These kids have a full day at school, they then go to an extremely boring meeting, and then when they get home they have to get lectured by the parents - just let the kids go to bed. I feel sorry for these kids. Oh, wait, that was my life growing up as a JW. I am now 65 years old and still recuperating from the trauma of growing up a JW.
I remember getting home from the meetings at 10pm at night - all my siblings fast asleep in the car and my parents having to carry them to bed. 2 nights a week, week after week. It was ridiculous. They do not care about children.
"Oh Dad, look, we are in paradise now!" "Yes we are, Sophia" "But...where's Caleb?" "Remember when he did played with his toy car once again during a meeting? Well, he just got killed, hit by a fallen building. Now go play with the animals and other kids who are selected by Jehova to live in his paradise."
@@octosquid48 no big point behind that. Just to stress out Caleb would perish during Armageddon because he didn't pay attention again. Source of inspiration: Watchtower.
i've been a kid among JWs. "knowing" that not paying attention would cost me my life did not make want to pay more attention. it just made me scared of every little thing i did wrong and its possible consequences
I wasn't raised JW I was just raised in the orthodox/Christian church, I had what I now know is OCD and honestly Trauma as a kid/teen and it was so much pressure on my mind to be catching every sin I Do. And I am now exhausted. I never "left God", but I definitely left the church
Yes! Your soul gets sapped real quickly in there. "Use your conscience" made things worse. Even after leaving 4 years ago, I still struggle to motivate myself.
I always pray for a girl that was in my art class...she was JW. If you remember a redheaded boy sitting next to you at an elementary school starting with a 'V' in Texas then just know I remember you. I hope life as an adult is treating you well!
Yes, we always sat next to each other in art class. Not really sure what we talked about but we always shared paint, supplies etc... she was just my little "art buddy".@@fizzy_buzz
For my whole childhood I was in the JW cult. I have ADHD and Autism. The mental pain was crazy like I wouldn't stop talking and fidgeting so I was CONSTANTLY getting in trouble.
@@cheezbiscuit4140 I’m currently being forced to be a part of this horrible place so I have insider knowledge. Also maybe be more informed before saying something. the JW don’t believe in hell. What happens to people if they don’t get selected for paradise is that they simply perish forever. Spooky I know.
My little brother was regularly spanked in the kingdom hall foyer for playing up at the meetings. By an ELDER. Mum thought this would do him good since our father was not a witness 😱
My mom is a witness and myself I am not one and im really agaisnt it but ive been to meetings. im so so shocked hearing this?!? where did you go to that elder are spanking the children I cannot believe this. most of the elders ive seen are like good people and ive never see them touch a child in that way. i am so sorry to your little brother that must have been awful and embrassing that elder is being sent down to hell for that.
You don't go to hell for a single sin. You are technically correct though. Everyone including you and I deserve to go to hell, but we are redeemed by Christ. Spanking someone else's child in public is still bad though. @@Traincrashs
@@Traincrashsmany many many halls. I grew up a JW and I got spanked, my friends got spanked and some elders did when given permission to. Child abuse, sexual abuse, is very common. Most my friends were molested by members.
I remember my dad yelling at me for falling asleep at the meeting, so he made me stand up at the back where you get the watchtowers bibles, etc. But then he realized that I was tired and he stopped doing that. I'm glad he wasn't mean like some of the other children's parents were..
Lesson learned. God killed Noah for bringing turtles into his magic box, and as punishment for this sin he gave the turtles plasma rifles and energy swords to kill us with. I think.
The fact that they _know_ how a child will naturally act and they still want to make them feel bad about that is horrific. They know that a child will get bored in such a meeting, and yet they'll take that and twist it as if that's the child's fault. For wanting to play and/or rest after a tiring day at school. Gaslighting and abuse, all shown in a cute cartoonish way. Side note, as a musician I am appalled that those shorts actually have a soundtrack that fits what's happening on screen. Like, they have composers and sound engineers that are good enough to do such a job - create a fitting soundtrack that's not horrible MIDI straight from MuseScore - and they do it for indoctrinating children videos. Those videos are an abomination whatever way you view them from.
I knew a JW kid at college. They got kicked out at 18 because they didn't want to be a JW anymore. They were one of my closest friends and told me being kicked out was one of thr best things to happen to them. I feel awful hearing about what JW kids have to go through.*
I remember back in 1958 being taken out of the so called kingdom hall aged 8 for fidgeting on hard seats, having been sitting there for a long time, only to be slapped on the back of my legs, by my mother, what a vile cult this is, and glad I got out, to find freedom.
The concept of hell made me a very anxious self-hating child that grew into an anxious self-hating adult. Something about telling someone they’re doomed, fundamentally wrong and evil, deserving of eternal pain and torture, and only redeemable if a non-communicative and fickle deity arbitrarily deems me worthy. Thank you for your work, Panda!
I thought Jehovah's witnesses don't believe in hell. However they believe that the sinful who aren't apart of the Jehovah witnesses will not be resurrected in paradise.
Oddly enough, the JW cult arbitrarily decided that the countless references to Hell as a lake of fire and place of eternal torment are all entirely figurative, and that "Hell" just means "the common grave of mankind" where everyone goes when they die, and only JWs can avoid it, specifically by being a JW when Armageddon comes. Everyone else dies during Armageddon, slaughtered by angels, including Governing Body members (the heads of the cult) and all other "Anointed", who are part of the 144,000 who get to go to heaven and become angels in the armies (choirs) of Jehovah. Why they couldn't ALSO decide that the equally or even more absurd bits found in Genesis weren't metaphorical too is beyond me.
As a Christian the Bible tells us that Jesus forgives all sins if you accept him into your life and personally that’s just a really nice and uplifting message instead of “you said frick have fun in eternal punishment”
Not sticking up for them but Witnesses don't believe in hell as a burning pit of fire and torture for eternity, that's a catholic thing. Bible states clearly from dust you are to dust you shall return.
As a kid I truly hated going to mass. I would be dying of boredom, this hour felt like eternity. To this day I avoid going to church or religious celebrations of any sort because I’m still bored to trears there.
I have autism and adhd, and twice my dad and stepmom made me go to church on my visits with them. it was terrible for me bc I had to sit there for idek how long and the parts were I had to stand for minutes straight were torture to my legs (it was Lutheran tho, not JW)
Dear ExJW Panda, november 20th is the Day of Childrens Rights. As a teacher I would love to see a video about how Watchtower is violating lots of these rights! Save the children/minors...
When my sister and I visited our (Christians) grandparents for the holidays, they'd take us to church because we were too young to be left alone at home, but they understood we were also too young to understand anything there, so they'd tell us to practice our reading with the little prayers booklets while we were there. Sometimes they'd also let us nap on the benches :) I'm really thankful i grew up with understanding religious grandparents
"is he adopted? Or is he supposed to be ham. The son who is later cursed by Noah and becomes the ancestor of all black people" WHAT?! How was that skimmed over but not the 3 turtles?! I grew up in a french Cristian background and I literally never heard of this! That's absolutely bonkers to me ngl! Also amazing video! I'm looking forward for more!
still a better idea then the mormans cain idea. This is because people that would kill cain would get a punishment 10x worse, and most slaver owners that killed did not get a punishment @@AmoebaInk
@@AmoebaInk In the Bible Lore, God told Noah to pick two (2) of each animal species for the boat. The cartoon shows that Noah rescued three (3) turtles, an animal that the Bible supposedly considered impure. Basically, the comment is saying that the cartoon left in the racist and untrue story about slavery, but skipped over the turtle part, I guess.
