This New Jehovah’s Witness Cartoon will break your heart...

Thank you for watching! Please consider supporting my activism below:
Join me on Patreon for early video access: / pandatower
Become a KZbin channel member: / @exjwpandatower
Buy some MERCH: pandatower.creator-spring.com/
If you would prefer to give a one-time donation:
Cashapp: cash.app/$mrpandapanda
Paypal: paypal.me/notosauce
Subscribe to the channel for more videos debunking Watchtower. Your likes and comments help these videos reach out to more people, so thank you for your support!
ABOUT ME: I’m a former Jehovah’s Witness who faded away from the religion around 2 years ago. I believe that current members of the organization deserve to be aware of the abuses committed by Watchtower. I am a big proponent of religious freedom and critical thinking, and invite my audience to be kind, open minded, and always stay curious.
Check out my Instagram: @pandatowerchannel
Email me: [e-mail]

[@exjwpandatower]

We are really close to 10k subscribers! 🎉 don’t forget to smash that SUBSCRIBE button for more Watchtower lunacy 👹

[@Lpp360]

Cool videos.

[@AdelaKershko]

I feel sorry jw children,every single day in school they meet with pressure or bullying

[@user-xt8tu3dt5o]

THERE'S A SLINGSHOT-THROWN ROCK SLUNG FROM THE VINE OF JESSE NOT FORGETTING TO SMASH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION XXXERIC.

[@JarethTheGoblinKingForever]

The best part of this JW cartoon is when the school principal announces the holiday party, and that one kid on the left just puts these enormous headphones on so he can't hear any other students and he just starts spasming and writhing wildly with his eyes rolling in different directions... gotta love the realism in how modern-day children are portrayed in these things.

[@ToniInSussex]

I don't like your opinion of other people's religions/beliefs. I would never listen to you.

[@wearypirates]

Pretty sure that Jesus, the guy who could turn water into wine, wasn’t against parties or celebrating stuff in general.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Agreed. He wasn't against a lot of stuff Christians have claimed he hated.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

​@@ShintogaDeathAngel it's almost as though people use religion as a means to gain control and power over people, gaslighting them into believing that this is what God would have wanted, when in actuality, these religious zealots are power hungry jackasses that think they are more superior than us, which is narcissistic in every sense of the word.

[@wearypirates]

@@AcerbicCervine so what?

[@percyioukhnikov81]

@@AcerbicCervine Everything is pagan. Pagans were normal people who celebrated similar things to other people. God could have stopped pagans anytime, but the guy chose not to. I'm sure a birthday party won't condemn people.

[@bugisbonkers]

@@AcerbicCervinegod loves it when we are born i do not think he would mind if we celebrated our birth.

[@727Phoenix]

I'll always remember an xjw who started crying happy tears at the sight of her young daughter making friends with other kids at a birthday party. The little girl will never know the burden of growing up in this cult.

[@lolalina_]

This brought me to tears.

[@wormwoodcocktail]

Dude

[@Odiesscool]

My boyfriend’s friends family are jws. He’s very mean and homophobic to me (even though I’m straight) but my heart still breaks at his horrible living conditions. His family is basically forcing him to stop being friends with the on,y friends he has

[@juliannaferrell3225]

awww...

[@RNS_Auerlius]

Serparation from the world is the goal of any abusive relationship.

[@shebossee]

Jesus LITERALLLY SAID “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you. Bear in mind the word I said to you, A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they have observed my word, they will observe yours also.”​-John 15:18-20.

[@song113nomore9]

No one hates JWs, they care about kids. People do hate though the sex abuse cover ups in the org, the killing of kids because of preventing blood and the social isolation required that leads to mental health issues throughout life. What do you think Jesus would think about a org using his fathers name while covering up CSA and killing their members over the blood policy?

[@727Phoenix]

omfg that is so true! After leaving JWs I got stuck in an abusive relationship for 4 years. The few friends & contacts I made before all dried up early on, before I had a chance of growing a backbone. Yes, separation is key to keeping a victim within the abuser's control! That's why shebossee's quote here from John 15 is so indispensible for high-control christian cults.

[@shebossee]

@@727Phoenix Well if our organization is so abusive then you should of known the signs prior to engaging in an abusive romantic relationship with someone am I wrong?. So when you left the organization, what happened to that backbone you had? I mean how long are you gonna be a victim before you take accountability for play? The only time we lock our kingdom halls and assembly halls is when they're not in use.

[@sammshall-dl6gp]

Cult

[@bbureau12]

I love how the message is "Jesus was an individual. Jesus didn't do what anyone else told him to. Now sit down, shut up, and do what we tell you, just like Jesus would have wanted." Actually following Jesus's example isn't the problem. If you did that you'd be out feeding the hungry and hanging with the marginalized. The problem is the organizations that use Jesus as an excuse to get money and status.

[@maboelnreads]

JWs aren’t the only ones that get told that. A lot of seemingly open Christian sects say exactly the same thing.

[@bbureau12]

@@maboelnreads Oh dude, yes. Catholic here. Actually pursued becoming a deacon. They encourage you NOT to be an individual to the extent that having "personal foibles" (read that you take anti-anxiety meds or play D&D,) they can arbitrarily choose to can you. How is playing a game with your friends contrary to anything Jesus ever said or did? It's not. It's just that the institution is chock full of musty old white dudes who think watching 60s Star Trek is hip and edgy. The goal isn't to be like Jesus; it's to be like THEM.

[@jomarlifts]

Its sad how most churches use Jesus to control people, especially mega churches and Jehovahs Witnesses. Jesus never sinned, never hated anyone, always treated everyone with respect. With the way most churches shame and turn others away instead of helping like Jesus would have you can tell they’re using his teachings and manipulating it to fit their narrative.

[@paulwalker3563]

Jesus didn't "hang out with the marginal". They came to him. Nothing has changed.

[@ashanddoodles13]

that exactly how I was raised. am an ex catholic now, but it's wild how many contradictions they teach

[@Vicki_Benji]

Wow, they are really trying to cling onto the children because they are losing so many adults. This is sickening.

[@brialapoint2608]

All Christians do this. Sometimes adults have to put their foot down. Otherwise adults are guilty of indoctrination too

[@moviefiend44]

And part of the problem is that the production values of these cartoons...are actually pretty decent. I mean, the music between 6:00 and 6:45 was very well orchestrated. It's a shame that this level of artistry is being devoted to religious propaganda.

[@Biglius-III]

Nobody’s Clinging to the children. You can’t teach the adults one thing and teach the kids nothing.

[@ninjanovaguy8289]

​​@@moviefiend44also the art style of the older episodes (before the newest episodes style ) had a far amount of effort put into it

[@mako3951]

​@@Biglius-III there's a difference between teaching things to children and cutting them off entirely from the world so they only know the limited things you tell them

[@maboelnreads]

We had JWs at school. In the 80s. We didn’t ever bully them. We just noticed they left the room for some lessons and couldn’t go into assembly (which a lot of us envied!). One of them was my prefect partner. He was just a normal, slightly quiet kid. One of them then died in their twenties because of medical issues… I suspect you can guess what happened. Very sad, but I guess that’s just how it goes when people believe… something.

[@allegro446]

Uuh i cant guess, what did happen (Also sorry for your loss)

[@markfaites]

​@@allegro446i dont know for sure what happened but i might have a clue, i think it has something to do with the "no blood transfusion" rule in JW religion. like, they absolutely disallow ALL blood transfusion, even to save lives. and so i guess they died from not getting the blood transfusion on time.

