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This Leaked Jehovah's Witness Cartoon Is Unbelievable!
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- This new Caleb and Sophia Video was shown during the 2023 Annual Meeting and it will blow your mind!
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It’s funny how the bullies in this skit is a mirror of JWs themselves 😂 Also a big point missing is the lack of respect to ask the kid’s parents if Sophia can indoctrinate her child during school hours 🤔
The world is indoctrinated!
Nero of the Roman Empire worshipped the Sun God Apollo! Even if Jesus did not exist they would follow Sun, Moon, and Star Worship! Revelation 17:17
The Roman Empire allowed Christianity but created a Pagan Jesus. Constantine made Christianity the main religion of Rome, and created Constantinople, which became the most powerful city in the world. Historians link the advent of Christianity to Sol Invictus partly because December 25 marked the so-called Feast of the Unconquered Sun before it became officially recognized as the birthday of Christ. The Winter solstice, alternatively called Yule or Sol Invictus, is a pagan celebration Emperor Aurelian established in 272 CE. Aurelian strengthened the position of the Sun god Sol Invictus as the main divinity of the Roman pantheon. He declared Dec. 25 as the birthdate of the “Invincible Sun” and made the day a feast-day.
Deuteronomy 4:19 And when you raise your eyes to the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars-all the army of the heavens-do not get seduced and bow down to them and serve them. Jehovah your God has given them to all the peoples under the whole heavens.
Rejecting and shunning people because they BETRAY you isn't the same as rejecting and shunning people because they aren't good enough. Betrayal in the pursuit of envy for materialistic things deserves shunning. You don't deserve the love and support from people who you betray. Worldly people like you (I can tell you are worldly because you took a photo of yourself smiling to publicly display) reject other people for materialistic reasons. You need to learn that their materialistic control isn't what's important. Their spiritual control is what matters in the long term. They reject you for spiritualistic reasons. You reject them for materialistic reasons. You are quite literally Eve being seduced by the serpent. Women are particularly vulnerable to being emotionally manipulated through seduction and bullying. That's why Satan grooms women and children into slavery. It's unfortunate but if a woman (like you) allows herself to be seduced she has to be shunned as an example to the rest of the women on what happens when they disassociate. You women do the exact same to men when you attain power. The difference is you ignore them because they never have "enough" material things to provide you. You reject them for the wrong reasons. They reject you for the right reasons. You bully them when you get power. They lead you when they get power. This isn't even coming from hate. It's just reality.
@@strappedfatman7858Well, I'm against the christian indoctrination too...its as bad as the others.
The 5th and 6th Seal of Revelation.
Beth-Sarim! Yes they built a Mansion for the resurrection. But the fifth seal of Revelation says they are to rest a little longer. Lol!
The “Jubilee Year” teaching of 1925 appeared later, between 1917-1918. The Watchtower Society thus recalls its interpretation:
In a booklet published in that same year, 1920, it was pointed out that if 70 full Jubilees were calculated from what was understood to be the date when Israel entered the Promised Land (...), this could point to the year 1925. (Jehovah’s Witnesses-Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom 1993 p. 632).
Luke 12:35 Be dressed and ready and have your lamps burning, 36 and you should be like men waiting for their master to return from the marriage, so when he comes and knocks, they may at once open to him. 37 Happy are those slaves whom the master on coming finds watching! Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come alongside and minister to them. 38 And if he comes in the second watch, even if in the third, and finds them ready, happy are they! 39 But know this, if the householder had known at what hour the thief would come, he would not have let his house be broken into.
Did the Faithful Slave pass the second and third watch.
1925 and 1975 are they false dates or prophetic prophecy. The 5th And 6th Seal of Revelation.
Revelation 6:5
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls* of those slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the witness they had given. 10 They shouted with a loud voice, saying: “Until when, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, are you refraining from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 And a white robe was given to each of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number was filled of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they had been.
12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair,* and the entire moon became as blood, 13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth as when a fig tree shaken by a high wind drops its unripe figs. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and every island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the high officials, the military commanders, the rich, the strong, every slave, and every free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
1925 was the end of the Jubilee's and they thought Armageddon was coming also in 1975 the end of the 6000 years. They didn't know it was the 5th and 6th seal being opened. They built a mansion. But the 5th seal shows they was to rest a little longer. And they did believe the wrath of Jehovah was coming. Read verse 17 of the sixth seal.
Luke 12:32 Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has approved of giving you the Kingdom.
That part!!!! I would be furious
It’s ridiculous how they gaslight kids. If you grew up a JW, especially when the message was harsher like when I was a kid, you probably need therapy as an adult
Ya I’m going threw therapy now because of the isolation. Jw in the 90s was hard
I was JW for 46 years. It is because of therapy that I've decided to walk away from the organization last year. Therapy helped me find me and helped me learn how important I am. It helped me to stop living in fear and thinking the end was coming tomorrow. Tjis, the past year has been the best year of my life. I finally Love Myself. I hope everyone finds a way out of the organization.
@@homeinblanket2593same also grew up in the 90s and in my 30s now and yeah you do a lot of lying to yourself that the social isolation was ok just to grow and realize it was all a sham
The first book I ever read was the Great Teacher Book in 1971. Isolation did me good. Then! Here's my professional help. Lol I'm sitting here listening to Rush 2112 and watching Star Trek. So who changed the stardate. Or is 2012 the end of the age and Jesus shows up in 18 years from the stardate 2012. But after the Guardian of the four corners of the Earth is ruling the world. Who changed the stardate of our calendar. After Jesus is born King. He shows up in Jerusalem at 12 years old. Then he shows at age 30. Then Jerusalem is destroyed in 70 AD. The Magi knew when Jesus was born as King. Did they use the 13th constellation. When I look at ancient Sumerian pictures of the solar system and planets. Or is it the morning star. The same star a person puts over a Christmas tree.
Why did the Pharisees think Jesus was almost 50 years old. Who reset our calendar so Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. Our calendar was reset and counted backwards. Was it reset by 20 years to have Jesus show up at 12 years old and age 30.
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Matthew 24:15
the disgusting thing that causes desolation: Daniel foretold that “disgusting thing(s)” would be associated with desolation. (Da 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) Jesus here indicates that “the disgusting thing that causes desolation” had not yet appeared; it was to come in the future. And 33 years after Jesus’ death, Christians witnessed the initial fulfillment of this prophecy when they did catch sight of a disgusting thing standing in a holy place. The parallel account at Lu 21:20 reads: “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then know that the desolating of her has drawn near.” In 66 C.E., pagan Roman armies surrounded “the holy city,” Jerusalem, a place that the Jews viewed as holy and that was the center of the Jewish revolt against Rome. (Mt 4:5; 27:53) Discerning Christians, who recognized that the Roman army with its idolatrous banners was “the disgusting thing,” took it as the final signal to “begin fleeing to the mountains.” (Mt 24:15, 16; Lu 19:43, 44; 21:20-22) After the Christians fled, the Romans desolated both the city and the nation. Jerusalem was destroyed in the year 70 AD., and the last Jewish stronghold, Masada, fell to the Romans in 73 AD. (Compare Da 9:25-27.) The detailed initial fulfillment of this prophecy provides a solid basis for trusting that the greater fulfillment will also take place, culminating with Jesus’ “coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” (Mt 24:30) Many ignore Jesus’ statement that Daniel’s prophecy would be fulfilled after Jesus’ day, and they follow Jewish tradition in applying Daniel’s prophecy to an event in 168 B.C.E. when Syrian King Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) profaned Jehovah’s temple in Jerusalem. Antiochus attempted to stamp out the worship of Jehovah, even building an altar over the great altar of Jehovah and sacrificing pigs as an offering to the pagan god Zeus of Olympus. (See study note on Joh 10:22.) The apocryphal book of 1 Maccabees (1:54) uses an expression similar to the one found in the book of Daniel (associating disgusting things with desolation) and applies it to the event in 168 B.C.E. However, Jewish tradition and the account in 1 Maccabees are human interpretations, not inspired revelations. Certainly, Antiochus provoked feelings of disgust by desecrating the temple, but his attack did not result in the desolation of Jerusalem, the temple, or the Jewish nation.
