Can you STOP BEING GAY?! Reacting to ex-gay testimony...
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Hello everybody. If you were having a good day, I've come to ruin it. Today, we'll be reacting to a Jubilee video in which gays argue with ex-gays (who are still gay in my book). Let me know if you enjoy this video, and if so, what else should I react to?
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I'm here to award you your honorary doctorate for science 🎉. Please publish your research 😂
Like the cell phone commercial said " no just kidding, you can tell anybody you want
Hey Jack, looking very good. The older you get, the better you age. Be well, Alex❤
My sympathy is reserved for any person who ends up in a so-called 'straight' relationship with an 'ex' gay.
Yup
or maybe they're bi, and they just also feel attraction to women and think "oh, I'm not gay, I've been saved by the will of gawd"
@@Lovely_Aliza this makes sense
@@Lovely_Aliza Ding Ding Ding you guessed it, that's exactly what they think.
So many people who come out to their parents get this reaction and that's the reason why they get this reaction, their parents are just bi and think they've been healed.
And not for both of us?
Can you imagine being gay causing earthquakes? Girl, I wish I was that powerful.
i mean i get an earthquake in my pants when i see jennifer aniston but that’s another story
Just go over to someone’s house, hmm, this house doesn’t look good. I know what to do!
I know. I didn't know we were literally x men
I know for my fat ass it does
@@Dakarai_Knight that would make sense since they were outcasts and the government wanted to get rid of them... kinda like with us gays 🤗🤗🤗
Now do one about “Can You Stop Being Straight?” And interview ex straight people.
Many do....I know from personal experience with them.
ex-straights. oh yes, i was one.
Being a closet case doesn't make you straight...
@@fanOmrythats true, but some of us never had any gay feelings until a certain age. a lot of that may be chalked up to becoming more open to the idea and thus opening something in yourself, but its hard to pinpoint if you exclusively had straight feelings until now
@@chickenfoot2423
Yeah, I am very familiar with aging to the point my hirmones no longer let me lie to myself.
I grew up a Catholic my entire childhood and I was obviously not straight to anyone outside of my family because they didn’t want to believe it (I’m mainly talking about my mom). I hated myself for having crushes on other guys, attempted suicide at age 10, and dealt with a ton of insecurity issues. I eventually convinced myself that I was a “straight guy dealing with same sex attraction” even though I knew I was bi since I was 11 but had trouble fully accepting it. It wasn’t until I was 19 that I finally started to accept myself for who I was and I honestly get ashamed for how long it took me to accept myself. I regret trying to be someone else throughout my entire childhood and I still deal with hatred towards myself for not being out sooner. I am 20 now and I am slowly starting to get over the past so my adulthood can be more fulfilling and happier.
I have had a VERY similar experience. I still am struggling now to understand myself. And as a Christian, it was easier to want to beat myself up over how I felt towards other men. But I realize now God didn’t want that for me. I am turning 20 in a couple months and I am also starting to love myself more. I hope I can eventually come out to my parents, but it’s hard being in such a homophobic family /:
I hope everything continues to go well for you! 🙏
@@tylerwestbrooks16 yeah, and people wonder why the suicide rate is so high among our communities youth. People only care about them when they die and that’s not okay. My advice to you is to not come out until you can move out because you don’t want to be stuck in that environment. Best of luck to you.
My experience was eerily similar.
Thanks for sharing, and all the best!
@@bobwilliam6242 thanks! I hope you are doing well now.
You are fine and you need to be much much much kinder to yourself.None of that was your fault anyway.It's the fault of the catholic cult.I also came out at age 19 to an usher at my family's catholic church and that was 43 years ago.
Saying ur attracted to the same sex but is ignoring it while also saying ur not gay is wild😭🤣
🤠🤡. Rodeo clown wild!😂😂
Guilt and shame lol
The Bi-erasure is real.
I cannot thank you enough for talking about the hypersexualization in the gay community. It really makes you feel invalid when you're asexual because there will always be people telling you you don't belong because of that fact.
If you are asexual then the gay community has absolutely nothing to do with you.
I was gay once... god sent locusts to my farm... my entire village died.... Don't risk it!
He sent frogs and plagues to mine, god speed bro 👏🏽
That's horrible, hope you're straighter than an arrow now. Praise Jebus
God creates some people gay and that is medically proven. Happy to explain. I was a Baptist Pastor. I was married to my very accepting wife for 51 years before she passed. I am not sexually active, BUT I AM GAY, medically proven during electronic shock therapy as part of 13 years of reparative therapy. My straight marriage did NOT change my being gay, AT ALL. I am happy to remain single now. Too old now. But I STRONGLY support same sex marriage.
I agree! Some people think it's a choice when it's really not
Go out and fine someone.You're not too old.
There is no age or late time for love Go OUT YOU DESERVE LOVE AND TO BE LOVED 🫂❤️
It’s rather frustrating that at no point no one said, “Why tf should we care about what the bible says?! No one has ever demonstrated that it is indeed the word of god.” Like, freaking seriously. A book that promotes slavery isn’t a book we should be looking toward for any kind of guidance.
Exactly!!!
