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The Cult that Took Over a City & Killed Thousands
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- Published on Jun 21, 2025
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I feel like this video was somewhat transphobic though
Where are youir sources?
@@JamesWagner-vv9iz Why are you saying every goon video is transphobic
I vaguely mention "thousands" were killed because hard numbers don't really exist. Estimates normally range from 4-12k in the various battles but given starvation, the winter weather, and unaccounted mass graves, it is likely far more.
Almost there
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A hollow tree
Hi wendigoon, would you ever consider covering the mad trapper of rat river? It’s insane and I feel you’d like it
I hate you wendigoon! (I'm the biggest glazer)
every cult ever:
- “ok something is gonna happen on this day”
- it doesnt happen
- “ok i might have messed up the date”
Didn't that also happen in the Abrahamic religions?
Pretty much all of them@@SophiaWoessner
It’s always with the apocalypse. Why can’t a bunch of weirdos just get together for a wholesome reason one time?
@@SophiaWoessner"every cult ever"
...did he stutter?
@@SophiaWoessnernot really, no? I don't think any abrahamic religion have mentioned any specific date for any of their predictions. On the other hand, the cults usually will say something like: "The rapture is on 24th January 2027, god's wrath will be invoked because of the return of the Harlem shake." or something around those lines.
One guy pissed drunk stumbling over to pick up his sword and running full pelt whilst screaming towards a heavily guarded city and all his boys going “oh!” and joining him is the funniest image
Leeroy Jenkins energy
That was peak comedy.
@@dankenstein9462 "Alright, time's up, let's do this."
@@dankenstein9462 Only they apparently won somehow by comparison?
This is just the average demo knight on medival mode
Fun fact about the story: Heinrich Krechting, brother of the later executed Bernd Krechting and guard chief of Münster, actually fought so hard during the sacking of the city that the mercenary forces made a deal with him. Mainly because he posed an obstacle to the quick conquest of the city: He and about 30 men were giving permission to leave Münster and were even paid a small sum of money for the journey. He would later try to lead the radical/violent element of the Anbaptist movement but essentially died in exile. But he nearly reached 80 years of age!!
Local here: not only do these cages still hang on top of the church tower, they also each have a light in them that gets turned on after dark.
Nobody's more gothic than the German
Wearing a cross and talking about cults IS the definition of hypocrisy.
@@truetech4158 There are easier ways to bait
@@truetech4158No, he is just Christian.
@@grandmasminecarftaccount1411Just is carrying a bunch of weight in that sentence
>Create your own religion based on the idea that people shouldnt be baptized at birth without their consent
>Force people to convert into it by baptizing them against their consent
The former's motivation is also entirely sincere. Apostolic Christians like Catholics and Orthodox don't believe baptism is just symbolic, they believe baptism has a salvific effect. So they baptize infants because they want their babies to be blessed by that initial sanctification, hopefully before the infant possibly passes away. It's also much less harmful than the latter is, and it has a basis in traditional, orthodox Christianity, because infant baptism was widespread in the early Christian Church.
"We shall spread our message of love and peace BY FORCE"
@whiteink225 they took a chapter out of the Islamic playbook
im surprised that the cult leader didnt have 200 wives because god told him
@whiteink225 You are being saved. Please do not resist.
Wendigoon, PLEASE cover the Taiping Rebellion one of these days. Its so absurd that if it was a fictional movie plot I would've thought it entirely unrealistic. Like what do you mean a man declared himself the brother of christ after failing a test and then killed 30 million people
I believe it was the deadliest war on Earth until we decided global wars were in vogue.
GOD YES a Full Doc about the Taiping Rebellion would have been baller especially with how somehow involved Christianity got to a Chinese man like- LOL
And accidently poisoned himself thinking some random plant was mana 😂
That sounds like a dude how had a bad acid trip and then lost it.
check out the Tor’s Cabinet of Curiosities episode, it’s amazing
I studied German in Münster for a month and my language school was right next to St. Lamberti’s Cathedral. Craziest part was that there was an art piece of a glowing ladder on the roof of the church. At night, it would glow golden and illuminate the three cages
That art piece (Himmelsleiter)is still there btw. Hope you enjoyed your time here ;)
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Glad to see that the mic problem from the Creep Cast Greylock episode got to make a cameo
ikr i though my speakers were broke
LMAO
that sound scared ts out of me
😂
Fart mic let's goooo
So much content Mr. Goon, my cup runneth over
my cup gooneth over
You're a freak
Gooneth 💔
JOIN THE UNITY
DISGUSTING FREAK
I remember learning about this rebellion in my European Reformation class in college, the teacher opened with “what happens when you baptize someone twice?” and we all gave joke answers, then he asked the same question at the end of the lecture and not a single word, just shock
I’ve actually been baptised twice! Once as an infant and then when my younger brother got baptised and I was a toddler, I threw a tantrum that I wasn’t getting baptised too. Telling me I’d already been baptised was not calming my little 3 year old brain’s logic.
