This Jehovah's Witness Cartoon will make you sick...

[@exjwpandatower]

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[@tintinismybelgian]

I got the cringe at 1:05

[@manueloliveira8062]

Not weird... disgusting!!!

[@DigiVixen]

This starts off really weird and OOC, because in other videos you see Sophia's parents pick her up and drop her off from school. So for her to be totally alone on a bus is also very weird, because you see in those other videos that they ride with other kids when they do take the bus.

[@Itsdasummer32]

I got the cringe when I saw “little enemies of God”

[@redpandaguy8663]

From a panda to another Im not sure why you did this channel , i hope im not being rude
but this kinda hurts me in 2 different ways
You're probably right on everything but despite that i can't hate them because JW aren't bad people , they just follow their convictions and aren't trying to hurt anyone on purporse
Being a JW is one of the worse things it could be happened in my life but despite that , i can't blame my mom for raising me like that , she did her best , also im not sure if my life would be better or worst if raised differently
So at the end it kinda hurts me because you're right , but also because i can't hate them , because hating them would also mean to hate my mom and i just can't
Anyways it's interesting to see we have some things in common like being both ExJW and pandas

[@doubtingflock1073]

I don't understand how JW parents can see this cartoon and think to themselves, yes that is the childhood I want my kid to have.

[@marklondon9004]

It's a badge of honour. Like having the determination to refuse a blood transfusion for the child.

[@lavender4658]

Surprisingly my jw dad actually openly disagreed with this Caleb and Sophia video. He went on a whole rant about how children need friends their age, and school is also a place where ppl learn to socialize. So yea, there's hope for him waking up I guess?

[@amircoolboy100]

I think he needs a push. Maybe you can just throw him little thoughts like “did you hear about the beards?” Or shunning is hrd” and stuff like that@@lavender4658

[@FiercelyGold]

​@@lavender4658That's very heartwarming that your dad is able to speak from his own morality instead of the morality of his religion.
Many religious people think that you can't be a good person without religion, especially their type of religion, but it just goes to show that true kindness and morality comes from a place of empathy which is within ourselves.
Be proud of your father and yourself. Y'all can do great things with that internal morality and bond.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

@@lavender4658sounds like a promising realization, hopefully leads to further questioning and critical thinking 😊

[@digbertbichardo3303]

We need someone to make a spinoff series of older Sophia and Caleb 💀
"Sophia and Caleb heal from religious trauma"

[@miko-ee]

They will listen to cirice by ghost

[@machector892]

Someone actually did

[@punkrockpat465]

sounds like a show adult swim would pick up

[@miko-ee]

@@punkrockpat465 they will definitely do that

[@laserlonewolf1937]

@@machector892 Can you give me the title? I must watch it

[@kenirainseeker539]

Poor little girl having her interest in science discouraged

[@Napoleon_Bonaparte1804]

Yep, I hate that they push that Idea that science is false, when in reality it is just the study of God's creation, how everything is a discovery.

[@user-ls1bw2uw1j]

​@@Napoleon_Bonaparte1804Well said!

[@yhfhdcf]

where did it say in the bible that exploring God's creation is a sin? this entire show is bs

[@WarpStarPlushProductions]

@@yhfhdcftrue in fact there are many intelligent Christian scientists in history that have developed popular statements

[@boldisordorin9010]

Science and religion are mutually exclusive. Can't take yourself serious as a scientist if you believe in god

[@S1mpBizkit]

As a child, there was this girl in my class who I always got along so well with. She was raised a JW. In the 2nd grade, I invited her to my birthday party. She came to school the next day and told me that her mom doesn't allow her to celebrate birthdays. I remember how sad she was about it. Every time a holiday came around, we did holiday themed activities at school. Where was she? She was in the corner with her head against her desk. She did that same thing every single day during the national anthem because "it mentioned God". She later grew up to become one of the most self destructive people I know. There is no way that I can truly know the feeling of growing up as JW, but I can sympathize. I hope all you JW kids are doing alright now.

[@oddfox6776]

Being raised by super conservative parents can lead to two things, either they succeed at making you a sheep and obey the word of those that are "above you", or you rebel against it and get disowned by the family. It's kinda sad ngl thank God my parents aren't crazy fanatics..

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

By beast friend is technically JW (hes not religious nor are his parents) I’ve heard some odd beliefs

[@pauljerome01]

sounds like she became an SJW LMAAOO

[@chiefunderachiever]

@@oddfox6776 There's nothing wrong with being conservative. There is something wrong with cults like JW, though.

[@raymondmercado3347]

​@@steveisthecommissar4013How are Atheists the same as JW, when they got no time for empty beliefs/every religious interpretation imaginable?

[@eg_manifest510]

ah yes, good job Jehovah's Witness, let's ignore all the times Jesus said to treat non-believers and non-Israelites as friends and neighbors, and to love everyone including your enemies. Truly absurd, it's almost impressive that they managed to extrapolate a message from such a misconstrued parable

[@puppyfoods-]

the bible says jesus ate with some of the most hated people... safe to say he'd eat with good people too, even if they were non-believers. i mean here's a guy going out of his way to go to parties and celebrate with others when he probably had some more important stuff to do

[@adamantiumbullet9215]

*"it's almost impressive that they managed to extrapolate a message from such a misconstrued parable"*
The parable of the faithful slave: "Hold my beer."

[@pythondrink]

Jesus isn't that much of a good guy. He healed a Phoenician woman's daughter but not before displaying his anti-Gentile prejudice and implicitly referring to the woman as a dog.

[@daniel45051]

@@pythondrink If you're an atheist, please take your debates somewhere else than here...

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

It's Jehovah's Witnesses, not Jesus' witnesses, these people wouldn't follow His believes, even though their the same person, and the fact they decided to use one of God's official names instead of just, you know, God, is pretty terrifying considering what the commandments say

[@nannymouse2180]

I'm saying this as a practising Catholic: that girl warning Martha about Jesus looks like a great friend tbh. I know she's supposed to be portrayed as this evil source of temptation that turns people against God's Son, but she comes across as the exact opposite: she's just looking out for Martha's safety and pointing out reasonable concerns people might have had back then about Jesus. 10/10 I'd love to have friends like that.

[@carbs_r_delish]

That’s exactly what I thought

[@NatetheSensitivePlant]

SERIOUSLY, I'm also a practicing catholic and one of my best friends is Mormon and we can happily coexist with only minor, joking attempts to convert each other. Good friends are good friends enough said

[@serafimafedoseeva3513]

same! im also catholic

[@oni_with_potenial]

I may be agnostic, but I can certainly agree

[@tabithapritt6895]

Exactly, I mean for either of them could know, Jesus could've been mentally ill or a scammer

[@starwafflez]

I lost it when jesus and his men showed up with the fresh modern haircuts.
edit : thanks for the likes

[@CHB_is_here]

Same 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sankoscafe]

same 💀

[@_Somthng_]

No one said Jesus had long hair either. 💀

[@starwafflez]

@@_Somthng_ yeah, but I feel like if your running around the desert and stuff your not gonna have like a super fresh just-walked-out-of-the-barber haircut.