Being a jw kid was the worst thing ever for me. I was the only one in my school and I didn’t get to participate in anything fun at school because of my mom. “Shell of a person” is exactly what it felt like. I had self esteem issues my entire life because of it and I swear to god I didn’t level out until I turned 30 and stopped giving a crap.
I'm 33 now and went through a similar thing.. I left when I was 16, after trying on my own to go to the meetings with the 1 other kid I went to school with that was jw, my dad got remarried when I was 12 and my stepmom hated jw, so it made it even harder. I regretted it for a little while because I thought I had to be there, I downward spiralled all through my 20's and lost all communication with my family except for my mom and dad, who have both returned to the religion recently but we are still close. It wasn't until recently that I realized you don't need religion to believe in or be close to God, if you want to, the more important thing is to just be a good person. I challenge my parents on occasion in light debates about the hypocrisy and how it's all bs control tactics, but we always agree to disagree and move on. I can feel they aren't true believers because I usually make a point they can't or don't know how to argue and thats when it ends, they give up defending the faith. They were both disfellowshipped for over 10yrs and their parents did disown them until they returned, my one brother is in Bethel and he disowned our mom for a long time as well, I never got baptized so he can't get in trouble for talking to me (God that feels weird to say...) but we keep our communication short and nonreligious, but we hardly talk. Growing up a jw was harsh and still haunts me.
I feel you
Same experience. Only it still hasn't leveled out
I agree with feeling like a shell of a person when you grow repressing your true self. I was depressed a lot as a JW teen and now I know why! I got out at age 28, 13 years ago. My life did a complete 180 and wow no depression from being constantly repressed and beaten into a JW clone!
I’m about 44 and have been through the same thing. I was a “shell of a person, as my parents forced me to repress my true self. I went PIMO when I was 24. By the time my father passed when I was 40, I leveled out. My parents’ faith in JW made my life miserable.
Whew this hit hard, in 6th grade the principal came in and asked who wanted to be in the choir, in my mind oh I can do that! Finally I can express myself. When 6 of us volunteered we went in the hall way and found out it was for the Christmas program. I was devastated, and turned to walk back in the class room knowing this is a no no. Well the principal told me to stay, and that I had to take part since I willingly volunteered. So, I complied out if fear, as it is all I knew. I did not sing in practice I just moved my mouth a little. A few days later, my Mom and older siblings were witnessing to another kid at my school that was at the house. They were explaining why we did not celebrate Christmas. Innocently he said well Kelly is in the Christmas program, and my Mom slapped me across the room in front of this poor kid. I could never get the words out to explain what happened. I just went into a shell of a person. Depression followed me. I have more hair raising stories but this one sticks in my mind. I always worried about that boy, and what he must have thought. I wish I could let him know that it was not his fault.
Wow! That was so horribly traumatic for you, I'm so sorry you were brought up in such an abusive environment. Home life is one place where you should be able to relax and feel free to be yourself, not be subjected to strict abusive authoritative measures. Where's the love JW's always like to pride themselves with, especially when it comes to their own children? 😥😥😥
Sad, very sad, I hope you healed from that trauma
Sweetheart I’m so sorry 😞 that sucks not celebrating Christmas is okay I’m Muslim I don’t celebrate either it’s not your fault you didn’t know
I’m pretty sure no JW kid anywhere is conducting a Bible study with a classmate. It just doesn’t happen. JW kids are embarrassed enough being a JW. Can you just imagine the reaction of Zoey’s parents once they find out she’s studying to become a JW? Or if Zoey’s parents decide to Google JW’s to find out what she’s learning? All hell would break loose.
Normally that would happen in the real world, but when it comes to JW propaganda, then this Sophia and Caleb cartoon will see Zoes parents be accepting of it.
They have an interesting choice then. Porn or Religion. :)
The super brainwashed poor sap kids might offer but yeah I can't imagine any kind that wasn't completely starved for attention themselves getting into it. Besides just plain not being interested in something with no perks and only downsides, most kids are gonna be aware that messing w that stuff will piss off their parents who more than likely have their own beliefs...
@@morningglory9288 Sadly, you're right. A girl who worked where I did when I was a teenager she was JW. So any b'day cakes and stuff had to be done away from her.
Actually one of my younger sisters had a bible study with one of her little classmates once. I think it was more an excuse to be able to have a friend come over to the house. Didn’t last long of course 🤣
As if a kid the age of Sofia could shrug away being excluded, I took many psychology classes in college and it’s KNOWN that kids that age NEED to feel included, the brain is so vulnerable to social rejection at that age, it’s a way for our brain to develop their sense of identity - i grew up in this and my life made so much sense after realizing how much this rejection affected my adult social life
God, it's so heartbreaking to see how Zoey gets dragged into this cult😢
Luckily it's just a JW wet dream. Normal kids don't convert, and much less go ahead and convert their parents to this cult. They are struggling to even keep their own kids in lol
That's literally how the JW children are "trained" to basically convert everyone they can into the cult, starting at school, then changing to the workplace as they grow into adulthood. JWs will say that they don't "convert" people and merely want to spread a "good message" to their neighbors, but that is an outright lie. The sole purpose of preaching is to convert others into the cult, and if you are not getting anywhere in a Bible study (not getting someone to convert to being a JW), you are encouraged by the WT to drop the study as it's considered a lost cause at that point.
It is more heartbreaking to see Sophia bullied by Angela and others for being a Jehovah's Witness.
@@daisychain3007 Well, it's certainly not ok, but the governing body is intentionally causing the members and especially the kids to be alienated from their peers. They want the kids to not have friends in the outside. Is it then untimately the kids' fault, or the GB's fault? Also, we need to remember this is all just their propaganda, not actually kids bullying someone, jaust how they imagine it to happen.
@@valkeakirahvi Well, if you do not consider Angela deliberately pushing Sophia onto the ground just because Sophia was reading a book about Jehovah's Witnesses, I cannot imagine what sort of person you are. Even if you believe that Jehovah's Witnesses spout a lot of rubbish, there is no need to attack them.
Dude this one was PACKED! And the worst part for me? Sophia and Zoey, removed from this nonsense, are just two legitimstely kind hearted, very smart, talented, good natured little girls and they get NO CREDIT for how great of kids they are. Pardon the term, but parents that i know from my civilian job would kill to have daughters like this. And instead of giving these girls their due, they have to attribute it all to "Jehovah’s help." Thanks again for finding this for us Wally!
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Hi Darth! How are you?
Use the "Foice" Lol!
Joel 2:15 Blow a horn in Zion! Proclaim a fast; call for a solemn assembly. 16 Gather the people; sanctify the congregation. Collect the old men; gather the children and nursing infants. Let the bridegroom go out from his inner chamber, and the bride from her bridal chamber.