@shaxophile who?
@@shaxophile I will get baptized two times in my life as well. The first time was a long time ago in Vietnam, and since my parents don't remember the exact details of the baptism, they don't know for sure if I was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. So I have to talk to my Ruthenian Greek Catholic priest who I'm studying under, who's directing my catechesis, about getting a conditional baptism. Pretty interesting because I found this out recently.
I'm also surprised and perplexed that they baptized you again just because you threw a tantrum.
@@shaxophileas another older sibling I wholeheartedly agree that the second baptism was probably entirely necessary😂 (my mother used to see my baby sister breastfeeding with a really scrunched face for a week, then she finally peeked over. I was BITING MY SISTERS toes for milk even though I hadn’t breast fed for like a year and a half lmao)
Now imagine being told this story in like 7th/8th grade. Which is when this is brought up in history class in Germany.
Famous composer Meyerbeer wrote a grand opera about John of Leyden and it is called "The prophet" - the highlight is the Coronation March when John is crowned in the cathedral. A very popular part is the Skater's Ballet - often performed separately - this ballet sequence fits nicely into the story line as the river was frozen when the siege of the city of Munster took place. Composer George Lambert made an arrangement -this Lambert was the father of the Lambert who helped found and managed "The Pink Floyd" rock band!
Sorry! Kit Lambert managed "The Who" not "Pink Floyd" and the grandfather was a famous Australian landscape artist -so 3 generations of talent.
*Anabaptism does not mean "anti-baptism". It's from some greek words and means "re-baptism" because they would rebaptize people who had been baptized as infants.
Technically it comes from the preposition meaning "anew" or "arise", but yeah, basically means re-baptism
This is essentially true, fam
Sounds like something an antebaptist would say
Oh, thanks, Captain Obvious! I'm *sure* everyone thought "Anabaptism" was about fighting baptism. Groundbreaking etymology lesson there, professor. Maybe next you can explain how "automobile" means "self-moving." We're all on the edge of our seats.
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Don’t call him that that’s corny
Just call him Wendy Wonka
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Mustache Man?
Excuse you! He’s AT LEAST a Bacon Deluxe Cheeseburger!
me at 7 pm: reading about Calvinism and the anabaptists for theology exam, and the text briefly mentions a crazy *thing* happening in Münster. Huh, don't really know much about that.
9:30 pm: opens RUclips and sees Wendigoon posted an hour-long video about that very *thing*
providential
Go check out Dan Carlin's "Prophets of Doom" about this incident too, you will be glad you did.
Would you like to be re baptized?
indeed
Here's your providential message to go read "The Tailor-King" by Anthony Arthur for a really fantastic and engaging breakdown of the entire Münster rebellion. It's so good!
@@chrispygoatsman2199not overly however I do appreciate the gesture
I kid you not, at exactly 56:28 I got an ad...I forget what it was for but the ending statement was "Take your execution to the next level." What a drag hahaha
These titles get better and better. Soon enough it’ll be “the time some guy experienced every death possible in excruciating detail”
you mean Duavolo from golden wing?
@ this is the joke yes.
Subaru from RE?
5 CRAZY FACTS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT CALVINISM!!!!!!!!BROUGHT TO YOU BY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!!!!
Whats patrick star doing in resident evil@@howdoyoudo5949
I AM FROM MÜNSTER!! I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU DO A VIDEO ABOUT THAT! I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT IT AND NOW EVEN MORE!
Hahah same
Same here😂
Hätte nie gedacht, dass sich hier so viele andere Münsteraner rumtreiben :D
@@julianbernard7442
BERNHARD?!
Wendigoon übernimmt Münster dann wohl als nächstes
oh my god thank you to the editor bc im so bad with names but providing pictures every time a name came up definitely helped me get the story more quickly
Yes me too! Absolutely vital part of the video!
Brilliant video editing and photo composition.
Wendigoon is also bad with names because he keeps calling people named "John" but in German "Han".. the fuck? this is like when he pronounced Sarejevo... in FUCKING BOSNIA as Sarehevo. This isn't mexico! get it right!
@notyourbusiness8475 in german the letter j is pronounced as y
@@mumenRhyder i know?
Hi Wendigoon! Big fan here, from Münster actually :D
I remember my dad telling me this story when I was a kid (thanks dad.....) and I also recognize some of the pictures you used because he had a book with them in it.
I can confirm - the cages are still hanging there, in the tower of the Lamberti Kirche :) if you go sightseeing in Münster this is a spot you can't miss. It's right in the centre of the city aswell and during winter when we hold the so called Weihnachtsmarkt (christmas market) you will see a huge glowing ladder, covering the roof of the church, named ladder to heaven.