Absolutely 💯
Thissss
Please quote where Scripture promotes slavery. You don’t get to drop a tired talking point without receipts. Scripture saying if you have a slave you have treat them as you would treat yourself because you and the slave are the same in God’s eyes is not remotely the same thing as saying slavery is a good thing. Acknowledging something happens and discussing it is not the same thing as saying it’s good. It’s called critical thinking. You should try it sometime.
@@Lunchladydoyle exodus simply does not say that. It does not say to treat the slave equally
Abrahamic religions are just so beyond cringe at this point.
There’s a lot if fantasy in their religious authorities as if they were written by J.K. Rowling!
lowkey wanna know what other religions think
@@Duckspawn69 As someone who was raised as a hindu, our scriptures acknowledge the existence of not only gay ppl, but also trans ppl (though they are termed as "tritiya prakriti" which translates to third nature). Transwomen in particular are thought to be bearers of good-will and blessings :D
The main goal of Hinduism is to attain "moksha", or enlightment - and this goal doesn't discriminate between people of different sexualities or genders.
Unfortunately, Hindu marriage is done with the goal of procreation (according to the Dharma Shashtra), so it doesn't recognise same-sex marriage.
Hi Jack! Thanks so much for reacting to our Jubilee episode! 🌈 I really enjoyed what you had to say! You are a critical thinker, and I love it!! And you are hilarious! I was ROLLING off your edits! 💀💀😂😂
As you can probably tell by my facial expressions (well both Abigail and mine), this was an emotionally intense experience and there were a couple of times I almost lost my cool - not really from their perspectives but more from their argument style. Staying on topic and directly answering the prompts and our side’s questions/rebuttals was not a strong suit for the other side. I will say that 3 out of the 4 of them ended up becoming friends of mine. The LGBTQ side has our own response video to this on my channel (recorded immediately after filming) if you are interested in that and I have a solo reaction coming out soon that I am currently editing. I really use *my* critical thinking brain on that and so I would be interested in your feedback.
Are you a fellow “city of Angels” resident? That’s awesome! We should collab sometime!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, sir! 🥰
P.S. I didn’t step forward on the first prompt only because the word “queer” was used and that’s not how I personally identify, therefore I felt like it would have been disingenuous for me to step forward. I explained that once I finally did step forward as a “disagreer” but they cut that out of the official version. It will be in my solo reaction though! ❤
Haven’t missed anyone the way I miss you and your videos 🥲❤️❤️
Thanks for this
If your going to justify your beliefs using the Bible and referring to God, you first need to prove that Gods exists.
Gods are just mythology!
God do exists but it's not a grumpy old white man in the sky. It's within you, you are the God of your life.
Interesting how atheists don’t believe in God, but LOVE to blame everything on him
Jack you’re looking delish these days :-)
Aw thanks so much :)
Come back to PA we miss you!!
Gay Forever ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Science
soooooo true bestie
@@EnriquePascual1989 Biology, not society, dictates whether we are gender-typical or atypical, the extent to which we identify as the sex we were born as, and the partners we are sexually attracted to.
When sperm fertilizes an egg at conception, the baby will be either female or male. This biology will influence hormonal exposure in the womb, as well as the child’s resulting gender identity. At about seven weeks, if the embryo is male, the testes will begin to secrete testosterone, masculinizing the brain. If the embryo is female, this process does not occur. This exposure to testosteron has a powerful effect on the ways in which male and female brains grow before the brain has finished developing in the utero. Testosterone exposure alters the programming of neural stem cells responsible for brain growth, leading to differences between the sexes. Gay men have similarities in the brain to heterosexual women(because of lower exposure to testosterone in the utero) that make them on average more female typical than the average heterosexual man. It the same with homosexual women they have similarities in the brain to heterosexual men and are more male typical than you average heterosexual woman because of higher exposure. People who are gender atypical are more likely to be homosexual. The organizational effects of hormones on the fetal brain prior to birth have permanent effects.
Researchers across a a variety of animal models (including rats, mice, and ferrets, since it’s not ethical for us to use human fetuses as test subjects), changing the amount of testosterone that an animal is exposed to changes whether they are sexually interested in same-sex or opposite-sex mates. In animals, homosexuality in females is often attributed to an overabundance of male hormones - androgens - in the womb, while male homosexuality results from a lack of these.
Studies involving girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia are exposed to higher than usual levels of testosterone in the womb. Roughly 3 percent of girls with CAH will grow up to identify as male,10 and of those who don’t, a large proportion will identify as lesbian. The opposite is also true; children whose mothers took anti-androgenic medication (which lowers their testosterone levels) during pregnancy tend to prefer female-typical toys. Rough-and-tumble play, which is behavior typically seen in little boys, is less common in gay men and more common in lesbian women, due to lesser and greater masculinization of the brain, respectively.
Sexual orientation is inborn, innate, fixed and unchangeble. Attraction is the most accurate representation of a person’s true orientation because identity and behavior can be context-dependent. Scientific studies have confirmed sex differences in the brain that lead to differences in our interests and behavior. These differences are not due to the postnatal environment or societal messaging. .gendered interests are predicted by testosterone exposure in utero. Higher levels are associated with male-typical interests and behaviours, regardless of whether the baby is male or female. These include a preference for mechanically interesting objects and systemizing occupations in adulthood. ;Lower levels are associated with a preference for people orientated activities and occupations. stemming from evolutionary roots. Women. who are tasked with the role of bearing children, evolved to be more sociable, empathic, and people focused, while men, as hunter-gatherers, were rewarded for strong visuopatial skills and ability to build and use tools. That's why science, technology, engerneering and mathematics fields tend to be dominated by men.
