Don’t they seem so harmless, posting videos on their YouTube channel as they re-pot plants, build shelves and self-engineer bunk beds?
It’s almost as if they’re the average family of five (and counting) as they help their curly-haired offspring paint birdhouses and dye eggs.
Really, what can it hurt to have the Seewalds posting videos about home decor, kids’ activities and simple DIY projects? Isn't that better than them uploading content about their beliefs?
The danger with these two is that they want very much — very much — to appear mainstream millennial. They want you to think their family is like many others — likable, relatable and worthy of emulating. They want you to forget all the crap they used to post that was spiritual and divisive.
What they’re showing the world in 2021 is curated just-so in order to normalize — and monetize — their chosen lifestyle, which is a harmful and hurtful brand of Christianity. They believe if they can achieve that, their brand will live well past the lifespan of Counting On, continuing to provide them a platform and paycheck.
What do these two believe, anyway?
They are devout Independent Baptists. This means they follow basic Bible teachings by which Baptists have historically stood, but they are not affiliated with any denomination. Only men may be pastors and lead churches.
They also believe once you have been saved, you are eternally secure and cannot lose your salvation. They believe marriage is God-sanctioned and only to be ordained between a man and a woman. They also believe gender is assigned in-utero, by God, and that homosexuality is a sin. Abortion is a Sin with uppercase S.
Some Independent Baptists also include Fundamental as part of their church name and their affiliation. Fundamental Baptists’ beliefs vary by individual church but often add mandates such as which version(s) of the Bible are acceptable (usually only the King James Version, because 1611 is truly the Year of the Lord), that all Scripture is subject to literal interpretation and that all authority in church and home is assigned to men. They often prescribe dress and behavioral edicts to members, sometimes with loose Biblical citations, often just because the men say so.
Additionally, Ben Seewald has spoken and written of his belief in Calvinism, also known as Reformed Theology. It is a doctrine held by some Baptists (and outright rejected by others, including his father-in-law) that centers on five points commonly known
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680 – The Battle of Karbala is won by the Umayyads under Yazid I.
732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
1492 – The crew of Santa Maria, desperate and fearful, acted against their captain, and Columbus's long journey was nearly swamped by mutiny.
1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
1631 – Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.
1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.
1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
1814 – War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
1868 – The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
1911 – The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
1913 – U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
1918 – RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1933 – A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
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"He alone can completely fill the mind, and satisfy its (otherwise) insatiable desires. For he is infinite in his essence, his wisdom, power, and goodness. He is the first and chief verity, and truth itself in the abstract." -Jacobus Arminius
"When I was young I was sure of everything. In a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before. At present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to man." -John Wesley
"The best of all is, God is with us." -John Wesley
"For, if we speak properly, there is no such thing as either foreknowledge or afterknowledge in God. All time, or rather all eternity, (for time is only that small fragment of eternity which is allotted to the children of men,) being present to Him at once, He does not know one thing before another, or one thing after another; but sees all things in one point of view from everlasting to everlasting." -John Wesley
"There is but One, He that sitteth in Heaven, who is able to teach man wisdom. Though we are come so far, we know not whether He will please to teach you by us or no. If He teaches you, you will learn wisdom, but we can do nothing." -John Wesley
"Whatsoever obtains stability for a single moment, borrows it from him, and receives it of mere grace." -Jacobus Arminius
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
And boy are my arms legs.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.
At work, I have a workstation.
edit: cheers u/cheer_up_richard