Greetings from Münster
My old honors prof in college once told me that when a group of Baptist missionaries were trying to work somewhere in Europe, they faced resistance from the local government and initially weren't sure why. Turns out, the officials had seen that the missionary group was Dispensationalist according to their statement of faith and thought they had "Münsterite" leanings...in the 21st century. Just goes to show how the popular conception of the whole affair continues to have an impact.
Eastern Europe. So they were either Catholic or Orthodox probably. They had every reason to doubt those Baptist missionaries.
@@noxplay4906 Those "radical" rascals 🤠
@@noxplay4906 Ask the peace keeping forces in serbia how much safer Catholicism and Islam is. (i know you didn't say islam, but i'm pointing out the fact that they have reason to doubt every missionary, local or foreign, organized or not.)
Well, the interesting thing is that Baptists are an anabaptist group, not like the cult in the video, but like any church that practiced believer’s baptism at the time. Other famous examples are the Amish and the Mennonites. The latter two groups became pacifist due to persecution likely from fear of the events in the video. Baptists didn’t really have pacifist ideology because they developed in England where there was much less religious persecution. Baptists had much more Anglican influence in general, so they’re almost like an Anglican-Anabaptist mix.
@@TheChronic-h2y "peace keeping forces in Serbia" you misspelled genocidists.
Honestly Wendigoon you absolutely SHOULD ramble about the Bible for two hours because it's fun to watch
2 hours each book
Yeah I second this for sure I love to listen to the religious videos while I draw
I agree with this proposal.
The goon pastor.
What ever happened to The Weird Bible Poscast???
Honestly Kersenbrock is such a wild character , outsmarts everyone and even death itself , and just keeps writing about it
When is he mentioned??
Yeah such a feat especially since he wasnt anywhere near Munster at the time and wrote his account 20 years later. While being on a catholic payroll. Basically it was a political propaganda piece, cute that Wendigoon didnt care to mention that.
@@Langolyer2010Yeah, but thats true for many records. History is written by the victors and, unfortunately, that means a lot of recounts are going to be biased in some way. When reading/listening to historical events you should always keep in mind that what you are hearing probably isn't 100% accurate.
@@Langolyer2010doesn't seem like he was aware of that
@@colbyseaman801he’s the chronicler who describes the conditions of starvation.
My absolute and saddest thing to see is a retrospective on call of duty get taken down, my sadness is palpable
"and he died.. a lot, like very brutally" yeah, that's a fair assessment lmao
Dan Carlin devoted an episode of his “Hardcore History” podcast to this same story, titled “Prophets of Doom.” It’s still my absolute favorite episode of HH, and I can’t recommend it highly enough!
I’m so happy you’re covering this story!! It’s so utterly bizarre, I’m surprised more RUclipsrs haven’t been discussing it (granted, it is a pretty “niche” topic).
That is the one that got me hooked on Dan Carlin!!
Based an Carlin-pilled
Love that episode. Wish Dan made content more often than once or twice a year
@@Jakey_Bakey That's why Dan's content is so good tho. Quality > Quantity
Man I forgot HH existed, I hope it’s still running thank you for reminding me. My favorite was the Japanese WW2; A lot of nuanced information on why the US dropped the bombs which is lost on a lot of folks.
Don't use the acronym. Please don't use that acronym.
Just a note about medieval literacy:
Literacy in medieval europe meant reading and writing in Latin, not the local language. Ive seen estimates of 20% of vernacular literacy (logal language) in the 1500s. There is a reason there was a push for the bible to be written in local languages. Literacy levels rose and feel too with Alfred the Great (800s AD) was disapointed the latin literacy level fell but states that many people still are literate in English.
This is pretty general explanation but one that is ignored.
🙌🙌🙌
Yeah, it's hilarious how often people quote those figures as if they think the idea of writing was only something the rich did.
Compare that to ~ 90% illiteracy today.
It's also the greatest heresy the Catholics ever perpetrated. They lied about the will of God to millions. I.... suspect... I know where they are now. They might have come to regret their heresy, but... it's too late.
@@marhawkman303 Help yourself
#7 on trending my brother!
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at my security job right now and you are single handedly getting me through my last 10 hour shift of the week
Is your job watching a woman in a room? 😂
I work security as well and these videos are often a God send to help me stay awake
@@jay_bleu1448nope, riding around a large parking lot 😭😭
Haha me sitting in the guard shack rn
Make sure to keep an eye on the Animatronics
The cut to "i guess thats my cue" at 32:35 almost made me laugh out loud in the middle of the library so thanks for that one
I love it and paused it to try and identify the gun..... I want to say it's an m2 50cal but the stock is throwing me off....
