I Received This Prophecy 13 Years Ago

[@HolyKoolaid]

If you want to compare this to the tactics psychics use, you can check out that full series here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXq3qYmeq6mfn8k

[@sinifexxephinis4310]

I'm amazed at how they used the same tactics and vagueness. It's good to learn about these techniques, to protect against psychics and any others that use them to convince and manipulate people.

[@peejay4606]

I love the debunked psychic ones.

[@badger1296]

Damn Thomas! You looking like a no sh!t man! And it doesn't just seem to be the goat.💪

[@777Atum]

Please tell us who the prophet is. Sounds like Morning Star worship.

[@deductivereasoning4257]

If your god fearing helped you go to college, they did more for you than my atheist ones - atheist parents are narcissistic as fuck; they are also very boring since they avoid gatherings because their weak minds can't handle religious banter. Did they demand you go to a religious college? Still better than no college...

[@ScottM1973]

As a person with social anxiety if someone singled me out having just walked in I would just turn around and leave.

[@dozog]

Relatable.

[@shanestrickland8481]

I would leave for total different reasons . Of course that is me now.

[@christinafidance340]

I wish I was there. I’d call him out!!! Lol

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

same

[@themindfulminimalist2567]

I’ve had someone do that to me in a really big church, and I was dealing with anxiety and panic attacks.

[@christianketterling7590]

At my old church, my pastors would do this all the time prophesying over the youth. Now that I've been out of the faith for 5 years now, it's really disheartening to know how easy it was to be manipulated like that. Thank you for sharing this!

[@blackhawktalon9971]

The Nobles for millennia: Its really great to know that people can be easily manipulated like that!

[@commentingisawasteoftime7195]

I was in a group of teens selected for this retreat with limited space. They told us we were chosen for a reason. We were God's favorites. The only individual I still talk to from the group isn't plugged in to church other than maybe some relationships developed there and possibly the food bank. I was told that the youth pastor heard the audible voice of God confirming an idea I had regarding a loaner library of Christian music. I'm glad I never reached out to anyone when I started questioning. There was a moment where I would have been susceptible to cult programming of the LDS or anyone else claiming to have the original, unaltered biblical texts.

[@markcadieux3445]

You were being brainwashed. That's why they go after young adults. They are easy to fool and manopulate.

[@TheFirstAtom]

The sad thing is that most pastors don’t realize they’re manipulating. They’re in such a position where they have to continue lying to themselves, as they’re the “Leader” of their flock.

[@feonor26]

It happened to me once. There was this woman pastor on visit from the USA and she prophesized over me and I remember falling for it hook line and sinker, but then again I was also 17 years old so got to cut me some slack. Luckily I managed to break free from these handcuffs on the mind that we call faith and am happily a non-believer today.

[@michaellonergan2698]

I attended a Vineyard church years ago. I was part of the leadership team. We were taught that prophetic gifts were for everyone. I was particularly good in this 'gift'. I could read people that came up for prayer. One of the things we were taught as prayer ministers was to keep our eyes open. As we prayed for the person, we keyed in on certain words and phrases that seemed to have an effect on the person. Those were the emotional reactions we keyed in on. Of course, the person would react. This is no different than a psychic using 'cold calling'. I eventually left the Christian faith. Then I realized what was taking place. I do have a good sense of intuition, and combine that with Gawd and the Holy Spirit, and you are a 'Prophet!' I am now an atheist and can do the same thing - if I wanted to.

[@marypatton1122]

Me too! I can read people intuitively too, especially when I pay attention. If I was dishonest, I could set up a palm reading business and make a bunch of money. I could start my own religion. My religion would be better than Mary Baker Eddy's and I could buy a million dollar house and drive a $200,000 car. I've thought if it but unfortunately, I have integrity. I did it when I was young but I really believed it back then. The paster's voice sounds like my old boyfriend from high school and Bible College. He is now a pastor and still at it. Creepy...at this age he knows he is dishonest.