[@pandarox9697]

​@@allegro446my guess is it's bc they can't accept blood or smth like that so they needed a blood transfusion but couldnt get it. I'm not jw or ex jw tho so idrk

[@metal_pipe9764]

Personally I guess they died

[@nathaaliyah8906]

Because they have an actual wallet size card that says no blood, and some stuff written on the back, that’s how my mom died 😢 she would’ve been here today if she took the blood,

[@christiantwist3360]

As a Christian I find it extremely weird that these kids can’t celebrate Christmas, you know, Jesus’s birth, or do Jehovah Witnesses not believe in Jesus?

[@Joel86543]

They believe in Jesus they just don't celebrate birthdays since they consider it a pagan holiday. Ah yes they also believe Jesus was the archangel Michael

[@christiantwist3360]

@@Joel86543 yeah, I’m not sure where they got that idea from.

[@Magpie_Flight]

​@@Joel86543What

[@dsbortiz]

I find even more weird people who celebrate Jesus' "birthday" in December, knowing he would've born in middle year, that only confirms people do things just for fun.

[@marleywolfdog]

@@dsbortiz I thought this then watched QI and apparently where Jesus theoretically lived, lambs would have been born in December :)

[@Exjdub2023]

Where do they get that idea that all bullies have lollipops 😂

[@ParodyKnaveBob]

"How can we make the bully look like one's smoking without actually putting a smoldering drug in one's mouth?" $;^ J

[@HerbertEnterprises]

As a middle schooler, can confirm most of em have candy 24/7.

[@puppydogs68]

I’m currently almost off to college but I swear there were so many people with lollipops in their mouth back when I was in middle school. These mfs thought it looked “cool” like smoking or smthg 😭🤚

[@BeansRiceCornandSpice]

Basically what the others said, it's probably because of censorship in old cartoons replacing the cigars in bad guys mouths with lollipops, and then becoming it's own thing

[@bac0nsare]

ikr 😭

[@tommiatkins3443]

I'm not a ex JW but an atheist who went to the kingdom hall to study their behaviour. It was absolutely fascinating and horrific. On day one there was an announcement that someone was excommunicated. The whole congregation murmured with hate. There should absolutely be laws to contain this child abuse

[@ravenblackwing7888]

Agreed

[@mrm8850]

We lie,We crave violence,We steal,We cheat,We cling to bad habits,We bully,We nip, tuck, plump and tattoo our bodies,We stress out,We gamble and Gossip. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 .But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive.The Bible says that somebody who loves the world and worldly possessions does not have a love for God, as stated in 1 John 2:15: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.” In substantiated child abuse cases, 77% of children were victimized by a parent.

[@nektekket852]

@mrm8850 fascinating to anyone that believes in such nonsense, I'm sure.

[@brialapoint2608]

Christians are self centered and self serving. Your lecture fell on deaf ears.

[@ML-qe7ml]

​@@mrm8850 What you are complaining about is 2/3 stuff pretty much all societies, not just JWs, consider bad and 1/3 stuff that doesn't count as unethical to anyone except JWs and other cults because no one else in their right mind would consider those to be sins.

[@sommerlouise8474]

The book includes refusing blood transfusions. I have iron overload, and I was told it was wrong for me to donate blood (which was necessary for me to live). I was literally counselled and then doubted my treatment because the necessary medical treatment was to donate blood

[@georgebrown8312]

How short-sighted and backward those elders and the Watchtower Society are to forbid donation of blood as well as accepting needed blood transfusions.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

PCT runs in my family too. Check out your fingernails for spots good sign your due for a blood letting.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Not religious or part of a cult, but the idea of denying someone life saving medical treatment sits very badly with me. Especially in cases where it's a child who is sick, needs treatment but is denied by their own parent(s). That's a whole other level of horror.

[@tn2142]

There's an unfortunate case that happened in my country (Central/Eastern Europe), where an underaged girl fell from a bike and lost a lot of blood. She was unconscious and needed filled permission from her JW parents to get blood donated to her. They refused and let her die.

[@kayaissimo]

What sucks is that that’s not the real Bible, they rewrote it to fit their beliefs.

[@Eric_01]

"We have fun" seems to always be followed by simply watching Caleb be an idiot. That's it. That's the entirety of fun.

[@exjwpandatower]

LMAO so true

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Why do Christian-based cults hate fun???

[@tiamystic]

I wonder, with their restrictive rules, what JW kids are actually allowed to do? It seems like they hate children.

[@bugisbonkers]

@@nevaehhamilton3493NO IDEA. i’m some kind of christian myself and i can’t imagine life without celebrating anything it sounds boring as shit

[@bac0nsare]

as a jw kid uhhh i slightly hum christmas songs even tho we aint allowed to celebrate christmas i cant resist it, CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE BANGERS 😭😭😭😭

[@janetkizer5956]

It's good to be different?! Well, unless you're gay or Lesbian. Unless you have different thoughts about Jehovah's Witnesses, so your friends and family have to shun you. Unless you take part in a Christmas party at school or eat a birthday cupcake.

[@daisychain3007]

It is good to be different if there are criminals in your vicinity and you do not want to have any connections with them. It is good to be different, as long as you are comfortable with it and not bullied about it. Do remember that there are people who are quite happy in the Jehovah's Witness cult. As long as they do not interfere in anyone else's life, leave them alone.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Religious hypocrisy is a favorite among society.

[@percyioukhnikov81]

@@daisychain3007 You're equating criminals to uncontrollable identities and random acts. That's your issue.

[@slavishentity6705]

It's good to be different, as long as you're different just like daddy ( or mommy depending on your sex )

[@janetkizer5956]

@@daisychain3007 I do leave them alone. What makes you think I bother them in any way? I just pointed out the hypocrisy of the video. And it is full of hypocrisy, especially considering how they cruelly shun people who are different. I have had friends and acquaintances who were JW. As far as I know they didn't shun others. They never tried to turn me into JWs, so not all of them act this way by any means. I treated them like anyone else I knew. But we know some JWs shun family members causing them great pain, and I despise that cruelty.

[@starbrand3726]

The thing that shocked me the most about this video is...the fact that the animators DON'T get paid!

[@wwg2005]

They're paid in Jehovah's love ofc 🥰

[@starbrand3726]

@@wwg2005 When my mortgage was due, I tried to pay the bank with Jehovah's love. They wouldn't take it.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

I d9nt think the people who make landmines should be paid either.

[@cotton9166]

People who normally make these animations are often homed a building made by the JWS goverment. Its like a speical preivllages to work at this place and stuff, animating these cartoons is one of the stuff. As someone who was raised with this relgion

[@starbrand3726]

@@cotton9166 As someone who is Not religious at all, I thank you for helping me understand how things work with JWS. But, as a person of logic, I don't understand why religious people won't even follow the teachings within their own Bible. “You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning” (Lev. 19:13). It's really clear...pay people.

[@sh-vn5eb]

As a parent, I'd be absolutely livid if my child was being preached to and pressured like this at school. I highly doubt any parent would be ok with this. Wtf are they thinking? I'm glad I never got up the courage to preach to my friends at school, it was bad enough having to miss out on literally everything.

[@dewco8007]

i wish i had a parent like you! You care about your kids, mine claim they do but everytime I tell them how I feel about this cult they get sad and mad too and give me the talk of where I will die if I leave and be like the rest of the "worldly" people. Cudos to you for protecting your kids!

[@pissandballs123]

this comment reminded me of when my grandma forced me to try to give my teacher a bible in school. it was so embarassing, and i knew my teacher wouldnt take it anyways. Thank you for not forcing your children to preach to anyone.

[@titanomachy2217]

I remember some kid in my neighborhood getting so pissed when they found out I was an atheist while we were talking in their front yard that they said I had to get off their property.

[@followerofjesuschrist123]

​@@dewco8007As a follower of Christ, I think you should get out of that environment. Jehovahs witnesses are quite controversial and I feel hold themselves to superiority over other people. Instead worship Christ freely. You dont need a fancy title like catholic, orthodox or jw. Just say you follow him and do just so. The people that seperate themselves into religion and groups can corrupt the orginal beliefs and alter what was said (e.g. jw bible, kjv translation). So I recommed getting to know Christ, directly FROM the source not from people. People are unreliable, God is reliable. Pray, fast and reading the bible can help. But make sure to educate yourself on the "christians" you surround yourself with because some of them may be false believers/prophets.

