based upon the "quiverfull" lifestyle that she left years ago. (Why that spelling? Because, she says, there's no "you" in quivering.) Jessica spoke with Vyckie about how she left the movement made famous by the Duggar family, whether her children are still religious, and why patriarchal thinking hurts men as well as women. (Image via Josiah Mannion on Facebook)

Ex-quiverful mom and activist, Vyckie Garrison, joins us in the studio to talk about the aftermath of her decision to leave her husband and religious community and to share what she is doing to help women like her to escape abusive patriarchal households. Also on this episode we take a critical look at Bill O'Reilly's new book "Killing Jesus". We also explore the new Atheist Mega-Church "The Sunday Assembly" and debate just how closely secular communities should emulate religious congregations. Finally we examine and critique a research report which creates a taxonomy of non-believers to be used by researchers studying "the nones".

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Special thanks to Vyckie Garrison  from Conservapedia - abstinence Godless Matt’s fundraiser page: Twitter:

We talked with Vyckie Garrison with No Longer Quivering earlier, but couldn’t share everything she said. Today, we finish the conversation. The last time we talked mostly about the movement and what it was. Now, we talk about Vyckie herself, and her journey’s after quivering. No Longer Quivering Blog Take Heart Project No Longer Quivering … Continue reading No Longer Quivering Pt. 2 – Episode 50

After having 7 children as part of the Quiver Full movement, Vyckie Garrison not only leaves the movement, she leaves Christianity altogether and becomes an atheist. In part one she explains how deeply she was ingrained in Christianity and how she became free. No Longer Quivering Take Heart Project Tea Party Family Values Letter to … Continue reading No Longer Quivering Part 1 – Episode 44