[@emeraldkat2167]

@@marypatton1122 I used to read tarot cards and do natal astrology charts (those ones where you need to do a bunch of math to calculate how to draw). I could still do them if I wanted. Never once charged people for them (cause I was a teen at the time), but then I noticed how much people charged for that crap online. I could've setup a small home business; heck at this point I have enough tech knowledge that I could automate it without ever having to respond to anyone personall and could make bank on it. The issue is my morals. I dont believe in that stuff, and I think it perpetuates taking money from people who don't know better.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

@@emeraldkat2167 For a short while I read Tarot and was in demand at college, and came to believe it was, or could be, more than a "meditation tool". But I read everything, and we already had studies showing people believed almost anything especially if seasoned with Barnum statements and leading questions; as I was never certain I asked a lot and total strangers answered, and this was back when privacy was really valued. Like you said, a conscience makes a big difference. Long after I quit people would insist I read for them; I never accepted a dime, and was lectured for wasting a gift. They did not want to hear it's just illusion.

[@emeraldkat2167]

@@kathryngeeslin9509 Yeah. I had people do the same to me. The weird thing is, I'm not good at the whole reading people thing (at least cold readings), but just read what the cards meant. I memorized every card and what the instructions said they stood for. What I came to realize about both astrology and tarot, is that they are written to be so generalized that almost anyone could relate to them. Even the more specific cards (major arcana), really aren't that specific if you can take them in both a literal or figurative context. Oh the literal one doesnt make any sense (so you got the chariot, and it says you are moving or traveling), well that just means you are figuratively moving or distant. Lol What I find hilarious is that the paid tarot readers don't even know what the cards mean half the time, and just cold read people. They might get better results if they just read the instruction manual instead.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

@@emeraldkat2167 Isn't that usually the case. If all else fails, read the instructions.

[@tsopmocful1958]

"When you see hail, storms, earthquakes, famines, wars and rumours of wars, people lying, religion being mocked and people having strange desires, you'll know that the prophecies have come to pass." Like every year throughout history ever.

[@crendler9912]

YES! Very true

[@JDrocks4ever]

Literally

[@norelfarjun3554]

"We thank you for his future"

[@HolyKoolaid]

Oh the irony.

[@ammarsaleh9120]

Hahahaha.. I am indeed thankful for his future 😊❤️👌🏼

[@theskullinside666]

Amén!!🤣🤣

[@anime.soundtracks]

oh well.. let's get back to the DeLorean then 🤣

[@harrypeter5626]

Amen to that 😅🌝

[@andybeans5790]

It doesn't matter how much I learn about American Christianity it never ceases to amaze me

[@the_polish_prince8966]

You heard of Liberty Baptist Church? They want the government to euthanize LGBT people.

[@the_polish_prince8966]

MusicManMaurice Not that I can tell, though I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a connection. Liberty Baptist Church is part of the NIFB.

[@the_polish_prince8966]

MusicManMaurice “New Independent Fundamental Baptists” so basically the same thing.

[@the_polish_prince8966]

MusicManMaurice Our country is in extreme religious chaos... I’m of a pagan faith myself, and living in the rural south is not easy at all. Not a day goes by when I’m not ostracized, evangelized, or called a devil worshiper by at least 2 Protestant denominations.

[@revbenf6870]

Have had the exact same experience, I'm now an atheist, this is very helpful, thanks.

[@aletheist2709]

I had a similar experience when I was 18, although the prophecy went the opposite way of yours... My dad wanted me to go to a revival type midweek meeting at the church. There was an out of town prophet who was a special guest, and he had a bunch of teen "disciples" who traveled with him. They called all the young high school/college age kids to get prayed over. When it was my turn, the prophet put his hand on my forehead and all the disciples put their finger tips into my back. When he was done praying over me, he tried to push me backwards like I was receiving the holy spirit. I was a strong kid at 18, and wasn't playing a fake game of being pushed over backwards. I wanted something real. The prophet then whispered in my ear, just fall over backwards, they'll catch you. I refused. He then prophesized over me that I would never believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior, which in this church was pretty much damning me to hell. It's ironic that he was right, I'm never going back to that manipulate, abusive culture. I've been free of religious beliefs for a quarter century now and couldn't be happier about it.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Wow. What a manipulative asshole: "You're making me look bad by not lying to everyone to go along with my con, so I'm going to get you shunned by your community."

[@karlopopovic810]

So a self-fullfilling prophecy in a way lol?

[@aletheist2709]

@@karlopopovic810 lol yeah. It drives me crazy that it makes his prophecy look right lmao.

[@benpeterson7530]

Well at least you had an out on going to church after that.