[@anneoneal3865]

​@@followerofjesuschrist123🙄😒

[@greenghoul157]

Why do JWs always depict everyone else who isn't a witness as ignorant and cruel? I don't hate JWs I pity them

[@itzxkaylah-rosex8191]

Fr

[@aquamarinetangerine]

I can say as someone who is well versed in how jehovas witnesses operate, that they do this with the children's content way more than for the adults content that they push out. I think it's a missed opportunity and a misstep that they generalize how kids or people in general are outside of the congregation, because kids aren't as stupid and non-understanding as they probably think they are. Just something I find that they could def change

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

JW's aren't really supposed to interact with non-JW's unless trying to convert them, so naturally JW propaganda would try to discourage kids from interacting with people outside of the cult.

[@cheshirenevande4701]

Cult/ abuse 101

[@The-1-and-only-mrs-nobody]

Well I’m Jehovah witness and i want to apologize if we ever made you feel like we dislike you, we love everyone but the world is changing and we stick to the Bible, but at least you don’t hate us and that’s very nice of you

[@cheneethompson5756]

Sophia is only Zoey's friend if she can convert her? What kind of friendship is that?!

[@spongeintheshoe]

The only kind you’re allowed to have when you’re part of a religion that says the ultimate moral wrong is to not be part of that religion.

[@cheneethompson5756]

@@spongeintheshoe that's messed up!

[@itzxkaylah-rosex8191]

@@cheneethompson5756ikr

[@dzanegulles]

THISSS

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@cheneethompson5756 Indeed. Forcing your religious beliefs on your children should be considered child abuse.

[@linelatimore94]

If you grew up as a JW you KNOW none of this is realistic AT ALL! No one is conducting studies at school most times you’re trying to avoid it being brought up you’re a witness anyway. So unfair to young children that are in the organization because some will go to school & use it as their “personal territory” only to be seen as a weirdo, isolating them even further in turn putting young kids in awkward situations 🤦🏽‍♀️ I wish kids could just be kids 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@jessicacaldwell6262]

You’re spot on without even trying we isolated ourselves…

[@OttoVonBonesmarck]

there was a girl at my elementary school that was a jw and she didnt preach about it to people and hung out with other kids, the only thing that was different is she said she didnt celebrate christmas or do the valentines day cards and shit like that

[@valkeakirahvi]

My best friend was kind of like that too (I'm a never-jw). She was allowed to hang out with other kids, but she also spent tons of lonely hours in the library while us others were doing something fun. But I've also heard of other jw's in the same country who were always escorted to school and weren't allowed to make friends. I wonder if the difference partially because my friend's family wasn't in good standing in the congregation (as far as I can tell), so they didn't have much to lose from the wrong company?

[@potiphajerenyenje6870]

You are right. There is no reason to force kids to ‘preach’ about things they don’t understand themselves. It makes them look out of place and lose out on their only opportunity to be children

[@f4rnsworth138]

​@@OttoVonBonesmarckthen she was from a more lenient family. I never preached much at school, mostly I kept quiet, but I wasn't allowed to hang out with other kids. I remember when I was like 8 or 9 there was this kid I got along with, Sergio was his name, and I referred to him as my friend. My dad corrected me on that. He reminded me we don't have friends outside the congregation. If they are at school or work and are not JWs then they are working or schoolmates, or work or school associates but never friends. When you're raised in it this sort of thing is drilled into you. Mine was a more typical JW kid experience. Families that let their kids have worldly friends were viewed as bad families. The Caleb and Sophia videos are an idealized version of JW childhood, with the kids being more or less eager to preach, study, and separate themselves from their classmates. Even if they're nervous about it at first they're excited to do it in the end. That is not how it works. JW kids typically don't like the kids that act like Caleb and Sophia. Those kids have even less fun than the rest. Trust me, I knew a few kids like that. Their families were even more controlling than mine and they developed even fewer social skills than the rest of us.

[@93Current]

How did Zoe deal with those bullying her? She infected them with leprosy of course.

[@murph8411]

Asked Jehovah to let a bear loose on them to tear them apart?

[@BeansRiceCornandSpice]

​@@murph8411 At least they'd get blood transfusions afterwards

[@heatherbowman9450]

Guys!😂😅

[@OrangeLefty4]

As A Christian (not JW, my family strongly dislikes the cult), this is sad. From what I know, the bible never says anything against parties. In fact, there were plenty of stories with gatherings. Also, I don’t think this show accurately defines “In the world, not of the world” :/

[@katelynmurray6092]

literally one of the first public miracles jesus performs is at a wedding. Jewish weddings are MASSIVE parties!

[@myguitarisbetterthanyou]

HE GIVES LIFE TO THE PARTY AND OUR SOULS

[@The-1-and-only-mrs-nobody]

Cult?

[@romancatholicgameing]

Literally one of the most famous paintings is of Jesus having a gathering with the 12 Disciples.

[@miuki2721]

All the translations are heretic looking modifications. Also they added Homophobia for a reason and other bad things.

[@alstarspass]

Something that I find really weird, and unrealistic, is how are Zoe’s parents cool with their daughter having Bible studies at school. I maybe thinking too hard about this, but I’d be concerned if my kid came home with a book and said she’s “studying the Bible” with another kid.

[@percyioukhnikov81]

That'd weird me the fuck out. In general, if my kid comes home with a new religion, i'd suspect something. Especially JW.

[@basicallyshalieen5574]

kids aren’t allow to have their own belief system?? Okay now

[@percyioukhnikov81]

@@basicallyshalieen5574 It's not them not being allowed to believe, it's just that kids are so impressionable and easily groomed. There is a reason cults spend so much time on children. Kids can be easily conditioned and manipulated, and religion makes it easier. Kids should not be pushed to religion until they are old enough to understand it.

[@babygiraffe9450]

at my school we have a bible club, I have not heard of anything coming from that club probably because it no one cares even though we’re mostly Catholics

[@reoij]

​@@basicallyshalieen5574the fact that children are just so much easily influenced...

[@EL-IZ-At-BETH-sarim]

After only being a 'study' for some years, this is what woke me up (as a teacher). I've been to all their meetings and conventions so I've seen and heard enough... It contradicts all I stand for as a teacher😔 This organisation violates so many childrens rights...

[@Hero_Of_Time94]

Rights? You do not have rights as a witness. As my father loves to say “ they say we have our rights OUR RIGHTS. But before jehovah god rights are nothing and meaningless.” One of his favorite lines.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

When I was 9 I was in a JW foster home for one summer (they sent me away when their 9 year old molested me). I read their literature and I thought it was stupid that they didn’t think that evolution and creation could be mutually compatible. I mean wouldn’t the ability to evolve be part of God’s intelligent design? My twin sister got semi-indoctrinated before we left though.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren820]

​@@Hero_Of_Time94i have literally no idea what that means.

[@tokki03]

If I ever work with kids and learn a kid has JW parents I'll report to CPS

[@thecarnew5334]

Even if it’s not religious, the legal rights say “freedom of expression and access to information about them.” And it’s seen in one episode of these cartoons (if not this one) it’s seen that the mother takes a favorite toy away from the brother (I don’t know his name) and throws it in the trash because it was interfering with the cult. Which if you don’t know, may be expressing himself.

[@gingagingerful]

Even the fact they can't say Christmas, and it has to be "annual holiday party", in a fake scenario just baffles me, so fucking weird, the whole bloody thing...

[@RickPzazz]

That's just to spare their blushes when NuLite finally reveals Christmas is ok now - it's obviously depicting some 'other' holiday in December.

