Jim Bob Duggar

When it comes to marriage and procreation, the members of the Duggar clan don't believe in wasting time.

The fertility cult freaky religious sect they belong to teaches that it's the sacred obligation of every Christian woman to have as many children as physically possible, so that they might one day outnumber the non-believers and rule the world.

From the very beginning of their time in the spotlight, the Duggars have been insistent about the fact that they're not like other reality TV families.

And of course, in many ways, they're right about that.

If you're a fan (or a critic) of the Duggar family, then you're probably aware of Jim Bob Duggar's feud with Derick Dillard.

Folks, this thing has been going on for well over a year, and it doesn't look as though it'll be letting up anytime soon.

If you know anything about the Duggars, you know that they're obsessed with sex.

That may sound like a strange thing to say about a family that's known for its strict courtship rules and its ultra-conservative brand of evangelical Christianity.

As card carrying members of Duggar Nation know, young Justin Duggar announced he is marrying Claire Spivey - and even formally joined her church - on his 18th birthday.

We've known for quite some time about the internal divisions within the Duggar clan.

But now, it seems that the ongoing war is about escalate in dramatic fashion.

Jim Bob Duggar just got put in his place.

By his very own sister.

When the Duggars first arrived on the reality TV scene back in 2008, they attracted the attention of curious viewers for two reasons:

They had a ton of kids, and they were very, very religious.

Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar aren't having a great couple weeks.

First, daughter Jill gave an in-depth interview to People Magazine in which she hurled her parents under the bus, alleging they stole money from her and controlled her life to an abnormal and unhealthy extent.

Anna Duggar could make many, many legitimate complaints about her in-laws.

After all, these are the people who protected Josh Duggar after he molested five young girls, a decision that led to her marrying a child molester.

Jill Duggar has come out swinging against her parents.

As you've very likely read by now, the former reality star decided to go public a few weeks ago with her estragement from various members of her famous family.

It is, officially, all out in the open now.

For many months, the Internet was forced to speculate on where things stood between Jill Duggar and her parents, Jim Bob and Michelle.

Jim Bob Duggar must be feeling a little less powerful these days.

After all, the only reason he had any power to begin with is that his kids never questioned his authority.

We've known for years that Jim Bob Duggar is a high-class hoarder.

For a long time, fans wondered how he could possibly manage to be both a compulsive shopper and a father of 19 at the same time.

There was a time when Jill Duggar was considered the "safest" of all of Jim Bob's children -- the one who was most likely to follow in the patriarch's footsteps and carry on his fundamentalist legacy.

Needless to say, those days are long gone.

Josh Duggar is a bad man.

And we don't mean that he parks in front of fire hydrants or steals his co-workers' lunches out of the break room fridge.

The members of the Duggar family are almost as closely associated with Arkansas as they are with the religious fundamentalism and obsession with breeding that initially made them famous.

They're the state's second most famous family (behind the Waltons of Wal-Mart renown), and Jim Bob ranks among its wealthiest residents.

When the feud between Derick Dillard and Jim Bob Duggar first became public knowledge, it was unclear if Jill would side with her husband or remain loyal to her father.

Now, however, it's abundantly clear that Jill Duggar is 100 percent Team Derick and no longer gives a damn what her dad thinks.

Five years ago, the Josh Duggar sex scandals nearly brought the Duggar family's media empire crashing down.

Astonishingly, the Duggars' reputation survived -- at least among diehard fans -- and it wasn't long before Jim Bob and company returned to the same network that made them famous.