[@aletheist2709]

@@benpeterson7530 Yes, the only reason I went at that point was to "keep the peace" at home. After that I was like, "Fuck it, they can kick me out if they want to.". I didn't think they would, but it was kind of a unknown fear. I knew they loved me, but religions cause people to do irrational things.

[@CaptIronfoundersson]

I'm really loving this crazy street preacher look you've got going.

[@charbelyounes5188]

Hahahaha yh

[@HelloHamburger]

Both his self in the moment and the animated version of him from 13 years ago has odd looking hair.

[@sluttymctits4496]

COVID Style. We've all got it. Don't lie, I know you do, too. 😉

[@HolyKoolaid]

@@HelloHamburger It's funny because I haven't had long hair since I was that age.

[@peejay4606]

@@HolyKoolaid I like the beard .

[@Cutiemuffinz]

You know, you should randomly call someone out on your channel, like “I can see you, Mike, and I’m not OK with what you’re doing right now.” Mikes everywhere would have quite a moment!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Yeah, but what Mike's doing right now is gross. As a psychic, I'm really disturbed and can say with certainty that no one wants to hear about the details. Get some self respect, Mike! 😂

[@catelyn719]

"Mike, I see you holding a sword, pointing it to the heart of someone, a person you care about or someone who deeply cares for you....be careful Mike"

[@BigHeretic]

@@HolyKoolaid ...OK but my name's not Mike !

[@robinsuj]

@@BigHeretic Or, is it?

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@robinsuj Given the Jesus vs. Immanuel thing, who knows?

[@marypatton1122]

That happened to me dozens of times and I can honestly report that God made me an atheist.

[@jeffhohreiter9177]

We have similar experiences. It was the cold, empty silence of god that answered the questions religious zealots raised in me.

[@shanestrickland8481]

As an atheist myself I can not give a God the credit because I don't believe in one. I can say religion and it's problems did though. Of course I think I get your post was not actually literal.

[@stevonico]

Woah I had a similar “prophecy” told when I was younger. It’s crazy how ubiquitous these words of vague wisdom are in religious structures.

[@bdf2718]

God personally spoke to me and told me that he doesn't exist. You say that's paradoxical? Explain the trinity to me, again.

[@revengeofthesisk4396]

Back when I believed in God and thought I had a personal relationship with him, the character I called God straight up admitted that he was a personification of my unconscious mind. In other words, 'God' revealed Atheism to me.

[@robertx8020]

"God personally spoke to me and told me that he doesn't exist." I believe you!

[@occashares]

Disappeared in a puff of logic....

[@katherineg9396]

LOL!

[@christinafidance340]

Yeah! Me too! How ironic!!!

[@jgs1122]

"Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks." Mark Twain

[@blackdragon71425]

Absolute victory of his mind...he says to the future atheist, lol

[@dwaneanderson8039]

At 8:54 you start talking about him hedging. This is usually done when the cold reader can see by your facial expression that he's losing you. A good cold reader can read a person's face and adjust his story based on the target's reactions.

[@HolyKoolaid]

True. I just don't remember what reactions I made or facial expressions I had since it was so long ago.

[@Lilredpoppy]

This reminds me, I remember always hearing people in my church get "words" (of encouragement/prophecy) and feeling like it hit home with me too. Sometimes moving me to tears. The speaker would occasionally address this phenomenon and say, "I may not be speaking to you directly, but while someone else is getting a word, you may feel like God is speaking to your heart as well. That's the way he works, it's the holy spirit." And at the time I just thought how amazing and profound that was, that someone could get something so specific spoken over them, and at the same time others could be personally touched by the same message. Now I realize that's actually a warning flag about how broad these so called prophecy's really are.

[@GuitarDog_atx]

That pastor has amazing prophetic powers. He's almost as good as his Blood god: "...there will be wars and rumors of wars.."

[@lucifers.morningstar3805]

Kingdoms will fall.

[@andrewharper1609]

Blessed be the cheesemakers.