[@teijaflink2226]

It almost seems like they don't think any parties are okay.

[@Gabri_cont4]

My mom and i used to go to their meetings(here in italy)they were generally cool people,yes,the whole "don't celebrate christmas" thing is true,but they weren't so oppressive

[@gingagingerful]

@@Gabri_cont4 Probably because you weren't baptised. They are extremely oppressive and dangerous, stay away from the cult. Disgusting organisation.

[@deborabonifacino8211]

@@Gabri_cont4ne facevi parte o sei andata solo ad alcune adunanze?

[@lorenaarellano2825]

As a child, living in isolation without the opportunity to develop social skills will have negative consequences in adulthood. Wanting to be part of a group is a natural human need! I feel sorry every time when I see a jw kid.

[@Master-Works]

That is how I lived when I was a Child becouse the school forced me to, and now I don’t have a single friend and I go to therapy

[@rainy5517]

That was my life... No friends, trouble at school and at home.. I'm getting tired

[@purpleflowers92]

​@@rainy5517What is funny they claim to be set apart feom this world bet yet jw meetings look more like fashion shows.

[@zera_nei]

dont feel sorry, they still have friends from outside, well with this new generation mostly.

[@user-rj7cf2hg7f]

Me too... Life is unfair.​@@Master-Works

[@Riley-zt9ue]

If children are isolated, doesn't that make them more vulnerable to pedophiles. I wonder why a organisation, would want to encourage that behaviour...

[@Dgarig665]

You mean the same religion that when accused of having records of 26000 active child predators, demurred when records of said predators where subpoenaed, and said the actual number was "considerably lower"?

[@ERNIE555]

Yes you are correct

[@brialapoint2608]

Sexually abused kids are more likely to stay Christian or JW. My husband told me an an ex girlfriend that was abused by her whole Christian family. She ki**ed herself but stayed Christian

[@shebossee]

Why do you think their children are isolated? Crime is prevalent EVERWHERE. I still would raise my child to put Jehovah first, regardless. I would not tell my child to make friends with people who dont uphold God's standards and put him first before anything. my child will be taught to uphold Godly morals despite what's around them.

[@Dgarig665]

@@shebossee Yeah, that sounds just like my mom. Right before she sent me off camping with a pedophile. I guess it's okay, though. He was a ministerial servant.

[@klaibefhuoaiuwehjklbdfsnxnik]

Jehova banishing a child to hell after they went to a school party:

[@NotaArtist]

I mean. They don't believe in a hell but they do believe you won't survive Armageddon

[@dominikdurkovsky8318]

The best way to identity a cult is if the founder of the cult or leader Has something to gain from it, like money or Power, or sex. That's the main 3. JW's leaders get a lot of that money and Power. Joseph Smith had All three to gain from it. Muhammad too had All 3 to gain from it. Otherwise there is no reason to make a religion at all if you already know it's false.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

lol

[@cheyennecolin5546]

That scene where Zoe told Caleb and Sophia she couldn’t be like them & then left after their Preaching? That was a GUT FEELING!! She carefully weighed both options: She understood the social ostracism & fun she’d miss out on if she joined Caleb and Sophia. She ALSO didn’t want to hang out with the mean girls either because well…they’re mean. In real life, Zoe would just find a new group of friends while entertaining Sophia’s speeches about Jehovah but ultimately declining any offer to join her which would also lead to Sophia not talking to her eventually since Zoe won’t convert but yknow, f*ck a fake friend where ya real friends at?

[@katrp_5700]

I wouldn’t call Sophia a fake friend. She’s basically being manipulated into acting the way she does.

[@tarnw3301]

Zoe really needs new friends.

[@juniortyrell3950]

I remember wearing my hood and headphones during gatherings or in the hall because it was so fricking cold. And I wondered why my friends stopped talking to me. Apparently, I was" bad-association for wearing my hood and headphones."

[@shebossee]

headphones or earmuffs??? if they were headphones i could see why. what are you there for if not to listen?

[@juniortyrell3950]

​@shebossee I wore them to cancel out loud noise and to keep my ears warm. Plus my dad thought that any headphones would just cancel out noise. Welp it didn't dad. Lol He isn't that good with technology.

[@shebossee]

@@cinnabee6 You act like there aren't people living with your condition who are also Jehovah's witnesses. In fact there are people living with worse conditions than that who are Jehovah's witnesses and we all cope together with our imperfections.

[@Dgarig665]

@@shebossee You act like you know what you're talking about.

[@Dgarig665]

@cinnabee6 You should really ignore Sheena, she's sort of unhinged, when I told her about my mother sending me camping with a pedophile, her first thought was to defend mom... Gives you an idea what kind of person you're dealing with.

[@nicoleharrington9086]

I had a JW as a friend and she was more of a rebellious liberal JW, she would celebrate events with us.

[@Mia-sp5wh]

Wouldn’t she get in trouble

[@tangyrnts]

@@Mia-sp5whif they kept it a secret , no

[@slavishentity6705]

@@Mia-sp5wh Do as Jesus said ; Don't get caught.

[@nicoleharrington9086]

@@Mia-sp5wh she did at first but her parents eventually gave up on her. Like she was REBELLIOUS like that.

[@nicoleharrington9086]

@@slavishentity6705 she did get caught and she would talk back to her parents. I would be shocked 😂

[@AcanthaDante]

Isolation from peers and an external support network is a red flag for abuse, and I'm sure Commander Fives from Darth Magog's channel will have plenty to say about it when he reviews this episode since he is a childcare expert. As someone who worked with kids, the only reason this would not be flagged as a potential sign of abuse in the UK's safeguarding is because it's mandated by a religion.

[@ronhansen8471]

Do you all read the bible with an interest in knowing what it teaches and then follow it? God's people are to keep themselves free of world. When in the battlefield do you make friends with the enemy? The Greek noun phi·liʹa (friendship) is found only once in the Christian Greek Scriptures, where James warns that “the friendship with the world is enmity with God . . . Whoever, therefore, wants to be a friend [Gr., phiʹlos] of the world is constituting himself an enemy of God.”-Jas 4:4.

[@NoMementoMori]

@@ronhansen8471 you pretty much openly state exactly what she says, just that you fail to see it as a negative. Declaring other people "enemies of god" to isolate followers from other support networks, or even just people with differing views, is pretty much THE sign of an abusive cult. And just like she says you excuse it with "well god says so".

[@wiktorchm]

@@ronhansen8471 Yea, we read the bible with an interest in knowing it teaches that Jehovas god is a enemy of first born babies in Egypt and killed them. And Jehovas people killed they babies with no blood transfusion policy. And we know The watchtower JW people protected and hiding predators of the CSA child abuse cases. That JW battlefield with family members by shunning them. The Jehova god and his Jehovas witnesses are enemy of human being.

[@garryiglesias4074]

@@ronhansen8471 "The enemy" ?? You use tradional war terminology. You are sure full of love ? 15M "saints", and 8 Billions enemies... Bravo !

[@ronhansen8471]

​@@NoMementoMori Ignorance is bliss. It certainly is a negative to people who refuse to do what the almighty requires of them. The true God has given us a warning in how he dealt with his people in the past for their rebelliousness. The true God has all the Israelite calamities recorded in the scriptures for our benefit along with the way out. JWs purpose is to preach the good news of God's kingdom not to judge them. We preach in the manner of Jeremiah to people worldwide. JWs cannot judge anyone or declare them an enemy of God. If we allow a judgmental posture to control our thinking it will affect our preaching work. No human on earth has any idea who the true God will save and who he will not save. JWs bring the message to all people without prejudice. If you read your bible, you will find that the true God's perfect love and justice will not make humans pay for the damage Satan and his angels have caused. The bible is clear, the ones that will be destroyed are the wicked and treacherous and only the true God knows who they are.

