Jessica reacts to My Book of Bible Stories
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- As Jessica's Jehovah's Witness grandmother doubles down in her efforts to indoctrinate her in violation of her parents' wishes, I sit her down and provide a contextualized sampling of what a JW upbringing would look like.
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Why on earth would they deem this book to be appropriate for children but then say Disney movies or even PG-13 movies are inappropriate??, that book has more death and destruction in it than any Disney movie or even PG-13 movie, what the heck, this organization is unreal in their logic
She is precious. Obviously she is developing critical thinking skills. Her vocabulary is impressive and your patience is refreshing 😊
So sweet and good dad not afraid to stand up to even family. I love a parent who ALWAYS has the kiddos back of course in appropriate ways in front of the children.
Through the mouth of a child the truth speaks.
You got your hands full there, Lloyd. She is one smart little lady!
I wish I was as bright at that age. It wasn't until my teenage years that I started to develop my baloney detector.
Lucky you. Much later for me, unfortunately 😅
I got DUPED BY THIS EVIL TRASH AS AN ADULT. Didn't bother to read the book. Thought was jus bunch of stories
And I didn't tell anyone to join or go to EVIL YWH STEAPLE CORP
As a person who knew all about GOVT as a kid, I AM ASHAMED OF MYSELF
I found christewndumb2, just took a 30 min video about how EVIL YWH BOOK IS ALL TRUE AND NO ONE CAN EDIT IT.. I was like WOW I DIDN'T THINK ABOIT THAT. I BAILED
Then his other 200 hours he showed me the evil in this made up book
Outstanding Mr. Loyd Evans. Your child makes more sense than a lot of people, that book really traumatized a lot of children.
She's so adorable🥹😭😭 You can tell you've instilled intelligence and common sense into her character. It's awesome seeing someone so young have more maturity and articulation than most adults. There's hope😭🙏🏿
When the weather is nice, I often wear my "My Book of Horror Stories" t-shirt in Paris and I notice that for 3 years more and more EXJWs have naturally come to see me to chat. Today, thanks to social networks, there is more and more interaction between EXJWs, which reinforces EXJW dissidence which is becoming more and more visible. I hope you continue your activism, Lloyd. Hello from France.
I need that shirt! 😂
salut, it s a good idea yout T shirt j aurais aimé avoir des youtubeurs français pour suivre
There is the T-shirt with the bloody hand and the one without the bloody hand. I prefer with a bloody hand. My comment has been deleted several times, probably because of the links.
All you have to do is type in the search bar:
Tee shirt exjw my book of horror stories
Please! Where can I get this T-shirt?!?!!
@@JamaaalBernard You must write "my book of bible horrors self aware npc tee shirt".
Kids are great when they are being their natural selves. Thanks Lloyd, your kids are wonderful as I'm sure you already know.
Imagine having memories of "sisters" at the KH using your My book of Bible studies book as a freaking "head covering" before field service prayer.
Yes a "head covering" was complusory where there was no brother present and if a hat isnt available, i guess a book is the next best thing. The JWs should
have courses in origami where nice paper hats could be made. When I was a kid we made good hats with plain old newspaper.
@@fifthdimension1984 Hahahahah exactly
You could not make it up,not even as a Hollywood screen writer.
@@fifthdimension1984IDK Origamis seem pretty pagan to me. Don't want Satan's influence animating the paper bird on your head and making it fly away. Might cost you eternal life, that. 😢
Good to see the channel get this mighty injection of charisma. Glad you innoculated this sweet child against the nonsense. She is a gem
Baloney/Bologna usually consists of afterthoughts of the meat industry - organs, fat trimmings, end pieces and so on. As such, Baloney is an appropriate analogy for Watchtower's spiritual food. You are what you eat.
Love this! ❤
She’s too cute ! 🥰
Gotta love the chaos of the 2 kids together 😂
I wish I had this little girl's thinking skills. I'm not kidding. I am 55. She is pure dynamite. A little Llyod. I am impressed.