[@GuitarDog_atx]

"I predict victory" -HK's former pastor "I have over 114 thousand subscribers debunking your myth bro" -HK today

[@HolyKoolaid]

Pastor: "You will do what Jesus tells you to do." Me: Full time atheist/skeptic

[@grapeshot]

This incident was one of the things that made me go full-blown atheist. I have already begun trending this way starting at the age of 14. I like history as matter fact I love history it was my favorite subject when I was in school. The more history I read the more I begin to see religion doesn't make sense. Plus when I join the military I was sent overseas to Japan and South Korea and I begin to learn that people believe different things then I did and they were just as passionate about their beliefs. When I was in the military I met one of my best friends I had in my life he lives in the Bay area of California. One time I went home on leave to his house and I got to meet his sister and she was the nicest and most sweetest person I ever knew. And I'm not going to lie but I had the biggest crush on her. But she was killed in the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland California in 2016. Needless to say I was devastated. I went to a pastor to see if I can get some answers. And do you know what he told me, he told me that her death was all about the invisible sky wizard's master plan. Needless to say I flipped out. I knew then and there that all these men and women were nothing more than snake oil salesmaen. I had already started my journey off the religious Plantation. And I am so glad because I've never looked back.

[@blackhawktalon9971]

Thinking about it, how DO Christians explain the existence of religions everywhere else on Earth? I mean do they believe that their ALL loving God really just loves the Jews that much that the entirety of east Asia, India, south/west Africa, Europe and the Americas was completely ignored by him throughout all of human history in order to favor 12 tribes who lived in the Levant and Anatolia?

[@watchprophetisaac3977]

Can you explain the beginning of existence. If you can, you will end up at God. If you can't it must be God. People might make mistakes or get confused, but God is real....

[@watchprophetisaac3977]

@@blackhawktalon9971 No mistake on earth changes the truth that God is real. He is not a man.

[@blackhawktalon9971]

Watch Prophet Isaac, exactly, He isn’t a man. Doesn’t change the fact that what you believe him to be cannot be verified. There is no proof that he is an all loving all excepting God as you say. And even if there is evidence in life it doesn’t mean there’s evidence for it in death. God IS allowed to lie to you but because He’s been labeled like you claim you can’t even fathom the idea that your God isn’t perfect. Of course it’s not like He needs to be. I’ve always argued against the idea of him being perfect considering the complete 180 from the pagan tribal war God of the Old Testament to the all loving God of the New Testament. And cannot explain the existence of the universe? Heres the explanation: The universe existed. Because for the universe to exist in its current state that means that time needed to exist and the existence of time means theres a beginning, but what caused the beginning you say? God is merely an answer but that doesn’t mean its THE answer. Gods existence is a paradox in and of itself so the idea of nothing being needed to create the universe shouldn’t be a hard idea to comprehend. After all either something existed before time or nothing at all. If something existed then that means that a being such as God could have existed. But if there was truly nothing before existence then that means nothing could stop something from existing ergo a being (God) or just the universe. In fact if there were no rules before the universe existed then that means a being coming into existence due to one reason or another would be able to do anything. Ultimately we cannot deny a God’s existence but we can always deny your God’s existence since He’s supposed to return. And if you DARE use the argument that says we just want to sin so we deny God’s existence then BULL FUCKING SHIT! If we secretly accepted God existing then that means we would sin more because we would be damned to hell anyway so might as well right? That means that almost no one could be saved because we would become hedonists or we would try to better ourselves even though in our hearts we would still have a desire to sin and only decided against it because of the imminent threat of hell. In other words God wouldn’t accept us into heaven anyway since fear of Him was the only thing stopping us from acting on our thoughts. So only someone who truly, TRULY, STOCKHOLM SYNDROMELY, had a change of heart, would be accepted into heaven and not have to endure being thrown into a lake of fire for all eternity since they were created a certain way. Either your God is a hypocritical asshole or He doesn’t exist, pick one. Either of those I’ll be infinitely more willing to except than Him being some perfect being.

[@Julian0101]

@@watchprophetisaac3977 So basically the god of the gaps, you dont know how existence began therefore god. Thanks but as the op pointed out, that is just a snake oil sale. And dont worry, people might make mistakes, but your god still is not real.

[@DoctorT144]

God called me to be an Atheist activist!

[@istvansipos9940]

you are a minor league player here. All the godS and godesseS made me an atheist :- )

[@Ascend777]

God apparently leave me for Satan to claim.

[@BigHeretic]

*TimmetryPM* Well, ya... god's on the side of right so of course he's gonna inspire you to speak the truth!

[@BigJayKaner]

@@BigHeretic Yeah God inspires tru...well, apart from that bit in the garden of Eden about dying if Adam or Eve ate from the tree, that was an out and out lie, but other than that... Yeah God inspires truth!!