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

Imagine if someone made some short films of Sophia and Caleb a few years from now (i.e., as teenagers, young adults in their twenties, or as parents) suffering the consequences of their religion and struggling with problems. I would like to see all the characters in "How to Make Real Friends" and "What Will I Do with My Life?" as adults and with children of their own that are also struggling or dealing with religious trauma.

[@pacoliebling]

Would be a great opportunity to offer ex JWs that grew up in the cult to cope with that

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

@@pacoliebling That's a good idea.

[@bananaman8693]

Ain’t no way Caleb can go to the spirit realm like he’s the fucking Avatar.

[@mullisaukko423]

Sad that all the fun they could come up with was like 15 seconds of playing football

[@user-xk2ig4tc3f]

Alone

[@srschriver]

Did you forget about the Jenga looking thing they were playing in the library?

[@agathabooks9578]

Schools don’t have Christmas parties. They have winter parties to include Muslim and Jewish kids.

[@cheneethompson5756]

I agree! I loved the inclusiveness!

[@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387]

Thats gay

[@prof.reuniclus21]

@@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387Ok

[@cheshirenevande4701]

And honestly, even better. You get to learn all the games and everyone can participate and teach. It's good.

[@weirdcakes304]

@@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387No, I’m gay.

[@crazylizze98]

Gotta love how religious preach "Let kids be kids!" while simultaneously being against kids being kids

[@genghisdingus]

Caleb's interest in space and astronauts is escapism to cope with his psychologically abusive upbringing.

[@lla7131]

5:42 Dad stopped going to the gym and mom stopped jogging and gardening so they can pray more for jehovah to heal dad's cataracts

[@ERNIE555]

It’s her second husband, the first woke up and left the cult

[@employe2188]

@@ERNIE555it all coming together!

[@saphirawinters7028]

That poor little girl, being gasslighted into giving up all the fun holidays such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter, and even her birthday.

[@shebossee]

Halloween- glorifies murderers, crime, bad people, demons, dead people,....Deuteronomy 18: 10 "There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, anyone practicing magic, anyone who looks for omens, a sorcerer, anyone binding others with a spell, anyone who consults a spirit medium or a fortune-teller, or anyone who inquires of the dead." Christmas- not Jesus' birthday, santa is a mad up fake character that practices magic ( which btw is something that is detestable to God), oh and people like the grinch ( who is a thief exodus 20:15) easter- is a pagan holiday that has no business adding chocolate and bunnies ( all idolatry 1 Corinthians 10:14) to the commence the death of Jesus Christ. Birthdays- another reason to be puffed up with pride , which is something Jehovah God dislikes..........WHAT AM I MISSING?????

[@kindratia5623]

What’s you’re missing is any kind of proof that your version of god exists and is the correct one and worth sacrificing all of the enjoyment in your life for.Every religion claims to be the one true one. What makes yours actually the truth?

[@saphirawinters7028]

@@kindratia5623 Who me? I never said mine was the correct one.

[@shebossee]

@@kindratia5623 The Bible describes a government whose Leader is completely trustworthy and honest, free from corruption. That government is God’s Kingdom and its Leader is Jesus Christ.-Isaiah 9:7. Excavations of biblical artifacts exists and they corroborate what the bible has said. When you read the bible without bias and truly read it for truth, you'll see that what you think is fun and enjoyment really is not. in fact, what do you consider enjoyment that Jehovah's witnesses don't do?

[@shebossee]

​@@0x0dev Por favor, muéstrame en la Biblia hechos bíblicos que respalden todo lo que acabas de decir. Sigo la palabra de Dios, no los pensamientos del hombre.

[@myquirkisfred9614]

I love how they talk about being different = good but also don’t tolerate people who are actually different

[@emmamarkel8410]

The pain in Sophia's eyes when she says she doesn't know if she could ever be like her....I feel like part of that pain is the feeling that she knows that she can't be friends with the only friend she has her age if she doesn't wanna be part of her cult.

[@DarthMagog]

Ok people are going to make fun of me, but when i was a PIMI kid, my friends and I legitimately thought we'd take vacations to deep space in Paradise. No one would age and we wouldnt die, so we assumed it was for Space Travel. And we even had an Elder tell us that our theory made sense! So I'm with Caleb on this one 😂

[@francinemirey1555]

Lol Mr Darth, I remember watching the old Star Treks (mid 60s) and wondering the same thing 😅 . We'd never grow old/ die so why not space travel .. fun times 😅

[@murph8411]

Yes all those window cleaners will of course be able to build and run the infrastructure to construct and operate deep space mission capable craft. Unless Jehovah is going to do it of course. What would the point be anyway if there isn’t any life out there? Do they believe people will continue breeding and having children? If so I guess they might need more room but I guess that all depends if there will be a real new earth which may be larger? Is there actually anything in the bible that says the new kingdom has to be on the current earth? It is supposed to be a new earth isn’t it so it could be any size in theory.

[@tin8060]

I thought we’d never grow old nor die so why figure out our future careers and pay bills when Armageddon is coming 🥴

[@ogreadmore3046]

Funny but sad too, the imagination of jw kids

[@nicoleharrington9086]

I enjoy watching your content

[@jessicacaldwell6262]

Being a Born in JW and been told from the WT organization not to be part of this world wasn’t easy many of the worldly classmates didn’t care to associate with any JW’s in reality they felt sorry for us living in a JW Bubble no classmates wanted my depressive lifestyle and that’s the Truth !!!

[@armageddon2419]

and what did they have that you lacked?

[@symone3113]

@@armageddon2419reality

[@user-xk2ig4tc3f]

I'm 60 and in the UK, we had 4 JW classmates, they NEVER kept themselves separate they were friends with everyone, they never pushed the Watchtower on anyone, no one bullied them for being a JW, we just knew they had a different life out of school that was a bit religious and didn't have birthdays.

[@teijaflink2226]

Though JWs doesn't seem have been as cultish 50 years ago like they are pressuring people to be now.

[@siggimad1219]

@@user-xk2ig4tc3f I'm sure you're right. That sounds almost like me 50 years ago when I was in school. 😁 I loved my double life, I even have to live it my entire adult life. Occasionally smoked, sometimes got drunk, went to parties, whatever was fun. And in between I became a ministerial servant. Totally the burner! When the elders wanted to make me an elder, I pulled the line and stayed under the radar. That's all to say on the subject of "a holy spirit" guiding the organization in appointing capable brothers with privileges. Complete nonsense! Unfortunately I was born into the cult, I never believed it. But because of family reasons, I'm still in it as a PIMO, but I'm increasingly pulling myself out of it.

[@karenmoody2763]

It was horrible life growing up in this cult .

[@NealBrownsFavoriteNaysayer]

I pity JW's. I'm a Christian but they're just so wrong on so many levels with their theology.

[@toadtv4389]

I Hope you're safe now

[@karenmoody2763]

@@toadtv4389 I have a very good life .TY

[@silviaconsonni586]

He was dIfFeReNt and showed others how to be different. Bro, he told some to pay their taxes, some others to be respectful, humble and non-judgemental, some others to respect their marriage... He didn't tell people how to breath underwater, be able to eat plastic or become a stove. Chill😂😂😂 let's focus on *what* he said.

[@ballistic_goat]

I keep wondering how this show's animators, designers and 3D artists deal with actually learning this stuff while being this strong in their faith. Because I work in this field and I know for a fact, that you'll be exposed to a lot of material that they'd disapprove of. Even if it's just stuff about magic or even some artistic nudity or characters with big boobs, or even demon type characters, they'll see this stuff a lot.

[@dianamorales7335]

I know the church I was going did not like the idea of me going to this art college I wanted to go.