You have got to have these conversations,helping them to reason out the nonsense, JWs don't hold back on the indoctrination and their version of truth, the younger the child the better ,most children will believe what a trusted adult is telling them unless it is refuted with sound reasoning .
I would love to see another one of these, in a couple of years, her reacting to herself reacting to the book 😅 like when she will be a teenager.
Yessss! If not sooner 😅
This child is more mature and brighter than the majority of the adults on this planet
And that is a true story😊
yes. GOES FOR SKY MONSTERS AND GOVT, THEY BUY WHAT THEY ARE TOLD
I had a family member that came onto my Facebook and posted something publicly about her Jehovah’s Witness belief and referenced the organizations website, which I will not promote here. I deleted the entire post that led to that, and I told her what I thought of the entire thing. Now I love this aunt, but there is absolutely no mistake. She knows how I feel about the organization and its overall dishonesty and falsehood. And she thought she would come on my Facebook page and promote it to my friends. I haven’t really communicated with her since then and she has not posted anything that I have been able to see on her Facebook nor have I heard anything about her other than she is separated from her husband. He was a nut job from the get-go, who became an elder then mental illness and alcoholism set in and now the poor guy has cancer. Anyway, I have seen nothing about her religion that has given her any actual love joy, or peace.
My mom, on the other hand asked me to unfriend her if I would not remove an article that mentioned her religion amongst others as being culpable for not reporting child abuse. It was basically a footnote in the article that she was probably applauding until she saw her religion’s name in it. Then she insisted that I delete it or delete her, because she didn’t know how to unfriend me. So I unfriended her as she requested. She has since wanted me to find her again, and I will not. I talk to her. She doesn’t get to run my Facebook page though. J dubs are weird and they don’t have any boundaries.
It’s sad when a small child has to address crazy adult behavior.
Lloyd, you’ve got some cute , smart kids.😊
That is so true. I think we all need boundaries. I would no more push my beliefs on anyone than would I allow anyone to push their i beliefs disrespectfully onto me. I think God is a real personal Journey as is any philosophy or absence of faith. What I can’t abide, is disrespect and intrusion.
The way she knows about the family drama 😂
I remember reading MBoBS to my kids. I really didn't think about the stories at the time until we came to the story about Jael and Sisera and the tent peg. WAY too much information for little ones, even adults! I didn't realize it at the time, but a spark had been lit in me!
If God had asked for Lucifer's criminal record before putting him in charge of Paradise, none of this would have happened!
No, it was that damn talking snakes fault! 😂😮😅🤔🤫🧐😆😆😆 29:00
I can't believe how intelligent,  outgoing and assured she is of herself. You're doing a great job raising your children!!!
As a JW kid I actually loved _My Book of Bible Stories_ because now, for the first time I understood biblical events in *chronological* order. Of course, that was the _only_ value the book had for me.
Ahh she’s so cute! What a great independent and confident little thinker! Well done girlie!
Many of us probably thought, at one time or another, that our grandparents needed "new brains and new eyes".
You are such a good father doing this for her. I really don't think that someone with a qustioning mind like Jessica's is going to stand for any BS :D
Imma thinking someone is going to have her own show in the near future ☺️
Baloney!!! Put that on a t-shirt! I will buy one :D
Nulite brand baloney. Bearded and blood free! From the best cults of meat.
👍👍"Watchtower Baloney" 👕
I remember when my only child was about 7 and i started reading that book to him, then i begin to do some honest research and found out the truth about "the truth" ...so my son only heard one chapter of that book, before he started using it as a ramp for his hot wheel cars, and a stage prop for his wrestling men, he got good use out of that book, i mean baloney 😂
Wrestling men! HA! My son too! 😂
"Pro tip". She's hilarious.😅
May I please have videos of her reasoning. My 6 yr old daughter has been indoctrinated for 3 1/2 yrs now. So much to un-learn for my baby girl. Your daughter is amazing, sweet & strong!! Im glad she has your teachings. ✨💯☺️🫶🏼✨
Oh so adorable and she speaks so well…….just like her daddy!! They are so cute!!!❤️
Lloyd, hi! Does your wife also no longer support the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses?