@fizzy_buzz Ironically the turtles show up during the scene where Noah "didn't listen" and built the Ark wrong so it was probably a self aware joke. Still hilarious though
@kollekciorozsdas6110 JW is more cult like, though. Christianity is more lenient with stuff. I used to fall asleep during church often when I was younger, and it even had a crafts thing so that the kids wouldn't get bored during the gospel.
I still don't think it's a cult. I left sometime ago, actually. There is differences ebtween actual religions like Christianity and being muslim and other religions, and cults.;-;
They are so self-aware at times... like the kids speak for normal people. They are so bored at the meeting that the thing they learned was nothing to do with the meeting and just about yet more rules.
ExJW Panda Tower, I was raised Catholic and we weren’t allowed to have toys in church, but intimidation tactics weren’t used. I’ve had them approach me and I have three responses: 1. I disagree with organized religion; 2. I’m Catholic; and 3. All of the Saints, Mary, Jesus, God, and I are in good shape.
We had children’s missals with beautiful illustrations, and stacks of Saint and devotional cards. When very young, our parents didn’t mind if we played with them, so long as we kept quiet and knelt for the consecration.
Their little faces are so cute! Awww! When they were scared, I understand that These kids had a full day at school And they were probably tired after that!
That has always been the creationist means of explaining human biodiversity. Shem is where we get the term "Semites", like the Jews and Arabs, so he is supposed to be their progenitor. Japheth is supposed to be the progenitor of the whites. And Ham is supposed to be progenitor of black people. The Medieval people that came up with these specifications (these details aren't in the Bible) didn't really know how many racial groups there are and just tried making it work with the three sons of Noah. I suppose Indians could also be called "Hamitic", I'm not sure. Mongoloid people groups don't really seem accounted for in this scheme, nor are Australasians. We still use the term "Hamitic" for the group of languages that contains the Berber and Egyptian languages as well, which are grouped with the Semitic languages to form one of mankind's primary language families, the Hamo-Semitic languages.
Not JW but had a similar experience minus the meetings after school. I remembered falling asleep to every... single... sermon... and i would remember my dad jabbing me awake. Then basically mocking me for not knowing what was said. Another thing my dad made me do was read the bible in a year while i went to and from school. I didn't leave the faith but i left the church for a bit.
I remember in fifth grade we had a classmate whose family were Jehovah witnesses We would sing happy birthday to everyone at our school but her, she never talked to anyone and whenever I approached her to talk she was very distant (I never gave it importance because in fifth grade everyone at my class hated me By the end of the year she was gone and we never heard of her again
I grew up as an Evangelist Christian. My congregation HATED JWs; whenever the topic was brought up, it was always argued that "they're not actually Christian", "they force you to give up all your property to the church", "they abuse children", "their interpretation of the bible is garbage", "it's wrong how they try to convert people to their culty religion" etc.... Watching these videos is helping me realize that my Evangelist congregation growing up was EXACTLY like the JWs. All the messages in their propaganda are the same. All the abuse is the same. They're just saying "Jehovah" instead of "God". The interpretation of The Word might have some major differences, but the trauma it leaves behind is all too similar, and I think this is important to recognize.
Don't forget to help other in need and not judge people. I have no problems with faith, because you re truly doing God's work by helping others. No just preaching.
And yet, that sadness is what fuels me to fear God's people, and to fear Hell, i adore God out of fear of him, i fear God, i fear heaven, i fear hell and christians, all because i know EVERYTHING can kill you, christians can kill you because "you are possessed by satan", fear of hell because Hell will delete your soul, because hell isnt torture but instead destruction of the soul, fear of heaven because eternal pleasure terrifies me, fear of God because he gave me life and can take it away at any second... It just... Terrifies me, how can you live like this?
Poor little souls; all different denominations I have recently been to, have friendly bible-based, 'messy playtimes' for children. JW's are not allowed to have a higher education themselves or research children's needs other than from the GB, so remain ignorant of what children need to develop normally. Pray for them constantly. 🙏
@@EvaEsteradid you know according to the original bible, hell isnt eternal torture, and instead, every person you love that sins, in hell will have their souls deleted, they will stop existing, they wont exist anymore, that person you loved but said something bad about God? Gone, forever, not even in hell they will exist, nowhere, is a god that kills his own children your idea of a loving God? Why wouldn't i say this without fear, it IS rude to talk about someone who is always watching and hearing, and yet, i still wonder what will happen to those people, and also, did you know lying, and talking God's real name is a VIP ticket straight to hell, even as a Kid? I am 13, and i already got 3... I wonder if there is something beyond the soul's death, maybe an after-afterlife? Haha... It can never be possible, not with God in this world.
i am a christain and have familythat are wittness (not one myself) and honestly, they are pretty chill, thank god. im happy they arnt trying to convert me every 5 seconds. my grandma still visits and talks to my mom even after my mom left the cult, and youre not supposed to do that. i got luckey. if the ones you know arnt like that, which they probably arnt, im so sorry for you guys
i have a question, how can you live knowing at any moment, you could have made a error that makes God put you in hell to obliterate your soul? (because hell isnt torture but instead perma death)
@@lourdespachla6516 good question, i have no fear, because it is stated that hell is not permenent death, that is where non belivers stay untill judgement day, where they are judged on their actions and decided if they live or die. Even then, i doubt ill be old enough to die before then end of the world comes and i might get left behind, but who knows, only god does
ok, yes i am mistaken and am wrong, apologies, but still, from what ive now seen, no one will go to hell untill judgement day. as for what you ask, the idea is scary, but i feel that god will let me know if im on the wrong path@@lourdespachla6516
@@lourdespachla6516it could have been a misinterpretation, remember that these languages aren’t the original. Plus, I don’t believe in a god that would punish people in such a way even if they had no choice in anything.
@@MelodyFrazier-z1g I meant that time where you would be walking around the hall after the meeting talking. But it was even louder people were all talking and you could here it over them talking.
Oh it went on during the meeting! I was yelling while being dragged to the bathroom like the dog in the old cartoon yelling "you can't do this to me!" Ah such fond memories ! Actually sometimes I'd just get smacked right there if I remember correctly. I also told a kid in first grade that she would be destroyed.
I am 40 years old and have always been in church. I have never been taught that the story of Noah's Ark was one of fear of death. I like your videos and watch them because I am trying to understand my JW aunt.
Really like the video and will be checking out the rest as soon as I can. I’m glad you make these. I can’t stand what cults like this do to kids. It’s bad enough to indoctrinate and exploit consenting adults but leave the kids alone ffs All that being said, your sense of humor with these is great, I laughed out loud a couple times. I like the brief flash of the animal’s horrified expression at 0:54
Christian here… yeah this is what’s wrong with the modern church. To start off JW isn’t actually Christianity, it has many different things about it’s beliefs that differ in a fundamentally major way from Christianity. And the entire manipulative way that this show goes about doesn’t do anything for kids except make them hate God because of the way their misguided parents showed him. It’s honestly terrible, and many Christian churches do the same thing unfortunately. The way for people to know Christ is to share about him, and act as he does to draw people in ON THEIR OWN accord and not manipulate them into “believing” simply because of a incoming damn nation to hell. While that definitely is a true part of where we go after we die (going to hell if they don’t believe) that is not something to use as a weapon to convince them to come to Jesus. It is both fake for them because they come only out of fear, and is manipulative from Christians and is unChristlike. Fr though these videos are a great example of how a lot of modern churches will just take the easy (and harmful) route of threatening their kids with the idea eternal suffering instead of investing in them as Christ would.
In real life, I can guarantee JW parents wouldn’t have been so nice and patient about their kids being distracted at the meeting. The kids would have been punished, severely. The punishment always outweighs the crime when it comes to these crazy people.
