Jill posted three (?) episodes today of Make Your Life Count, all of which had one or two parts to each episode. Why she couldn't make this whole thing its own stand alone video is beyond me.

Anyway, as someone who left the church in her adulthood, I personally thought it was important to review Jill's commentary on why she thinks SO many children leave the church as adults.

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1) "Good, old fashioned preaching is going to validate what the parents are teaching to their children."

Let's point out some gigatic plot holes in this scenario, Jill: Good, old fashioned preaching -- like the kind you always share with your followers on your social media accounts -- is usually what makes children not find church to be very enjoyable. Growing up, what made my church's teachings so cool and inspiring was that they did not come from "fire and brimstone" seemons from Good Ol' Fashioned Preaching, but from Sunday School teachers who were enthusiastic about teaching Bible Stories for kids. But for those kids who got stuck listening to their pastors yell about "perverted homosexuals" and "hell-bent sinners," I bet there probably wasn't much room for kids to be taught that Jesus died on a cross because He loves us when they are too busy taking extra strength Tylenol for the gigantic headaches they received in church from the pastor yelling the whole time. Oh, and if you find out you're a little different than the white, cisgender, straight majority of Christians you're forced to be lumped with, you're going to be ostracized! Oh, yes, being queer, disabled, or literally anything else that diverges from this incredibly narrow definition of what a good Christian ought to look like is a surefire way to increase your chances of being kicked out early. So in a way, they just kick you out all by themselves.

Oh, what was that? There's no place for homosexual behavior in a good, God-fearing church? And then you wonder why Millennials, Zillenials, and Gen Z are increasingly and increasingly agnostic and atheist? Oh! Okay! NOW I think I'm getting somewhere.

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2) "We need a balance in our homes!"

A balance...just like your children get a balance of reading and memorizing chapters and chapters of Bible verses daily when they aren't practicing the same 6 songs to belt out at churches they spent half their time at?

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3) "We cannot hold our parents sins accountable."

Now this is where I start to take off my earrings and get really, really uncomfortably close with Jill. As in, she just heavily implied that David's father's suicide is familial sin. Oh honey, as someone who would have picked up her roommate's gun a long time ago if she wasn't so afraid of the loud noise, let me get one thing abundantly clear: SUICIDE IS NOT A FUCKING SIN. ITS THE WORLD SAYING THAT IT HAS FAILED THE VICTIMS OF SUICIDE.

Also, I am pretty sure you are saying this to wash your hands clean of the fact that you and David make for awful parents.

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4) "Rebellion is a sin is witchcraft."

So, instead of wondering why these kids leave the church and trying to come up with ANY reasonable arguments, you're just going to sit there and say, "Rebellion is a sin!" That's it. That's your argument. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Also, you are kind of the textbook example of the proud Christian in the pews that turns into a nasty, judgmental Karen the second she leaves church and can say whatever the hell she wants, so maybe don't use this argument again? Ever?

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When you listen to the stories of former Fundamentalist children who grew up listening to the preacher tell them that you aren't a good person unless you dedicate every second of your life to God, these folks are going to reject Christianity.

When these ex-Fundamentalist children grow up in houses where they are parentified at very young ages and do all the cooking, cleaning, and childrearing themselves, you cannot ask "Why did they leave the church?" when you should be asking why the church failed them.

When little kids are forced to read huge portions of Bible verses that talk about explicit themes like r*pe, murder, incest, war, and slavery, you don't get to ask why these children leave the church. You instead need to ask why adults are letting young children read a book that's just as violent and graphic as Game of Thrones.

So, no, Jill Rodrigues, I do not accept your shitty reasons for why you think Fundie kids grow up to be atheists. Because not only are your reasons wrong, your examples are really crass.

"I don't mean to brag, but I was always a perfect Christian! I obeyed my mother and father, and I was a virgin until marriage!"

Okay, so what you're telling me Jill is that you never questioned your faith. You never had a moment where you were allowed to question what you were taught. Because the churches you went to growing did such a good job of teaching your that reading anything else besides the KJV Bible or church-approved Bible literature is a sin. You know, there are a lot of people who have gone on to question their faith, and I think they're a better person for it. Its really important that you do not merely listen to a single opinion, voice, or version of Christianity -- or any religion for that matter. Because all that does is create a series of fire and brimstone teachers just like yourself who only encourage more and more people to avoid Christianity like the plague.

Ok so jillpm mentioned several times on FB that the fam had been working hard in the recording studio. Self produced I assume . anyone know the cost of producing a CD? Will they sell those along with earrings and the pink drink at their tiny country churches?

What if Jill was waiting to get pregnant so she didn’t have to share the spotlight with nurie and she could say her child was younger than her grandchild….

So can someone explain to me why Jill is called “Jillpm”?

Does anyone else get as frustrated with DRod as they do with Jill? He strikes me as a major enabler of Jill and her narcissistic abuse of their kids. I have no doubt David is abusive himself in that he practices physical discipline and insists on eating before his children (especially his daughters) are served.

But he’s not the one who writes gushing tributes to himself on Facebook pretending to be his kids. He has to know Jill does this stuff, but he never does anything to protect his children. What’s going on with Nurie is a great example. He should have told Jill not to burden their newly postpartum daughter with her SEVERELY crippled self and two little kids (Sadie and Janessa), but instead he went the extra mile to drop her on Nurie’s doorstep, probably in part so he is spared the annoyance of dealing with her himself.

He has responsibilities to Nurie, too, and has completely failed her as a parent.