Lloyd helped Deanna wake up soon after he did. She's been in his earlier videos
@@krystaltutty483Do you know if she is of any Faith at all, or is the family atheist together? I ask in respect. My son is atheist and I respect his Rights and Journey. I am Spiritual, non-religious, as I had once been a terrified Catholic then JW. So I’ve learned to respect people’s privacy. When I came out of JWs, I visited a bookstore with my little children and I cried at the loving, laughing Jesus in a storybook, He was surrounded by children. I cried because I had never seen an illustration of a Loving God. It was different from JWs that I was absolutely astounded at the picture! Why everything is about violence with religion is sad and fearful. So my son right now being atheist is ok, though I hope he’ll discover Spiritual Love someday too.
I LOVED this! 🙌🏼 I was dying laughing through the whole thing. I’m so happy your kids are t being raised in that cult. I wish I could raise my kids all over again. Maybe they would be talking to me had I not raised them in that cult.
Me too ❤
And the word today is, BALONEY!!!! (The old Sesame Street) 😂😂
'Baloney!' couldn't put it better myself
Kids do tell the truth!😄
I'm a 46 year old American man, and I've been out since 2012.
*My Book of Bible Nightmares* is more like it.
PTSD from WT is real. Catholicism too. Well heck, religion in general. What helped me was finally getting it that I am Loved, not punished. 1John4:18 says: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
She is adorable! ❤ Lloyd, lovely, lovely daughters. Good work!
I remember getting that book not sure how old I was but I do remember looking at the pictures, but it was the same with the awake and watchtower, I think my whole childhood was traumatised by Armageddon! It was spoken about so much at the meeting how we would be tortured, they would describe torture methods like ripping your nails out pulling your teeth out and other gruesome acts a young child should not be listening to. Or the blood talks were another favourite, I remember asking my mum when I was very young if she would let me die if I needed blood? She told me of course she would have to it was gods law. I was terrified of doing anything even playing running around, as I knew if I had an accident I would be dead.
ATHEISM and RELIGIONS versus the CREATOR and JESUS CHRIST
What is Atheism for?
ANSWER -
to fill planet Earth with persons who don't believe in the existence of God and Gods
What are Religions for?
ANSWER -
to fill planet Earth with believers and preachers of the Unbiblical teachings and doctrines of the Pastors and Leaders of Religions about "Trinity," "heaven and hellfire", "Armageddon", "rapture", and "reincarnation"
What is ETERNAL LIFE and existence on Earth without sufferings, pains, griefs, sickness, and death as written in Revelation 21: 3, 4?
ANSWER -
the loving, kind, and merciful Creator's favor and reward for all loving, kind, and respectful persons on earth who honor and obey Jesus Christ as their loving, kind, and merciful Heavenly Master and King and believe his teachings about the "Kingdom of God" and "Resurrection of the Dead"
as written in Luke 4: 43, and John 11: 25, 26
What is the "RESURRECTION of the DEAD"?
ANSWER -
the Creator's guarantee that all loving, kind, and respectful persons on earth who died recently and thousands of years ago like Abel, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Job, King David, Jesus Christ's Followers, and many others
will be RESURRECTED back to life in the right and proper time so they can fully enjoy the eternal love, kindness, goodness, generosities, compassions, favors, and blessings of the Creator and his Christ for eternity
as submissive and obedient subjects of the "KINGDOM of GOD"
under the loving and kind rulership, guidance, and protection of Jesus Christ as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth as written in Revelation 11: 15.