I was forced into the religion at 11 years old now as a 13 year-old I know how culty they are a I have ADD an was punished by having my sketchbook taken or my only escape from the cult
The mom’s eye color changes every episode 😂 like bro sometimes it’s brown but sometimes both of the parents have blue eyes so its like how does Caleb have brown eyes 😂 Caleb must not be their son because if two parents have blue eyes the child will always have blue eyes unless the child has a genetic mutation 😂
as someone with panic disorder who was raised agnostic except for my childhood b4 the divorce, when we were catholic bc my mom was a devout irish catholic and had delusions and hallucinations about Catholicism, and am now taking anxiety medicine and looking for therapy for my panic attack inducing fear that ill be in pain for eternity because i havent done things right or said things right or promised my eternal soul to someone....im so thankful for video creators like you, and im in awe of your ability to break out of an even scarier religion that tells you scarier things.
I'm not religious or anything even though I was raised in a Jewish home, but as far as the Noah story it's pretty interesting to consider the fact that the story is shared through pretty much every religion has their own version of the great flood story. It's not really proof it happened, but the fact that so many have their own story about it makes it seems a little bit more than a coincidence. That being said you're definitely right about not using the story to scare kids into submission.
Every big civilization started from near water. Floods were the most common natural disasters tha could have happened to them. Every one of them surely met at least one flood and if they survived they made stories about them and then they turned religous myths. Nothing hard to understand
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 yeah, but each one about a flood that destroyed the world and someone being given instructions from a higher power to bring 2 of each animals to save their lives. Again I'm not trying to argue whether or not it's true, but I'm just trying to point out that it's interesting how so many different religious cultures have a similar story in regards to a "great flood" happening and someone building an ark that they then fill with animals. Obviously it's beyond unlikely the story is true as there's no way someone could create a giant ark and gather up 2 animals of each kind of like that only to then somehow ensure they all breed and reestablish a healthy population of their species, but that doesn't make it any less interesting how multiple cultures share this story. It's kind of like how multiple cultures around the worlds that have never had any contact somehow end up developing their own versions of similar myths. Such as a flying lizard that can breathe fire, or in other words, dragons essentially. It's just one of those interesting mysteries of the world that is very difficult to find a definitive answer to why things are that way even with the advanced understanding that exist in present day. That being said I'm not trying to argue for faith or anything as I value science over religion, but the point I'm making is there's still so much that society really doesn't have answers for so it's best to be open to the possibilities when there's not enough evidence to say one way or the other.
@@damegataco the first part itself is just a kié. Most flood stories are not similar and the only thing that isnsimilarnisnthe flood itself. They dont have a story about given instructions and having 2 animal from every species.
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 Not necessarily true... They generally have the theme of being a divine act of punishment to cleanse the earth where multiple stories from unrelated cultures include saving a group of animals along with people. It may not be specific instructions from a higher power to save 2 of each animals in an ark built in a specific manner, but there are similarities between them all. Again it's perfectly fine to assume that's just how people would observe floods in those days, but at the same time it's not something that can be stated as fact backed by evidence. To say the least I'm not an expert on the subject nor am I going to take an extreme amount of effort to try to research all the different stories to point out the exact connections. I'm just trying to point out there are connections, and while it's not evidence of the great flood existing, it's something that is intriguing as there is not enough evidence to explain it beyond making assumptions that may or may not be correct. Anyways at this point it seems we're just going to be going around in circles so there's not much to say than what's already been said.
Jehovah witness is such a mockery to Jesus, Jesus died for our sins it’s not about working to get to heaven For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life
In elementary school, I only had one friend named Harvey, and he was JW. He had pretty strong anger issues, and we were in the same boat when it came to being in trouble. Looking back, I feel bad. Though he never tried to convert me.
I knew it because when I come home from work I pass by the Kingdom Hall. There are certain nights of the week that I see a lot of cars in the parking lot.
i saw a kid playing on a phone during a funeral the other day. at first, i was a bit disgusted. now i’m not religious by any means but i found it disrespectful to do that at a time where we’re supposed to honor the dead. now i’ve had time to think about it, he’s a KID. he probably doesn’t even know what’s going on, so just let him play. and in this case, there’s all the more reason to be playing. after a long day of school, homework, extra activities if they have any, and indoctrination GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO BE KIDS BRO. also they weren’t disturbing anybody, and neither was the kid at the funeral, so i don’t see a problem with either case.
I don’t expect to be seen or anything but I’d like to share something- my uncle was JW and recently passed away, me and my family went even though we weren’t JW, in fact most of the people there weren’t JW….. and the “preacher”, instead of actually talking about my dead relative we came there to remember, was preaching his religion and trying to get the people there to convert. He disrespected my dead uncle at his funeral and I feel it needs to be shared-
I would end up falling asleep at the meetings and the 3 days meetings often make me nap.Maybe it's because it's a long ride from East St.Louis to St.Louis somewhere and waking up at 6a.in the morning doesn't really help any.And I'm an adult.!!
The longest recorded rainfall was 881 consecutive days, ... 40 days and 40 nights huh? The world won't be covered completely in water if the ice caps melt. Where did all the excess water go to after Noa's flood?
I'm not 100% clear on the stats here, I'm just shooting from the hip. But firstly, for clarification, while the rainfall was important during the Flood story, it wasn't the only source of flooding. The Bible also mentions "the fountains of the deep", as if the earth itself was opening and gushing out. I'm not clear on this number if it were converted into feet over the earth's surface, but bout 30% of the Earth's current freshwater supply, an estimated almost 3 million trillion gallons, is currently in the form of groundwater. Again, I don't know how this would affect the stats if you spread that water across earth's surface, but it's worth mentioning that rain wasn't the exclusive cause of the flood. I also don't know how exactly how the topography of the earth would have changed from the Flood even until now, or if it would even affect the outcome, but it's pretty widely believed by people who believe in the worldwide Flood event that the earth would have looked drastically different, particularly with an absence of mountains and canyon, as those are believed (by proponents of the Flood) to have been formed during the catastrophic event itself. The Bible also mentions the water covering the earth by 15 cubits, which would be roughly 22 feet, but it's unclear whether this is 22 feet as a rough average (assuming things like mountains and canyons are present) or 22 feet above the highest point of the earth at the time. (While not the same thing, since the entire planet is not at sea level, I found it interesting that NASA reports that, if the polar ice caps all melted, the sea level would rise by about 23 feet.)
Two 4-hour meetings a windowless dark building in the week? Kids are meant to fidget, to walk around. How can a kid be expected to sit on a cold hard bench listening to uninteresting things, no breaks, no snacks, no toys for HOURS on end? They're children. Then go home and be told any little thing they will do will send to a place of eternal suffering and darkness including talking to non-religious friends, playing with toys in church, laughing- being kids.
Funny story, I work at a car wash, and I was at the kiosk one day (one of my jobs is selling fast passes to people so they could pay monthly instead of having to buy a single wash every time). One of the customers who pulled up happened to be a Jehovah's Witness, and he gave me a card with a phone number on it. My head was filling up with certain choice words, but I decided not to say any of them and politely declined his offer. I was working, after all.
I've got this new business idea, it helps people get paid for their creative art, so they can find financial freedom and make a living doing something they love. It's great that you love have a go at people's religions, really great, I love my boy JC and im sure he love ti see youre using his platform gir
THANK YOU FOR THE PLAYLIST!! not an exJW, but an ex christian and you've genuinely helped so much in my journey to debunking everything, thanks so much man
I remember my siblings were talking,and sleeping during the meeting and my mom got mad so she brought us home and said was soo mad she didn't let them eat dinner for the night
my grandma was/is jw and tried to indoctrinate me but my mum who grew up with her wasnt having a bar of it and ripped her a new one when she tried to take me to church athiest now, feel really bad for the kids forced into this. its horrible. id go as far as calling it a cult
Do most Christians actually believe the flood story was a real historical event? My mother is Christian and she always presented the story to us as like a fairytale. I know there are very religious people (the kind who think science is evil) who believe it really happened but I thought that was a rare belief.