ALMOST!? I cracked up at work in my otherwise silent office😭
@@vaben5Browning M1919A4 or A6, a lightened rifle-like version of the M1919 with a stock and bipod to allow to serve in an assault role instead of just an emplacement
@@vaben5 It's a 1919 with the A6 'stinger' style stock modification.
It's a "Browning M1919A6" It is an infantry version of the "A4" model, the main difference being the addition of a stock.
I love that this siege is explicitly what the Siege of Vraks was based on from Warhammer 40K
I was about to just mention Vraks lmao
VRAKS MENTIONED!!!!!
FOR THE EMPEROR!!!
Wait really?!
'cept this time round, Cardinal Xaphen is besieging his own capitol, taken by the degenerated followers of the Dark Gods👁️
The Catholic Church doesn't believe unbaptized babies who pass away go to hell. The Church doesn't have a definitive statement on it. It's an "I don't know, but I have hope that they're in Heaven". You have the option to believe what you like about it.
It's worth mentioning that at a time like this, even revolts that weren't fundamentally religious in nature often expressed their grievances in religious terms, because that's just how people thought.
I was born and raised in the Bible belt and became aware, early on, that whenever people/persons wanted to commit violence/harassment/persecution, etc., all they had to do was declare it was "in defense of Christianity" in order to avoid all or most consequences, including negative judgment by others. It was socially understood that a person losing/refusing self-control was a moral defect UNLESS they "went red" due to some perceived offense to their deity, then it was a moral and righteous response.
There was a coordinated plot, while I was in middle school, to get the handful of admitted non-Christians to end their own lives. It was supported by many of the offenders' parents, as well, and the school didn't care, suggesting that the students wouldn't be (dismissively) "picked on" if they didn't "choose to be like that."
[as in... They literally believed that everyone is a Christian, they're born that way, and other things are, not only invalid, but not even real.
As if not being a loudly, aggressively Evangelist was akin someone's goth phase: rebelling for the purpose of seeking attention, a cringy cry for help. One simply wouldn't do it if they didn't *want* to receive death threats, because what other logical response is there?]
Well, humans nowadays are still religious. They still speak in religious terms. Religion permeates every facet of our existence in society. Our morality was shaped long ago by theologians who already came up with those moral concepts.
A fish in the pond is defined by the nutrients within that pond. So it is with religion, and morality, culture, ethics, laws. Everything in our culture, sprouted out of some theological concept. And if you live in the West, you're probably influenced by Christianity, even if unknowingly. If you live in East Asia, you're probably influenced by Buddhism. Trying to escape religion is like trying to escape having to breathe oxygen.
Like John Ball in the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381: "When Adam delved and Eve span,/Who was then the gentleman?"
For everyone who is interested in this, I want to recommend the historical novel "Q" by Luther Blissett (a collective of italian writers that now are known as WuMing).
It's an heavy book, pretty long and dense that goes trough 40 years of religious wars in Europe, from the perspective of an unnamed follower of Thomas Müntzer that has to flee and change identity multiple times to survive, and his archenemy "Q", a spy of the catholic church. The fictional protagonist lives pretty much all the main events of those years, and the rebellion of Münster is one of those. It's a really good book if you like the setting and it should be translated in many languages too.
The cult of the wendigang killed millions in 2047. Truly a tragic event.
After the loss of their leader, Wendigang detonated the United States Hidden Dairy Cave (USHDC), crippling the Nations food chain. While the nation began to starve, they decided to eat the rich.
The goon has fallen
They died gooning
They where alternates I swear
IPOS tried to warn us
We admire Wendigoon's thoroughness and honesty in their content. It’s the kind of balance we aim to strike in our videos: detailed, respectful, and thought-provoking. This one’s another gem.
Speaking of takeovers, a fun idea for a video would be the mock communist takeover of Mosinee, Wisconsin on May 1st 1950.
The various things that happened that day included:
The "arresting" of Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter and the chief of police
The local library being "purged"
Local restaurants being forced to serve Russian black bread and potato soup
A "concentration camp" consisting of a square of barbed-wire fence
The coincidencental deaths of both Mayor Kronenwetter and the local minister.
Lots of interesting details that can be picked over. Especially for a little remembered event in a small town.
You gave me a new rabbithole. Thank you, Hank Scorpio!
That sounds like whats happening now. Libraries being purged, politicians getting arrested, people imprisoned. Swing too far in any direction and bad things happen.
So basically something like what's going on right now, only on the far-right and done unironically within the nation instead?
You know that hole thing was fake right. It was anti communist propaganda.
@@crazyluigi6664 Reddit is down the hall to the left
Saving this to watch later for my road trip tomorrow
Safe travels 🚗
@ thank you
Where are you headed if I may ask
@ franklin Tennessee its this little pretty town outside of Nashville there isn't much to do there besides go to some really good restaurants but it's a really pretty and quiet area
hour long wendigoon content during a roadtrip sounds delightful~~ safe travels!!