The conclusion of the preaching and disciple-making work means that the harvest phase begins. And during the harvest all the sons of the Kingdom are gathered into the storehouse; thus, precluding any more preaching and teaching. The final witness work will not be a message of salvation - but of certain doom for Satan’s world.
What was your favorite part DM? I laughed tragically at the part when Cringe Clown Caleb came in like "Wut! Who sez we can't have fun?! *googly eyes, boingy boingy, hijinks, wuuuut girl is good at ball too?!*" Like yaaas playing with this BALL totally makes up for all the social isolation and lying to yourself about how depressed it makes you~ XD
Looking forward to you and Commander Fives breaking down this episode 🙂
Welcome back to JW Thoughts, my Lord.
The fact that they compare a bully at school to a leper who had a highly contagious and life-ruining disease infuriates me. People were like that to lepers because they HAD TO be and were scared of having their life ruined from a skin-eating disease!! Not because they were different!! FFS!!! 😡
avoiding a person doesn't mean you have to be unkind or look down on them. seems like you may have missed the overall point there.
@@dwightbrown2036 you completely side stepped the point I made here. A bully and a leper are NOT comparable in any way, shape or form. A bully is a mean child/adult going out of their way to hurt people. A leper is someone with an incurable diseases whose presence threatens the lives of the people around them. Seems like you missed the point I made
I grew up in a small town. We had one JW girl. She had to sit out during holiday parties but none of the other kids cared really. I felt badly for her so I used to sit with her. We were friends all through school. I kept her company through many activities that she couldn't do. It never seemed to bother her at all that she didn't participate. I'm surprised that her parents let her be friends with me, a worldly girl, but I was literally her only friend. It was super interesting growing up the friend of a JW. Saddest thing? I always thought she was an only child. It wasn't until we were in HS that I learned she had an older sister they were shunning. They never mentioned her. Ever. I stumbled into her room, carefully persevered. Thought she died but no... I was told that she decided to go to community college and date a worldly guy. And that was so shameful that it was whispered to me in their basement. That's kind of where our friendship ended. She went super JW after that and we lost touch.
I’m sorry for the loss of your friend, I went through something similar a few years back & I still think of them. It’s hard because you can’t get through to them and they go from being this caring nice kid to someone who’s beliefs teach that others are bad, and they start putting their warped standards onto you. You’ve not done anything to the relationship but you went to a party of took part in an after school spelling championship ( same one they did the year before ) but this year it’s time wasted that could be spent Dior witnessing & doling out JW material at strangers doors.
These situations never seem to end well. SAD.
How sad.
As a teacher I think this is awful. After being involved with Watchtower for a few years I now know. That's why I now know why my little neighbour never plays outside (even in his own back yard): to avoid contact with wordly children from the neighbourhood! All summer he stayed inside, only to go outside when it was dinner time...
About once a month two fellow witness children will be there to play.
I also know why JW children in my city will visit a school further away: to avoid playing with your schoolmates after school...😔
This is sheer isolation and abuse, but 'outsiders' won't notice😢
I think more and more JW parents are homeschooling their kids these days also, to keep them away from “worldly” kids. I know at my old congregation every school-aged kid was homeschooled and most of them hated it because they felt isolated. Then they don’t go to college, so they never get to know anything except what the org wants them know to keep them indoctrinated.
@EL-IZ-at thank you for noticing, I have given over 65 years to the organisation until I could give no more. Looking back I now see how horrific a life a child has and so very isolated and never allowed to celebrate anything other than weddings. I must admit growing up it wasn’t as it is today, but on the other hand the physical abuse, a child suffered for not being able to sit still for a two hour meeting. If not, they were taken out and beaten. Thank heavens, that is not the normal anymore only because the outside world has spoken out to protect children from beatings not because the organisation have changed their ways. I am truly frustrated for the children of today as the growth is only coming from children born in so that’s why the indoctrination is getting worse. So they will be too fearful to leave as you know leaving you are never allowed to leave and keep your family and loved ones. You are left fearing the outside world and knowing you will be all alone as I have. I can’t imagine the fear someone younger would feel. I hope they can find the strength to leave so they can live the life they are given.
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I understand your concerns, but it is important to remember that Jehovah's Witnesses do not forbid their children from playing with non-Witness children. We simply encourage our members to be discerning in the types of influences they allow into their lives. We believe that exposure to worldly philosophies and practices can lead to spiritual harm, so we encourage our members to associate primarily with other Jehovah's Witnesses.
However, we do not forbid our members from interacting with non-Witnesses. If a Jehovah's Witness child wishes to play with a non-Witness child, the parent may permit it if they deem it appropriate. Each situation is unique, and parents are responsible for making decisions that they believe are in the best interests of their children.
I love how the little girl didn't go to the party because she wanted to do the "right thing", indirectly telling children right at Christmas season that you will be doing the wrong thing if you go to a Christmas party or holiday party. But they continue to use the names of the days of the weeks and the names of the months and have weddings.... all of which have pegan roots just like Christmas.
Christmas isn't pagan. It's Christian, & the trees are a German tradition.
Double standards, much?
@Fashn4LaDieS actually Christmas was pagan until the christians took it and rename it to Christmas, it was originally called yule
@@GaypataponALT yeah
I agree! So, wedding traditions are ok, but Christmas is a problem? Makes no sense at all!
During my judicial committee the elders were counseling me about a good paying job opportunity. Saying that it could be a gift from Satan and that it would hold me back from returning to Jehovah. Due to the long hours and odd working schedules. Asking me if I would accept the job offer. Fast forward 10 years and now being financially well off my mom comes out and says " well you know son, you have to take this as a blessing from Jehovah that you have a good paying job and have the means to care of your family the way you do. I almost fell out of my chair! I stopped her right there and said.......NO! It was ME that applied for this position! It was ME that spent long ass hours working odd shifts to finally reap the benefits of all that hard work! All this time spent disfellowshipped and doing jack shit for the org and now I should attribute all this hard work as a blessing? Lmao! I told her the elders didn't think that this job was a blessing, and that her thinking was completely in contradiction to the council I was given. I was damn sure to let my mom know that this was all my own doing and NOT something to attribute to their god .
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Luke 16:8...“The children of this world in this their generation are wiser than the children of light.”
Glad you stand your ground!! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Good for you!!!
Wow, notice how they can turn anything around in a second if they need to make something sound good they will, if they need to make something sound bad they will… They are the biggest flip-flop in their doctrines, and just about everything they say!
Great response to your Mom. Yes, YOU did it! Well done!
When my JW sis was in kindergarten and the teacher had a birthday celebration for a fellow student, she knew to do the "right" thing and not participate. But when she saw one of the birthday cupcakes with _her_ name on it she *_freaked out!!!_* It was bad enough that our mom got an emergency call from the school.
Being _"different"_ is bad enough. But when you throw in Satan & The Demons and death at Armageddon for disobedience into the mix you have nightmares coming out!
JW kids don't do birthday parties? Christmas makes sense because of it being rooted in religion but a birthday is just a happy day to celebrate a person's year anniversary
@@isabellanardulli7175 Any believing JW will be happy to point out that, in the two birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible, someone got their head cut off. Therefore, Jehovah God doesn't like birthdays so there can be no celebrating His son's birth at Christmas either! Having many of these strict rules separating believers from outsiders is a critical component of any cult that seeks full control over its followers. Jehovah's Witnesses are no different.