[@BigHeretic]

@@BigJayKaner ...and when he's not hardening hearts and making people believe in a lie !

[@SlyPearTree]

I kind of wish he had prophesied that you were going to get a revelation in the future and then get tens of thousand followers to share it with.

[@Ascend777]

😂 I'm starting think Jesus won't return because Christians want to be covered in his blood.

[@JukeboxWithJay]

😂😂😂

[@aurorafrost288]

I would think he would not return because he hasn't reached Heaven yet. When he ascended to Heaven, he didn't realize just how freaking big space is and how long it takes to get anywhere. Heck, even if he managed to reach light speed, he would still be in our galaxy after 2,020 years, and with the universe being likely infinite, it has infinity years to go to get to Heaven. I bet the Holy Spooky trolled him into doing that instead of making a wormhole for him to get there directly.

[@notusingmyname4791]

vampires all of them

[@andrewharper1609]

@@aurorafrost288 Nice thought. I think it's because humans die and don't come back.

[@elephant_888]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LeChapeauMusic]

I've been an atheist for 2 years now, but I still go to Church because my family forces me to. One time a man just walked up to me and he told me that when he looked at me he could see the love for Christ in my heart. I'm still laughing to this day...

[@jr_1742]

If someone’s prophecy attempt ever includes vague/conditional words and phrases like somebody, somewhere, sometime etc. I beg you to just ignore them. That is the exact opposite of what we would expect from an actual prophecy.

[@gringadoor5385]

Actual prophesies are fairy tales for children.

[@Rayzersword]

"3 doors"? Was he predicting you would be on Let's Make A Deal? Lol

[@HolyKoolaid]

I'll take what's behind door number 2! 😯

[@jr_1742]

Ok this comment is godlike wtf 😂😂😂

[@nicholase2868]

@@HolyKoolaid what if I told you door number 3 has a goat behind it, would you like to change your choice?

[@EdwardHowton]

Back when KZbin still had private messages (before they were buried into your channel settings page somewhere, before they were removed, then came back, then disappeared again. it's been a while), I received something better than a prophecy. I received a death threat. A christian who had been given the power (he said) by God (he said) to utterly destroy me with a single thought. I was, of course, intrigued by this amazing ability of his and invited him to go right ahead. In the intervening time since then, I've survived two cancers and three surgeries, including two in my brain, the second of which was to remove a part of my brain that got overly irradiated during gamma knife surgery they did after the first brain surgery that was killing even more of my brain, all of which did little more than make me half blind and made it a bit difficult for me to concentrate, to the point where I just barely can't play D&D anymore. Let's just say I'm not super impressed by this "utter destruction" super-power. But then, God has a history of having really shitty aim... just ask the gay quarter in New Orleans. It's not as bad as his ability to predict the future, at least... but part of me suspects that the guy who PMed me _might not have super powers at all!_

[@notme-ji5uo]

damn, youve got quite the story

[@EdwardHowton]

@@notme-ji5uo You know what? I've always been happy with living a boring life, but every time I think back about all the shit I've done, I keep thinking exactly that: I've been through a LOT, even though I was specifically trying NOT to! And I have no idea how!

[@losttribe3001]

This reminds me of Patriarchal Blessings given in the Mormon church, of which I no longer belong. A high lever Elder lays his hands on your head and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, gives you a “blessing” that is prophetic in nature. When I got mine at 18 years old, it felt as if God was speaking directly to me. I would pull it out, read it and cry because I felt connected to God that way...now it reads like a piss poor horoscope. Saying thinks like I’ll go on to have righteous children (I’m 45 and have ZERO kids), I’ll be a leader (my dogs don’t even listen to me), and that I will return to God in heaven (unless I have a stroke or TBI, I’m a strong atheist and in fact, fight actively against the Church...so nope). Also, the pastor’s band kept hitting similar chords to ones used for the intro and bumper music for the Flight of the Conchords...not important, but something I found interesting and made me laugh.

[@anthonypc1]

Ohh, he slipped through the Christian cracks alright ! 😸

[@lenoralee9553]

I interpreted the "battle in your mind" to mean generalized angst, which is a given for every teenager ever.