More recent brain imaging studies reported sexual orientation‐related differences in cortical regions devoted to vision, some asymmetries between the two hemispheres and differences in the thickness of the cortex at the front of the brain. Overall, these specific brain regions in homosexual males tended to be similar to heterosexual women (more female‐typical), while these same brain regions homosexual women tended to be similar to heterosexual men (more male‐typicalGay men and straight women share similar traits-most notably in the size of their brains and the activity of the amygdala-an area of the brain tied to emotion, anxiety and aggression. The same is true for heterosexual men and lesbians. MRI scans showed that straight men had asymmetric brains, with the right hemisphere slightly larger - and the gay women also had this asymmetry. Gay men, meanwhile, had symmetrical brains like those of straight women.
They used PET scans to measure blood flow to the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in processing emotions and governs fear and aggression. The images revealed how the amygdala connected to other parts of the brain, giving clues to how this might influence behaviour. From previous studies, we know that these connections usually link to different areas in the brains of men and women, and sprout from different hemispheres -the right in men, and the left in women. That was the pattern that they saw the straight volunteers from their study, but the homosexuals showed the reverse pattern.
People of different sexual orientations also differ in certain types of cognitive ability. When listening to sounds, straight men tend to have a bias for their right ear, which both gay men and straight women lack. They also tend to outperform gay men and straight women in tests of spatial awareness, where success depends on a part of the brain - the parietal cortex - which is usually larger in men than in women. Heterosexual men perform better, on average, than gay men on tests such as mental rotation, line orientation, and spatial navigation. In general, the performance of gay men is similar to that of heterosexual women. One meta-analysis reported that gay men performed like heterosexual women on both male-favouring (e.g., spatial cognition) and female-favouring (e.g., verbal fluency) cognitive tests, while lesbian women tended to perform like heterosexual men on male-favouring tests.
The cross-sex shift shows that gay men and women will show patterns of cognitive function similar to their opposite-sex heterosexual counterparts. A large body of evidence about psychological, behavioural, and cognitive traits. In straight men and lesbians, the amygdala (which influences our emotional reactions to stress) connects to the sensorimotor cortex and the striatum, parts of the brain involved in the “fight or flight” response. But in straight women and gay men, the amygdala’s connections feed into the anterior cingulate cortex and the subcallosum. These areas influence our moods and have been implicated in mood-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.
Neuroimaging studies comparing heterosexual and gay men and women have reported various differences in structure and function. For example, the volumetric patterns of brain activity in both lesbian women and gay men, or grey matter volumes in the perirhinal cortex in lesbian women. Some of these effects seem to be unique to sexual orientation, such as cortical thickness in the orbitofrontal and visual areas as well as the anatomy of the corpus callosum in gay men. Several small-scale neuroimaging studies have also suggested cross-sex shifts in homosexual men and women in brain responses to putative sex-specific pheromonal compounds. the anterior hypothalamus was smaller in homosexual men than in heterosexual men, and no different from heterosexual women. the hypothalamus was more than twice as large in straight men as in gay men; in gay men, it was closer in size to that of straight women. The hypothalamus is responsible for the four F’s: feeding, fighting, fleeing, and fornicating. these finding suggested that gay men’s brains were partially feminized, and also, that the foundation of sexual orientation is established by biology.
Functional MRI has shown differences in patterns of brain activation between gay and straight men when viewing gay and straight pornography. The network of brain regions that are activated when gay men look at gay porn is the same network activated when straight men look at straight porn, in regions like the thalamus, which regulates sexual behavior, and the anterior cingulate, which regulates emotion. Men typically display significantly greater physiological responses to sexual stimuli depicting members of their preferred gender category and stated sexual orientation. Stimulus features necessary to evoke genital arousal are much less specific in women than in men. heterosexual men are more aroused by female than by male sexual stimuli, whereas homosexual men show the opposite pattern. The correspondences of sexual arousal indices were similar for Heterosexual and homosexual men . These findings are in line with other research suggesting that some aspects of the neurological organization of male sexual arousal are independent of sexual orientation, and therefore expressed similarly in heterosexual and homosexual men. They also found the same pattern in post op transwomen who were monosexual(because they are of course genetically male regardless of their identity)
Some homosexual women were marginally more aroused to the same sex than the other sex. In addition, the correspondence of their arousal indices were more male-typical, that is, stronger, than for other women. Male-typical sexual arousal in females is likely be due to elevated exposure to prenatal androgen that affects postnatal masculinized behaviours). These prenatal influences are possibly responsible for why homosexual women are more male-typical than heterosexual women in other ways, including their motor behaviours, voice patterns, physical appearance, and self-concepts ). The most masculine-behaving women may therefore have most male typical sexual responses. Men tend to be very category specific, if they're into women, they really like women and not into guys.. if they're into guys they're really into guys and not into women. Female sexuality is much more fluid than men. Thats why bisexuality is more common in women and there is more gay men than bisexual men while it's the other way around in women. It''s also why there is more heterosexual men than heterosexual women.