JW is really bad, but tbh some are a lot more harmful like the extremist sexism in Islam combined with some followers being militants. Also the caste system in hindu that forces some people to be extremely impoverished and discriminated against for their whole lives.
as a non-cult membe- I MEAN JEHOVAH WITNESS with a JW friend, I kinda want him to gtfo of there but I DO respect his choices even though..well, homophobia, a little sprinkle of racism sometimes, and not letting kids do kid shit its depressing as hell
@@Veryfruityloopywhen they grow up they could just believe whatever they think is right by the time they grow up they should have a better understanding of religion
fr.. i grew up in a christian household. My whole childhood, i was taught that christianity is "the only correct religion" and that "everyone else's religion is not real and they've been brainwashed." it really messed with my brain because i was taught to be hateful to people who weren't christian and forced what i thought i believed onto others. unless a child asks to be taken to church or taught about any religion, parents should let kids be kids and not let them worry about what may happen after death or what religion is the "correct" religion, because who knows all of them could be real or correct and it just depends what you believe in :3
I love how, regardless of the name of the cult it is all the same childhood perfect 😒😒😒 I never even heard of JW until I was 20+, but this show is practically my childhood.
Jew here NOAH'S ARK IS NOT ABOUT FEARING GD! IT'S ABOUT THE COVENANT AND GD'S PROMISE TO LOVE HUMANITY AND SHIT!!!! AND IT'S ALLEGORICAL!!! IT'S A PARABLE!
To all the jw in the chat its not jahova its YHWH because in the 1500 a CATHOLIC monk was translating the book of exodus 3:14 where god revealed to Moses that he is the great i am or YHWH so when to catholic monk got there he accidentally translated the scripture wrong which became jahova
Man, even Catholics let their kids get toys. I was raised Catholic, and even when I was a little bored, I still had stuff to do while still learning. That is how children should go to church.
These kids have a full day at school, they then go to an extremely boring meeting, and then when they get home they have to get lectured by the parents - just let the kids go to bed. I feel sorry for these kids. Oh, wait, that was my life growing up as a JW. I am now 65 years old and still recuperating from the trauma of growing up a JW.
I remember getting home from the meetings at 10pm at night - all my siblings fast asleep in the car and my parents having to carry them to bed. 2 nights a week, week after week. It was ridiculous. They do not care about children.
This is all to break kids down mentally. If they’re too exhausted to protest they’re easier to control.
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I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I’m happy you’re still alive.
I am so sorry for you. My heart really breaks for you or anyone that has gone through this ❤
"Oh Dad, look, we are in paradise now!"
"Yes we are, Sophia"
"But...where's Caleb?"
"Remember when he did played with his toy car once again during a meeting? Well, he just got killed, hit by a fallen building. Now go play with the animals and other kids who are selected by Jehova to live in his paradise."
Ok that's just dark
@@octosquid48 well, a bit less sugarcoating the message and this is what could happen according to the Watchtower 🤷♀️
@@Tabascofanatikerin you have a point but why a fallen building?
@@octosquid48 no big point behind that. Just to stress out Caleb would perish during Armageddon because he didn't pay attention again. Source of inspiration: Watchtower.
But Sophia fell asleep during the meeting.
i've been a kid among JWs. "knowing" that not paying attention would cost me my life did not make want to pay more attention. it just made me scared of every little thing i did wrong and its possible consequences
I wasn't raised JW I was just raised in the orthodox/Christian church, I had what I now know is OCD and honestly Trauma as a kid/teen and it was so much pressure on my mind to be catching every sin I Do. And I am now exhausted. I never "left God", but I definitely left the church
Yes! Your soul gets sapped real quickly in there. "Use your conscience" made things worse. Even after leaving 4 years ago, I still struggle to motivate myself.
@@williamcompitello2302 yeah fr. I never "left God", but I definitely left the church
this one hit hard :(
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I always pray for a girl that was in my art class...she was JW. If you remember a redheaded boy sitting next to you at an elementary school starting with a 'V' in Texas then just know I remember you. I hope life as an adult is treating you well!
Aww, that's so sweet. Did she ever talk to you?
You have a good heart.
Yes, we always sat next to each other in art class. Not really sure what we talked about but we always shared paint, supplies etc... she was just my little "art buddy".@@fizzy_buzz
very kind of you to say, seems you have a good heart as well.@@moonsigil
I respect you
As someone with ADHD, the whole being told you’ll go to hell for not concentrating hard enough sure hits hard.
I do wonder how JW treat their kids with autism or ADHD, probably not well...
For my whole childhood I was in the JW cult. I have ADHD and Autism. The mental pain was crazy like I wouldn't stop talking and fidgeting so I was CONSTANTLY getting in trouble.
@Prom_Gang_MD that sounds horrible
Thank god I was never in that cult, as an autistic person that would be HELL.
@@NoodleIDK13that sounds like torture. I have autism too and couldn’t do that. I have a learning problem too along with other issues.
I’m sorry you guys have had bad experiences but I also have adhd and I’m sure god understands even if your parents didn’t
I turned this into an non-alcoholic drinking game (I’m underage) and so every time they say jehovah i take a sip of dr pepper
Do you pour your Dr. Pepper into a shot glass when you play this game?
Ok your on but I'm using beer lol
diabetes speedrun
Naw i'm using pepsi lmfao-
How to become obese:
JW: YOUR CENSORING US!!!
Most people: Good.
In Norway they removed there tax subsidies.
@@homelessoreo5118(idk how common it is) norway W
@@homelessoreo5118if only the united States follow it
Not good
No it good
As a normal kid, this sounds like a dark South Park episode trying to spread awareness of child mistreatment.
Caleb would say "aw hamburgers" as he goes to hell for making eye contact with people outside the cult
In one of the south park movies dosent Cartman grow up to be a jehovas witness
@@Eshdave orthodox jewish rabbi with a daughter named minorah and a wife with kyle's mom's voice
Thanks I forgot
@@cheezbiscuit4140 I’m currently being forced to be a part of this horrible place so I have insider knowledge. Also maybe be more informed before saying something.
the JW don’t believe in hell. What happens to people if they don’t get selected for paradise is that they simply perish forever. Spooky I know.
My little brother was regularly spanked in the kingdom hall foyer for playing up at the meetings. By an ELDER. Mum thought this would do him good since our father was not a witness 😱
With whats come out about some jehovahs witness elders, he probably got off spanking the kid.
Sick bastards.
I'd be willing to bet the "Elder" enjoyed spanking your brother, too. Got a real thrill out of it.
My mom is a witness and myself I am not one and im really agaisnt it but ive been to meetings. im so so shocked hearing this?!? where did you go to that elder are spanking the children I cannot believe this. most of the elders ive seen are like good people and ive never see them touch a child in that way. i am so sorry to your little brother that must have been awful and embrassing that elder is being sent down to hell for that.
You don't go to hell for a single sin. You are technically correct though. Everyone including you and I deserve to go to hell, but we are redeemed by Christ. Spanking someone else's child in public is still bad though. @@Traincrashs
@@Traincrashsmany many many halls. I grew up a JW and I got spanked, my friends got spanked and some elders did when given permission to. Child abuse, sexual abuse, is very common. Most my friends were molested by members.