[@_Somthng_]

@@starwafflez And you think you gonna have a long princess haircut ?

[@Dragonild]

I am a Christian, and I was raised that way. I did dance classes, had sleepovers, and went to birthday parties, all with non-Christians. I had activities with Christian friends as well. We are encouraged to have friends that share our faith, but there’s nothing wrong with having ones who don’t. Being a light in someone’s life is such an important thing that is hard to do if you shun everyone who disagrees with you!

[@Thatstarzz]

REAL!!

[@Justheretostalkbro]

Couldn’t agree more

[@kotlclvr13]

Exactly this! I have friends of all different beliefs but that doesn’t make me less devoted to my relationship with God. If anything it helps me to strengthen my faith :>

[@Thatstarzz]

@@kotlclvr13 exactly you get it

[@poltatoons3626]

As a Christian I get a lot of people confusing my religion with this lol

[@kirbo7762]

As a Christian, this is the first time I have heard of this topic before. I still don’t quite understand it, but from what I know it seems horrible 💀

[@itsmeitsmeitsme]

​@@kirbo7762 Same

[@doesthisIookinfected]

My family is Christain and we had a family friend who was a JW (we'll call her Kate). Kate spent a few months getting close with my grandmother (and us with her kids). She even introduced us to these Caleb and Sofia cartoons. My mom later explained to me that Kate was trying to convert my grandmother (and in turn convert us) to be JW and when she realized the my grandma wasn't budging, she moved to a different state then cut contact.

[@infpt24]

ugh, same

[@dannyhernandez265]

@@doesthisIookinfectedthis is one reason I’m glad my parents raised me non religious.

[@wompietunes]

Hearing you call JW "Bible Fanfiction" is the best thing I've heard all day 🤣

[@dannyhernandez265]

He isn’t wrong either. Lol

[@CHB_is_here]

I mean… he’s got a point. I’ve heard this story so many times. The first half was 99% accurate and the other half… not at all accurate. Mary and Martha aren’t mentioned again after Lazurus’ (idk how you spell it) resurrection. They got the “she loves cooking” somewhat correct. She was basically a clean freak around guests. Especially Jesus. To put it simply, she wanted everything to be perfect when Jesus came. She was working her butt off and then she saw Mary just sitting listening to Jesus talk. Martha was super upset about that because she was doing all the work and in her perspective, Mary was just sitting there doing nothing.

[@thesquiddler]

It is, they add their own spin on our holy book and go way too far with everything.

[@sankoscafe]

@@thesquiddler fr

[@milezw]

@oddity1769 Last I heard it even had some pretty cool video game spinoffs too like Devil may cry and Ultrakill. The people who wrote Jehovah's Witness were NOT cooking 💀

[@ZaedaXobu]

I went to school with a JW girl. We were about 14 at the time and I recall saying "Happy Birthday" to her once(we shared a Math class, and part of the "getting to know you" exercises for it was giving out birthdays). She flipped out, screaming that I was a "demon trying to tempt her away from Jehovah with thoughts of things she can't have". It took 3 teachers to calm her down and we were both sent to the school counselor to "solve the problem". Her parents demanded that I be suspended for "infringing on their religious beliefs". My dad just stared at the principal and asked if he was really going to suspended one of the school's top 10 students over wishing someone "Happy Birthday", its not like i gave her a gift or was throwing a party, it was two words that anyone else would be happy to hear.
I did not get suspended that day, but the JW girl and I attended the same school until graduation and we never again shared a class. Our Algebra teacher was pissed that she has to rearrange her seating chart because we could no longer sit in the same row and had to be at opposite ends of the room.

[@dgnaber]

Thats crazy

[@yourpookiescrapmetal]

oh my god 😭 i’m friends with a jw girl and really the only thing she can’t do is go to birthday parties and celebrate holidays w/ us, her parents don’t care if she has queer friends (me lmfao) so she’s just a normal person who doesn’t celebrate holidays

[@-TheAntiHero]

That girl sounds like she's been badly manipulated, God taught us to live and let live as a Christian what she did was just childish.

[@blazergamer6425]

​@@yourpookiescrapmetalwait until her congregation finds out about that then that would stop immediately due to peer pressure so hopefully they don't find out and she gets away from that religion at some point.

[@yourpookiescrapmetal]

@@blazergamer6425 i mean yeah they know… i wouldn’t lump all of them in as being bad ppl

[@gabrielalfaia8154]

It's so disturbing how in those cartoons the kid is always alone, sad and with no friends. Must be a common thing because and the point of those cartoons is always "It's ok to not have any friends or social interaction, you are one of the people that go to heaven!"

[@BwooHuraca]

You can't have friends while you're alive and provably exist on Earth, but you can when you're dead even though no one really knows for sure if you have a spirit or not or even which religion is actually true!

[@pythondrink]

JWs don't teach that ppl go to heaven after they die

[@ayanoaishi8489]

I’ll never understand parents who want to take their child’s childhood away

[@poopww5378]

Generational trauma

[@doesthisIookinfected]

the parents probably didn't have a childhood either so they're just repeating the process. "If I couldn't have it, you can't either" type shit

[@4nn_1l]

Ayano ….you are murderer how can you speak facts rn 😨

[@ayanoaishi8489]

@@4nn_1l 😘

[@daniellevinson6975]

😔 Since they didn't have much of a childhood themselves, too many such parents *don't even realize* what they're depriving their children of...

[@arcellgreen4754]

Growing up as a Jehovah Witness child is child abuse! These kids have it worse than any other child in a religion. My cousin was raised as one and the only people he could play with was his little sister and brother. I hated visiting him because he had NO friends!

[@pinedelgado4743]

That is so fricken terrible. :(

[@davidhill8565]

In other words, Jehovah’s Witness indoctrination is child abuse. These kids are extremely sheltered outcasts. They seldom have friends.

[@JDragonweezy]

I grew up a witness and tht shit was sad asf

[@marwatson7408]

These videos are so accurate these kids live very sheltered and isolating lives, I was a witness at one time and saw it with my own two eyes 👀. I studied with a woman with 3 children I never saw them with any friends from the neighborhood or from school come to their house. . More than once I would walk out to my car to leave and there is her daughter riding her bike around by herself.

[@JDragonweezy]

@@marwatson7408 yes bc you have to make friends with ppl almost twice your age to have friends. Growing there was little to no one my age at the halls so I was forced to talk to teens and adults before/after services

[@cellytron]

My jaw dropped when she told her parents she wasn’t going to join the club and the dad was like “good job honey, you made the right decision!”
Applauding your child’s decision to isolate themselves like that?! That is so backward and has to go against everything their instinct as parents tells them! I know from experience, not religion but just being fat and poor and nerdy… being “the weird kid” is AWFUL. No matter how many friends you may have outside of school, there’s nothing worse than having your whole classroom full of people staring at you and whispering, and no parent should be okay with letting their kid go through that when they don’t need to!