5:05 Anabaptist does not mean "anti baptist". It means another or second baptist, because they would rebaptize people already baptized.
Thanks for saying it 👍
Honest to Cthulhu, I've never seen the word spelled out, only heard people say it. And with the way some english speakers pronounce "anti-" in some words, I unironically thought people were just saying "anti-baptist" lmao
@@kindatim I did too until a few years ago.
Thanks for the correction, that bothered me too
@@timj6121 yeah, he should know better, isn't he a baptist?
Lets go, its my hometown! I am so stoked you are covering this.
6:33 An important note is that the Bible was usually only written and read in Latin, which only the clergy and nobles were educated in. So even a literate peasant would just have to trust their local priests explanation. This is also why the Geneva Bible, King James Bible, and other early translations to common languages were so important, as the developing literate middle class suddenly realized that many priests and the Catholic church as a whole back then were often blatantly lying about the Bible for their own benefit.
When the Cathars starting quoting Gnostic scripture that was not in the Bible, nobody could tell it was apocryphal. Some very helpful crusaders came along and sent the Cathar peasantry to God so they could ask the big man himself about the validity
@@walnzell9328
I like your style
I was JUST gonna write that, but you beat me to it xD
Yeah, the Scripture and theological texts were vey much intentionally not translated into the languages of the populace, so that the populace wouldn't be able to criticize the clergy for not following them.
Would like to see these examples of the church and the priests “blatantly lying for their own benefit.”
@@_charlie this isnt true, Saint Cyril helped to create the Slavic written language so that the Rus, Slave etc could share it themselves, it was also in Greek, Ethiopian, Arabic, Farsi. SEEMS like something silly must've happened in the west?
This is a great video because people think of cults as a modern thing for the most part but they’ve been extremely prevalent through out history and there’s some real crazy ones that never get mentioned
In a way, Christianity started as a small "cult" that worshipped a Jewish carpenter
They had to learn it all from somewhere.
One could argue that all religions began as a cult, or are cult-ish. The ones that survive just become mainstream.
@@mikemurrow and one could argue that all Spiders are actually cows
@@blights5468 found the xtian
as a German speaker, I laughed every time when you said Jan 😂 I don‘t know how „Hon“ happened on your side
In Germany it‘s the same as Ian, just with a J
Like J-een or J-ee-an?
I'm Polish and I kept wondering about that 😂 I think maybe Hans got into the mix somewhere along the line 🤷♀️
He must've substituted a Spanish J (h sound) for the Germanic J (y sound). 😆
@@NefariousKoelI figured that’s what happened
@@mrziiz6893 like yan . a j in german is a y sound!
33:16 there was definitely some god who saw an opportunity for chaotic stupidity and stepped in lol
35:47 I thought he said "God is goth, is Minecraft"
I was busy while listening to this, and this is exactly what i heard. 😂
Tbf that is absolutely true
Our craft
Mine Craft - my power
Two things need to be pointed out.
1. The reason, why munsterite movement was popular, was in horrific persecutions Anabaptists experienced from both Catholics and Protestants (Lutherans and Calvinists). While being completely peaceful. Modern Amish and Mennonite communities have "Martyr's Mirror" readily available, which is collection of stories of persecutions. Many stories there would make your stomach turn, that's how bad it was. So when munsterite movement emerged, ones who were on the breaking point - broke and betrayed their pacifist teachings (btw, story repeated itself in 1920's Ukraine with mennonite colonies).
2. While munsterites became the most known at the time, they were far from being majority. They were later used to crack down on remaining peaceful Anabaptists even harder (making them leave mainland Europe and move to North America), but most Anabaptists formed several different groups, with Mennonites being the most well-known, who continued on the path of mere Christianity and pacifism.
P.s. i think it's also wrong to use modern understanding of "pacifism" to describe their belief, they call it "non-resistance" and "doctrine of two Kingdoms". Believing, that while violence isn't inherently evil, and can be used for good, if mandated by God, modern Christians are a part of Heavenly Kingdom, that has no physical borders (because it's unrestrained and universal) that need to be protected by the sword. And spirit being more important, than body, it's better to sacrifice body, by not resisting evil, than risk damaging soul and being condemned.
P.p.s. Anabaptists exist today too. Most notable groups are Mennonites and Amish. Also many Baptists, while having the past in Reformation and being historically Protestants, share many similarities with Anabaptists. And same with Pentecostals (and some Charismatics), who are Evangelicals, but have many teachings, that resemble Anabaptism. Though both Baptists and Pentecostals are still different groups and not Anabaptist.
Still sounds like pretentious protty nonsense
@@billygoodmeme7635 sounds like joe mama more like
@@billygoodmeme7635 why are you gay?