I remember my dad yelling at me for falling asleep at the meeting, so he made me stand up at the back where you get the watchtowers bibles, etc. But then he realized that I was tired and he stopped doing that. I'm glad he wasn't mean like some of the other children's parents were..
Or condescending/guit trippy.
Man your dad was a w parent when he realized
@@Gamblingisfun69 I know right, I wish more parents were reasonable instead of being unreasonable jackasses.
@@Neku628still was in a cult
He did put you in a cult so id say that akin to child abuse
3:19 As a child, I can confirm that we sound like kermit if he was stabbed in his vocal chords
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LMAO
Lesson learned. God killed Noah for bringing turtles into his magic box, and as punishment for this sin he gave the turtles plasma rifles and energy swords to kill us with. I think.
True
Sounds about right
"Wort wort wort?"
¿¿¿What???
As a Christian that sounds about right lol
The fact that they _know_ how a child will naturally act and they still want to make them feel bad about that is horrific. They know that a child will get bored in such a meeting, and yet they'll take that and twist it as if that's the child's fault. For wanting to play and/or rest after a tiring day at school. Gaslighting and abuse, all shown in a cute cartoonish way.
Side note, as a musician I am appalled that those shorts actually have a soundtrack that fits what's happening on screen. Like, they have composers and sound engineers that are good enough to do such a job - create a fitting soundtrack that's not horrible MIDI straight from MuseScore - and they do it for indoctrinating children videos. Those videos are an abomination whatever way you view them from.
Noah was a full grown man...not a young kid.
Indeed, he was
2nd the ark was not a box it was a triple decked ship lol
3rd: they didn't have game consoles then
4th no structure made of wood will atomatically fall because of a single drop of water
5th its a cartoon which exaggerates stuff (I'm not supporting the cult but come on)
In my head cannon, Caleb and Sophia grow up and become apostates
Ah, the good ending!
sophia turns into a physics scientist and has a girlfriend and caleb enters a rock band
i swear someone on youtube should animate an episode like that
@@gimmekromer1151 And both of them play DnD.
Jehovah's witness cartoon community exists and has headcanons 🥲
I knew a JW kid at college. They got kicked out at 18 because they didn't want to be a JW anymore. They were one of my closest friends and told me being kicked out was one of thr best things to happen to them. I feel awful hearing about what JW kids have to go through.*
I remember back in 1958 being taken out of the so called kingdom hall aged 8 for fidgeting on hard seats, having been sitting there for a long time, only to be slapped on the back of my legs, by my mother, what a vile cult this is, and glad I got out, to find freedom.
:(..
I can't imagine getting punished for fidgeting. I have autism, and it makes it extremely difficult to stay still for very long.
It's rough ngl, I use to move a lot as a toddler (like every toddler) and my mom would always take me into the back to whoop me, smh.
The concept of hell made me a very anxious self-hating child that grew into an anxious self-hating adult. Something about telling someone they’re doomed, fundamentally wrong and evil, deserving of eternal pain and torture, and only redeemable if a non-communicative and fickle deity arbitrarily deems me worthy. Thank you for your work, Panda!
I thought Jehovah's witnesses don't believe in hell. However they believe that the sinful who aren't apart of the Jehovah witnesses will not be resurrected in paradise.
Oddly enough, the JW cult arbitrarily decided that the countless references to Hell as a lake of fire and place of eternal torment are all entirely figurative, and that "Hell" just means "the common grave of mankind" where everyone goes when they die, and only JWs can avoid it, specifically by being a JW when Armageddon comes. Everyone else dies during Armageddon, slaughtered by angels, including Governing Body members (the heads of the cult) and all other "Anointed", who are part of the 144,000 who get to go to heaven and become angels in the armies (choirs) of Jehovah. Why they couldn't ALSO decide that the equally or even more absurd bits found in Genesis weren't metaphorical too is beyond me.
As a Christian the Bible tells us that Jesus forgives all sins if you accept him into your life and personally that’s just a really nice and uplifting message instead of “you said frick have fun in eternal punishment”
@Simon_the_Penguin 😒 that may have been the message you got as a child, but not me. Take hell out of the Bible and then we’ll talk.
Not sticking up for them but Witnesses don't believe in hell as a burning pit of fire and torture for eternity, that's a catholic thing. Bible states clearly from dust you are to dust you shall return.
When I was a kid going to mass, I would bring plastic dinosaur toys because I had a short attention span.
As a kid I truly hated going to mass. I would be dying of boredom, this hour felt like eternity. To this day I avoid going to church or religious celebrations of any sort because I’m still bored to trears there.
I have autism and adhd, and twice my dad and stepmom made me go to church on my visits with them. it was terrible for me bc I had to sit there for idek how long and the parts were I had to stand for minutes straight were torture to my legs (it was Lutheran tho, not JW)
@@italian_weirdoI feel you, that exactly how it felt my whole childhood.
High Mass was the worst when the priest sang the whole thing supplemented by the choir! 😅
Dear ExJW Panda, november 20th is the Day of Childrens Rights. As a teacher I would love to see a video about how Watchtower is violating lots of these rights!
Save the children/minors...
Well Said.
YEAH!
holy crap my birthday
Wait my rights were violated. It's worse than I thought-
Five days away from my birthday, what a day
When my sister and I visited our (Christians) grandparents for the holidays, they'd take us to church because we were too young to be left alone at home, but they understood we were also too young to understand anything there, so they'd tell us to practice our reading with the little prayers booklets while we were there. Sometimes they'd also let us nap on the benches :)
I'm really thankful i grew up with understanding religious grandparents
And by sheer magic and after 10 years Caleb and Sophia have only aged a few days.
They are the Bart and Lisa of JW's
"is he adopted? Or is he supposed to be ham. The son who is later cursed by Noah and becomes the ancestor of all black people" WHAT?! How was that skimmed over but not the 3 turtles?! I grew up in a french Cristian background and I literally never heard of this! That's absolutely bonkers to me ngl! Also amazing video! I'm looking forward for more!
@@AmoebaInk Very true! It was something that was spun around to justify slavery :/
still a better idea then the mormans cain idea. This is because people that would kill cain would get a punishment 10x worse, and most slaver owners that killed did not get a punishment @@AmoebaInk
@@AmoebaInk In the Bible Lore, God told Noah to pick two (2) of each animal species for the boat. The cartoon shows that Noah rescued three (3) turtles, an animal that the Bible supposedly considered impure. Basically, the comment is saying that the cartoon left in the racist and untrue story about slavery, but skipped over the turtle part, I guess.
@fizzy_buzz Ironically the turtles show up during the scene where Noah "didn't listen" and built the Ark wrong so it was probably a self aware joke. Still hilarious though
It is truly insane that literal children have to go through this it’s just horrible
just wanted to say 👏🏻CHRISTIANITY👏🏻 IS 👏🏻 NOT 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 SAME 👏🏻 AS 👏🏻 JWS!!👏🏻
edit: dang this blew up
Its just a denomination of chistianity bud
@kollekciorozsdas6110 JW is more cult like, though. Christianity is more lenient with stuff. I used to fall asleep during church often when I was younger, and it even had a crafts thing so that the kids wouldn't get bored during the gospel.
@@ChaoticallyChaos thats good. Just because its a less strict cult its Still a cult
Same bullshit though
I still don't think it's a cult. I left sometime ago, actually. There is differences ebtween actual religions like Christianity and being muslim and other religions, and cults.;-;
They are so self-aware at times... like the kids speak for normal people. They are so bored at the meeting that the thing they learned was nothing to do with the meeting and just about yet more rules.