This happened to me as a child in the 90s but it was a school dance. The whole school went but my mom said no for the sake of being “no part of the world “ and not letting me hang out with worldly kids. I sat alone in my classroom beside the gym while I listened to everyone have fun and dance to music and after got to hear about all the fun that I don’t get to have. This would happen again and again with events that happened in the school and extracurricular things. I was NOT ALLOWED. Being a only child made it worse too. Not to mention the fact that I had to leave the classroom during anthem. I was also the only Jw kid in my school.
That day my isolation trama started or got worse. But I mention to my mom that I felt isolated in the Org and she has no idea what I’m talking about. 😢 witch makes me feel more alone.
A lot of us have gone through it. The worst part was that Mom told the principal and teachers in elementary school so we never even had a chance to participate if we wanted to. The worst part of it was that we were brought into it at about the age of 8-10 and had been celebrating Christmas and Easter and BD parties before that. They just didn't seem to realize just how much they were disrupting a life we already were acquainted with, for what? Loneliness in school, sitting for 5 long meetings a week, missing cartoons we were used to watching, holidays with family. It took me almost till the early 80's I was determined NOT to raise my children that way. Hopefully others find a way out. Bless you Wally.
That would happen to me , but when i would complain my mom hit me with the "make friends at the hall"
I’m so sorry that happened to you. I wasn’t even raised a witness. I came in on my own at 15, like an idiot. But my parents didn’t let me do anything anyway for some reason, so I can’t imagine how bad you felt and still feel. 😞
Were you bullied at school for being a Jehovah's Witness, homeinblanket? I am not trying to be nasty; I am just asking.
I wish that this narrator would stop babbling. I like the narrator of the Caleb and Sophia videos much more.
As someone who once told my classmates, Santa isn't real and put my beliefs of not celebrating out there in the open. This is not how kids acted towards me. Nobody rubbed it in my face by saying stuff like "oh that's right you can't celebrate" in fact I think the one who was offending others belief was actually me to this day I feel terrible that I made kids cry in class because I made sure to tell them Santa is fake and so is Christmas and it was all thanks to the Borg. My dad loves to reminisce on those days that I told children that, and he was so proud of it. I can't say I look at it that way anymore. It makes me sick that they put this in kids' heads like it's something that truly happens when, in reality, this video is just pure fantasy.
I was a bit like you.
I understand you feeling bad. But I noticed the other “kids” (now nearly 50!) are really nice to me on FB, and I’ve even stayed at some of their homes, on trips. “Worldly” people are AMAZING! And forgiving.
So opposite of how we were taught.
That story about your family saying “he’s bad” when you saw them in the grocery store is absolutely heartbreaking, I’m so sorry that happened to you.
I am personally offended by the fact they made the girl with blue hair, the bully/rebel. Ugh. Stereotyping people with colored hair is bad. And sorry that happened to you, Wally, with your family.
i dont think it was meant to be offensive..
@@SSnapse It might be tho... You'll definitely never find a girl with blue/green/purple/pink hair at a JW Hall. My sister who has been going to a JW Hall w her husband for many years and styles her hair a lot has to be careful how bright a shade of red she dyes her hair. It can't be 'Ariel-red', it has to be darker/more natural-looking. Something about taking attention away from Big J at the hall or whatever, pft. I think they wouldn't bother a newb about it maybe but if you were there long enough they'd bring it up.
@@kymo6343You're so right! At the hall you could definitely tell who's an "interested one" by their hair color or hairdo. Anything out of the ordinary would be a none Jay dub. No individuality was allowed if you're getting more "serious about the truth". 😔😢 🤢🤮
Creative expression is NoT AlloWed in JW land; or at least seVeRely restricted. One must dress like they came out of a JC Penny or Sears Roebuck catalogue 🤓.
I think it’s cool seeing gals with pink n purple hair, but oh no, yo’ azz would be dragged into ‘The Back Room’ for a chastisement session by The Elders ! Even as young brothers we’d get counseled for dressing too fashionably or haveing a little facial hair. I personally have been chastised, teased, even publicly humiliated on occasion by some of the elders because I hadn’t shaved in a couple of days.
That is what first got me to start questioning things. The unreasonable demands and fanaticism.
Living a virtuous life and learning about God and all is fine, but the problem with a high control religion like JW is that they “go beyond the thing’s written” and become extreme. They love to denounce everything as “Worldly” such as the way some may fashionably & creatively present themselves, when in reality these things are simply HUMAN.
@@SSnapse How is teaching kids that people with dyed hair are mean, *not *offensive? Especially when you consider that neurodivergent and queer kids are more likely to dye their hair.
Being a JW Kid was the absolute Worst! No Fun ISOLATION!! and being picked on. Then going home to Abusive Parents who fought, all the time, then going to the Meeting like everything is ok!!! Please 😢 Parents don't let ur kids watch this CRAP!!
I feel sorry for my 9 month old granddaughter who will grow up in the JW cult and experience the trauma of her school years to follow. I have zero contact with her or her parents, so I can be of no support or comfort to her when she'll experience indifference and isolation. The thought of this just breaks my heart. 💔💔💔
@@morningglory9288 im soo sorry, and I feel ur pain, We are with u and Hopefully soon Babylon the Great will Fall!!
Literally just, uh, "borrowed" a copy of the annual meeting. Gonna run this to Fives right away. Thanks Wally!
Hi how are you Darth Magog. Looking forward to watching your video.
Darth hope you can make the protest in WASHINGTON D.C. at the WHITE HOUSE.
DARTH MAGOG!!! 💖✨
“I don’t know if I could ever be like you, sigh” said Zoie
“What do you mean?” , replied Sophia.
“Well… you know, being scorned and being a castaway from normal society, like you know, living in a CULT bubble.”
Caleb chimed in; “Wow, you’re right Zoie!” “ You don’t even know the half of it. Run Zoie, Run ! !”
Seeing Caleb and Sophia in the library while the party was going on, so triggering!! I spent so much time in the library with my cousins because we were the only witnesses in the very small elementary school we attended. The isolation, always being different. The kids weren't mean to us, they were just confused as to why we couldn't be at the parties. I never tried to explain it, but my cousins were super zealous, which made it worse. Great video, Wally!
I never grew up in the JW cult, but became one in my later years aged 33, and left when I was 55. It terrifies and saddens me to know what my grandchild will be subjected to growing up in the JW cult, having to attend school where she will stand out as different and perhaps be picked on and have limited friends. How my heart goes out to her, knowing I'm forbidden to have any contact with her or my children. 💔 I'm nothing but a stranger to them now. 😥
I’m so sorry you’re going through that, I hope that things will change for the better one day or that you find peace with your situation ❤️ You’re not alone
I have family that shuns me as well, and I can see even in their profile photo on Facebook that they are deeply unhappy.
Do ñot comform to their rules if youv left and seek legal advise, the Wt tried that with me and I threatened them with legal action and the WT backed off.
@sophiasmith6363 thanks, it just breaks my heart 😥😥😥
Yes, it hurts!@@morningglory9288
This one brings back the memories of isolation and sadness that I couldn't join in normal holiday activities. Couple this with being constantly terrified of Armageddon, and you pretty much have me as a kid. I really hate the fact that they're using this method to indoctrinate children. Great commentary by the way.
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Same here, it was awful growing up a JW.
18:00 Jesus didn’t saved that man .. wasn’t it his faith that saved him. They sending the youth the wrong message. In my opinion.
This one was the sadest and cringiest of them all, but maybe it's just me. 😢
Definitely not just you. This one gave me flashbacks of my childhood growing up jw. It was so isolating but not bc of kids at school. The kids at school were always super nice to me and tried to talk me into having fun 😂 I was too afraid of Jehovah and my mom to participate even tho I wanted to.