[@vicorgaz]

Fr!!!! I was also the fat nerd kid at my classroom until my parents found another school. There's nothing worse than being isolated, we as humans are social beings! We need interaction with peers!

[@leeaschmidt2490]

I agree with you. For me religion was one of the reasons I was isolated. Also poverty and fatherlessness

[@nickit7655]

My grandfather was raised in a Jehovah’s Witness home, but he left before being baptized, so thankfully we were never raised in the JW organization. He told me about the time his father converted to JW. It was back in the day when they evangelized over the radio. My grandfather was 3 years old, and his father came into the room, picked up the Christmas tree, and threw it in the trash. 90 years later he remembered that moment as being traumatic for him. His dad forces them to go door to door, etc. When my grandfather was 16, he left home and went to live at the YMCA because he’d had enough.

[@markprovan4332]

This is unbelievable. Growing up as a JW was the worst time of my life. It was a miserable, brain numbing, restrictive and lonely experience.

[@hsdjsddasjsadjao]

i can relate

[@floridawashington78]

Yep it was miserable. I never wanted to go the Kingdom Hall ever. I was basically forced into it.

[@mr.elegance6889]

​@@floridawashington78same

[@FragginBastich]

What was Kingdom Hall?

[@p1nkwat3r81]

Factsss

[@Watersiteplay]

Omw to write fanfic where Sophia turns 18, gets out of the cult and gets into college to get a diploma and a girlfriend

[@Gabs-og1ye]

YESSS PLZ!! And how she rubs in her parents faces how much they ruined her childhood.

[@HKGC-do6gk]

Link?

[@HusnaArtz2]

Icing on the cake if that girlfriend happened to be her kinda-friend zoey:)

[@Kenny24693]

Do u have a link to it

[@stacyato]

REALLLL SOMEONE TELL ME WHEN THEY DO, if not I will 🙏🏽

[@lucramichiamo]

As a christian, this cartoon makes me feel so... uncomfortable. It's just very restraining. It literally is "Ohh you wanna follow Jehovah's word? Ok be alone and never interact with anything for the rest of your entire life". This doesn't make me any safe.

[@mushroomforestt]

16:44 just wanna point out that that's a tortoise, not a turtle.

[@idkanymore696]

imagine liking an animal but not even being able to identify it correctly

[@trinity03p]

Strange how this cartoon is against science, when the God literally was one of the reasons people wanted to learn science, because people within the catholic church wanted to learn God’s creations, Issac Newton was a Christian 💀

[@was-here]

Yes most people that discovered the most important laws or things for science where christians and belived that the things they discovered where all made by God some even started beliving even more in God After their discoveries.

[@maevethefox5912]

It's wild because JW themselves have a lot of crazy science breakthroughs, this weird fake blood transfusion they came up with saved my wife after surgery because there was a blood shortage in the hospital

[@Vicki_Benji]

This is sickening, and SO cultish!! I can't even anymore with this cult. 😡 I remember being removed from class during holiday celebrations, being so isolated. It's literally child abuse.

[@lavender4658]

It was VERY isolating, especially during elementary/middle school. I always felt angry that i was missing out on things cuz of this stupid religion. I already felt that way as a child, and I hadn't even woken up yet. I remember hearing jw parents talk about how the teachers were 'so accommodating' to their child's situation, when in reality, a small group of kids are forced to sit in the library during a Christmas concert cuz they belong to a cult. It's really sad when u think of the reality of this situation.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Scientology is also a cult

[@bubblesnfluff]

As a teacher, I only had one JW kid. I informed the parent that I am in charge of how I run my class. Your child can choose whether or not to join in birthday parties. But I will not exclude someone just because you don’t believe in birthdays. We even have a holidays around the world projects and they tried to get out of it and I explained that this about learning about different cultures. In the end, the family actually really appreciated the bonding they got from the holiday project and even let the kids celebrate in ever school event. They even gave the kids little candies on their birthdays.

[@Vicki_Benji]

@@bubblesnfluff wow, I'm truly shocked. I'm really glad you dug in your heels and said no. Hopefully the parents wake up. ❤

[@Blahblahblahblahhhhhhhh]

Same man I have social issues now because the lack of things I was allowed to do as a child and a teen. Fuck JW seriously. I was literally friends with 11 year olds and 9 year olds as a 16 year old in the congregations. (My parents forced me to be friends with kids) I missed out on so much as a kid man it makes me so mad.

[@nerdburger234]

Jesus: Anyway you should totally love each other! Even the people you don’t like. You’re not better than nobody..
Jehovah’s Witness: But what if they don’t agree with my Religion?!
Jesus: Did I STUTTER?!

[@Iloveme-ud4bs]

LOLLLL

[@lilxth5409]

This is so disgusting,making her isolate from anything that doesn't agree with their beliefs,isolating her from peers in fear that she finds a different view from the one they are forcing onto her

[@philliphawkins3062]

"I wish I had some kid friends." That says it all. But did anybody notice that Caleb seemed to have friends his age?

[@DigiVixen]

Actually Caleb doesn't have friends either. You see this in other videos where he's isolated as well.

[@Amoebatirith]

@@DigiVixen Well he had friends. They let him borrow a toy that had wizard powers and then his mom gaslit him into throwing away the toy for his own good and the good of his friends so now he probably doesn't have friends.

[@DigiVixen]

Oh, yeah! Smarlock, or whatever... Warrior Wizard! Something that has a backstory going back as far as his Mom's own interests as a kid.@@Amoebatirith

[@RelicQuadrangle]

​@@Amoebatirithas a Christian, imagine a fictional toy being evil 🤣

[@firstlast9855]

​@@RelicQuadrangle Idk my parents are evangelist Christian and they HATED Pokemon bc it was "demonic" or whatever

[@xevarin1960]

it baffles me how this was made in-house. they HATE higher education, yet to even KNOW how to 3D model, animate, render, and even do sound mixing is something that you learn in college. not to mention the EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE they use for this. something doesn't add up.

[@MisterJang0]

You don't have to go to college to learn animation and audio engineering. The Caleb and Sophia animators started from the bottom and learned along the way; take the first Caleb and Sophia video, which is the one where Caleb brings home the Sparlock toy, and compare it with their latest works.

[@xevarin1960]

@@MisterJang0 That's true, but they also had to have learned from some place other than their own bubble.