ExJW Panda Tower, I was raised Catholic and we weren’t allowed to have toys in church, but intimidation tactics weren’t used. I’ve had them approach me and I have three responses: 1. I disagree with organized religion; 2. I’m Catholic; and 3. All of the Saints, Mary, Jesus, God, and I are in good shape.
We had children’s missals with beautiful illustrations, and stacks of Saint and devotional cards. When very young, our parents didn’t mind if we played with them, so long as we kept quiet and knelt for the consecration.
1:53 look how scared those kids look, and their parents are worried about THEM
Their little faces are so cute! Awww! When they were scared, I understand that
These kids had a full day at school
And they were probably tired after that!
@@cheneethompson5756 even their propaganda cartoons make them look bad
I feel so bad for these kids, they probably don’t even want to be a part of this, but they are forced to because their parents are part of it.
Both me and my sibling would play with each other during the meetings and our dad would always make us regret it 🫶 living in terror is so fun..
"How to indoctrinate strangers into your CULT more effectively" Maybe I shouldnt laugh, but thats funny.
That’s super weird the way they made one of Noah’s sons look completely different to all other family members.
That has always been the creationist means of explaining human biodiversity. Shem is where we get the term "Semites", like the Jews and Arabs, so he is supposed to be their progenitor. Japheth is supposed to be the progenitor of the whites. And Ham is supposed to be progenitor of black people. The Medieval people that came up with these specifications (these details aren't in the Bible) didn't really know how many racial groups there are and just tried making it work with the three sons of Noah. I suppose Indians could also be called "Hamitic", I'm not sure. Mongoloid people groups don't really seem accounted for in this scheme, nor are Australasians. We still use the term "Hamitic" for the group of languages that contains the Berber and Egyptian languages as well, which are grouped with the Semitic languages to form one of mankind's primary language families, the Hamo-Semitic languages.
Poor kids. None of my kids embraced cult life
Not JW but had a similar experience minus the meetings after school.
I remembered falling asleep to every... single... sermon... and i would remember my dad jabbing me awake. Then basically mocking me for not knowing what was said.
Another thing my dad made me do was read the bible in a year while i went to and from school.
I didn't leave the faith but i left the church for a bit.
I remember in fifth grade we had a classmate whose family were Jehovah witnesses
We would sing happy birthday to everyone at our school but her, she never talked to anyone and whenever I approached her to talk she was very distant (I never gave it importance because in fifth grade everyone at my class hated me
By the end of the year she was gone and we never heard of her again
God probably smited her and restarted her life in a new family.
I grew up as an Evangelist Christian. My congregation HATED JWs; whenever the topic was brought up, it was always argued that "they're not actually Christian", "they force you to give up all your property to the church", "they abuse children", "their interpretation of the bible is garbage", "it's wrong how they try to convert people to their culty religion" etc....
Watching these videos is helping me realize that my Evangelist congregation growing up was EXACTLY like the JWs. All the messages in their propaganda are the same. All the abuse is the same. They're just saying "Jehovah" instead of "God".
The interpretation of The Word might have some major differences, but the trauma it leaves behind is all too similar, and I think this is important to recognize.
Boy, am i glad to just be a Christian, i remember having to only go to 2 30-minute meetings on teusday and sunday
Don't forget to help other in need and not judge people.
I have no problems with faith, because you re truly doing God's work by helping others.
No just preaching.
Ok cultist
I’m so glad I’m not in a cult
Me neither
I’m so glad I’m not in a cult anymore
The Jesus who i know was like "bro just let them play, theyre just kids" instead of going "now go burn in hell cause you were tired"
Jesus loves all kids
Sometimes me and my brother goof off a little at church but we stay quiet and still listen, my grandma just gets mad at us for having fun.
So sad........ Don't be child.. YET........ The kingdom of God belongs to the CHILDREN of God
And yet, that sadness is what fuels me to fear God's people, and to fear Hell, i adore God out of fear of him, i fear God, i fear heaven, i fear hell and christians, all because i know EVERYTHING can kill you, christians can kill you because "you are possessed by satan", fear of hell because Hell will delete your soul, because hell isnt torture but instead destruction of the soul, fear of heaven because eternal pleasure terrifies me, fear of God because he gave me life and can take it away at any second... It just... Terrifies me, how can you live like this?
...and NOT those HERETICS! JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ARE NOT CHRISTIAN!
God should be love no fear.
I'm not a JW member, always been a Christian. But after watching this, this was my expression: (▪︎_▪︎)
(❑∆❑)
Your videos are great. You have a fun sense of humor.
That car ride looks so uncomfortable 😬
Poor little souls; all different denominations I have recently been to, have friendly bible-based, 'messy playtimes' for children. JW's are not allowed to have a higher education themselves or research children's needs other than from the GB, so remain ignorant of what children need to develop normally. Pray for them constantly. 🙏
Same here. May God have mercy
@@EvaEsteradid you know according to the original bible, hell isnt eternal torture, and instead, every person you love that sins, in hell will have their souls deleted, they will stop existing, they wont exist anymore, that person you loved but said something bad about God? Gone, forever, not even in hell they will exist, nowhere, is a god that kills his own children your idea of a loving God? Why wouldn't i say this without fear, it IS rude to talk about someone who is always watching and hearing, and yet, i still wonder what will happen to those people, and also, did you know lying, and talking God's real name is a VIP ticket straight to hell, even as a Kid? I am 13, and i already got 3... I wonder if there is something beyond the soul's death, maybe an after-afterlife? Haha... It can never be possible, not with God in this world.
i am a christain and have familythat are wittness (not one myself) and honestly, they are pretty chill, thank god. im happy they arnt trying to convert me every 5 seconds. my grandma still visits and talks to my mom even after my mom left the cult, and youre not supposed to do that. i got luckey. if the ones you know arnt like that, which they probably arnt, im so sorry for you guys
i have a question, how can you live knowing at any moment, you could have made a error that makes God put you in hell to obliterate your soul? (because hell isnt torture but instead perma death)
@@lourdespachla6516 good question, i have no fear, because it is stated that hell is not permenent death, that is where non belivers stay untill judgement day, where they are judged on their actions and decided if they live or die. Even then, i doubt ill be old enough to die before then end of the world comes and i might get left behind, but who knows, only god does
@@CaseyJonasCatt no in the original bible scripture in greek it says literally hell is perma-death.
ok, yes i am mistaken and am wrong, apologies, but still, from what ive now seen, no one will go to hell untill judgement day. as for what you ask, the idea is scary, but i feel that god will let me know if im on the wrong path@@lourdespachla6516
@@lourdespachla6516it could have been a misinterpretation, remember that these languages aren’t the original. Plus, I don’t believe in a god that would punish people in such a way even if they had no choice in anything.
I was at some meetings where you could hear the parent spank the kids through the bathroom door.
Heck you could hear it out in the meeting! Sometimes I was that kid.
@@MelodyFrazier-z1g I meant that time where you would be walking around the hall after the meeting talking. But it was even louder people were all talking and you could here it over them talking.
Oh it went on during the meeting! I was yelling while being dragged to the bathroom like the dog in the old cartoon yelling "you can't do this to me!" Ah such fond memories ! Actually sometimes I'd just get smacked right there if I remember correctly. I also told a kid in first grade that she would be destroyed.
@@MelodyFrazier-z1g Yea we had some of those too but those were a little more rare. It was a little more common to hear it afterward is all.
I loved my mom (rip) but she could be a little slap happy sometimes I was and still am kind of a smart ass.
I am 40 years old and have always been in church. I have never been taught that the story of Noah's Ark was one of fear of death.
I like your videos and watch them because I am trying to understand my JW aunt.