@@jaflenbond7854 REALLY! I can’t see a point to your comment, it has nothing to do with my comment and is just a religious word salad created by you to get attention. How boring! 🥱
@@Pandora370you are obviously opposed and against the Creator and his Christ
Atheism and Religions are about filling the world with LIES and false claims that -
1. the Creator is worthless, useless, and undeserving to be honored and respected as the True and Sovereign God
2. Jesus Christ is worthless, useless, and undeserving to be honored and respected as the Creator's Chosen King and Ruler of the heavens and the earth
Worshippers of the Creator are not Atheists
and
Atheists are opposed and against the Creator's Sovereignty
Followers of Jesus Christ are believers of his teachings about the Kingdom of God and Resurrection of the Dead
while
fanatics of all kinds of Religions are believers of the LIES and false teachings of their Pastors and Leaders about heaven and hellfire, Trinity, Armageddon, rapture, and reincarnation
Awful!!! I’m so sorry!
This kid is amazing. She will definitely expose the truth of many things growing up 👏
Lloyd, as a father of two myself, who are both still under control of the cult: You are very "blessed". I am truly happy for you.
I loved hearing her thoughts on this. I had this book when was her age and I loved reading it. I found it really fascinating.
Our family were not religious though and I read it in the same way as I read my books about Norse and Greek mythology. I only learned much later that this book was written to indoctrinate children.
It didn't work on me though, there was no adult that told me that these stories were true or something to learn any lessons from.
I don't regret reading it as a child, but I for sure wouldn't give it to my daughter to read.
I love how she can mock the religion, while also being able to vocalise exactly why it’s complete nonsense
Your girls are THE CUTEST. My mother spent a lot of time with my daughter when she was small. She's 20 years old now. They shared a close & loving relationship, until my mother passed on 07.25.23. Lloyd, if I may respectfully share the benefit of my experience, that horrible religion takes so much from us & the members. As much as you do not want your girls indoctrinated with that craziness, I understand. Yet, I also understand it's so important to surround your babies with people that love them - their grandparents do love them. Keep those disagreements away from your children's view. It is important they respect your wishes, but when the girls are aware of those disagreements it may plant a seed of acrimony in the girls mind towards their grandparents - as if they have to be on Dad's side. I shared my story on EXJW Diaries "Shunning" and at the time my daughter was born, I was "done" but not awake. Watch my story. I actually asked my daughter to study the Bible with JW's, because she knew NOTHING. My daughter was able to make her stand against the religion WITHOUT my influence. Why? Because it made no sense and I (just like you) raised my daughter without any religious indoctrination. The reality is - JW's are going to try and convert. That's what they do. Your daughter is already super smart, she's able to articulate to her grandparents that's not real and let's not have to call Mum or Dad. I hope you can benefit from my experience and my humble advice. Got to watch you 2nd stand up. Take care. 😊
I'll disagree a bit on this. Indoctrination of small children happens out of the view of their parents. The only way for the girls to have those boundaries respected is for them to be able to enforce the boundaries on their own. It isn't sewing acrimony, it is establishing early that boundaries must be respected. This is especially true of grandparents and beloved family members trying to indoctrinate, because indoctrination plays on emotions and fears. Grandparents already have an emotional connection to a grandchild, making it that much easier to indoctrinate them.
It is important for them to have these boundaries respected when the parent is not present. It doesn't sound like he is preventing the girls from seeing their grandparents, just that they respect the boundaries when they are together.
@@healthcarefails Thank you, couldn't have explained it better myself. I would add that during this last violation of our boundaries Jessica's grandma urged secrecy and literally said "Don't tell daddy about any of this because it will lead to a war between him and me." So she knew what she was doing and went ahead and did in anyway, trying to cover her tracks.
@@healthcarefails I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion. Please read my message to Lloyd.