[@mistresslum6682]

I think you have to remember that the people in Bethel are also working for free in exchange for their rooms and food on site so they have all the time to learn.
The Watchtower has a bunch of unpaid labor at their disposal and unlimited time. They can make use of people who come from educated backgrounds from before they became Witnesses.
It’s exploitative. Most studios could produce this or way better if they never had to pay any animators or designers

[@MisterJang0]

My bad, the first episode of Caleb and Sophia (or "Become Jehovah's Friend" as it is officially named) is a lesser known one where Caleb learns to clean up after himself. The one with the Sparlock toy is episode 2. It's interesting how the first episodes focused on Caleb but all of the recent episodes are way more focused on Sophia. Kinda like how the early Simpsons episodes were focused on Bart, but as the series progressed it slowly started focusing more on Homer.

[@TheHeavieKiwie]

​@@xevarin1960 Not everything is taught in colleges,etc. I have talked to many programmers for example and all of them have told me they learned nothing in colleges because all they cared about was finishing up their portions or what not. They had to learn coding by themselves.
Basically these educational systems simply enchances your skills as far as I know.

[@r3iviathan]

6:26 ‘jewess’ is a word, but it’s offensive for Jewish women :(

[@nicolecastrogiovanni385]

This makes me sad for my husband. His mom was Jahova but his dad wasn’t. When his parents got divorced his mom made his life very restrictive and boring while his dad was pretty much a wealthy playboy that gave him everything he wanted so his childhood was all over the place. He was homeschooled and sheltered but also had the total opposite at his dads house. My husband basically went rogue as soon as he turned 18 and did very non-Jahova things 😅

[@DarthMagog]

I love how their Bible study wa such a non-answer. Sophia is STILL lonely, still doesnt have any age appropriate friends (Because we never f*cking see Lydia again) and still isnt even Baptized so she's technically not beholden to these rules. It's absurd.

[@DigiVixen]

Actually we DO see Lydia once more, in the turtle episode.

[@silverstarlightproductions1292]

All Hail the Dark Lord of the Apostates!

[@darkseraphim6793]

hai darth

[@JuriAmari]

Thank you for doing the tough work Magog. Send my regards to Fives! ❤

[@knitspired]

This video makes me mad. This is exactly how i grew up and it was so isolating. It hurts my heart to see this little girl so lonely. Sophia is gonna go rogue when she gets older. She’s out.

[@tinyger]

I feel bad for Sophie in this situation, also a relationship with God dosnt mean you never participate in clubs or other things and engage with people around you. In many cases that’s how someone is saved, but I understand choosing your friends wisely.
If you hang around bad people you most likely won’t turn out the best, but choose good friends and I agree friends too who love God but not be the way they had it. I have many friends some who don’t know God but I believe it can be a progress that they are saved❤

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

womp womp

[@thelifeofsilvia1601]

parva

[@askosefamerve]

Only %37 of JW kids stay. Sophia is probably one of the %63.

[@Franciscore_]

​@@pskrrtskrrtp7913???

[@gamer-san8923]

I had a JW friend on high school who never celebrates birthdays, never watched anime and superhero movies because it "encourages" witchcraft. I told him its just fiction and special effects. It's not actually the "real" thing. He just shrugged and told me his parents would never approve of it and all he really wanna talk about is God which makes all of the other kids stay away from him because he's "no fun".
I bet God would want us to live the life he gave us and not worry much about the afterlife. After all, the present is a gift from Him and celebrating the life he gave you would make Him happy.

[@Tater_tot06]

I lost it as 9:12. Something about the line "Jesus is here" said so flat and they way they walked in so smoothly KILLED ME.

[@WarpedKarma6471]

10:02 its funny how bad they missed the point of this story. Martha and mary in this story were doing opposite things. Martha started scolding mary for not helping with the food or any of the house chores, and Jesus told her to to chill and remember to sit and listen to him. The chores can wait.

[@WarpedKarma6471]

11:07 and here was actually much much later. At a whole different time in fact. Geez has these authors even READ the bible?!

[@SeBa-xb3jn]

​@@WarpedKarma6471clearly not

[@Orange_Swirl]

Ayo, wait a minute. You're right! Even JWs were taught this back in the day. Unless, according to the governing body, Jehovah gave them "a new understanding" of the Scriptures, and they're "reinterpreting" that, too 🙄

[@Tobipop]

​@@Orange_Swirlyeah it a cult your not supposed to reinterpret the Bible I know I'm Christian I read the Bible when I go to church there also a versus about reinterpreting the Bible and that's not allowed also we don't call god Jehovah we call him god or lord.
Allso Jehovah witness fits every category of a cult it's not even a religion at this point and to call it a religion is a insult to every religion from Christianity to Islam to Hindu and Shintoism

[@gustavusadolphus4344]

They also added characters into the story to teach a completely different lesson. This is completely heretical. You can't do that and pretend it's the Bible teaching it

[@lalicornenoire]

As someone with a degree in animation, what sickens me the most is that the quality of the animation is decent. The models are smooth, the lighting is okay.
This means that someone, somewhere, possibly a small team of animators, AGREED to do this cultist Jehovah's witness series... Animation isn't easy you guys, even just the textures on the chairs, and Sophia's hair, it takes some skill to know what to do. It takes at the very least some college education to do what is shown here, or a VERY dedicated fanatic who are working themselves to death watching tutorials on how to make things work. The fact that there are animations like this worries me.

[@GlimmerBeeAnimation]

I was raised amongst Jehovah's witnesses. In their monthly broadcast, I vaguely remember it being noted that all the animation comes from volunteers within the members. Scary.

[@_3_Hydrangea_3_]

An ex-Jw name Owen Morgan here on RUclips says that these kinds of videos were made AT HOME!😭

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

Same with the voice acting.

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

womp womp

[@DanielkaElliott]

And the nonverbal communication in the eyes. The side eyes they give people they agree or disagree with and awkward guilty silences when they can't participate.

[@grimtea1715]

A lot of people talk about Caleb and Sophia growing up and getting out of the church, but what if they are always stuck in it?

[@melodystarlight7933]

The worst thing about this is the fact that they clearly put a lot of effort into the animation and voice acting. So much effort/money spent on isolating kids.

[@eyeswideopen8570]

Fortunately, my parents let me have "worldy" friends, but I could not do after school activities. I wanted to though. It is emotionally crippling to be a JW child.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

If anything doesn’t that lower your retention rate in the church? Like if you go out, have a bunch of friends and come back home for Bible study every night I feel like you’d be less likely to leave the witnesses than if they kept you isolated and forbid joining extra curriculars

[@The-Busy-Beeeee]

@@LucasFernandez-fk8seyea but they condem you if you do that because your material isn’t good enough. It was horrible growing up that way because I was always told and yelled at when I wasn’t paying enough attention and by material I mean reading the watchtower books and answering up in the meetings.

[@toyotawitha20mm35]

my mother was a former JW, and she has told me so many horror stories about how this whole religion worked. its still baffling people are still part of this nonsense. luckily for her, her parents left the cult as well and nobody was shunned.