From what I've heard, the Anabaptist movement was more violent at first than it was later. Either way, Luther and Calvin were dead by the time most Anabaptists were civilly persecuted.
Also, I would caution against forming ideas of religion based on narratives of persecution. Christians of all denominations (including obviously heretical ones) have been persecuted at different times, so it's a pretty poor way of differentiating them.
@@lm62981. Never heard of any Anabaptist group, not preaching non-resisyance outside of Munsterites and Mennonite colonists in 1920's Ukraine. Will need sources on that.
2. Persecutions of Anabaptists already happened in 1530's, way before the deaths of Luther and Calvin. Maybe you think of Baptists, instead of Anabaptists (who emerged in 1520's, which is really early into Reformation).
3. There are massive amounts of books you can read and Amish/mennonite Churches you can visit to learn about them and challenge their sources. It's not like they are some fringe group. In certain US states and Canadian provinces they are very numerous. US Anabaptists tend to be conservative and traditionalist, while Canadian Anabaptists often are progressive.
0:07 Cults?! *grabs popcorn and soda* I’m in, sir WendiGoon
Oh look, another basement dweller who thinks "cults" are just quirky internet clubs. Maybe try leaving your house sometime? You might find reality is a bit more complex than your popcorn-fueled fantasies.
if this guy would have lived 500 years later, he would have 100% been a brutal dictator
Thank you for making iceberg videos 4 years ago you’ve been my favorite creator since. Helped me finish many meals and painting sessions
1:00 INCOMPRESSIBLE PEAK IS INBOUND 🗣️🗣️🗣️
U sound nice
@@ForceOfChaos1776you sound real nice pretty boy
A second consistent upload has hit the tower
Has hit the algorithm-*
Nay, a THIRD
i swear i just got a notification for a new video about modern warfare but cant find it anywhere
Got privated, I’m assuming an issue with content ID
that was a high quality ad cut especially considering how far apart the ad record date and video date appear to be via weight loss, good shit man, respect.
Long ago, you declared "I will not stop talking about this book."
I've been a longtime viewer partly because of that, and the way you handle this material.
I appreciate that mention and cover the bad things people have done to it in a way that conveys that these things are wrong and against the purpose of it.
0:15 sounds like something Dr. Doom would do
Dr Doom has standards
Real
Sounds like something Dr Doom DID do
@localroachy9309 Eh not really
You're not gonna believe this
I've been enjoying the videos. Thanks for the hard work.
27:53 “…he died a lot…” Absolutely killed me 😂😂😂
If you’re interested in learning more about this story, Dan Carlin at Hardcore History did an episode on it. It’s one of my favourite podcast episodes of all time, ep. 48 Prophets of Doom.
Hell yeah, thanks for this. I’m watching this on the porch of my family cabin in Jonas Ridge, NC. It’s about 10 minutes away from the brown mountain overlook and I couldn’t believe you made a video about the lights. I’ve been going there my whole life and have spent many nights at the overlook seeing the lights. I’ve seen them only a few times in the probably hundred or so times I’ve been. They’re amazing to see though if you get so lucky. I showed the video to my whole family and they loved it. I’ve been a fan for a long time and appreciate the stuff you do 👍🏻 hell yeah brother
“Well I guess that’s my queue.” PULLS OUT A M2 .50 cal 😂😂😂
4:45 If you’re havin’ God problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 95 theses, and indulgences ain’t one
I started singing that in my head right away and then I saw your comment and I was pissed You beat me to the punchline
The method that was used to end the three is truly horrific, that is some creative and sadistic method there
i agree, it makes my stomach turn.
Yes well… how to put it. It’s a development from an older medieval christian tradition where the method of ending was effectively a final penance of their life with the community. Long before keeping common people in jails was feasible. This then developed into the method being the punishment rather than the ending itself. And how do you punish someone who did all this, caused the ending of an entire city? Well. You have to break out something like this. Only the eventual spectacle from things like this turning into public entertainment caused the backlash leading to the “end” being considered the punishment in later periods.
christian love and forgiveness, thou shall not kill, turn the other cheek and all that.
This and the Japanese one where a man was executed by boiling him and his son in hot boiling oil in a big pot, man had to dip his son first so he could die faster, that one still gives me nightmares like what did the poor child do?
The early bird gets the worm, what a damn fine worm this is gonna be.
It's standing ready for Wendigoon's arrival
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A Diet of Worms, if you will.
If you’re there before the other WORMS you won’t go HUNGRY 🪱🪱🪱
Stand ready for my arrival
Hey Wendigoon, don't know if you'll see this, just wanted to say I love your content.
You're making a positive impact on the world even if it's just telling stories online.
It's genuinely the highlight of my day to see a new video and just relax with a cup of tea and settle down.
Keep up the great work, I wish you and yours the best.