THANK YOU!! I wholeheartedly agree, Commenter! ❤
Meaning...the first Commenter is who I agree with. I see no harm in expressing a belief about a mom hoping to someday see her loved one again. NDE experiences show these to be true, not necessarily the way JWs describe it however. I don’t think a young child should be exposed to one or the other’s belief or non-belief systems but there is a modge-podge of beliefs, opinions, ideas in most family systems. Children are pretty savvy and can figure things out with parent’s guidance,without being indoctrinated by an angry parent or zealous grandmother. If it’s that bad, just keep the children out of it. You already know a JW HAS to be a JW or suffer “Bloodguilt”. But respectfully, try not to show off a nine year olds skills that you are teaching her, on the air. We all have family challenges. Teach love and deep respect. Maybe you do not get along with mom. But gramma is different in a grandchild’s eyes. It was sad when she said your mom was messed up. I would never have gotten away with that as a child. Don’t worry, I’ll not watch again, please don’t be angry with me, I’m a gramma too. ❤
I love how animated and passionate she is! I hope she never loses it! ❤
I truly believed that as a child!!!! How could I !!!! My children and yours see so clearly. 😮🥰
Children should be taught love and kindness
I have to admit, seeing the thumbnail I had mixed feelings, as someone with the experience of going door to door with my parents and others since I was a baby, and even having to stay on the streets with a Watchtower, always afraid a classmate could see me like this. However, a few minutes into the video, I was absolutely convinced that this is what she really wanted and insisted and loved to do, it's just so authentic, she has so much fun performing in front of the camera, and she will be proud seeing this out there, and rightfully so!
Breaking the cycle! That was so refreshing. Congratulations to the entire family!
I agree to a point, but I hope she can learn to respect others rights to their choices as well, as long as their beliefs do no harm. I saw no harm in a gramma saying she looked forward to seeing her son someday. Many people believe the Spirit lives on. But I don’t know the family dynamics. I’m not so sure I would’ve aired the family laundry, but that is what people do now I guess. And it was sad a nine year old would say his mom was messed up. Isn’t that disrespecting the gramma the way the gramma somehow disrespected the son? Why air that and just not allow the child to be in her presence? Whose home was she in? There’s lots of unanswered questions. I think it’s a family dispute and the child is in the middle. Sorry! I’m not popular, just an average gramma! 😮❤
Yes, she's been wanting to do a video with me for ages! Thanks so much for your positivity. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
First, she is so smart! Then, she is so cute. Love her! She's a real treat!
"About HIS MOM which is VERY MESSED UP AND VERY CRAZY!"
That was... Not what I expected... I think it makes sense why she is so emotional about it...
I am so sorry it happened and she had to hear that... Dead family members should not be used as a weapon in faith warfare against someone...
I guess you have to ask permission to share what you believe now. My mom was Catholic. I learned real horror stories about Saints. Maybe if I was the gramma, I’d have to ask if it was ok to say I looked forward to seeing my loved one again in Heaven? But I’d appreciate it then too, if someone who doesn’t believe as I would, to have the respect to not push their baloney on me.
I personally think the child of nine should be talk the critical thinking alright, but also respect. Grandmother needs to learn respect also. To say ones mom or gramma is messed up is so sad. At nine, the grandmother expressing wanting to see her son again...what really was wrong with a mother’s hope? I guess I’m not fully understanding the family dynamics.
Exit stage left Lloyd! Hello Jess!
i did not realized this show needed a cohost
I think the stories are pretty accurate according to the bible. I was 5 years old in 1979 reading them, the book was very popular as I recall. I did leave the false in 1996. The parents are still in it, haven't spoken to them since 1996. Dad sledge hammered my rock n roll cassette collections 3 times in my teen years. He was an elder, both parents pioneered, as I did 1 month. Michael Jackson was ousted in the 80s, I remember it was spoken of in the National Enquirer magazine. When Armageddon never happened as predicted by Freddy Flinstone Franz, my dad explained that the light is getting brighter for the Governing body. ...and how was your day?
My day is just a bit better after reading that you left 'the false'...perfectly worded. I'm sorry they still have your parents' minds and hope you are doing well in your freedom.
“Out of the mouths of babes”… Literally 😂
I think it is important that you ask your child what are her thoughts. Since as a JW I was taught that my thoughts did not matter unless they agreed with God's. But in reality "God" in the Jehovah's Witness religion is the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and obeying anything they say or put in print that is current. As an ignorant JW raised child you won't understand this and will not realize that you are basing your life off the flawed and ever changing doctrines of deceitful men who hide what they are and their long history of misleading and faild teachings. So in a way, we owe it to our offspring to let them know the full truth about Jehovah's Witnesses and not half or more likely a quarter like what the govetning body tries to get away with. But you won't let them so that is good.