Brought back so many bad memories, I almost couldn't watch it.
When I was about 10 I gave the pink great teacher book to a girl at school. She said she hid it from her mom but her mom found it, she was angry and made her give it back to me and she said she wouldn't have it in the house. This made me think how come my mom says it's a good book and someone else's mom banned it from the house. Which one was right. This was the start of me questioning the religion. I left when I was 16 and had to leave home because it was so unbearable to stay at home. It was not home anyway, it was a control facility. Jehovah is the devil to me now.
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I'm sorry your parents have such a distorted view of Jehovah. Jehovah was Jesus's name in the premortal existence, & he died for our sins, because he loves us. God the Father's name is Elohim.
Damn 😂
These situations are so fake and manufactured. The society loves to speak about things on which they know nothing about. No kid brings study articles or prepares for the meetings at school!
But they stand out and get bullied for it.
I hope Pennsylvania courts is watching all this stuff and how JW are tring to LITERALLY BRAINWASHING these kids. RUN!!!
Wally, what happened to you at the grocery store is truly disturbing. Teaching your children that "you are a bad man" is despicable. Especially coming from a child and family. That had to hurt and I am so sorry that you were treated like that. You don't deserve that. This Caleb and Sophia brought up so many emotions for me. Being sent to the library or sitting out in the hallway, while kids were having fun, really made me feel lonely and like an odd ball. It was tough. I apologized to our kids, I told them that we were sorry, if they ever felt this way. They have been gracious enough to accept our apology. We are now being treated like the leper in the story (we are not DF'ed, just faded). It truly amazes me that they put this story out there. How Jesus treated the leper, should ring a bell with JW's but it doesn't. The cruel way that a JW family treats those who choose to leave is truly amazing. Especially after WT put this in a publication.... "No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family." Awake, July 2009, "Is It Wrong to Change Your Religion?"
Thank you for all that you do. You ARE MAKING AN IMPACT. You are always a part of our family. Hugs to you!
I can't be the only one who didn't experience any of this. These videos were so unrelatable as a kid because I had alot of worldly friend who'd treat me better than the kids in the hall. They brushed past the fact that I was from a jw family and instead were more invested in our common interests. The jw kids at my school who were bullied , were very snarky and high and mighty about the fact that they are better than everyone else and their parents had no idea of how much of a little shit they were at school 😂. Dunno just thought I'd share a different experience
yeah I never went to school so I never experienced that but it sounds about right
That was my experience in school too. I was a JW kid but I didn't feel right about forcing my own beliefs on others..I never announced it either unless asked by a worldly friend. Also Explains why I hated field service. I was a terrible JW, bad association. 😂
@@exjehovahswitnessYou never went to school? You were home-tutored? Lucky kid! I wish I had been home-tutored.
I'm a teacher (and a former Witness) and the parents of Witness children who know this have specifically asked that their kids not be placed in my classroom. But teaching a very early grade I can positively say that children of this age accept most anybody. If you're nice to them, they will be nice to you. Also, during the holidays, I still give Witness kids stickers and such if they're in my class, I refuse to leave them out completely. I give them winter themed things such as snowflakes or snowmen instead of Santa and what not. I do the same with the children I know are Muslim, etc. But I do know some teachers who will purposely give them a Santa or a tree just to tick off the parents and thus, making the kids feel guilty about receiving something "pagan." I don't agree with Watchtower, but I'm not about to be disrespectful when it comes to a child. They go through enough in this organization!
Lastly, does anyone else find the mom in these cartoons unbearable? Everytime I see her I roll my eyes.
Now that I know and understand better how this cult operates, I can clearly hear and see the absolute psychological/emotional abuse tactics and mind control they use on children and it is horrifying because I think that it also "paves the road" for future obedience and submission to perverted abuse and abnormal demands by predators and fanatical elders in the congregation. My heart breaks for all these JW children today and of yesteryears, its all so frustrating.
Exactly! Even if it’s not perverted, one gives them their power so decisions, large and small, are made with ‘obedience’ in mind.
Exactly I fully agree and most important all Jehovahs Witness and the watchtower organization need to be fully expose non stop for all their hidden child sex abuse cases that they hide
I fully agree
Your experience reminded me of my eldest daughter, also disfellowshipped, who has a daughter herself. When my granddaughter started school, she made friends with the daughter of some Witnesses at school, and this girl was told by her parents not to associate with my granddaughter because her mommy was disfellowshipped. They actually took it out on a five year old girl who had done nothing wrong because of her parents and grandparent.
I also found the reaction of this girl's parents unrealistic, who in their right mind would be ok with another child indoctrinating their child!? I would be straight round to Sophia's parents and tell them where to get off.
Agreed. Sophia's parents probably already have a bad reputation among the other parents of the children at that school, thanks to the "two mommies" situation where Sophia's mom told Sophia to preach at a young girl with lesbian parents about how "Jehovah" disapproved of her parents.
@@WWZenaDo exactly! also who puts their child in such an uncomfortable situation like that? telling her to preach to the girl because she has two mothers, its such brainwashing.
@@liluimmyt9532 Yes, and highly intrusive, as if Sophia's parents have the right to use Sophia as a proxy to act superior to the "two mommies" and judge them for their lifestyle, union, who they are allowed to love.
@@liluimmyt9532 So what should the girl do in such a situation? Tell one of her mothers to move out?
@@daisychain3007 no, to not say anything to the mothers at all, its non of her business or the parents.
This one was hard to watch... the poor children that have to watch this. I remember having to sit out of every birthday and holiday in elementary school. I would be sent to the office and sit at a little desk and color or do work. It never made me feel better than the other kids, just sad.
In 3rd grad I stayed in the classroom while the kids did a Christmas program in the gym. The teacher innocently asked if I wanted to decorate the class Christmas tree while I waited... I said YES. That night, I cried and was so scared Jehovah would kill me in Armageddon for decorating the tree.
It warms my heart to raise my kids in a normal, ordinary way. It feels special to me, but it's just the norm for them. Kids don't deserve all this existential pressure to please God constantly.
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I feel that. I am so scared of being killed by a god for simply being born the way I am. Am I hurting anyone by the simple fact I'm queer? No. But if I find love, I could die and not be missed by my family in paradise. I only half-heartedly believe, but the trauma is so deep I still fear it. Just the... idea that my mom and dad won't be able to feel sorrow in my absence. Like I never mattered, because I wasn't good enough.
@iclynnx you are good enough. Just as you are 🧡 my heart absolutely breaks for you to have to feel all those heavy feelings and fears weighing on you. You deserve to find love and feel unconditional love. You are not alone in your feelings or experience with your parents, the pain from that cuts very deep.
My brother was gay and unalived himself 10 years ago....my dad and my JW mom are full of regret now for not embracing and loving him fully for who he was. There is nothing wrong with you being queer, that's who you are. You deserve love. You've always been good enough.
@@moriah1202 Thank you. You are kind.
@@iclynnx we are here for you if you need us 🧡
caleb and sophia came out when i was 10 and was just about being a good person. its scary how we stop focusing on values and turn to malicious indoctrination
I think you might have a skewed memory of the early ones because you were too young to notice some of the messages. One of the super early ones has Caleb being guilted into throwing a gift from another child into the trash. I mean, it doesn’t show how the person who gave him the cool toy would feel about it, but the message was still to reject the popular fun thing and the worldly kids who enjoy it
That’s so true!, I didn’t even think of it that way but now that you mention it, ugh they’re so subtle about it too
It was never about being a good person, are you crazy? When I was a kid we never had any cartoons and had to listen to the horrible monotone garbage talks and terrible monotone dramas for the ladies. It was a nightmare of boringness and excrutiating horror.