That's why paraphilias(unusual sexual interests) are more common in men. Research suggests that paraphilia is maybe akin to a sexual orientation. It's the same idea conceptually as being gay, it's someone's preference and it can't be changed and it's with them from a very early on. With the sexual orientation women tend to be more flexible with their sexual preferences. So if they have a partner who's very kinky they might be into whatever he's into, but then if she's with someone who's less kinky it might not be as much of a problem. Whereas if it's a man who's really into something, if his partner's not into it he's always going to be into it, he's just gonna have to hide it. Women's genital arousal is an automatic response to sexual stimuli, whereas men's genital arousal is dependent upon stimulus features specific to their sexual interests. Women showed little category specificity on either the genital or the subjective measure. Women experienced strong genital arousal to both male and female sexual stimuli. category-specific pattern, demonstrating sexual arousal patterns play fundamentally different roles in male and female sexuality.
For most men, regardless of their sexual orientation, the relationship between their sexual arousal indices was substantially stronger than for most women . These findings were consistent with the literature on sex differences in the agreement of genital arousal with subjective arousal. In addition, physiological sexual arousal and sexual orientation were more strongly linked in men than women. It's hypothesized that males might have evolved to coordinate their sexual arousal and attraction indices more strongly than women because it aids them in building their sexual orientation towards relevant sexual targets. Perhaps, then, men’s, more than women’s, reactions are an integrated part of their sexual response system that involves the synchronization of other aspects of their sexual arousal. These factors could include, for example, the activation of the visual cortex or limbic system the time spent viewing relevant stimuli, or their temperature regulation during sexual arousal.
For bisexual men, the coordination of arousal indices was weaker, thus, more female-typical than for other men. Hence, present findings for bisexual men indicated that if the general sex differences in the correspondence of arousal indices are reversed within one sex, it affects more than one aspect of the expression of sexual arousal. Bisexual men were, however, in their physiological reactions not particularly responsive to their less arousing sex; yet, this finding fell within the expected range of previously reported effects. Hence, in general, bisexual men responded stronger to their less arousing sex than other men. Moreover, bisexual men were less responsive in their physiological reactions to their more arousing sex compared to other men. There was a similar finding by measuring men’s arousal via pupil dilation in bisexual men in regard to lowered physiological responses to the preferred (or more arousing) sex.
Bisexual mens sexual arousal was similar to heterosexual women, they have bisexual physiological responses in the sense that they are somewhat (but less) aroused to either sex. Consequently, they are less discriminative in their sexual arousal than either heterosexual or homosexual men. Women’s variable sexual arousal, as compared to men’s, could be due to the fact that female sexual attraction is more strongly affected by situational, cultural, and environmental circumstances. If bisexual men are more female-typical than other men, then, perhaps, they are more influenced by these external factors, resulting in a less specific arousal pattern. Such variability within bisexual men could in part explain inconsistent findings for their sexual arousal to men and women. Notably, bisexual men’s subjective responses were more consistent with their sexual orientation than were their physiological responses). Because subjective arousal and sexual orientation were assessed by self-report, it is possibly that participants matched their responses to these measures. Physiological sexual reactions, however, are likely less under participants control than are their subjective responses, and can therefore lead to stronger discrepancies with someone’s self-identified sexual orientation.
I'm 20 I'm gay and i'm Muslim i only hate being gay cuz my family is homophobic😔
jubiliee has become so toxic. all of their videos are just ragebait and furthering the divides we have
When I was a wee lad and my brother asked me when he found out I was gay; when did I decide to be gay. I asked him, when did you decide you were straight. He told me I have always been straight. I told him you answered your own question.
Perfect. But there did come a time when I decided to accept being gay. Straight people never think about the arrogance of their expectation that we explain our selves for the heterosexual dictatorship's approval.
👏👏👏, gurll that was a hard slayy right there ❤
Exactly tf
I gave up on that video only a few minutes into it a week or so ago. As soon as the god and jesus stuff emerged! Being Australian it amazes me how strong the bible belt is in America. Not that we don't have religion here in Australia but you seem to have it far worse. Particularly in a video like that. And with the self righteous and anti gay stance the American religion and all religions for that matter take! The simplistic views of sin comes from a simple minded view dating back to tribal elders creating a fantasy to proliferate the tribe, it's inhabitants, their behaviour and wellbeing. The main thing I see in your analysis of the video is the feeble mindedness of all the simplistic thinking and thought processes they all possess they have learned from religion. Thank you Jack great work and analysis. Keep up the good work! xxx
Religion in the US is not homophobic. People are homophobic and cherry pick and make up verses in the Bible (I’m talking about Christianity because it’s the most common) to support their views. Religious leaders also cherry pick and convince people that the LGBTQIA+ community is bad.
Im so glad you’re back Jack! I love you❤
Love you right back! ❤️ Thanks for watching!