Makes sense, what you say. It’s MEN who have made the illustrations, printed the books and magazines, interpreted the Scriptures! Who knows God? Honestly, if there was just ONE Bible in Canon written by a WOMAN, I’d take it more seriously. There are STORIES about clever, leading women, but I mean authored. Even Ruth was written supposedly by a guy. The Apocrypha was taken out by churchMEN...even so, the Bible isn’t completely ruled and overcome with men’s violence. Critical thinking would invite one to look also at the experiences of a person’s life, the loves and betrayals, the cultures and political systems, religious beliefs, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I think to study Scripture is to become limitless and NOT locked into one dogma or doctrinal system. Because for every truth you perceive, there are counter-perceptions which throw you off and make you start all over again. To me, it’s a Living Book. It has wisdom which I can use in business, it has romance, it has celebration, it has death and destruction. I can ask myself: is this book poetic or symbolic? It’s fascinating to me, like I said, if you get out of being cornered into a few doctrines called religious cults or sects. Leave the book open for discovery and exploration. It’s a lifetime book.
Honestly as a kid I somehow managed to read genesis up to Leviticus. God in the Bible honestly seemed both scary and cruel given how disposed he was to killing people. I could not finish reading the entire Bible end to end because of long lists of names, rituals, and numbers that I could tell was npt for my benefit but for someone elses. But as a JW the the Governigng body will print information to rationaliize away any and all biblical doubts or questions that will automatically come if you read it without any bias.
@@A-man-ix4kz But who are the Authors of these articles? Who writes them? I don’t think it’s the eight men and it would be hard to think of a young guy in his twenties or younger writing the Knowledge to explain GOD! No women write, so who are the authors? What do we know of them? How educated are they? Who? How? What? When? Why? I just can’t take a kid’s word for what God supposedly says all throughout the Ages, can you really?
You've raised a bright young girl. You should be proud.
And I am now craving baloney 😂
Your older daughter is definitely a chip off the old block! They are adorable!❤🥰
Can’t believe I was allowed to read this book before I was allowed to see PG13 movies 😅
Or forced to read that book of horrors at the same time you were barely allowed to watch rated PG movies. It is twisted, for sure.
Abraham Lincoln haha 😂
That made me laugh indeed!
She is precious and very smart for her age
I cant😭😭😭😭cuteness overload
So adorable! I miss mine being this age. Good thing: one of my kids complained about my ex making them sit through zoom meetings (yes, they are still doing zoom meetings). They explained to me, very articulately, that they hate it, none of it's true, and after a good conversation, i have concluded that they are 100% agnostic, like i am. Kids see it as BS, the adults just force them to go along until they're are brain washed because they are afraid NOT to believe it all themselves. (Is that a form of munchausen's syndrome by proxy?)
You need merchandise that says baloney!
Jessica's so articulate she's very amusing!
I'm so glad you have your lovely daughters, Lloyd.
Wow she is growing fast Lloyd
I was younger than 7. I remember my Nana being so excited when the my book of bible stories came out and it is the only story book I remember my dad reading to me. I was 4 when it was released at the assembly. Just thinking of that makes me sad
Wow........four years old.😢
An amazing dad and role model! Education is so important, not indoctrination!