@@GeorgiaPeachHollyI agree with this! All publication learning and horribly boring talks from the podium and dramas. Special needs talks were the worst! IMO.
why are you calling me crazy? the first sophia and caleb episodes were just about not lying and stuff. and i still had to listen to the old dramas and the monotone talks and I have them all on vhs. im not sure if you were trying to be rude, but defo check your attitude cuz what?@@GeorgiaPeachHolly
For the wellbeing of it's students, schools should ban any cult literature being distributed on school premises ! Schools may also consider using the Jehovah's Witness cult literature in lessons to demonstrate to the pupils how cults operate .
All that would cause is already marginalized children being further punished, and adding a dangerous allure to unsafe materials. Also, do we really trust schools to be able to define what a "cult" is in a way that would actually make kids safer? I can easily imagine rules like that being weaponized against trans kids, Muslim kids, pagan kids, etc.
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exactly! Abridging one’s first amendment rights abridges everyone’s first amendment rights. These lefties never understand this concept until it happens to them. Then they scream like wounded sheeple.
it’s the PARENTS responsiblity to teach their children that dangers exist freely in society and to VIGOROUSLY AVOID THEM, not the public school. FFS. Let the schools teach the three Rs, not leftist ideology. (the U.S. ranks 39th in literacy globally).
The best approach may be for schools to ban uninvited organizations or groups and their representatives from loitering on the campus and handing out materials.
Literally my childhood, how wonderful....
Same 😭
Yep. Same. My head teacher called my parents in to the school after another kid was really upset by stuff I had told them.
School say no preaching but parents, congregation, magazines, etc....said I had to do it or I would die at Armageddon blood guilty. They said Jehovah would be angry with me if I failed to witness to the other kids.
I was much more scared of Jehovah (and my mum) than I was my head mistress.
I was a very sad and frightened little girl.
@@BooBooBugalugs Im glad only preached when it came up naturally which was always with other religious children. It really opened my mind to different perspectives, that and I always loved biology since I was little so my logic based brain could no longer keep up the lie. I was trapped in my own mind for a long time a constant battle until my true feelings and thoughts won over.
Absolutely disgusting how goofy and dumb they portray regular people, and kids in the org don’t talk like this lmao
Side note- as a Jew, it's so funny to see them depicting the Pharisees as wearing tefillin (the black strap on the arm and the black box on the forehead) all day long while they're going about their business. If they knew anything about the Jews, they'd know you ONLY wear tefillin when praying, and then take it off so as not to reduce the holiness of wearing tefillin. It's the subtle antisemitism for me 😅
Yeah, I think its also just to make the kids watching assosiate tefilin (and traditional Jewish traits) as negative. Its all about the subtle messaging...
Its funny that the school is now having a generic holiday party, so its more inclusive to everyone in general, and Caleb and Sofia are still left out. It literally could be a winter party, school break party, etc, but they still cant partake. Probably more so to keep them from hanging out and having some fun with the other kids, which keeps them left out and isolated. Exactly what it was like for me growing up.
What gets me, there are many other religions that don't celebrate Christmas, but they have other religious celebrations. Jew's have the Feast of Tabernacles, Muslim's have Eid Al-Adha, Hindu's have Diwali, etc. Jehovah Witnesses really are about no fun for children, because unlike other religions that don't celebrate Christmas, they offer *no* holidays or holy days or whatever for children to look forward to. And it is unbiblical. If Jehovah Witnesses don't want to celebrate quasi pagan Christian holidays, that would be one thing, but they also reject celebrating the 7 biblical feasts commanded in the Bible. Jehovah Witnesses really are about "no fun", even when commanded in the Bible.
That's what my mother used to tell me when I became a JW aged 33. She felt very sorry for my children growing up into the JW cult, she could see they'd be deprived of any fun activities.
Oh yeah... You can have fun with soccer but you cant play on a team or make a living on it
It is not possible to express adequately just how dibilitating it is to many JW children in school....i was in school in the 60s, there were less than one million JWs, i was alone, it was awful and the damage done has lasted all my life, you cannot imagine how socially awkward i am, my ongoing fear of people my shyness, my 'people pleasing ' persona, it is ridiculous, it is limiting, debilitating, isolating, destructive, it leads to odd behaviour, loneliness, sadness....and when it is from childhood it never leaves, it becomes part of your personality. I know now that i will live with this damage until i die. I just hope i will see the end of the vile watchtower begore that happens.
Socially awkward isn’t even the right word.. just scared of people
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Every word you typed here I fully understand and empathize with. You are not alone. Sad for the time I wasted with them. .. but Thankful every day I got out. Choose freedom!!!
Me too. I want to see this religion gone in my lifetime
I use to study with JWs and I was doing good and they would always ask when would I be able to get baptized and even the elders sat down with me to ask and I say i dont feel like im ready but I always felt that something was off with the religion which is what kept me from getting baptized. I eventually stopped thanks to a ex of mine who explained to me more about JWs and how the founder was a Freemason so I did research and was surprised what I found out 🤦🏻♀️
You were lucky, I wasn't so lucky and got suckered into it, hook line and sinker.
@@morningglory9288 yeah I studied on and off but I did eventually stay committed for a year but I just couldn't get baptized...they would say I was straddling the fence, I wanted to do good yet couldn't let go of this worldly ways. In the end I'm glad I didn't get baptized.
@@mariitzacs.l.505greatly named and like-minded 🤭
You made the right choice! Being in a cult is no way to live.
Apologies to my former classmates and their parents for my misguided attempts to indoctrinate them
When I was in 8th grade in 1985/86 the JW kids in school booklet (i think it had a blue cover with a kid on it studying) came out and we were told to give them to all our teachers. so my dad ordered a ton for me and my sister. i DREADED doing that. I just wanted to blend in, not make myself a target. I hid those tracts in my backpack. well my dad went through my backpack and found them and i got a talking to and was threatened with discipline if I didnt hand them out. my dad literally went to my parent teacher conference and made me hand them out. it was humiliating as well as scarring for me. I was already bullied in school and i didn't need to have another level of bullying added to my already crazy childhood. I hate what this religion does to kids and their social development. it's scarring for life.
Wow, you poor thing being subjected to that humiliation. Only thing positive out of this is that your teachers may have come to the realisation you were "forced" into handing them those tracts, having your father watching over you, making sure you did. They would've felt pity for you more than anything.
I am so sorry! How horrible! My mom made me do the same thing for the first 5 years of my school life. Then she eventually dropped the ball once I started middle school. It was great blending in.
Need to make some t shirts that say "Run Zoey, run!!" 12:41
It's absolutely sad that she's getting dragged into this cult. It all started when she lost her grandmother. And as soon as she's actually joining the cult, she'll lose the rest of her family if they don't join too. Sophia is ruining that girl's life and isn't even aware of it😢
Oh that poor girl being gaslighted into giving up everything fun such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter, and her birthday.
I'm actually thinking of writing a JW fanfic with Sophie and Caleb meeting a new girl who is a wiccan. She befriends Sophie and starts to poke holes in Sophie and Caleb's cult. But she doesn't try to convert Sophie and Caleb, but rather tries to help them leave the cult.