[@rissyroono]

Not a JW and just stumbled onto this channel. Are we sure they are JW animators and they didn’t just pay an animation company to create this for them? Are JW that isolated that they won’t even contact a company to commission a piece of work? Genuinely curious because if they have in house animators that’s insane to me.

[@rissyroono]

Not a JW and just stumbled onto this channel. Are we sure they are JW animators and they didn’t just pay an animation company to create this for them? Are JW that isolated that they won’t even contact a company to commission a piece of work? Genuinely curious because if they have in house animators that’s insane to me.

[@rissyroono]

Not a JW and just stumbled onto this channel. Are we sure they are JW animators and they didn’t just pay an animation company to create this for them? Are JW that isolated that they won’t even contact a company to commission a piece of work? Genuinely curious because if they have in house animators that’s insane to me.

[@doris1505]

@@rissyroonoThe animators are in fact from the jw community (cult) they do not have college education on animation, they are self taught. Kinda impressive i guess.

[@peterbunyan3924]

Showing how a true cult operates.

[@katrp_5700]

I was never JW so this is all new to me and it actually makes me sick. No CHILD should be forced to work full time as a recruiting machine with no social life under the guise of pleasing a god. Anyone who thinks it’s ok to put kids through this is messed up.

[@lesliemorganking3283]

“It’s weird that you can’t celebrate holidays.” It’s not weird it’s sad.

[@javihernandez8267]

14:24 I remember being a little catholic girl and for some reason having this fucking jw book in my house. So I read it thinking it was just like a Bible for kids. Then I told my mom about what I read and she was like "Oh, that book is bullshit honey", and i was like "okay". And never touched the book again lol

[@lukek1949]

Lol! Calling a spade a spade!

[@MrSophire]

For real, if I found out that my daughter was given a religious book that is not Catholic (i am Catholic) I would be pissed. I would make sure that she would stay away from that girl who give her that book.

[@thehippydisnerd4887]

​@@MrSophire...that's not why it was bad but okay

[@MrSophire]

@@thehippydisnerd4887 so enlighten me why is it bad for the right reasons?

[@littledrummergirl_19]

@@thehippydisnerd4887 as another Catholic, I think it’s more not wanting your kid’s friends to actively work convert your kids away from your faith (as young kids anyway, teens or older discussing religion and values and stuff is different because they’re hopefully a bit less impressionable)

[@moondoll787]

I took study for about a month. It left me with more questions than answers. Questions that I knew in my heart they had no answers to. I went running, like a victim running from Michael Myers.

[@jessicacaldwell6262]

WT GB’s is the Michael Meyers for Born in JW’s no matter how fast we’d run he always caught up !!! LOL 😱😂

[@shebossee]

name at least one question that Jehovah's witnesses could not answer.

[@jessicacaldwell6262]

@@shebossee Even if JW’s could give you an answer … it’s the Answer you couldn’t Question… 🤨😱🤔

[@shebossee]

@@jessicacaldwell6262 are you genuinely looking for answers or are you trying to test the spirit with cunning?..

[@jessicacaldwell6262]

@@shebossee Isn’t it the ways the WT Organization operates in a Cunning manner it can go both ways except X-JW’s speaks the Truth we don’t talk from both sides of our mouths… 🤔

[@stevenclarke5606]

What a sad existence being a JW must be!

[@Dgarig665]

It is.

[@rosythewildflower]

I was raised JW. My personal experience was not that sad, my parents were chill and let me have friends outside of the religion and my mom isn’t a jw anymore either. And I’m still pretty young so I have a lot of life left that I can enjoy without the religion. But I have heard others say their lives have been ruined by it.

[@stevenclarke5606]

@@rosythewildflower it looks like you had some good parents who had some common sense, I’m happy that you’ve gotten out , happy lives

[@rosythewildflower]

@@stevenclarke5606 thank you

[@sharonsartisticcorner1195]

I’m a Christian in no way associated with JW and their nasty distortions of free will. The thing that struck me most about the whole “Jesus and holidays” thing was that Jesus made a point of celebrating Jewish holidays with family. That’s just the part that stuck out to me most.

[@Katchancellor]

I don't know any witness child that conducted a bible study at school. It was hard enough not celebrating anything, no one was trying to invite more torture walking around carrying a bible or a Watchtower magazine.

[@Eric_01]

Agreed. I knew many kids from the hall that attended half a dozen different schools and NOBODY had a bible study at school.

[@percyioukhnikov81]

I'm assuming both didn't have enough friends + it was the only time Sophia could talk to her?

[@smittykins]

Would a child Sophia’s age(she looks to be about 10)even be allowed to conduct a Bible study? In my(admittedly limited) experience, studies were always conducted by an adult of the same sex as the student.

[@percyioukhnikov81]

@@smittykins I think in cases of conversion + the fact that her friend probably couldn't attend meetings would give her permission.

[@merylbarnes2770]

I had a Bible study with a friend in Jr. High. Her mom stopped us from being friends. She was angry.

[@mitchmomma]

"With jehovah's help, get better at school??!! "...if a meeting night at my home, didn't finish my homework, my parents made me stop. Said Jehovah was 1st...yet then get in trouble when I didn't get good grades for not completing my homework assignments. Jehovah didn't help me in school...lmfao

[@mitchmomma]

I guess he wasn't my friend

[@jojobizarrelivingstone594]

Man that sucks

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Would be funny if it wasn't so stupid!

[@mrsebrub]

If you notice right from the start the Holiday music is altered and never naming the Holidays. It should be mentioned that the JW Cult celebrated ALL Holidays before Attorney Rutherford grabbed power from Pastor Russell.

[@Hero_Of_Time94]

Rutherford was the start of this religions transformation into a despotic cult.

[@tiamystic]

So, they were just following the rules of some deranged man all this time? One who probably hates children? And they think that’s what Jesus want? Horrible. I hate this world, where random people can speak on God’s behalf for all types of harm, and make desperate people believe them.

[@daughterofyith5393]

Caleb looks too old for his voice now. I'd like a word with the art department, too. Also, thank you for doing these videos. I'm not a JW myself, and never was, but I'm fascinated by religion, cults and the psychology behind them. These kinds of videos are very enlightening.

[@MaxTheannoyer-el1bo]

Hello fellow religion and cult enthusiast

[@lemonlime79]

Ok, I’m a Christian, raised in a Christian house. Not forced to be, faith is something you choose, not something you are forced to do. If a parent does that, they are teaching wrongly. Faith is considered and chosen by the child. The point of spreading the gospel is to give that consideration.

[@kollekciorozsdas6110]

Faith is not based on decision. You cant choose to be a norse pagan or a christian

[@JenniMeer]

Did I want to become Jehovah’s friend? No thanks. I’ll pass.

[@emmanuelpiscicelli6232]

No thanks don't need no arrogant, narcissistic, genocidal, sexual repressed, bullies as friends.

[@nadinedavies698]

No Thanks!!!

[@froiski75]

Yes, because jehova is the organization + gb

[@vanillabean7832]

Rip 🪦

[@Dgarig665]

Well, you do know he's not real?

[@theresistance9872]

Jehovah uses all his friends for money and makes them work for free, who needs a friend like that?

[@ERNIE555]

NO ONE

[@jojobizarrelivingstone594]

Gawwaaurd works in mysterious ways 😊😊😊

[@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387]

That sounds more like a slave master not a friend

[@thepostalteenager2206]

Not Jehovah,the actual JW leader does this

[@TaysTyy_CrusT]

As a ex jehovah's witness the not being able to celebrate holiday stuff in school was heartbreaking and to this day if affects me, i cry on christmas because i never got that normal childhood experience, but nobody cares

[@qqma4791]

Man I’m so sorry about that. As a Christian, I don’t believe God’s message has anything to do with “don’t celebrate parties and isolate yourself from everyone else” and you should be allowed to grow up with a normal and healthy childhood. Hopefully you’re doing better and can still appreciate the life God has given you without any of the cult like shenanigans and doctrines.