Don’t brain wash your child like you were brainwashed with the JW religion! You’re doing the same thing to her that was done to you!!! You should never force your child or anyone to believe what “YOU” believe!! She is clearly just saying what you have told her to believe! Not her own thoughts. Shame on you !!! Don’t be a hypocrite!!!
shame on parents who teach their kids things! they have no right
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Hahaha dammit Lloyd, i thought we agreed, no red cordial before doing the recordings 😂😂
But no, im about to turn 39 and these images are still vividly imprinted on my brain. Seeing them again is like instantly recalling everything about a forgotten song when you hear the first note
I loved this book growing up. Was the only book I read and got me interested in books! 💜
This is the best thing I've seen on RUclips! @Lloyd, we have a future exJW activist on our hands. The Lloyd Evans Channel will live on for generations to come. I wonder if Jess will rebrand it to the Jess Evans Channel 😊
B*A*L*O*N*E. She cracked me up. 😂
I'm only a few minutes in and she's absolutely hysterical! She said you started a war in the family lol 😂she's so smart!! I have adored her since she was born. I'm so happy to see how she's growing up. You're a great dad! ❤❤❤
She is absolutely correct. That book was so traumatizing growing up. Also, she is precious!
They BOTH are so adorable!
This is going to be fun.
Those kids are ADORABLE
Most of what I take away from this is how much a parent teaches their child how not to ask questions!
OMG. She’s smart, her analysis are good 👍
You should teach her how to disagree with someone while still being able to have compassion.
I haven't looked at that book in years. It's amazing how much death and destruction is pictured.
As a Bible believing Christian who has always taken an interest in the cult of JWs whenever they called at my door, I find it very sad that you are so dismissive of God’s word and can’t help but say that through your mockery you are also indoctrinating your little daughter to your own way of thinking. You are simply exchanging one huge error for another. Please teach her to be a bit more open minded .
I’m glad I didn’t have to grow up with this book and grew up with more wholesome content like Terminator 2
20:53 "so people are just basically making our lives miserable" - Jehovah's witnesses' lives in a nutshell. Brilliant.
This child is so wholesome. 💖
Gotta say, I'm glad she has someone fantastic like Lloyd as a father.
You have a mini me next to you. I can't believe when I was around her age, I was excited to read this colorful book. And those 70's clothes were simple, but in style back then (notice no disco clothes because that was too flashy for Jehovah) But some of these clothes are back in style. But, my mom (who was the JW) allowed us to listen to disco music (she broke the rules sometimes.) (and so did other JW families in those days)
The best line in this episode was "sassy Karen talk!"
As much as this is sweet and funny to hear a kids take on these things, I have to agree that involving a child in religious-related videos, perhaps isn't the right way to go. I think this applies with any religious denomination that's being discussed, not just JW's, for example a Muslim father most likely wouldn't want to conduct a discussion with his child to discuss their beliefs or Muhammed or Allah on air on a public channel, especially if the discussion relates to labelling beliefs as 'baloney.' I get that you have had some bad experiences as you were growing up, and have been left disgruntled, but your daughters are separate people, they have to be left to formulate their own opinions on what they want to follow as regards religion as they grow older, if they choose to do so. No doubt as they go through school they will have some form of religious education anyway, where they will be taught about the beliefs of different religions and stories from the bible as well. If they still decide as teenagers or young adults that being a JW or following any religion isn't for them, fair play to them. At least they will have been left with enough evidence to piece together to form their own balanced view or opinion in these areas.
If you don’t believe my daughters are being left to formulate their own opinions then you know nothing about them or my approach to parenting.
As someone that grew up as a JW, if I have kids I'm making sure they never join it.
@@mylife-23 I told my daughter that they don't believe in celebrating birthdays and she looked shook to the core. For now it seems to be a pretty effective deterrent.
@@LloydEvansNot enough exposed then about your family dynamic, Lloyd, with gramma. The commenter is somewhat correct, I felt bad for gramma. A JW HAS to be a JW, I saw no problem with the idea of wanting to be reunited with her loved one, lots of us want that. It actually was you who seem to be introducing disrespect, in my opinion. It hurt me to hear a grandchild say your mom is messed up. Yet she is good enough to babysit maybe? Just don’t bring the children around if you can’t tolerate other’s belief systems. Critical thinking the way you’re going about it, in my opinion, is indoctrination. I’m sorry. I simply disagree with this video. You’ve been great up to now, honestly.