As someone who’s left the cult, I WOULD KILL TO READ OR WATCH THIS
@@mainmanmike LOL. Okay, I'll get to writing it very soon then. 😊
@@saphirawinters7028 Let me know whenever the story’s done, I can definitely draw a mini comic for it. 🫡
@@mainmanmike I shall. 😊
@@mainmanmike All I can let you know is that the wiccan girl will be white with black hair and blue eyes (have ALWAYS loved that kind of hair and eye combination)
I always thought it was cruel to send kids to school during holiday parties if they couldn’t celebrate. Why send them to school and library when they could just stay home?
Plus a lot of these things they show in the videos don’t always happen at school this way.
If that's true, preschool JW's will have an anxiety disorder even before they start school due to the Sophia and Caleb cartoons that show them what to expect. I feel so sorry for my granddaughter who will experience this when she's old enough to watch those cartoons and begin school.
I was a bad JW kid because I did participate in the holiday parties and birthdays. Did I feel guilty about it? Yes. But wanting to fit in with my peers was more important. It worked when there were no fellow JW kids in your classroom to tattle on you.
@@MsArri81But it made you feel uneasy because, deep down, you knew that you were not part of that world.
The little worldly kid with the evil Disney eyes … this was awful. I feel sorry for my nephews who are in the org. The latest WT targeting youths all about death and guilt. This organization is horrible
That thing you said about attributing everything to Jehovah instead of taking credit and building self-esteem. I needed to hear that. I have long-struggled with setting and accomplishing goals as an adult, to the point where I avoid doing so. It clicked as I was watching this that this directly relates to self-esteem issues and all the subconscious baggage of being raised a JW.
This is why, even after being out for the better part of two decades, I still watch videos like this sometimes. I spent a little over half my life in and I’m still learning how let go of all the programming.
I totally understand where you're coming from. The thing is, anyone can actually give Jehovah credit while having your own self-esteem at the same time. There is a reason why Jesus was happy even though he didn't credit all things to himself, because he knew he still has free-will to acknowledge that he has value.
The problem comes from the tendencies that these kinds of intuitive nuances are not always easily accessible in the general conversation spheres in JW gatherings. I can't say for every congregation worldwide, but it's generally a challenge for deep conversations like this to spring up and thrive, which should've provided a lot of great insights to how everything they learn connects and makes sense.
That's how we end up with parts of JW communities that are toxic because they tend to simplify complex reasonings as a crutch to wrap up conversations that could've otherwise open up for more nuances and interesting perspectives, such as the one brought up above. A lot of self-esteem issues JW tend to experience stems from this very problem, daily conversations that are oversimplified, overgeneralized, which leads to misinterpretations and misunderstandings galore, which ofc can directly impact relationships that harms one's self-esteem.
In short, JW individuals everywhere really must hone to be vulnerable and be responsible how to handle difficult topics towards their fellow members, especially since some Scriptural passages actually encourages this type of healthy introspective behavior in the first place. Did you know? 🤔
Funny how human imperfection still tend to screw these people up as much as everyone else... but JW peoples are held to an even higher standard due to the claims they uphold. This is why it's important for JW to stand out in a more exemplary way, such as knowing how to handle self-esteem and mental issues for their fellow brothers and sisters as if it's commonplace to do so, cause you know, that's part of showing how love works.
Jesus was different - yes he went to parties with people considered dodgy, so copying Jesus would mean going to the school party!
Didn't Jesus hang out with sinners and tax collectors?
@@melody._.3251 yep and got stick for it; but as pointed out in one of the gospels the people also had no respect for John the Baptist giving up all worldly things to live and preach in the desert.
As someone who celebrates Christmas, the school (especially the office and classroom) is laying it on a bit thick. If it was all decorated like the halls, (and with a story book or two) that would be more realistic. Or alternatively, student made decorations. Honestly if i were to decorate a school, it would be winter themed with student made paper snow flakes and other fun stuff that comes with the winter season
I'm really shocked by the service hours change, the change to who is resurrected, and that now nonbelievers can wait for proof of Jehovah's Word (in other words for the Great Tribulation to begin) to convert to JW and be welcomed by the congregation. This means that worldly people can wait all the way up past the Tribulation, get baptized JW and still be saved.
I'm stunned. I wonder what's next? An end to shunning?
Seems like hoping they can recruit more easily if less tough on doing stuff. Also they make a big think of counting members as active publishers. No time cars means can keep people on membership lists for stats. A bit like once Mormon always on their membership tally unless actively requesting a removal. Maybe GB are envious of that fiddle factor
This new light seems unfair doesn't it. Regular JW's have to attend all meetings, study, preach, do family worship, etc, yet anyone else can enjoy their worldly life to the fullest, then at the last minute claim to be JW, and get a free pass into paradise. It's so ridiculous it's almost laughable.
@@morningglory9288 My thoughts exactly
Does that mean the rank and file can stop going to meetings now, and just wait for the G Trib to start and still be saved. If I were still a Jw, I would definitely stop going.
I just want to say that I really enjoy your videos. You put a lot of work into them and I’m just saying thank you😊
I was raised a JW. When I turned 18 I dropped out. I was a REBEL. I saved myself. Of course,I was shunned by some family and people I thought were my friends. Fortunatly,I had many "worldly" friends so I was not lonely! It was GOOD to be a part of the "world." I could tell some shocking stories about the ORG from my own experiences,but,I'll leave that to others. I believe there are many JWS trapped by this Org because they have nowhere else to go without losing family and "so called" friends. There is life after the ORG. Im proof and so are many others. Live and be free.
I told my mom who’s a jw that the sad part is not one elder or “friend” tried reaching out to me when I was leaving. All those years growing up to learn that if you’re not one of them how quickly they outcast you.
This makes me sick! I was in therapy for years and years trying to overcome the abuse from this horrible cult. You are doing such a great service letting people know the damage this cult does to children and adults, too.
The way the townspeople treated the leaper is exactly how JW's treat anyone that isn't indoctrinated into the cult.
Zoey can check the bible study box for the jehovah's witness monthly report. She was studying with her dog
That was so cute, how that doggy adored her. ❤❤❤
This reminds me so much about the last time I went to a memorial and after memorial get together with other witnesses. I was an unbaptised publisher at the time but was fading and wasn’t really attending meetings. I still made the effort to go to memorial since I never missed one since I was born ( grew up a JW). I remember the man who invited me came to me while at their house and told me that I was making some witnesses uncomfortable by just being there. They didn’t want to come in his house because I was there. I was so hurt that I was being kicked out but someone I was very close with (him and his family). As I walked out I saw a family standing outside at their car waiting for me leave looking at me as if I was diseased. I was so hurt and disgusted that I was treated that way. Like I was a leper. I haven’t been to a memorial ever since and never will. Disgusting.
Man, it sucks that this bad experience stemmed from the memorial out of all things. That time should've been the most peaceful event of the year for JWs, where everybody is reasonably expected to be welcoming to all sorts of guests because it's part of the scriptural principle during that most momentus time of the year. I am so sorry to hear this...
We always wondered. A memorial for whom? Who died?
The way they drew the little girl into the dreamworld was very clever. The World is missing out on quite a bit of talent there.
I thought the same, artistically I enjoyed how they did that. Shame the content was what it was.
One of the main reasons why I am an ExJW is because I wanted my son to have the freedom I had as a child. I allow him to go to all the school functions and participate in birthdays and holidays at school. It is hard enough being a kid and adding these crazy rules on top of a kid is even worse.
