'Pretender' Josh Duggar 'blasphemed God's name', says Ben Seewald's dad

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Last Updated : Sep 01 2015 | 2:22 PM IST

Seems like Josh Duggar's relatives have not forgiven him for being "unfaithful" to his wife, as one of them recently slammed him in a blog post, named 'Grief, Shame, and Taking the Lord's Name in Vain.'

In the blog, Jessa Duggar's father-in-law Michael Seewald wrote that it distressed him to say that the 27-year-old TV personality's greatest sin was a byproduct of the sum total of his secretly sinful lifestyle, adding that by his hypocrisy, Josh "blasphemed the name of God," E! Online reports.

"He claimed to be a Christian, but by his deeds he has suggested otherwise. With the name of God on his lips he lived a covert and extensive lifestyle of evil," he added.

Ben Seewald's father further said that Josh, who was a loud voice endorsing Christian ethics, has been shown to be a fraud, which is the most hurtful thing.

"I am profoundly grieved that he attained such a platform only to bring shame on God's holy name and the Christian faith," Michael added.

Earlier, Josh, who had used a cheating site to engage himself in an affair, had confessed that he had been secretly watching pornography on the internet and later, got addicted to it to the extent of being unfaithful to his wife.

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First Published: Sep 01 2015 | 2:10 PM IST

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