How many times am I gonna binge a bunch of your videos only for you to upload the same day as I’m watching
17 and a half
keep binging you may be the secret to consistent wendigoon uploads
"The word munster became synonymous with fanaticism, heresy and coming apocalypse"
Me: ...cheese.
Oh wow such a great video! The second you said three iron cages I thought "wait... Are those the same cages that still hang there in Münster?!" Didn't know the story behind those until now!
27:27 “he died a lot”. Never quite heard it put that way lol
32:35 I love your little improvs lol
my boyfriend’s mom lives in Münster, when we went there and went by that church, she was super excited to point out “the cages”. I’m glad I know the history behind them now
I really like the long-form content that Wendigoon provides, perfect to listen in while doing housework
you always seem to have wonderful timing with these video drops :) you dropped on my birthday not long ago and then today this feels like a nice lift from a loss my family went through last night. your work will always have impact and bring comfort, joy, and unique stories to so many. thank you for creating :))
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"Short version for those of you who don't want to hear me ramble about the Bible for two hours"
I would LOVE if he rambled about the Bible for two hours!
Bring back Sunday Studies
35:46 never thought I'd see Minecraft reference in Wendigoon's cult video
i love how i had to keep rewinding at 0:33 because i heard the first instance of the mic break, and then as i realized what it was i just moved on, only to realize it was directly mentioned and MUCH worse not even ten seconds later.
The upload schedule going crazy lately
nooooo the call of duty vid got struck down like 60 seconds after it was uploaded 😂😂😂
fuh
32:45 see that's the kind of thing that would just solidify their beliefs about being destined to win and the other guy being a sacrifice 😭 like i fear i'd be swayed too
I love that new “wendigoon production” placard in the thumbnail. I secretly loathed the old one because it lacked your soul, but I’m glad to see you seemingly weren’t satisfied with it either. Yeah, I know, I’m that guy who noticed. Love the vid man lol
There’s no rush in life like a wendigoon upload.
Hell yeah!
"Before we get into this, we will need to know more about the politics of austrailian shadow men and the ambient temperature of completely covered bedrock." Love these videos
Love your videos, I'm looking forward to watching all of this one.
I wanted to clarify that the Catholic Church teaches "baptism of intention" so if someone dies before baptism but intends to be baptized (a car crash of a catacuman for example) then their intention in enough to be baptized at death.
This applies to babies who die in miscarriage, birth or before they can be baptized if the parents intend them to be baptized.
This is not a very well known teaching outside the church but it is a very important one.
Also in terms of cults in really really want someone to do a good deep dive into the Move cult in Philadelphia. Everyone focuses on the bombing and fire but there is so much else going on with it. The podcast murder at ryans run has a great amount of deep dives and interviews but is not excellently put together.
I'm a Ruthenian Greek Catholic catechumen! Yeah, it's great to know that just because I haven't gotten baptized yet, if I were to die, that doesn't mean I'm cooked.
There's also "baptism of blood" where martyrs who were not yet baptized are considered baptized by virtue of the ultimate sacrifice they made to remain faithful to the Triune God. I'm glad the Church has answers to these questions. It has been around for almost 2000 years after all. :D
@noxplay4906 glad to relieve any anxiety you have about the time before you are baptized. As a fellow convert to the church (15+ years ago) congratulations on discovering and having the courage to join the church.
49:14 It‘s not an informal way to say „are“, it’s an informal way to say „you“!
For anyone else curious about this, in Germany we use a system of formal and informal language, related mostly to how you adress someone. For someone unfamiliar or even hierarchically above you, you'd use 'Sie' instead of 'Du' which you could equate to addressing someone as "Sir" instead of simply stating what you want, I.e. : "Kannst du mir das Buch bitte geben" could be translated as "Could you please pass me that book". In contrast : " Könnten sie mir das Buch bitte geben" would be more like "Sir, could you please pass me that book". So to reiterate what OP said, the phasing is impolite because he addresses him not as a Sir or some other title but instead like how you'd talk to your friend.
5:55 I don’t think it’s quite accurate to say the majority of Protestant denominations don’t believe in infant baptism. Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Reformed/Calvinists, etc. all do infant baptism. If you’re talking about a majority of Protestant people in America though, then yes, since there are so many Baptists, Pentecostals and nondenominational Christians here (who a lot of the time are theologically Baptist and/or Pentecostal with the serial numbers filed off.)
No.
"Infant Baptism" in Protestant churches is *not* the same as Catholic Baptism, as in Protestant churches, it is a vow for the *parents* (and often extended family / church community) to raise the child as Christian, *not* to absolve the infant of the Original Sin as is intended in Catholic churches.
Because Protestantism.
@@DamePigletOk? It’s still called a baptism in those denominations. Baptists don’t think any baptism is a necessary condition for salvation since salvation is through faith alone. It’s just an ordinance performed as a symbolic demonstration of faith. Are those also not baptisms? I understand that they might not be seen as “legitimate” baptisms from the perspective of other denominations, but that’s a theological debate.