They might be denying it but they still want to be with another man
Yeah, that became more and more clear the longer I watched the video haha
Exactly right most who are against being gay are usually gay themselves.
really good analysis, with the usual Jack intellect and witty humor thrown in just in time to save us from spitting up at some of the other side's answers. xo
Thanks so much for watching :D and hahaha, I can't help but add my sarcastic remark 🤭🤭
i've been watching you since about 20k subs so i always look forward to your posts.@@jmerridew
The "ex" gays represent the heterosexual dictatorship and are responsible for gleefully crushing people's spirits that God gave them.
Welcome back, Daddy Jack and I love your reaction to ex-gay testimony on this video, I love it, I'm proud of you for being my idol in the world, Gay forever!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you so much for welcoming me back and thanks so much for this comment! You're too good to me, my bae! 😭❤️
I have not heard anything about Seraph of the End in so long. I'm so glad this video was the randomly recommended one from your channel today.
It’s nice to see you still posting videos. I started watching you in 2015 I think? Not long after high school I came out of the closet and watching your content about your struggles with the gay world was very relatable to me. You’re a very down to earth guy, and I’m glad you’ve stayed that way. I’ve always had a big crush on you, and I think of you as an ideal.
As a gay man I do not like the Pride movement as it is today. I think it has become more of a spektical and less about being accepted. Also I’m not proud about being gay but I’m also not ashamed. Being gay isn’t what I am, it’s who I am and I have no control over that. I can’t be proud about something I have no control over. I also do not see myself as being part of the LGBTQ community. It does not represent me at all. And I may be showing my age, but when did queer start being acceptable. Queer in my day was a derogatory word used to insult gay people. I’m don’t ranting now.
Lgbtq community refers to everyone that is gay lesbian, bisexual, transgender. The gay community is too vast. Representation of the lgbqt community is jow you interact with it and what you make it. I never understand this " I don't feel represented by the lgbtq community " even though there is a vast array and even niches nothing the lgbtq community
@@hopeintruth5119 Just cause a community represents you doesn't mean that you gotta join
@@anniesolomon4876 the community representation is again vast. Lgbtq community only refers to the population of non heterosexual cis people. The community has a varying array of ideas and beliefs. This isn't just a club peopel subscribe and apply too. Same goes for any community
I haven't seen one of your videos in like 6 years but your name randomly popped into my head and now I'm here
fate reunited us 🤭
I LOOOOVVVEED this Vid! You commentating on this was pretty much my thinking. More of this! I have MISSED you a ton! LOVE ya kid!
Love you right back! Thanks so much! :D Missed making videos for you guys!
@@jmerridew Please don't stop! You say what we think. Stay strong lovely!
yay, my fav capricorn king is back, seriously love u and ur personality jack, and i totally agree with eveything u said in this video. keep up the good content. always look forward to your videos 😭 p.s: love the way u say bye guys at the end of the video, iconic and i accidentally adapted it into my personality ❤😂
As a Christian, I want to point out and actually give some fact to you Jack, you said 1BC or 1AD, whenever the Bible was written...not exactly. The Old Testament was written over a period of time, hundreds of years. The New Testament has some timing problems - the 4 Gospels, are the story of Jesus told by 4 different men. Mark is considered the "hardest" of these Gospels because the 3 others glossed over some of the stuff Mark put in his version. The Gospels were written something like 75-80 years after Jesus died. Back in those days people only lived to be like 40 years old. So two generations passed before Jesus story was told by the Gospel writers. The other New Testament books are based on letters that were written from imprisoned Christians etc.
The Episcopal Church, while being a very biblical church, embraces the mystery of the Bible. We as Episocpals are not required to believe every single word of the book and take them literally. Truth is no denomination does...if they did they would have to sell their 14 year old daughters to a neighboring country (yes that is a rule within a few verses of the part in Leviticus that says not to be gay).
To use the Bible as a source of information that informs you to hate others, or to feel bad about your sexuality, or to create a caste system that allows you to judge others negatively is not how one should interact with the book. the Bible can cause us all to think, and to ponder, but it is no way the be all end all, and should never be used in a "because the Bible says" kind of way when belittling someone else, as that argument is ridiculous to anyone that doesn't believe a single word of it to begin with. And to those of us that do believe parts of the Bible, when I hear the words "but the Bible says" just before someone says something shitty about someone else I immediately think of all the things the Bible says that this person would find some way to argue their way out of - my favorite go to is "Oh yeah, in the same book you quote about sexuality, the book says that you will literally go to hell if you wear two different types of fabric on your body at the same time. That cotton wool blend you have on right now is a ticket straight to hell in a literal interpretation of the Bible." the Bible also says that every single Sunday you should burn a bull on your altar...did you do that this week? Did your neighbors appreciate that? Did anyone call the police?
the Bible should not be interacted with in any way other than with an open mind and an open heart. Not everything in there is true, or real, and certainly does not apply to our understanding of the world around us here in 2024. It is good to interact with it in a studious way that can lead to a deepingin understanding of ourselves, not others.
May the lord be with you.