[@Oli-Chan]

It's a cult, it's good at manipulating people. Cults all have a few traits in common and manipulating their members is one of them, though there are usually many factors in play when someone stays or leaves a cult.
Honestly tho, the only reason famous cults like JW, Mormons, and Scientology are still around is because the government (USA in this case) likes those cults and/or the government refuses to spend the time and resources to prove the crimes of the cult

[@toyotawitha20mm35]

@@Oli-Chan it's funny because even russia banned JW

[@radtrad-td5lc]

religion? nah, its a heterodox cult

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

womp womp

[@HollyAndJay]

You know what’s really funny? Russia imprisons people who want to spread their message. Jehovah witnesses are kind, respectful people and people who call themselves jehovahs witnesses and show no respect to others are not them. We are taught to show respect to everyone because we are all Jehovah’s creatures. As I child growing up I was never shunned because of my religion or my beliefs. People on RUclips need to stop bullying us. You may have had a bad experience with those who call themselves Jehovah witnesses but being in the truth shouldn’t isolate you.

[@qrbsn]

A bit late to the game... but I lost at 0:01 by that weird ass animation D: I hate it so much when they try so hard to pixar style but end up by weird uncanny aliens with those cringey animations

[@robloxgalaxygamers8441]

8:57 God gave him that shaving cream 😩🥶🔥💯🗣️

[@coolguy010]

As someone who grew up as a JW and watched these cartoons with family, I can comfortably say they are a horrible cult full of contradictions and abuse

[@daniellevinson6975]

If that's not bad enough, too many members clearly aren't nearly as well-intentioned as Sophia's parents!!

[@terr20114]

Jesus came straight from the barber. The man's haircut is fresh.

[@askosefamerve]

"NO, we can't portrey Jesus like he was! He looks like a WOMAN (they can't be important!!!) with LONG, LUSCIOUS hair!"

[@Somerealtomfoolery22112]

In orthodoxy on some paintings he has viking braids.

[@Regigigas_YT]

Every Jesus I've seen looks like he's Kratos but with hair

[@ohhimark742]

12:09 the sad part is Zoe is a real friend too, compassionate to Sofia's suffering and willing to help when she was bullied. But Sofia can't see it through her indoctrination. If Zoe doesn't convert soon the elders will say the exact same lines as the judgemental woman by the well to Sofia 😢

[@rhymerlegend2717]

I’m so glad I’m a Christian and not a JW

[@VenusDaFairy]

Same here!

[@EliyaMajeed]

Same

[@jc6800]

Can confirm that the JWs condemn me to a life of mental issues the kind that have never allowed me to establish any kind of relationship with others unfortunately.

[@WarpedKarma6471]

What ever happened to “love your enemies” and loving everyone equally despite differences in belief, race, gender, age, sexuality, relationships, religion, etc.
Mm what a shame.

[@CHB_is_here]

@@WarpedKarma6471 as he said, it’s literally just a ‘Bible fanfic’

[@dagnytheartist]

I think I cringed when the teenage girl showed up, because I've seen this one before and know what happens. It's sad that she and Sophia are probably the closest in age to each other in the kingdom hall (aside from Sophia and Caleb) so they have to be friends with each other because they cant be friends with outsiders.

[@cheneethompson5756]

Sophia was about 10, and what's-her-name was about 15 or 16
I was raised a JW, but never got baptized
My Mom was lenient on me making friends at school, though
Daddy used to study with the witnesses
But, he decided not to get baptized
Which is totally fine!

[@dagnytheartist]

@@cheneethompson5756 Ah, thanks for clarifying the ages of the characters. Im glad you could have friends at school.
I wasnt a JW, I was raised Catholic for the first few years of my life. My mom left the church when my parents divorced but still made me finish the Sunday school program (my grandparents were pressuring her and this was somehow her compromise). I think I finished when I was eight. I remember asking her why my younger siblings werent doing this too and she was just like "dont tell your grandparents." 😂 It was just learning a bible story, then coloring pictures.

[@jthejesterscircus9880]

that isn't a turtle, that's a tortoise.

[@cheneethompson5756]

I agree! Turtles live in water, and tortoises live on land!

[@shibenews8416]

The way the fard queued at 17:00 had me rolling 💀

[@ZTheZtickman26]

Just to let you guys know, this is not how all Christians act. We’re all people regardless of our beliefs, so you shouldn’t isolate yourself just because of those differences. Find people who care about you, no matter who you are, and stand up for what you believe!

[@klutchedup9]

JWs are not Christians

[@CosmosGem]

No ik Christians don't act like this, proof the ones I uses to be friends with.

[@grizzly_8917]

JW aren't Christians.

[@CloudSong-WarriorCats]

They’re not Christian they are jenvoah wittiness

[@NTgamezZ]

yes, as a Christian I find this to describe it perfectly we are nothing like Jenova's witnesses @@CloudSong-WarriorCats

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Sophia: So basically, the Pharisees and Taliya (The Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses) disprove of Martha being Jesus’ (an “outsider”) friend. But Martha joins him anyway.
Sophia’s dad: That’s right Soph… wait a minute.

[@dominikkaszuba8420]

That's so true lol 😂

[@ionasan]

To be fair, that's literally what Jesus teaches throughout the Bible. To be a good influence on others. That's why He always sat with the sinners and never avoided the outcasts.

[@CHB_is_here]

Never caught that!

[@dzanegulles]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@kkubek5748]

16:05 that turtle doesn't look like a Jehovah's Witness to me

[@user-ls1bw2uw1j]

My HS psychology teacher (We have it as compulsory subject) showed this series as an example of manipulation

[@psych3verse]

nahhhhh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zootsuit1]

It's a very cold and lonely life being a JW ,where your emotions and feelings are not real, and the people around you love you on conditions, not even real love lives in you. A cold and lonely life it is

[@wk2761]

As a child, I felt just like Sophia. Very lonely and had "friends" in the congregation. Then, I found out early (14 years), that these were not friends. Bullying went on and I lost a lot of "friends." I saw the cracks at an early age!

[@FiercelyGold]

Even us heathens have sobering experiences like that.
Good for you for seeing that you deserve friends that make you proud to be you and want to be your best self.

[@TYKZY.BRANX._TEEK.SEE.BRANCH.]

WiSH i FOUND THEM AS EARLY OR EARLiER THAN U, ABOUT 15 TO 17 WHEN i FiNALLY TOOK A STAND TO STOP GOiNG
ABOUT 18 WHEN, AFTER WATCHiNG SOME GEORGE CARLiN, i REALiZED HOW MUCH OF A LiE & BULLSHiT ALL RELiGiON REALLY WAZ
QUESTiON EVERYTHiNG GUYZ, HONEZTY TOO
O, & VASECTOMiEZ 4 ALL OF US [HUMANZ] !
[NOT YELLiNG, JUZT LiKE TYPiNG iN CAPZ]

[@falcolf]

I love how they try to make this BS wholesome when it is disgusting and vile. Also that poor tortoises has absolutely the nost boring and way too small enclosure ever, that terrarium is an animal rights violation just based on the size.