I think it is just that it is not common in the South, and that is why he said it.
@@emrysaki schismatics turning Holy Sacrements and spiritual Mysteries in boring platonic guilt trips since 1054
@@emrysaki He's talking out of his ass, here in Sweden everyone gets a "Catholic" baptism despite being Protestant for centuries.
I used to think RUclipsrs were a bullshiting about checking your subscriptions but RUclips legitimately unsubscribe me from Wendigoon
I instantly knew which story this was going to be from the description and was so excited! One of the absolute best weird historical stories ever. Also recommend the Dan Carlin episode on this called Prophets of Doom.
So excited that Wendi is covering this story. Dan Carlin did a great stand-alone episode on Hardcore History called "Prophets of Doom" about this story too. I strongly recommend it for those who enjoy Wendi's rendition.
32:22 im picturing this as a Monty Python skit and its too perfect 😂
So much content lately I love it. Keep up the good work goat 🐐
I've always thought that whichever studio gets the first high budget movie made about this story is going to make a killing.
It's got everything: really handsome charismatic guy, rebellion, a mystic culty guy, and wild battles
people ate their own babies, there will be no movie
There's a German TV show about this whole ordeal btw
one of my favourite parts of this channel is the range of things wendigoon talks about, but my favourites are always the history/weird history videos. this was so weird and interesting and now i get to info dump on my loved ones about this lol
Yknow, people give the Catholic Church a lot of grief for the lengths they went to to put down heresies… but whenever stuff like this happens, it really puts it into a context of why they considered heresies so dangerous 😅
I couldn't agree with you more. The Protestant Reformation led to the deaths of so many people, it's not even funny. This is what happens when you let heresy get out of control. The Thirty Years War was one of the most brutal conflicts in human history, never would've happened without the Protestant "Reformation."
The only problem the Catholic Church had with heresy was that it threatened their near complete monopoly on power in the region. They were the ones that normalized brutal executions of those who challenged your religious beliefs and had their Bishops become political leaders.
@@TheNotshauna That is true, but it's equally true that in Christianity heretics even in the Protestant churches were executed for their heresies. This practice only stopped in the past hundred years. I'm a Protestant myself, but saying that the Catholics killed just because they "felt threatened" is disingenuous - many Protestants killed "heretics" for the exact same heresies, and many Protestant churches mimicked (and still to this day mimic) the power structure(s) of the Roman Catholic church. Put yourself in the shoes of someone in the 1500s where most people were illiterate; how do you keep the church pure when someone who is literate comes along and claims they have holy messages from God and pervert church doctrines? It seems Medieval and draconian now, but simply killing a heretic was an excellent defense against truly blasphemous teachings (although many legitimate complainants DID suffer, too LOL)
Don't forget that the catholic church was born from a place of heresy, secret messages and underground churches
So dangerous they just had to execute thousands of people to keep the peace
I've been busy with work and have missed the past 2months of Wedigoon. Time to binge & catch up 👊👊🤙
You didn’t miss much
You always make some of the best videos, thank you so much for your videos!
Uploaded just in time for my red beans and rice to get done. Thank you Bible man
You have good tatse
A cult in Munster? Cheesus Christ, I’ve never even heard of that. Must of bleu over quickly.
Damn you. 😂
The whole thing was edam shame.
Thats a gouda one.
Oh man that was bad lol
*cheesus slice
This was a really cool subject. I was enamored the whole way through, way to go Vincent. I would love to see more early/medieval history videos from you wendigoon
OMG I KNOW THAT MAP! I live in Münster :D So excited to watch this video :D :D :D
Fun fact: we put little cute candles into the (replicas of the) cages every Christmas season! Looks really cozy when you are at one of the Christmas markets and look up at the St. Lamberti Church
I will NEVER get over how Wendi pronounces “zealous” as ZELIOUS!
A worse atrocity has never been committed than this.
He also recently pronounced imgur as "I'm grr" and it killed me
Not to mention all the German names. Jan as 'Han' and Moonster for Münster
ISROOL
Howdy Isaiah!
Presbyterian (soon to be) minister here. Great video! I always appreciate your ability to take large subjects and explain them at a popular level.
I wanted to give one short note about infant baptism:
In modern conservative denominations, infant baptism isn't a saving act. Rather, it's a sign and seal of the child's membership to the covenant people of God. It's predicated on the faith of the parents, and is an act of comittment on the part of the congregation and the parents who are promising to raise the child as one of their own with hope for their faith in the future.
It's kinda like a baby dedication and circumcision (of the heart) all wrapped up into one.
Tl;dr - We don't see baptism as securing salvation.
Anyways, keep up the excellent work!