Really like the video and will be checking out the rest as soon as I can. I’m glad you make these. I can’t stand what cults like this do to kids. It’s bad enough to indoctrinate and exploit consenting adults but leave the kids alone ffs
All that being said, your sense of humor with these is great, I laughed out loud a couple times. I like the brief flash of the animal’s horrified expression at 0:54
thank you for you support! I'm glad you've enjoyed the videos :)
Christian here… yeah this is what’s wrong with the modern church. To start off JW isn’t actually Christianity, it has many different things about it’s beliefs that differ in a fundamentally major way from
Christianity. And the entire manipulative way that this show goes about doesn’t do anything for kids except make them hate God because of the way their misguided parents showed him. It’s honestly terrible, and many Christian churches do the same thing unfortunately. The way for people to know Christ is to share about him, and act as he does to draw people in ON THEIR OWN accord and not manipulate them into “believing” simply because of a incoming damn nation to hell. While that definitely is a true part of where we go after we die (going to hell if they don’t believe) that is not something to use as a weapon to convince them to come to Jesus. It is both fake for them because they come only out of fear, and is manipulative from Christians and is unChristlike. Fr though these videos are a great example of how a lot of modern churches will just take the easy (and harmful) route of threatening their kids with the idea eternal suffering instead of investing in them as Christ would.
😂😂😂
Every time I watch one of your videos I get at least two Christian ads, and only on your videos lmaoo
I just got an ad about adhd which is kinda ironic for this video
bro i watched ONE video from a youtuber bcus nostalgia and now this cartoon is everywhere please save me 😭
In real life, I can guarantee JW parents wouldn’t have been so nice and patient about their kids being distracted at the meeting. The kids would have been punished, severely. The punishment always outweighs the crime when it comes to these crazy people.
I was forced into the religion at 11 years old now as a 13 year-old I know how culty they are a I have ADD an was punished by having my sketchbook taken or my only escape from the cult
Feel bad for you lil bro. Find your way out if possible. Do cherish any moment in which you're free.
2:35 Quick animation nitpick: THAT IS NOT AN ARK, THAT IS A SHIPPING CONTAINER. HAVE THEY NEVER SEEN A BOAT BAFORE!? (Also that water is green 💀)
Acid looking
Why does this family keep changing races 💀
Inclusion
I love the dad having a Russian accent
rcta kult
The mom’s eye color changes every episode 😂 like bro sometimes it’s brown but sometimes both of the parents have blue eyes so its like how does Caleb have brown eyes 😂 Caleb must not be their son because if two parents have blue eyes the child will always have blue eyes unless the child has a genetic mutation 😂
My grandma still sends me this stuff.
as someone with panic disorder who was raised agnostic except for my childhood b4 the divorce, when we were catholic bc my mom was a devout irish catholic and had delusions and hallucinations about Catholicism, and am now taking anxiety medicine and looking for therapy for my panic attack inducing fear that ill be in pain for eternity because i havent done things right or said things right or promised my eternal soul to someone....im so thankful for video creators like you, and im in awe of your ability to break out of an even scarier religion that tells you scarier things.
I'm not religious or anything even though I was raised in a Jewish home, but as far as the Noah story it's pretty interesting to consider the fact that the story is shared through pretty much every religion has their own version of the great flood story. It's not really proof it happened, but the fact that so many have their own story about it makes it seems a little bit more than a coincidence. That being said you're definitely right about not using the story to scare kids into submission.
Every big civilization started from near water. Floods were the most common natural disasters tha could have happened to them. Every one of them surely met at least one flood and if they survived they made stories about them and then they turned religous myths. Nothing hard to understand
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 yeah, but each one about a flood that destroyed the world and someone being given instructions from a higher power to bring 2 of each animals to save their lives. Again I'm not trying to argue whether or not it's true, but I'm just trying to point out that it's interesting how so many different religious cultures have a similar story in regards to a "great flood" happening and someone building an ark that they then fill with animals. Obviously it's beyond unlikely the story is true as there's no way someone could create a giant ark and gather up 2 animals of each kind of like that only to then somehow ensure they all breed and reestablish a healthy population of their species, but that doesn't make it any less interesting how multiple cultures share this story.
It's kind of like how multiple cultures around the worlds that have never had any contact somehow end up developing their own versions of similar myths. Such as a flying lizard that can breathe fire, or in other words, dragons essentially. It's just one of those interesting mysteries of the world that is very difficult to find a definitive answer to why things are that way even with the advanced understanding that exist in present day. That being said I'm not trying to argue for faith or anything as I value science over religion, but the point I'm making is there's still so much that society really doesn't have answers for so it's best to be open to the possibilities when there's not enough evidence to say one way or the other.
@@damegataco the first part itself is just a kié. Most flood stories are not similar and the only thing that isnsimilarnisnthe flood itself. They dont have a story about given instructions and having 2 animal from every species.
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 Not necessarily true... They generally have the theme of being a divine act of punishment to cleanse the earth where multiple stories from unrelated cultures include saving a group of animals along with people. It may not be specific instructions from a higher power to save 2 of each animals in an ark built in a specific manner, but there are similarities between them all. Again it's perfectly fine to assume that's just how people would observe floods in those days, but at the same time it's not something that can be stated as fact backed by evidence. To say the least I'm not an expert on the subject nor am I going to take an extreme amount of effort to try to research all the different stories to point out the exact connections. I'm just trying to point out there are connections, and while it's not evidence of the great flood existing, it's something that is intriguing as there is not enough evidence to explain it beyond making assumptions that may or may not be correct. Anyways at this point it seems we're just going to be going around in circles so there's not much to say than what's already been said.
I'm no fully on faith, but I'm tolerant to it
If they re tolerant to me.
Jehovah witness is such a mockery to Jesus, Jesus died for our sins it’s not about working to get to heaven For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life
Thats just not true. Chistianity is not actually real its just you cultists that believe that without evidence
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 average r/atheism type comment
@@kollekciorozsdas6110There are a lot of logical processes and arguments for Christianity :v
@@BongBing11 and the laws of physics and basic common knowledge is pretty much all we need to know to basically debunk all your so called arguments.
@orcaboi1558 Not really. Can you try, say, the Ontological argument? It's not technically a Christian argument, but an argument for God in general.
JW’s want their kids to be an adult more than being a child.😢
In elementary school, I only had one friend named Harvey, and he was JW. He had pretty strong anger issues, and we were in the same boat when it came to being in trouble. Looking back, I feel bad. Though he never tried to convert me.
"Look at this stupid looking gator I CAN'T STAND IT" LMAO 😭
When I see a new Panda video, it's a 'thumbs up' before I start watching it. Great commentary. 😀
P.S. Congratulations on hitting 1K! 🎆
Thank you for your support! :)
Why are Sophia and Caleb's heads bigger than their parents?
😅 I never knew that the Jehovas witness went to a church meeting every day. Especially staying there for longer hours. 😮
I knew it because when I come home from work I pass by the Kingdom Hall. There are certain nights of the week that I see a lot of cars in the parking lot.
I went to holy roller churches with people yelling, shouting, RUNNING and I STILL faded out a few times when I had to work all night before church.
Every time I see these kids I am reminded what an obvious cult this “religion” is
i saw a kid playing on a phone during a funeral the other day. at first, i was a bit disgusted. now i’m not religious by any means but i found it disrespectful to do that at a time where we’re supposed to honor the dead. now i’ve had time to think about it, he’s a KID. he probably doesn’t even know what’s going on, so just let him play. and in this case, there’s all the more reason to be playing. after a long day of school, homework, extra activities if they have any, and indoctrination GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO BE KIDS BRO. also they weren’t disturbing anybody, and neither was the kid at the funeral, so i don’t see a problem with either case.