We rarely get to hear from you anymore, but when you do post, it's always a masterpiece. You were the first early pioneer RUclips sensation in the beautiful and brilliant gay youth category. You broke the glass ceiling for others. You are the authentic original. Everyone after you is a spinoff from the social media doors you opened for them. In large part, they owe their success to you, because you are the role model who proved that an intelligent young gay person can publicly be his authentic self, and his natural talent will attract a large appreciative audience. You are a RUclips legend with entertainment production skills that are worthy of mass media platforms. It's sweet of you to make an occasional return visit back to the platform where you started, just to give us the pleasant surprise of some exclusive new material from your ageless gifted mind. ❤️
LGBT people of all over the world united against hate, discrimination, bullying, homophobia, transphobia, violence and intolerance 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🌎🌍🌏🌎🌍🌏
For LGBT+ people to do that, they all need to look in the mirror, first. LGBT are the biggest bullies, they discriminate left, right, and center, and more.
@@Thechimeradragon-xc9tq Thomas had never seen such bullshit before
This man gets finer with time!
So glad you are back!! 🥹🥹
I’ve missed you SO much, Jack!!! 😭 I’m still in disbelief from seeing you on my feed! ❤
I'm gay, I'm on the internet... but I'm watching Jack Merridew so I'm NEVER bored!! (Seriously, I had 26 notifications today, but one was Jack Merridew and it was instantly YES!!!!!!!) So yeah, this topic makes my colon clench, and if it was anyone else I would've skipped it, but you didn't let me down... grrrr these people!! Glad you didn't hold back!! Thanks Jack!! Very astute, very sensible, and no-holds-barred. Love ya!!!
Jack - haven't seen you in a while - you look great!
Okay - here I go - I am a Christian. I am very active in my church (altar ministry, church leadership, church treasurer). My husband is also active in our church. We are Episcopal, which is Catholic without all the judgement and guilt. Our sexuality is not a big deal at all at our church. We get to participate fully. All the pretty liturgy, all the good things that Christianity can teach us, like loving everyone no matter what...respecting the dignity of all others...forgiving others is the same as being forgiven, and forgiveness is a journey. God is in all things, and God is good.
Churches that teach people that ANYONE else is not the same, or is not worthy of the love of God for ANY reason at all is wrong in my opinion. How can we celebrate the love that God teaches us if we are told we have to hate ourselves first? It is ridiculous. The ex-gays are living examples of the self loathing that I went through before I came out.
Go ahead and hate yourself in your church. At my church we will celebrate everyone, and show love and compassion to all other people. Because that is what God is, God is love, and is not about pointing at others and excluding them from the mystery of faith. Making people feel unworthy of the love of God is exactly what God tells us we shouldn't do.
Jack, this video is REALLY intriguing. Loved your reaction. You are still funny as ever and I enjoy your content after all of this time. I know you last posted 3 months ago. I would rather wait for quality content like this than see a new video every week that may not have the importance of this. And again, if I ever meet you, the first thing you are getting is a long hug. What a guy! Thanks Jack.
Hey Jack, either you were gone, or I was gone but it is fantastic to have you back! I have followed you for years and once again, of all the panelists, in my view, you are the Best. Thanks buddy for being here. Btw I was counseling young people since before you were born, and YOU ARE THE BEST influencer I have seen. Thanks bro.........>Ray
I appreciate how honest and nuanced Jack is approaching this topic. Good coverage ❤
I love your commentary, you did amazing!
Thanks so much! :)
YT finally decided to show your video in my TL.
Looking good Jack. Happy to see you here.
This was such a great video Jack. I always love your sense of humor. The boxing ref, the scientist, the silly award and swinging the baseball bat. You know how to put it all together . Five out of five stars. 👍👍😂😂💯💯
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D and haha, I can't help myself from adding my dumb humor. I appreciate you watching!
to point out how absurd this subject is . . just turn the question around: "can you STOP BEING STR8?"
You cannot stop being gay but you can stop having sex. Just because you don't have sex though doesnt make you not gay.
I just think it's interesting how the ex-gays allude to being manipulated or tempted into a lifestyle but don't even acknowledge how their religion could also be manipulating them. There's a cognitive dissonance that needs to be worked through in therapy, not confession. Everything has its good and bad sides and sometimes we need help figuring out which is which, but when the basis of badness relies on the moral structure of a mythology presented in a book, you've lost the argument. Otherwise, what's to stop someone from referencing the morality of Cat in the Hat in an argument?
I saw this video in my feed and didn't open it because I know I cannot stand these things. With Jack I was able to get through some of it :).
I like how you just took their video and played it- set a camera up to record you watching their video- and uploaded that as your own content, taking in a ridiculous amount of ad revenue in the process 😂
Power to you, Jack- my beautiful gay post-twink vision of my ex in the future 😅 (see if you can make that make sense! Lmao)
Love seeing back for another video jack, bring the joy back :D
I’ve missed your videos, so glad you’re back
How does religion or christianity always get brought up when talking about LBGTQ+ and how can you even be ex LBGTQ+?
Next episode, random truckers talk about where the Ex-Gays were last weekend!!!
How tolerant.
"These people's experience doesnt align with my belief, so it is invalid and they're stupid."
Throughout this video, all I kept thinking was: “that sure is a lot of sharp pencils in that cup”. 😳
lol, you were thinking about the pencils instead of my dashing good looks and charm?! jk. The pencils aren't that sharp though haha. Also, thanks for watching!