Raised as a JW since 2 yrs. old. I was baptized at 16, df’d at 19 & 22, I’m now 25. Officially done with the JWs for good. But nearly 20 years in this I’m still struggling with thinking everything good is not because I deserved but God decided to bless me. I am doing better now with giving myself some credit for accomplishing great things. I realized that I began blaming myself for things going wrong, so it constantly left me with a feeling of not being “good” or “smart enough” on my own.
That sigil written on the inside of Zoey's locker reminds me of old Avestan or ancient Persian script. Perhaps she's a witch! I'm imagining an alternate narrative where she converts Sophia into some coven making sacrifices to Astarte.
Wally, I am very sorry you had to go through that experience with your family. They are teaching their kids to hate and think it's love and compassion. They don't even realize it; they are in the dark. And so many of us are going through the same torture of multi-generational abandonment. You are relatively stoic about telling your story in front of the camera, and I applaud you for your fortitude. We need to keep telling these stories to each other in order to heal the wounds of the Watchtower's inhumane practices.
You have nailed it again.
I am terrified for the children of today as the indoctrination is only getting worse. Given the only growth comes from babies born in. The children of today might not suffer the physical abuse as we did growing up, only because the outside world has spoken up. The Governing Body has done nothing to protect children instead they are ramping up the indoctrination😢
Im sorry you went through that. Ive been through similar. My exbestfriend in the jws had two little sons and after i was dfed i ran into them and they were like we cant talk to you anymore, in their sweet little voices 😢 and i couldnt even respond it broke my heart so much.
And earlier in my life when i had disassociated myself for a few years and saw my sister at walmart she walked right by me as if i didnt exist. After spending our entire childhood together and living in the same home for 15 years... it doesnt make ya feel very good about yourself and thats the point. They want to make you so miserable and alone that you have no choice but to come back because you have never been taught how to make real connections or how to get along in the world.
Honesty this new animation style is freaking me out 😭
That's awful to be confronted by family and told "he's bad". And by the family too. I am so sorry, Wally.
This brings back memories of the time where I would be the only person in the classroom who didn’t wear a Halloween costume. Even the teachers wore their costumes. I didn’t spend time with friends outside of school as much as I wanted to, receive gifts; do as much extracurricular activities as I wanted to, get a normal simple job as a teen…all bc of what this cult taught me!
“People aren’t always nice to people they think are different” the irony is unbelievable. I mean it’s honestly unbelievable.
"Instead, they're gonna hangout in a room with a couple of nerds who are in a cult." It had me laughing pretty hard
You absolutely nailed this one Wally. Great job mate. Sorry about how your family have treated you. They should be ashamed of themselves. It’s truly a deplorable act by any human being.
Lol I was not like this as a kid. I had a “double school life” going on from 1st grade. Holiday parties, pledge of allegiance. Of course, here I am.
LOL … and those Thursday night talks…kids are you living a double life while at school 👼
I remember back in the early 70s I was in elementary school and was the only JWs in my class and had to sit in the back of the room while the kids celebrated Halloween and Valentine's day and Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was so humiliating
I noticed the language was never "it's okay to be different." It was "following Jehovah makes you different, but special."
The language every time is about Jehovah making you special.
1 Corinthians 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not get to know God through its wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of what is preached to save those believing.
26 For you see his calling of you, brothers, that there are not many wise in a fleshly way, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world to put the wise men to shame; and God chose the weak things of the world to put the strong things to shame; 28 and God chose the insignificant things of the world and the things looked down on, the things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 so that no one might boast in the sight of God. 30 But it is due to him that you are in union with Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, also righteousness and sanctification and release by ransom, 31 so that it may be just as it is written: “The one who boasts, let him boast in Jehovah.”
One thing I find depressing about this is how it has a higher production value than some actual cartoons anymore.
Can you imagine what that kid parents would do when they find out JW opposes college? I mean what parent doesn't hope that there kid will go to college!
I could only wish my parents were that subtle. I only got the belt and told 'god'was going to kill me just for liking scary books or holidays.
If you are the only JW in the school it's even more isolating and lonely to be segregated from every one else as well as being looked upon as a freak.
Caleb seeing the soccer moves and realizing she will never get to use them in a competitive setting if she keeps studying
“Worldly” kids don’t act like this …
Little kids have enough to deal with, they don’t need that Caleb and Sophia shite messing with them.
Never have I felt so bad for such wonderfully rendered CGI children. T_T
What about separation of church and state.....not listening to Ceaser..
Question. Who helped Sophia pick up her stuff when she fell? Worldly person. This organization is so full of s#@t.
Sp, fauxstrider? If you are a person injured in the street, you would not ask then whether they are Jehovah's Witnesses, worldly or whatever? You would help them whatever their religion, that is only right,
Sophia did not fall; she was pushed. Deliberately.
I'm sure the adults get more indoctrination out of Caleb and Sophia than the children do.
Oh and I will always remember this wonderful Bible passage: “Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels” (Luke 9:26). Meaning, if I can't handle being a JayDub at school, when life is okay-ish, there is no possible way I could maintain my faith during the Great Trib, no way I'd survive Armageddon. So why bother being alive?
Sometimes I can't believe I didn't follow through with suicide. I came so close multiple times thanks to Luke 9:26 and other things.
"Best life ever" and yet they are always crying, sad, miserable and having problems.😂😂
This pains my heart watching it
I ship Zoe and Sophia. They are going to grow up, realize that they always had feelings for each other and flee the cult as a happy couple.
wow locally the poor kiddos are NOT ALLOWED to recieve ANY praise like this !! they just allowed a guy who used to dance , recieved awards to join, be baptised.. now they're trying to marry him off within their ""club"" cuz you know..as they are whispering//speaking amoungst themselves & apostae neighbors like us..pretty sad
My ex husband was a JW before we married. He was never baptised though. Needless to say his family did not like me at all because I took him away from Jw. He joined the military which they said I influenced him to do. I went with him a couple times to a service but I did not like it all. Im Pagan now, they would really hate me now. He never went back to it though but i think he always felt ashamed of leaving. We have a son and I would not let his family ever be near my son alone to try to influence him. I have such anger towards this religion.
I couldn't help but feel a certain way when they heavily inplied that the girl studying with Sophia had some real soccer skills knowing that when she inevitably dedicates her life to the Borg she won't be allowed to do anything with those talents.
16:05 - This breaks my heart, Wally. I'm so sorry.
Wow. I am so sorry you had that experience with your nephews. I'm sure that was painful. 😢 When I was indoctrinated, I felt my aunt was "bad", I've since reconnected and have apologized for my thoughts and behavior towards her. I hope you get to have a similar experience in the years to come. 😌
It was bad enough I grew up with my book of horror stories!
i love how bitesize your videos are. It makes it interesting enough for my friends to watch them with me without it feeling like a lecture
As if her mom would be cool with her being brainwashed by JWs is hilarious
This is why Russia ban them and called them an extremist organization.
yup
This is also why the 8th Kingdom will ban JW's also. Those who survive The Great Tribulation! Daniel 12:1 “During that time Miʹcha·el will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, everyone who is found written down in the book. 2 And many of those asleep in the dust of the earth will wake up, some to everlasting life and others to reproach and to everlasting contempt. 3 “And those having insight will shine as brightly as the expanse of heaven, and those bringing the many to righteousness like the stars, forever and ever.
Russia's government is not any better though. They also use propaganda and put people who are different in prison. So don't sing any praises.
The thing that really got me was Zoe saying she was going to do "the right thing" by not attending the class holiday party. That is just disgusting. Everyone else is wrong for enjoying a bit of harmless fun.