[@CreeperG0d]

Believe in the religion you want, but don't force your religion on your children. You can teach them values, and things about your religion, but kids also have the free will of choosing what to believe as long as it doesn't harm anyone.

[@dannydanny2789]

Parents are gonna force their beliefs on their children anyway, they just become political instead of religious if the household is atheist.

[@Nightmastercool97]

By god, they make The Phelps family/ Hansburro Babtist church look like angels. Is there anything they can do; I mean no birthdays, no making friends outside the religion, no celebrating Christmas, no magic, no celebrating Halloween, no extracurricular activities, no woman as religious officials, no higher education, no video games, no “sleeping” during meetings, have to go door to door spreading the word about Jehovah, no dating outside the religion, have to make it to the chapel at least once a year, Bible study every day for a certain number of hours, people have to act like a person is dead, non existent if they been kicked out of the church,

[@nola281]

All fun is from the devil. if you can enjoy it, it's evil. The amount of projection is ridiculous, just because others go all out and do not so smart things doesn't mean everyone will, perhaps just you.

[@davidhill8565]

@@nola281That’s what Jehovah’s Witnesses teach.

[@nola281]

@@davidhill8565 I know. They aren't the only group to hate everything fun but it goes way too far.

[@adamantiumbullet9215]

Guilt and fear are powerful emotions to manipulate people, and WT uses them expertly.

[@darkseraphim6793]

who are hansboro and the phelps family?

[@taigatanfan_]

“We are so proud of you Sophia(sofia?) for isolating yourself from your classmates and making friends, when all they wanted to do was be your friend and have fun together. 😃 all because we don’t even know their religious belief, but we will shun everyone regardless”
What a great message to teach kids….

[@daniellevinson6975]

Well-intentioned as they might be, they're appallingly blind!!
😱 I hate to imagine what a more realistic version of Sophia's parents would look like...

[@reyreynoldswinchester8757]

I had a friend in grade school who was JW. She couldn’t participate in any class activities. When we watched movies in class she had to sit in the corner facing the wall and read. She was never there on field trips either… eventually she was no longer allowed to be my friend

[@mollietenpenny4093]

11:28 Uhh.... Jehovah's Witnesses don't even believe that Jesus is the son of God. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is the Archangel Michael or something. By the way I am not a Jehovah's witness, I'm just a Christian who loves to study cults.😅

[@oddfox6776]

Hey, at least Jesus's representation is very accurate! 😂

[@f4rnsworth138]

I guess the pandemic was hard on their dad. He went from being Swoll Papi to Pencil Arms.

[@adamantiumbullet9215]

No beard either. Of course, a man must have testosterone to grow facial hair...

[@blindovision]

I'm mostly blind, and I still cringed like crazy as soon as I saw Caleb and Sophia's faces. That shit is gross. I failed early.

[@yhfhdcf]

nah i failed at 0:34

[@im.claire]

16:24 that was my first thought too 😭 maybe I’m just too gay for this

[@christiancancino2253]

Well New HeadCanon, Grown-up Sofia and the Turtle girl now are a lesbian couple on my mind

[@whosebuilderandmakerisgod]

Yeah this was my reaction too 😂 this happened to me when I was 19 and reconnected with my old babysitter from the church who’s now 35. I’m not ok 😅😅😅

[@daviddiaconu4130]

Honestly I can see Sofia being gay be a plot for a later video where they cure her "sinfull lust" or something through another bible fanfic

[@ashleykalipe]

A JW used to visit me when I was ten, one day they she me a video about how being gay would make god unhappy. And look at me now, Biesexual..

[@JaythePandaren]

If God had a problem with you for being Bi he could of done something about it a long time ago but didn't because he loves you and sees good in you even though others don't.

[@ZTheZtickman26]

God gave everyone the gift of free will, whatever you do with that gift is up to you

[@askosefamerve]

​@@ZTheZtickman26So she choose to be bisexual? 😂

[@hellish_lasagna]

There is not limit to what or who you can love

[@gimmekromer1151]

an all knowing powerfull being, being unhappy cuz you like kissing girls sounds downright uniteligent whoever believes that has some logical problems.

[@Itsdasummer32]

As someone who grew up going to Catholic and Presbyterian church my heart goes out to all the kids that were Jehovah’s Witnesses
Being friends with other ppl is not a sin ❤

[@fjLKA]

Join the science club?
"Sorry, but we don't associate with magic."

[@cklounge2096]

I forgot if they even gave her a name, but the woman who was Martha’s friend and “hated Jesus” questioning whether Martha should be hanging out with Jesus is incredibly valid. You gotta remember back in those days if you did something to upset someone in power you and all those who support you would be punished in ways that often lead to crippling disability or death. Homegirl was just trying to protect her friend from death by association.

[@Rupunzelsawake]

I hate this cartoon. Not only is it totally made up (goes "beyond what is written") but it's indoctrinating kids with a harsh black and white view of their peers. Martha point blank tells Thalia "We cannot be friends"...How hurtful is that? And jw kids are taught to think their peers "hate" Jesus if they are not jws. It makes me so angry. Its clear that those coming up with such crap cannot remember being kids or have never raised any. Of they just lack empathy, compassion, or any "fellow feeling" at all. SIck.

[@morningglory9288]

I have my one yr old granddaughter growing up in this cult, my granddaughter whom I've never seen. It hurts me to think what a horrible, miserable life she's going to experience when she starts school, even if she's homeschooled, she'll miss out on social skills, lacking the ability to make friends her own age.

[@Rupunzelsawake]

@@morningglory9288 I feel ill thinking what I might've inflicted on my own kids. Social anxiety, stigma of being different, and lonliness due to lack of friends. They're grown now (out of the cult) and assure me they're ok but I still feel guilty.

[@simona_ab]

​@@Rupunzelsawakedon't feel guilty, you were thinking you were doing the right thing, a huge hug, Happy New Year 🎉❤🫂

[@Lovealwayswins1]

Well put

[@gimmekromer1151]

@@Rupunzelsawake well at least you got them out, theres still plenty of time for them and for you too.

[@elicruz6367]

As a Christian I love how you explain what the Bible REALLY says, Ty for the content!!👏

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

who asked

[@elicruz6367]

@@pskrrtskrrtp7913 no one, but I’m telling him I’m grateful with him for showing the truth :)

[@psychfan09]

@pskrrtskrrtp7913 November 27th I am in your walls I am in your walls I am in your walls I am in your walls I am in your walls I am

[@Suriji_22y]

@@pskrrtskrrtp7913 do you know what comments are for?