@@jmerridewstop reading my mind! 😎
Jack I have always loved your prospective and your attitude - trust me bro
trust me bro 😂😂 thanks so much though, and thanks for watching!
I used to watch your videos like 10 years ago when I was still a child. You’ve barely aged which is incredible.
No kids should not be at pride at all with all the adult sexual things we see at events
I’m offended by a liberal bring their children to pride events. Pride is supposed to before gay adults who are celebrating their sexuality not your neighbours children that you have to explain things that they don’t need to know about until they become sexually active😢
This is a total straw man. Nobody takes their ‘neighbour’s children’ (learn grammar btw) to pride. Furthermore, people in school are taught about heterosexual relationships and nobody cares, it’s just homophobia which is driving your attitude. Pride events are not inherently sexual in nature, they primarily exist to promote equal rights for LGBTQIA+ people, who are killed and thrown in prison for something which they cannot control.
I'm very curious what Jubilee would think of me, a gay Christian. I feel like they'd have a field day with me being on their channel
Genuinely makes me happy to see you are still creating content. I always enjoy your Videos jack insight and and very funny ❤
I never understood quaking until I found out gays caused earthquake. I am now reformed
The simple answer is no,you canot stop being gay.you will always be gay no matter what you say.
The only reason why the Bible forbid it was so the Jews could separate themselves from the animal kingdom and their “pagan” neighbors. Logically there is nothing g actually wrong with being LBGTQ. Love your neighbors as you love yourselves.
In one question they talk about whether beingg gay/trans is “scientific” or not but then in the next question they just ramble on an on about “demonic spirits” “the fruit of God” or whatever woo-eey term they have now. We should ask them whether those are scientifically proven as well. Can’t stand these people.
I have never cared about ex-gays because I don't think they exist... but that tight shirt is real.
Thank you for discussing sex in the gay community. I joined a drag family not long after leaving an abusive relationship. I had voiced I was uncomfortable doing fetish themed shows and had a panic attack when I woke up with my ex drag mom naked next to me. I was told to “suck it up because everyone else was cool with it”
I left that drag family, and am in a good place now, but it felt weird being in this community where I had felt so much comfort, then being told to suck up my trauma
I’m glad you watched this for us because I couldn’t bring myself to watch this. I’d get too pissed off for my own good ❤️
Jack....early Damned good job to being so close to 400,000 subs. We are all proud of you. Ken
Do these ex-Christians realise they don’t need God, they just need a therapist, or a shred of common sense 😂
Jack is looking so hot. I became extra gay.
thank you! I'm honored to have made you a little extra gay haha
@@jmerridew it's an honor 😘🤭
This is exactly how I feel about that vid too! You are speaking my mind Jack
"sin" causes earthquakes? That is some ignorant trash.
Don’t pay attention to that, people with that mindset are usually closeted and they’ll think up some bs dribble to make themselves think they are straight.
Well, one can certainly stop ACTING gay, but BEING gay?? Nah...i think that's where exgay groups make their mistake. If a gay person doesnt wanna act gay, that's their choice, but don't then enter into a str8 relationship, because it's unfair to the partner and any kids when things eventually blow up, and they will.
The earthquakes he feels are just butterflies in his stomach 🙆♂️
I remember when I came out and then my house fell into a sinkhole. Really tragic.
Hey Jack, does this mean you're back on RUclips? Will it be regular episodes? I follow you on OF, but you've been MIA for a while. I'll be watching RUclips. I always missed your RUclips stories when you left for OFs. Good wishes, and best of luck. Neal
Great commentary Jack, just as @GilbertGTV; I was rolling off your edits!
The explanation of the Bible and further in the comments, illustrated that the story of Jesus was written not in his present, but as many as 3-4 generations later and society had changed over those years, so the story told was different than if had been written in Jesus present.
can we talk about that shirt? Jack that shirt looks soooo good on you! Or maybe you just look soo good, lol. Glad to see you again
The "former gays" did really well in this episode. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw Samuel. I've been following him for a long time and it was a surprise to see him in this episode. The others also did very well. I felt very well represented by them. The most impressive thing is that they never met in person, but they were in incredible harmony.
Great play by play Jack You always make me laugh & in this case some deep thoughts 🤔 ROCKIN the Tshirt BTW 😎
We just met & I love you. I’m 64 ( will you still love?) you need to understand IMO, that you are addressing questions as if they were lightning. They’re great questions, & they deserve their own moment. Love you, there are no gods.
You should see what happened outside of the video. As to why I don’t look at Jubilee videos very much anymore.
I’m curious now, what happened?
@@josuelima488 I mainly was referring to Gay Liberals vs Gay conservative videos, BUT they did do an after meeting from the gay side and what they opinionated after they recorded with Jubilees.