I don’t expect to be seen or anything but I’d like to share something- my uncle was JW and recently passed away, me and my family went even though we weren’t JW, in fact most of the people there weren’t JW….. and the “preacher”, instead of actually talking about my dead relative we came there to remember, was preaching his religion and trying to get the people there to convert. He disrespected my dead uncle at his funeral and I feel it needs to be shared-
I would end up falling asleep at the meetings and the 3 days meetings often make me nap.Maybe it's because it's a long ride from East St.Louis to St.Louis somewhere and waking up at 6a.in the morning doesn't really help any.And I'm an adult.!!
The longest recorded rainfall was 881 consecutive days, ... 40 days and 40 nights huh?
The world won't be covered completely in water if the ice caps melt.
Where did all the excess water go to after Noa's flood?
Underground there's water, like in a plasma state or smth.
maybe God sent it to the polar ice caps
I'm not 100% clear on the stats here, I'm just shooting from the hip.
But firstly, for clarification, while the rainfall was important during the Flood story, it wasn't the only source of flooding. The Bible also mentions "the fountains of the deep", as if the earth itself was opening and gushing out. I'm not clear on this number if it were converted into feet over the earth's surface, but bout 30% of the Earth's current freshwater supply, an estimated almost 3 million trillion gallons, is currently in the form of groundwater. Again, I don't know how this would affect the stats if you spread that water across earth's surface, but it's worth mentioning that rain wasn't the exclusive cause of the flood.
I also don't know how exactly how the topography of the earth would have changed from the Flood even until now, or if it would even affect the outcome, but it's pretty widely believed by people who believe in the worldwide Flood event that the earth would have looked drastically different, particularly with an absence of mountains and canyon, as those are believed (by proponents of the Flood) to have been formed during the catastrophic event itself.
The Bible also mentions the water covering the earth by 15 cubits, which would be roughly 22 feet, but it's unclear whether this is 22 feet as a rough average (assuming things like mountains and canyons are present) or 22 feet above the highest point of the earth at the time. (While not the same thing, since the entire planet is not at sea level, I found it interesting that NASA reports that, if the polar ice caps all melted, the sea level would rise by about 23 feet.)
I drank it, I was a little thirsty
@@chimpanzinc1790there is not enough water for a global flood
Two 4-hour meetings a windowless dark building in the week? Kids are meant to fidget, to walk around. How can a kid be expected to sit on a cold hard bench listening to uninteresting things, no breaks, no snacks, no toys for HOURS on end? They're children. Then go home and be told any little thing they will do will send to a place of eternal suffering and darkness including talking to non-religious friends, playing with toys in church, laughing- being kids.
Funny story, I work at a car wash, and I was at the kiosk one day (one of my jobs is selling fast passes to people so they could pay monthly instead of having to buy a single wash every time). One of the customers who pulled up happened to be a Jehovah's Witness, and he gave me a card with a phone number on it. My head was filling up with certain choice words, but I decided not to say any of them and politely declined his offer. I was working, after all.
Good job.
No one is talking about how they are taking their breakfast at night?!
I do that
I've got this new business idea, it helps people get paid for their creative art, so they can find financial freedom and make a living doing something they love. It's great that you love have a go at people's religions, really great, I love my boy JC and im sure he love ti see youre using his platform gir
"Listen or Drown" more like Listen or Get Beaten 💀💀
THANK YOU FOR THE PLAYLIST!! not an exJW, but an ex christian and you've genuinely helped so much in my journey to debunking everything, thanks so much man
I’m christian. Not trying to convert you, but if I may ask, what deterred you? Forgot to add /genq
I go to a catholic school
I’m not Catholic
Only my dad was baptized no one else
Thankfully they accept non Catholics
Like me
@@neurodivergentlyblog8882 Watch the playlist
@@neurodivergentlyblog8882I agree what deterred you ?( genuine question )
I remember my siblings were talking,and sleeping during the meeting and my mom got mad so she brought us home and said was soo mad she didn't let them eat dinner for the night
literal abuse
0:47 that one sibling who plays the highest note while you're trying to practice piano be like:
As a Christian, even I can confirm some of these episodes are just…weird.
7:07 , i was definetly NOT expecting this type of shit,holy crap
In defense Christianity that is no where in the Bible and it's a bunch of hoopla
Yes there were a lot of things that were very irrelevant to children especially toddlers they have no idea 🤷🏼♀️🤷♂️what the elders are saying.
Mr and Mrs Jones in the Temple of Doom. Kids optional. After all if they don't conform You can always delete them when necessary. 😒
I wonder how Jehovah and Michael spent their time before creating man and why they stopped doing it.
my grandma was/is jw and tried to indoctrinate me but my mum who grew up with her wasnt having a bar of it and ripped her a new one when she tried to take me to church
athiest now, feel really bad for the kids forced into this. its horrible. id go as far as calling it a cult
Do most Christians actually believe the flood story was a real historical event? My mother is Christian and she always presented the story to us as like a fairytale. I know there are very religious people (the kind who think science is evil) who believe it really happened but I thought that was a rare belief.
Tbh thats why JW is my least favorite religion
JW is really bad, but tbh some are a lot more harmful like the extremist sexism in Islam combined with some followers being militants. Also the caste system in hindu that forces some people to be extremely impoverished and discriminated against for their whole lives.
as a non-cult membe- I MEAN JEHOVAH WITNESS with a JW friend, I kinda want him to gtfo of there but I DO respect his choices even though..well, homophobia, a little sprinkle of racism sometimes, and not letting kids do kid shit its depressing as hell
I'm just glad he admitted to not paying attention to the meetings that much
the guy can't play CUPHEAD of all games just because of the final boss
Idgaf what anyone says, NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE A RELIGION. Its far too complex for a child to understand.
What if they grow up?
@@Veryfruityloopywhen they grow up they could just believe whatever they think is right by the time they grow up they should have a better understanding of religion
@@Veryfruityloopythen they can smoke cigarettes and worship tiamat because they will be developed enough to be conscious
@@bragsaint7824As if christians don't smoke cigarettes already
fr.. i grew up in a christian household. My whole childhood, i was taught that christianity is "the only correct religion" and that "everyone else's religion is not real and they've been brainwashed." it really messed with my brain because i was taught to be hateful to people who weren't christian and forced what i thought i believed onto others.
unless a child asks to be taken to church or taught about any religion, parents should let kids be kids and not let them worry about what may happen after death or what religion is the "correct" religion, because who knows all of them could be real or correct and it just depends what you believe in :3
I love how, regardless of the name of the cult
it is all the same childhood
perfect 😒😒😒
I never even heard of JW until I was 20+, but this show is practically my childhood.
How did the kids skin colors change. They went from being Italian looking. To now Hispanic looking.
The CGI animators probably don't have much experience in said medium.
Jew here
NOAH'S ARK IS NOT ABOUT FEARING GD! IT'S ABOUT THE COVENANT AND GD'S PROMISE TO LOVE HUMANITY AND SHIT!!!! AND IT'S ALLEGORICAL!!! IT'S A PARABLE!
OMG thoose meetings are so hard for kids to pay attention let alone adults and don't get our until 9 pm everyone has been at school or work all day!
To all the jw in the chat its not jahova its YHWH because in the 1500 a CATHOLIC monk was translating the book of exodus 3:14 where god revealed to Moses that he is the great i am or YHWH so when to catholic monk got there he accidentally translated the scripture wrong which became jahova
Man, even Catholics let their kids get toys. I was raised Catholic, and even when I was a little bored, I still had stuff to do while still learning. That is how children should go to church.
Thanks
Thank you so much!
In the alternate story, noah and his family were playing with toys? Noah was a grown man!
That Ham part i completely missed!!!! Wow