[@Lloyd_2001]

🤓🤡​@@pskrrtskrrtp7913

[@Durta_idk]

Fun Fact: the story of Martha & Mary, and of course the resurrection of Lazarus actually is in the Bible [Luke 10:38-42 & John 11], but this “worldly friend” named Talia was never mentioned. They made her up to paint non believers as terrible people whom you shouldn’t be friends with. 🙄
Even more ironic is that the story which comes right before the story of Martha is about the Good Samaritan, which teaches you to be *friends* with the unbelievers who are kind. Literally the opposite of what this JW video is trying to teach!!!

[@petergriffin8062]

As a Jehovah's witness I watched these animations as a kid and even then found them bizzare and too extreme, my childhood wasn't anything like it is depicted in the videos

[@WarpedKarma6471]

8:29 this is honestly kinda how they treat anyone outside of their cult. They take following Jesus to the point of isolation, while he actually called us to community with others, jesus followers or not.

[@queen_of_flatulence]

I relate hard to this, I was so lonely as a kid, at least I had a twin sister so I wasn't completely alone.

[@user-heeyu4heeyu]

저는 외동이었기에 매우 외로웠습니다.

[@queen_of_flatulence]

@@user-heeyu4heeyu I'm really sorry, wishing you all the best in the future!

[@Bees_Animations]

If I grew up as a JW kid, I’d be so much more different. I wouldn’t have played volleyball, have the friends I have now, or even the memories I have now. How do you feel happy with living so isolated? Not celebrating anything, and watching other kids around you have fun. The worst part about this is these kids, is they probably don’t have access to the internet. And don’t have access to being able to see the true world, it would be complete shell shock. Being a Christian kid, I celebrate holidays, I join clubs if I want to, played volleyball, and my life has been great. I have a few good friends at school, and not just because they serve Jesus, but because I actually like them as a friend.

[@Napoleon_Bonaparte1804]

I regret seeing things in the "true world". Just Like if you hear something that your friends are talking about some video on the internet, just don't search it up. And that being said, it made me go back to God.

[@heatherchandlerr]

sofia 100% is a lesbian and has a crush on that one girl from the end

[@mxwell.]

FINALLY, AT LAST, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS. I grew up in Mexico among a family REALLY into this whole cult, "learning" and watching all these "cartoons" for kids. Sadly, I can't leave this cult because if I left, I wouldn't have family or a place to stay but it's really good to see that someone thinks like me and is here. I never had any real friends, because the ones in the congregation were always hypocritical and two-faced.

[@gabe8326]

Ah yes, I actually used to be like those horrible kids in the congregations. The memories still haunt me.

[@nuelmalourenco0643]

Womp womp, you should know better that it's not a cult, I'm not even a JW, I did my research, I'm going to find your congregation and tell your elders that you wrote this comment, and you shouldn't even see this video as a JW right, crazy, guess your Holmes now, teheh i love doing research.

[@mxwell.]

@@nuelmalourenco0643 Well, I guess I apologize for calling this religious organization a cult, however, I ask you if you think you can search through all the congregations, states, places and precursor groups to find me specifically and call me to task by accusing me with the Elders. You know my name or my age?

[@mxwell.]

@@gabe8326 It is difficult, of course. I hope you have been able to carry on through it all.

[@tylersoto7465]

Sorry to hear that. I had experience with my family who was a part of a church that controlled a lot of things in their lives and glad we left it long ago

[@piopio6266]

We are SO PROUD of you Sophia!!! For willingly sacrificing the glee of your formative years and missing out on some of the most important experiences of your life!!! Even though you had no say in that because I would've done anything to emotionally manipulate you into staying in line with the cult!!!

[@gunnyo50]

I can tell you're being horribly sarcastic. The kid's parents did the right thing by persuading their daughter not to be led astray by the kids in her class and chose her friends wisely. Atheists like y'all & liberals in general are so judgemental against ppl who don't share your wayward beliefs.

[@hearts4melaniemartini]

GAY SOPHIA IS CANON TO ME IDC

[@megsnow5722]

I feel so sad for Sophia

[@meltifoam5415]

This “religion” is hell, like I cannot have a life outside. It even made my anxiety worse and the fact they emphasize that Jehova is WATCHING us all, really did a good amount of trauma for me and these videos relate to me the most.

[@aperez1117]

You called it! The part where the older girl from the Kingdom Hall flipped her hair and Sophia looked at her made my girlfriend and I uncomfortable. It’s almost like the GB are subliminally grooming people to be normalize older ones from the congregation taking kids under their wing from a young age. Given the Watchtower’s track record it’s probable. Thanks for post Panda, happy new year! 🤙🏼

[@French_venti494]

Half of the Apostles were like fishermen, and one was a tax collecter, and were all sinners, he went to people who lost faith in god, and helped them.

[@Remyatta]

This is why Jesus is the coolest biblical figure. He was a nice guy. Didn’t force but guided instead. Can’t say the same for a lot of Christian’s nowadays 🤷‍♀️

[@Napoleon_Bonaparte1804]

@@Remyatta Yeah no, the ones who force their beliefs are cults, JW is not part of Christianity for they do not believe that God Is Jesus, the Father and the Spirit and that they are one. JW is a Cult.

[@chelseagonzales4294]

“Me too”
Sophia:👁️👄👁️
Her:👁️👄👁️
“Well, I gotta go now”
That whole scene had me dying laughing

[@gabe8326]

I spent over the first half of my life (I'm 20 atm) as a JW and it was just hell. No friends, with countless of restrictions, and whenever I did something even slightly "wrong", regardless if I did it by accident or out of sheer innocence, I got beat up. Beatings weren't too bad per se, what usually happened was I got slapped hard and yelled at for a few hours. So, it might not have been too bad. Like, I don't think I'm physically scarred, like some parents do to their children. Mentally, on the other hand... it's another story. You see, while I was taught to love God, I was also taught that if I didn't, my family would've beaten me, abandoned me, and I that would've ended up in hell, burning for the rest of eternity. I couldn't do anything really, I couldn't do normal boy things, like watching movies, listening to music, playing games, etc. I couldn't even see my own mom! Not getting into details about that, but basically, she got disassociated (I hope I wrote that right) and my grandparents tried to take me away from her. I was always so scared of being punished, of being deemed bad, that one point I even cried to my grandmother because I was playing Minecraft, literally a game about cubes, for no other reason than it had zombies and skeletons in it (anything that has undead included is forbidden to the JW). Now, I struggle with perfectionism and the fear of being judged, among other things. I have almost no social skills and no friends. I feel like I was robbed of my childhood. And yes, my family did abandon in the end, except for mom, the only one who has always truly loved me.

[@darkseraphim6793]

sorry u went through that… 😢💔

[@GamerKnight0]

Minecraft is the goat, I'm sorry you had to feel so excluded...