[@shrimpiee56]

honestly me too, it made me hate christmas growing up but it was really just my hatred for the fact i couldn't do anything fun like that, or get presents, or whatever. i still had an okay childhood but, sometimes it feels like it was robbed from me.

[@turkey4802]

I care! I care about everything! What is there not to care about?

[@chanzbaldonadi4824]

I do, because that is me as well...

[@christinematson1837]

I lost all my friends, including lifelong friends. That's been very hard. I'd rather be isolated than support something that is a lie.

[@doggoadexx2680]

support what exactly?

[@eldritch6403]

Imagine if Zoe’s family was catholic and the mom loses her shit over her reading the book of Jehovah lmao

[@ohhimark742]

16:37 this point exactly. Religion is actually preventing sofia from learning natural empathy

[@nocternaljuice_box7312]

Imagine being like "hey, sorry your grandma died but have you heard of ✨️JESUS✨️" Like what??? 13:21

[@user-nn1yb5ld9h]

There is one stipulation to becoming Jehovah's friend, and that is to regard EVERYONE ELSE an enemy, even your family if they are not witnesses.

[@shebossee]

Luke 11:27

[@jewels3400]

​@@shebosseeuh... I assume that's some kind of "positive" message from your book, or a message justifying the separation between JWs and everyone else. I'm here to tell you, it doesn't matter what it says. Shunning is still a thing, and Jehovah's witnesses still think non-believers are unholy and not worth salvation. Those two things guarantee a toxic in-group. Hell, in the show this is covering you can't celebrate anything. In other episodes they couldn't play with toys, hang out with people, eat certain things, go to certain places. It's a guaranteed way to make the members think of the out-group as a threat. PS. You should really stop interacting with this comment section. We all have many more experiences with Jehovah's Witnesses than just you. You can't change anything by citing a book that is used to justify the actions of non-credile people. Actions speak louder than words. They always speak louder than words.

[@shebossee]

​@@jewels3400 Did not Jehovah God commend Job for shunning what is bad? "He is an upright man of integrity,*+fearing God and shunning what is bad.”- Jon 1:8 If we ( Jehovah's Witnesses) thought that non-believers weren't worth salvation then we would be out of line with the required standards to please God. We do our best not to appear self-righteous-Rather than look down on others as if we had the right to judge them based on our own standards, we keep in mind that Jehovah is “the Judge of all the earth.” (Genesis. 18:25) Jehovah has not entrusted such judging to us. In fact, Jesus commands: “Stop judging that you may not be judged.”​-Matthew 7:1. We celebrate lots of things: we just don't celebrate anything that bring reproach on Jehovah God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 says "Therefore, whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything else, do all things for God’s glory."

[@cellophane.flowers]

So that's basically being a fundamentalist and gosh, that's awful

[@pirkkoseppala5574]

If they want to separate from the world , then why don't they ? Demandinng money from the governments is not separating !

[@ERNIE555]

👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽

[@Paypaylove729]

They just want their followers to be separate while they can do whatever the hell they want to

[@matthewwriter9539]

How does going to a party, and making friends make me a bad person?

[@percyioukhnikov81]

Cuz Jehovah doesn't want the attention off him, duh.

[@Yetta_]

@@percyioukhnikov81jehovas a toxic friend that wants to control your life basically

[@doggoadexx2680]

Because you’re celebrating something OTHER than Jehovah according to their religion.

[@mmddubstepcanbefree6277]

j@@doggoadexx2680Jehovas has then emotional abandonment issues and it's like a toxic boyfriend xd

[@AlfredoSauce_]

Because Jehovah is an attention wh*re, and hates when people are celebrating something other than him.

[@christinematson1837]

Also, I found out my entire name is on here. It's okay. I've been done with them for four years. I was shunned by someone who saw my harvest decorations in my office and must have thought it was for Halloween. I didn't think shunning would be so painful. Leaving was the best thing I ever did in my life. I was in for 43 years.

[@lhproductions61]

There were a few JW kids in my school we did holiday parties for Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. Didn’t get to celebrate their birthdays though. They didn’t do costumes, or cards but ate with snacks with us and were “normal” kids otherwise and had friends. The whole bullying thing is… odd but this was also 20ish years ago.

[@MLittleBrony]

"What made Jesus different?" Jesus: - claimed to be the son of God - willingly interacted with outcasts - started an entire new religion - defied the Roman Empire - willingly let himself be executed in one of the worst ways "That's right! It's because he did everything the Watchtower told him to do! Now remember, don't interact with anyone outside the church and don't disrespect authority!"

[@TheCombatEditor62]

Does anyone else really, really want to write a fanfic where Caleb and Sophia meet kids from a different Christian denomination, decide they like that one better, and leave JW to become "normal" Christians?

[@SirajKhan-es7zd]

Why not we all make our own fanfics and share them in the replies ! 😆

[@Pandalka]

I like to imagine the dad's doctor advised him to stop abusing steroids, hence the design change

[@v1v1d1ty]

my mom is a JW and tried to raise me as one. she was not a JW kid herself though, she started studying in her adult life. i'm grateful for that because she's not as deeply corrupted by the cult as she could be and so didn't raise me as strictly as some members of the cult would, though i'm also frustrated because she doesn't understand the repercussions of being a JW kid at any length. when i was very young and didn't have much say in my life, she would witness to my friends at school, going as far as to give them children's bible study books, which would piss their parents off (rightfully so), therefor i wasn't allowed to be friends with them anymore. i wasn't allowed to attend holiday events at school like Valentine's day, or Halloween. never trick or treated. i've dressed up a few times in my life for Halloween. our house was never decorated for Halloween or Christmas. ive never had a Christmas tree. no birthday parties either, i think i remember leaving the room a couple times whenever people brought cupcakes to class. never had a birthday party when i was younger. i mean, i could if i really wanted to, like when i participated in a 2nd grade Christmas concert, but my mom sobbed the whole time in the front row so i would've preferred to take the loss instead of harboring the guilt of making my mother upset. she also didn't want me to stand for the pledge, but that was going too far once i got older and kids started giving me weird looks so i put my foot down. like i mentioned i was luckier, my mom wasn't as strict and i managed to make some friends with parents who didn't mind if my mom was a JW and my mom didn't mind if their kid wasn't a JW. i also had friends at the church who were my age and my mom was friends with their mom and you know how it goes. i never did and never will have it as bad as some JW kids have, but i know how insanely ostracizing and awful it can be when you just want to be "normal" and you can't. you should be able to be apart of the world and not have it be a bad thing, which i'm still struggling with to this day. i hope one day they'll do an episode addressing how Sophia and Caleb feel about living in the "last days" and how Armageddon is supposedly right around the corner.

[@hudalovestodraw3249]

Well, I hope you're happy now. I'm glad ur mum wasn't so strict

[@thedemysticist6730]

I still have nightmares about having to sit in the library all alone during birthday and christmas parties while everyone else was having fun and eating cake.

[@turkey4802]

I feel so sorry for you

[@davidmichael3189]

Im sure Jesus went round with an i Pad showing Cartoons.

[@ERNIE555]

Can you imagine 😂😂😂😂

[@disorgan1zedchaos]

LMAO 💀💀💀

[@nustada]

This bring me back to my parents criticizing me for listening to slayer. My parents music was copied from actual pedophiles and demons at Disney, and my parents criticized me for listening to critics of pedophiles and demons. It is so messed up.

[@octosquid48]

I was raised in a Christian household, and to everyone who has escaped this cult or is still suffering from it, I offer my sincere apologies

[@clemclemclemclemcl]

i like to think that the emo-ish girl was actually trying to save her

[@Fishfanplayz]

Same

[@SirajKhan-es7zd]

That could actually make sense I also like to think maybe Emo girl used to be a JW kid and somehow understands that if Zoe joins Sophia she will suffer

[@Onganana]

Jehovah’s Witnesses love him so much that they changed Yahweh’s name into Jehovah against his will. Yahweh be like…I don’t care. I can’t care. I don’t exist.