@@christinesotelo7655 Lloyd is not introducing disrespect. Not at all. He is teaching the importance of boundaries. I don't believe that Lloyd has grandma 'babysitting'. And what if he did??? Grandparents need to respect the way their grandbabies are being raised. Hands down, I'd much rather have someone indoctrinate a child with critical thinking skills (if that is what you are calling 'indoctrination') because these are skills that are useful for the rest of their lives. Cult indoctrination is lifelong harm and serves no purpose whatsoever. You simply cannot equate the two.
But there is another side to this. What if he refused to let the grandparents see the girls because they wouldn't respect the boundaries and stop trying to indoctrinate them? Then he would be blamed for keeping the kids from the grandparents because that would be cruel to them to deprive them of visits with the grandchildren. But forcing indoctrination on children is cruel. The obvious solution seems for the grandparents to respect the boundaries and stop covert indoctrination.
"If you will give me victory over the Ammnaticalugas" haha. I was always put off by God when my mother would read me Bible stories. He seemed so needlessly cruel. But, wow, this book doesn't pull any punches with the vivid color illustrations of bloody bodies and babies falling to their deaths. No wonder so many people raised JW eventually turn away.
Love this! 😂 ❤
She's so cute Lloyd. She looks just like you.
But why bring a child into all of this? If you want your child to grow innocently without indoctrination then contra-indoctrination also is a type of installation of thoughts in her head.
You might argue that those are complete autonomous ideas being expressed by a child voluntarily, however it’s a way of making a child believe that she does not need to believe in the JW religion.
Anyway, your child your responsibility but perhaps keeping little kids away from all sorts of adult gerrymandering would serve to their good.
I know you will read this in a negative light but I assure you I really felt unnecessary to involve any child in any sort of discussion of the kind.
Let a child be a child. Your audience can survive without your kid’s bigmouth wisdom ….
I haven't "brought" Jessica into anything. If I had my way she would be blissfully ignorant of any doomsday dogma all the way through to adulthood. But sadly she lives in a world where certain adults brazenly violate the wishes of her parents and push cult indoctrination on her young mind, and here I am documenting my countering of these external forces, allowing her to react in her own words. If you don't like to see children commenting on religion it seems you picked the wrong thumbnail to click on.
Bigmouth wisdom? Is this you talking about a 9 year old? Ooh if this were a room with 4 walls and not a comments section!
Maybe this is Steven Lett's secret account...🤔
@@LloydEvansNo, Lloyd, you are well-respected in the exJW support community. I don’t think people are turning on you, it’s just disagreement. This was out of the ordinary is all. No one knows the family dynamics and I for one, felt bad for gramma. I’ve said, a JW HAS TO BE a JW or SHE will bear “Bloodguilt”. The best remedy is to keep the children away. Personally, I didn’t think it was a bad thing for a mother to express she wanted to be reunited with her son in what she calls Paradise. Many believe in reunion. We all need some hope in this life. But yes I agree she should not be subjected to the Governing Body’s mental illnesses. Some commenters such as myself just are at different age levels and it’s human to identify with an age-group. Me, with the gramma age. As a gramma and mom, I’d be very hurt to hear I was “a mess” mentally, by a nine year old. I would expect respect. Your feud is not the child’s feud. It would be better to stop visits and babysitting services and whatever else good that the grandmother has done, than to publicly hurt her through a child. Otherwise, you’ve been a great podcaster and I’ve never disagreed with you except for now. That’s all. I won’t watch if you’d prefer. I’m sorry.
But “Bigmouth Wisdom” was entirely unnecessary, commenter.
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Baloney sums it up!
❤ this video
This book isn't for ADULTS TOO.
My 4 year old is also into Bluey 😂 as great as this is, the initial exposure to the book must have been better before she understood the intentions and back story of the book
Gripped. Sorted. You don't need to worry about her, Lloyd. She's got it. It's all baloney. 🙂
She really reminds me of a brown haired younger version of honey boo-boo when she was that age. Huge resemblance