[@stargazerbird]

I was raised in the JW but I guess my parents were rebels because I had regular friends and did school stuff. We even celebrated Christmas and birthdays. Other things were weird but my childhood was pretty normal. Parents left the ‘truth’ when I was 11. My brother got ill and needed blood transfusions.

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

They were unorthodox to say the least. And good for them for leaving when they realized what compliance would do to your brother.
My own brother had such a problem as well and my father always uses the story to send Jehova's witnesses who knock on our door away.

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

womp womp

[@ThePoeticAvocado]

@@pskrrtskrrtp7913? That’s very rude to say.

[@pskrrtskrrtp7913]

@@ThePoeticAvocado Womp Womp

[@psychfan09]

@YourLocalTeenager Don’t feed the trolls

[@rick_astleyfan12]

My cousins had to suffer this way and now they became very delusional. When my cousin gave up being a JW, he started to despise his parents and it makes me sad 😕

[@keyp.5499]

i am christian but i feel lucky i wasnt born in a watchtower cult family

[@Napoleon_Bonaparte1804]

We must pray and stand up against those cults.

[@NoodleIDK13]

Can confirm it is basically a cult my family has been torn apart and family member communications cut off just because my family decided they didn't wanna be in a cult.

[@tallflguy]

If you are Christian then you are in a cult.

[@tanzilatabassum4916]

I am not Christian or like that, and know it's fictional but I feel so bad for Sofia. Her parents are an horrible influence to her.

[@deltaxeno7807]

Jehovah's Witness and Christianity are completely separate. I say this as the latter. At best, they're just a cult capitalizing off the Bible. At worst...I don't even know. Point being, they ain't good...at all. But you knew that much already.

[@daniellevinson6975]

The destructive advice they give definitely ruins the whole point of any good intentions they might have!

[@MapBotTheElsagateKiller]

It's weird and baffling how a religion based on peace and love can create a litteral cult.

[@deathdrivesapontiac]

Former Anglican here. The less I went to church, the more my “friends” would exclude me, ignore me and snob me. Real friends don’t care about religion , and they certainly don’t disown you if you don’t agree with them on a very personal topic.

[@AbbysArachnids]

This is really sad. As a Christian we are encouraged and supported by other Christians to love and be friends with everyone including and especially people who aren't believers. Literally Jesus did that. He ate with sinners, and we are all sinful. This mentality is so divisive and sad

[@mandraslopez5574]

I have an aunt and uncle who were JWs and we used to do bible study with them when I was young. I’ve never been religious but I participated just to be a part of the family stuff and I really didn’t mind at first. However, one day they showed a cartoon like this to me and my siblings that was basically saying gay people are going to hell in a “nice” way. It was really disturbing, and I think my parents realized it too because shortly after that there was no more bible study. It’s scary how blind religion can make some people, blind to their own contradictions and hypocrisy.

[@webslinger5434]

They don’t believe in hell though.

[@HannoulzinhaaFofIH]

What, I never saw any JW thing saying that gay poeple are going to hell in a nice way?!
We respect every person, even if they are lgbt or any like that. God loves everyone, it doesn't matter if they are of any country or have a sexuality. Honestly, maybe you just didn't understood. And maybe these are just fake.

[@nuelmalourenco0643]

Do your research, I’m not a JW but I did my research they respect which is different from being homophobic they don’t hate they just don't agree with the lifestyle, and I agree with this, I don't have to agree with everything you do I have nothing to do with it, with your sexuality or anything you do, that way there is “respect” so do your research before says shit, thank you.

[@HannoulzinhaaFofIH]

@@nuelmalourenco0643 That's it, thanks for spreading information 👍

[@CHB_is_here]

@@nuelmalourenco0643 thank you! You don’t have to hate the people themselves! Love them! We just don’t agree with your lifestyle! Nothing against you as a person! As Jesus once said, hate the sin not the sinner

[@katiel.8174]

As a Christian, (not a JW, there’s a difference) I and every other Christian I know have absolutely no problem being friends with people who don’t follow the same religion as I do. I wish people knew that not all followers of Christ are like that

[@KatOnline]

As a Non-denominational Christian not a Jehovah witness, I believe we can be friends with anyone as long as we can be respectful to one another. It's not a matter of having to believe the same thing but a matter of can you both be respectful and accepting of one another despite differences. If you can't love and care about one another because of your differences then the friendship won't work out.
Meanwhile according to Jehovah witness. They think "If you don't believe the same way I do, we can't be friends. However if you believe what I believe and don't question the authenticity of the teachings my cult leaders throw at us then I'll accept you."
The problem of making genuine friendships outside is on them not the outsiders of their cult but they don't seem to recognize this and victimize themselves. They think in their delusional minds "you don't accept who I am so we can't be friends" when it's really "I don't accept who you are so we can't be friends."
Also this made up story of Martha, I can sympathize with the friend to an extent because let's be real if there was some random dude just announcing He's God and the pharasees, which were religious authority figures of your time that you trusted and considered holy men, said this guy was crazy, you probably side with them and think this man was nuts until actually witnessing him perform miracles in front of you. Can't really blame her for being skeptical and concerned for her friend Martha just accepting without question that this Jesus guy is God's son.

[@jazzyyy__]

As a JW teen, I completely understand this. On holidays I always have to sit in the office, while everyone else would have fun. Or I would just not go to school at all. That’s what I do most of the time anyway tbh. And I’ve literally never had anyone come over to my house neither have I ever went to theirs, unless they have the same religious views as us. And even when my parents do let me hang out with my friends, they tell me not to hang out with them too much because they are “worldly”and can change my view on Jehovah. It’s honestly so exhausting.

[@dylannance4772]

These kids are going to grow up and resent their brain washed parents

[@tylersoto7465]

They're going to be broken and damaged in life especially even ruining the possibility of having a healthy relationship with God

[@Andrew-yx7sf]

Even the turtle is sad and depressed.

[@unfortunatefish3322]

Literally, as a reptile owner every time I see that *tortoise I get so mad. If you're going to make a shitty cartoon at least make sure your promoting good animal husbandry. I don't care that it's not real they literally don't have any of its husbandry right.

[@elizabethconyers5179]

I teach children with significant cognitive disabilities and one of my 3rd graders has a similar upbringing. We celebrate all the time in my classroom and I don’t want him to feel left out so I just take the Santa Claus off the cupcake and give him one too. I even got his mom’s permission to give him a gift along with his peers on the last day before Christmas break by putting his neutral items in a polar bear bag and framing it as an “end of the semester treat.” He does everything we do he just takes home a neutral version of crafts etc. The thing that broke my heart though was that two days after we threw a party for his classmate’s birthday it was his birthday and we just had to not mention it at all. Even though he can barely speak I think he knew it was his birthday because he was especially on edge that day. I’ve heard him repeating the words “birthday party” and “Santa Claus” to himself…