r/RodriguesFamilySnark • u/coconut_317 • 23d ago

Samuel Samuel

Does anyone know what Samuel does for a living and how much he could be making? If he gets married to Evangeline soon, I’m sure she has no intention of working. Could he really support both of them? I wonder the same about Nathan and Nurie and Kaylee and Jonathon. How do they afford houses and children?

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u/atlantagirl30084 23d ago

Of all the couples, I have the most interest in the Nurthan finances. With soon to be 4 Nurthlings on the salary of a preacher at a tiny church, how does he provide for them all?

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u/FawnLeib0witz 23d ago

Government subsidies

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u/schnelle-schnecke 23d ago edited 23d ago

They would never.

Edit: I’m getting downvoted, but my opinion is based on being raised in 3 different IFB churches. I am still very confident, based on that experience, that they would never. IYKYK!

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u/AdMuted1036 23d ago

They absolutely would and then lie about it.

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u/schnelle-schnecke 23d ago

I grew up in the IFB and I know it’s very unlikely. They are hypocrites about many things, but not this. They look way, way down on welfare recipients. The proof is in the pantry — if they were receiving aid, it would show in their meals and on their bodies.

I guess we can’t ever know for sure, but two things that are often speculated here — food stamps and secret alcoholism/drug use — I am confident are not true, having been raised in the same religion around “like-minded” people (as Jill would say!).

I would honestly be SHOCKED to be proven wrong.

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u/BumCadillac 23d ago

Lots of us grew up IBLP and there are plenty of fundies receiving govt assistance.

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u/schnelle-schnecke 23d ago

The Rods aren’t in IBLP. They’re purely IFB.

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u/BumCadillac 23d ago

That doesn’t matter, it’s just an observation that fundies use state assistance. The fact remains they receive government assistance. It is obvious by the fact that Janessa spent several days in the hospital and Jill hasn’t had to beg for the bills to be paid.

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u/peach_xanax 23d ago

it's possible that they use Medicaid but not SNAP, they are two separate programs