Jinger Duggar Vuolo’s beliefs have changed as she’s grown older.
The former star of TLC’s19 Kids & CountingandCounting Ontold PEOPLE that she’s found a new perspective on many of the childhood teachings she learned through herstrict Christian family.
“I would look at people who are dating and think, ‘Oh, they are setting themselves up for a life of disaster because this can’t lead anywhere good,’ " she said during an interview for last week’s issue of PEOPLE, addressing the rules of courtship that were displayed on the family’s popular reality television series.
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“I’ve seen more people honor God — and live a very beautiful life — who have dated, and sometimes even better than courtship. I could be so consumed with that — with having a chaperone, with not kissing before you’re married, and not holding hands before you’re engaged. All of these things that I had set up for myself that now I kind of laugh at,” she said.
While she hopes that her new memoirBecoming Free Indeedhelps others navigate their own beliefs, she added that she’s found comfort in returning to the Bible to reevaluate God’s perspective.
She explained: “On every topic, I have had to come back and say, ‘Well, what does God’s word actually say?’ The Bible is very clear about drinking, and it simply says that alcohol is not a sin. Jesus made wine at a wedding.”
Although Vuolo, 29, said that she does not consume alcohol, she added: “I don’t have a problem with other Christians. It’s there liberty to drink if they so choose.”
The IBLP movement teaches that women should be subservient to their husbands and that followers should shun dancing, dating and much of modern popular culture. Jim Bob and Michelle have spoken at its seminars; Gothard, 88, led the church until 2014, when more than 30 women accused him of harassment and molestation.
After walking away from the organization in 2017, she welcomed daughtersFelicity Nicole, 4, andEvangeline Jo, 2, with husbandJeremy Vuolo. She added that after becoming a mother, her views on issues regarding birth control have also changed.
“I always thought that was totally wrong,” she said. “I just no longer see it as that. I definitely have changed.”
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Becoming Free Indeedis scheduled to hit bookshelves on Jan. 31.
source: people.com