[@alicia.q_q]

My whole family is Catholic (me included) and today me and my mom talked about JW, and it’s just so sad on how easy it’s to see how cult like JW is, the misinterpretation of the Bible is, just… wow. And I pray for all of the people who are following this cult 🙏 Edit: also they whitewashed Jesus 💀

[@saprlte]

giving Jesus the same haircut as Justin Beiber in 2013 is CRAZY

[@alicia.q_q]

@@saprlte fr 😭

[@laurakaren427]

lol not trying to be mean but as a catholic yall can't complain much about the whitewashing, aren't y'all the ones who started it? Lmao

[@alicia.q_q]

@@laurakaren427 I guess, although I still do believe it’s not correct! Although the color of his skin in the big picture obviously doesn’t matter lol

[@colleencrews9739]

Same here!

[@DanielkaElliott]

I kinda like how the whole series subtly tells kids not to reaspect their teachers. Like the teacher is always like join science club, enjoy the holiday party!!! And the kid is like.... Have. To ...resist..evil The teacher seems so nice and dedicated to her job. Wearing the science club badge or a Christmas jumper... but i bet to sophia it just feels like she's being taunted by what she can't have.

[@KsThe20]

It's interesting that the school celebrates Holidays, on the 25th of Month, clearly in the middle of summer (I don't see any palm trees, so it doesn't look like winter in a warm climate) Why are they avoiding even mentioning Christmas by name? There are clearly Christmas decorations, but no snow, maybe to not make it too christmasy and festive. It's also interesting that in an episode about how you shouldn't be scared to be different, they made the main girls look like the most average conventionally cute kids ever, and the bullies are a bunch of stereotypical misfits and outcasts: a tall awkward one, an edgy tomboy and a little gremlin. I understand that it's not about appearance, but it muddles the message.

[@RealPumpkinJay]

There are leaves on the trees and the kids sit outside in shirts. Definitely not the winter holidays.

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

You expecting them to worry about realism when they're doing all that indoctrinating?? 😂😂😂😂

[@ERNIE555]

Maybe an Australian made this cartoon…you know that it’s summer and hot down under in Dezember!?

[@daisychain3007]

At 8:23 someone says that he cannot stand the mother, how about the father? Is he any better?

[@daisychain3007]

It is all right to be different, as long as you are comfortable with it and are not bullied for it. Caleb and Sophia are clearly in a dilemma: they secretly want to be friends with their class, but are afraid of upsetting their parents, who teach them that being friends with "worldly," I.e., non-Jehovah's Witness people is wrong. Other children notice this and taunt them, particularly Sophia, for it. It is clear from this video that Caleb and Sophia would fare much better in a Jehovah's Witness school. It is sad e ough for adults to be caught in a dilemma in which they feel uncomfortable, but for children, it is heartbreaking.

[@katejackson2221]

Who is Caleb's father? Now they have lightened the parents' skin and eyes, they both have green eyes, but Caleb has brown eyes...

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

There's about a 1% chance of getting brown eyes if your parents both have green eyes - so not impossible, but still very unlikely.

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

0:53 that is a REALLY weird way to animate a speaker “vibrating”.

[@727Phoenix]

That humiliation of their warnings in sign language against masturbation (like at 18:32) will never end!

[@fablethewolf825]

Question: exactly how old are Caleb and Sophia? I always thought they were, like, seven and ten or something. And there they are in the end playing with...building blocks? Like the kind for toddlers? At least make it legos or something more believable.

[@dysmorphiac]

That's Jenga

[@cheneethompson5756]

I think Sophia's 10, and Caleb's 8

[@turkey4802]

I bet they can’t even play with legos

[@GayPanic666]

11:58 BRO THEY WHITEWASHED JESUS 😭

[@pilot_bruh576]

Not exactly he could've been white could've not but idk ydk and we will never know

[@_signcash]

All the others look more middle eastern but they made him fully white 💀

[@Trayleen]

He was Jewish

[@BananaPopsicle1226]

jesus is from isreal so isnt he supposed to look middle eastern? Like i heard something about him in europe or somethin but yeah true

[@Trayleen]

@@BananaPopsicle1226He was a Jew from Palesine.

[@cambridge384]

So sad how Watchtower is destroying the psyche of children developing minds by training them to isolate themselves from their peers.

[@georgebrown8312]

That is for sure. Any child psychologist will tell you that if you isolate a child from his or her peers it will be detrimental to that child's social, emotional, and mental well-being.

[@shebossee]

Were not training our children to isolate themselves, were training them to put Jehovah God's standard on a pedal stood. Jehovah God has a good moral compass, people in the world do not and you can turn on the television and see for yourself.

[@cambridge384]

@@shebossee if you are a real JW or PIMO, you should not be watching and replying to ex-jw apostate videos. Beware, you'll get reported on. Take care.

[@FirstLast-ng7km]

Your channel is in the top 5 search results for JW, keep up the good work on exposing false religions :) it's exactly what Jesus and the apostles would do, and I'm so thankful more people are turning towards Orthodoxy as the true salvation and repentance of sin.

[@nola281]

I really don't like how they're depicted the Pharisees. I mean I know how they are portrayed in the Bible but it feels a little wrong. Also how the emo/goth girl is shown is not accurate. We may look scary but we're really nice because a lot of the time we're not treated well.

[@RandumToys]

But by being separate, the bible didn't LITERALLY mean separate, it meant not being like the world. I don't get why every other comment thinks otherwise.

[@joepublisher166]

100% propaganda and what makes it worse, it's directed at innocent and inexperienced children! Thanks for warning others!

[@NealBrownsFavoriteNaysayer]

Exactly. I am a devout Christian but JW is a cult

[@Grag235]

I’m Christian, and even I don’t like this, I’ve seen how weird the show can be, they can’t preach God correctly, they make up lies for no reason, and they’re just really rude people

[@littlefishbigmountain]

🤣😂😂 that out of pocket “What da dog doin’?” caught me so off guard

[@TheFatestPat]

I want them to go completely off the rails with Caleb being the chosen one, and have the angels give him divine powers that he can use to brainwash his entire school and turn it into a JW church. Then it turns out that Santa Clause is actually Satan who puts poison in the toys which is why most of the other kids look deformed. I wonder if there's some kind of copyright issue behind the lower quality animation. I heard in another video that whoever made this series originally got kicked out of the church or something, so he might have ownership over the old animation and they had to make new character models.

[@bonemother2953]

Calebs connection with the spirit realm started when he played with that wizard toy. Way to go Caleb ! Everyone else are Muggles

[@HeartEllis]

I'm not a Jehovah's Witness,but I'm a Christian,and being able to talk to God and doing witchcraft are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things

[@sweetcherry7759]

6:05 New Theory: The parents defected from JW and for some reason we’re replaced w clones (who’re white)

[@Queenolgi1]

5:11 it hurts so much. They made my sexuality disabled and now such young are victims too. Ihope one day I can enjoy and quit suffering.

[@Stoneth]

7:52 "How was Jesus no part of the world?" Ummm ... because He was the Son of God, part of the Holy Trinity, God incarnate in human flesh? Oh wait. JWs deny Christ's divinity so they had to alter every instance in the Gospels where Jesus makes His divinity explicitly clear, so JWs technically aren't even Christians!

[@exjwpandatower]

they're non-Nicene Christians lol

[@VickyWicky-ek3kt]

I used to watch this as a kid because my dad was super religious back then. Even then I wouldn't understand it. Thank goodness my dad isn't religious anymore and was surprisingly never homophobic.