Of course I can’t stop being gay, just like straight people can’t stop being straight. I’ve known I was born gay as far back as 9 years old…and I didn’t even know the word “gay” at the time…but I knew that the feeling my friends got when they saw girls is the same feeling I got when I saw boys, and I had zero interest in girls. With that said, I wouldn’t change being gay even if I could do that…I love being gay, I love the male body, I love having sex with other gay men, and gay sex is so much better than straight sex…by that I mean that we’re not as self-conscious, not as restricted, more willing to try new things, and communicate better than straight people. I can tell a dude he’s welcome to go as hard as he wants on me ‘cause I’m not fragile…meanwhile, my straight friends tell me how their girlfriends want them to be passionate and gentle with them. Gay sex is just so much more fun IMO. But I also like that we’re creative, have style, take care of ourselves, and aren’t restricted by the same social norms…eg. - I love beer, but I’m also free to drink a maitai I want. There are so many things I love about being gay…and like my dad said when I came out to him, “as long as you’re happy, I’m happy”…and I’m happy with being gay. 😍❤️🏳️🌈
Same haha. I was a gay lil jack back in the day. And I agree, my experiences with girls were all flops. And their experiences with me were probably flops for them, too haha. I'm glad you are feeling good and happy! :D Also, I hope you've been well! It's been ages! Thanks for still checking in on my videos when I post!
@@jmerridew Hold on, you remember me commenting on your videos? Sorry, that just caught me off guard. 😜 But yeah, I still watch all of your videos, and have been for about 9 years now…holy crap that’s a long time. Anyway, had cancer last year but just had it removed from my stomach last month…so I lost 50% of my stomach, parts of my diaphragm, liver, pancreas, and 100% of my spleen…but I’m cancer free. Anyway, glad to see you’re back to making videos again & enjoying making them. Hope LA is treating you well…WeHo was a lot of fun, but Honolulu is home for me. 😊
Yes of course I do! haha. Thank you for still watching whatever I upload! I'm so sorry to hear about your diagnosis, that's really tough. :( but thankfully, like you said, you're cancer free. I'm proud of ya for putting up a fight. You're pretty badass! I really hope your recovery goes well! Sending you well wishes ❤️❤️ You've got this, bae!
I don't have to respect your beliefs. I'll respect your right to hold those beliefs. But the beliefs themselves command no inherent respect.
It's simple: not every HAS to engage in the things that they may like. However, leaving flames unchecked could lead to a housefire.
People aren’t willing to admit one is wrong when they are wrong on either side because the opposing side usually grabs onto that like see your wrong .
I love how the guy with the sleevless shirt is so obviously still a flamboyant gay
Hello Jack. I hope you are doing well. I watched the video and it was interesting to hear your thoughts on the video. I watched it a few weeks ago and was thinking really? I appreciate you pointing out the things I was thinking as well. Very good observations on your parts. I appreciated your honesty and opinions. You are funny also. Please take care and keep being you.
I'm a gay bloke born in an Irish Catholic household and in a working class town and tried being not gay because of self loathing that was programmed into me by religion but I couldn't find women sexual attractive because spoiler.....I'm gay.
He lives! ...and he uploads! OMGG! All joking aside, as a professional gay demon I can confirm that all the earthquakes lately are my doing. It's a hard job but it pays the bills. So yeah. Hail Satan and all of that xoxo
Yeah they women that are with these ex gays are gonna become very familiar with the grindr notification sound.
My Tom cat was a lesbian
That ex gay person just shot himself in the foot because he said that he BELIEVES being gay is a sin yet he didnt say that the bible says so
Oy vey. To begin Jack, you have never looked as beautiful as you do in this video. You are a major heart throb and I shall always appreciate you and your videos. I am a gay, hard lined atheist who looks down on organized religion knowing it’s a con and fantasy as if written by J. K. Rowling herself. I would never have agreed to interface with these people because it would give them recognition. There is no god! Never has been! Never will be! All children are born atheists until someone lies to them. Keep it out of sexuality as it’s the main reason for gay hate. As soon as the rest of you realize god does not exist then you can begin to be yourself. Best, Colin.
" THIS IS THE LIFE MY DESTINY/ MY GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR ME!"
I'll be honest. I've literally prayed for all demonic spirits to be kept away from me and to get rid of all evil, but I'm still gay. I use rosemary incense and white sage but still gay.
I'm pretty sure you would know deep down if something is bad, like hurting someone or worse. You know it's bad and don't even need to overthink it.
I've never felt being gay is bad and I have been fair about it lol
love your vids please post more frequently
Missed your face hope you’re doing good. 💖
You need to know that you have grown into a wonderfully sexy man. Coupled with your ebullient personality and surprisingly grounded, intelligent character you bring this old queen a lot of pleasure. Thank you Jack!
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I am a woman, I was raised as a christian and used to be for 5 years in a gay relationship.
I think we have to be very careful with the term homosexuality is given you by birth because it was not given to me by birth.
I choose this direction because men did hurt me when I was young.
There are many others out there who have the same experience.
So if someone claims its automatically given you by birth I strongly disagree.
Where I agree is, that I can not speak for people who have made the experience to fall in love with the same sex as a child.
What I would wish for myself as a christian who believes in Jesus Christ and what he stands for is,
that both sides start to accept the other opinion.
To the LGBTQ+ Community please accept that you can not assume in general people are born gay just because they had a same sex relation ship and christians, you dont know why the other person is gay.
When he or she feels it since they were a child then who are u to judge it?
If you feel the need to pray for them then do it but dont judge them, because at the end of the day God is control!