[@autobotstarscream765]

The Battle in Your Mind is universal, it happens to all of us every day, so it's the diametric opposite of special, the special thing is the opposite, inner harmony, inner peace, which is one of the chief benefits that religion promises, hence why religions focus on humanity's universal inner turmoil.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Thomas "slipped through the cracks", thankfully. Notice that I didn't say 'thank god'.

[@zidneya]

Religious: The lord has called you. Me: Nonsense, I just checked, there are no missed calls, no voice mails, no sms alerts, no whatsapp voice/video calls whatsoever. No one has called me, don't tell me otherwise.

[@matthewmeehan9155]

A preacher once knocked on my door and said God was calling. I replied "tell him I'm not in ".

[@Dracopol]

God is 7G and we're still only on 5G, lol!

[@rembrandt972ify]

@Me Smith Like George Carlin said, "God can't handle money."

[@Flac_the_Wave]

You laugh, but when the Lord calls you, you had better answer Him so you too can save O N Y O U R E X T E N D E D V E H I C L E W A R R A N T Y

[@aurorafrost288]

@@matthewmeehan9155 Technically, he commited blasphemy according to his mythology. Claiming to be God...

[@bigbossignition]

As someone who used to be a pastor who would prophecy over people I really appreciate this. Yes there are people who know they are using tactics, however I know for myself and those I was on a leadership team with we genuinely believed it. We didn’t want to just go for the “typical” or the vague. We genuinely wanted god to speak to this person. We would go out of our way to tell them not to just make what we say fit into what they think it should mean, rather, if god is real to allow him to reveal it to them. I have witnessed people in churches cold read, say vague statements and use nothing but charisma and music to make people feel good and it always made me uncomfortable and even disgusted. At some stage I started to question though. While getting extremely specific “miraculous” prophecies right I was still not convinced. I thought it was more probable that we don’t give the human brain enough credit than it actually being from god. I am still open to the idea that a god could exist and that he could potentially speak through humans, however I currently think I was just in an atmosphere that created a subjective reality and my cognitive bias would see and hear what I expected to.

[@HolyKoolaid]

I should probably have specified that I really don't think this "prophet" was intentionally trying to deceive or was purposely using cold reading tricks. I think he was using cold reading without even realizing it, but I think he believed it 100%.

[@ImaginaryMdA]

"We thank God for his future!" God loves atheists, apparently. XD

[@88marome]

Of course he does, that's why secular countries are safer and wealthier.

[@hetzer5926]

Well, I mean, why would we dislike us? After all we don’t bother him, hell, we weed out the followers who have weak beliefs. We are basically making his job easier!

[@evangelinsamantha5777]

@@hetzer5926 LORDs work ;)

[@zak686]

Let "John" know he did a great job on the editing and animation as usual.

[@wesliedudley4146]

Was this guy really wearing a sleeveless shirt with Phyllis Schlafly behind him? Hahahaha, love the animation.

[@HolyKoolaid]

To the best of my memory... yes.

[@davidlockett1370]

The Shining and Carrie are less disturbing than what was going on in that church (and any church basically!).

[@lordbolton1822]

Bloody Mary 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxkrystal7403]

well Carrie was pretty much a result of extreme religious indoctrination

[@kierayoung236]

I grew up in a Christian household. I think I knew at a young age that something was off, but I was constantly looking for God in anything. Even when I felt myself slipping away from faith, I constantly went up to the alter (stage) to be prayed over and seek advice. I was desperate to find a reason to believe. It sent me through waves of depression. I never felt I was good enough and my lack of faith was my fault. I remember also being angry and jealous because some of my family had "witnessed" seeing angels and saw "miracles", meanwhile I was struggling so hard just to get a sign that God existed. Fortunately, I finally woke up. It wasn't easy, but I finally excepted the fact that God was a false entity. I'm much happier now as an atheist, and I'm also learning to be more myself. It's frustrating to remember how desperate I was, though. But when everyone around you keeps telling you to trust these fantasy stories, I guess there was a lot of pressure there.

[@dave3657]

The tide goes out, the tide comes in ... that's my prediction. Very enjoyable video.

[@Mehki227]

I'm predicting that the sun will rise and fall as the world turns. Watch my word.

[@DejiAdegbite]

Hi, I enjoyed your 'nothing fails like bible history' series. Could you do one on parting of the Red Sea?

[@bernarddaigle2830]

"The Blood of Jesus" has a Talking Heads vibe to it.

[@garethbaus5471]

Sortove like psycho killer but not as good.

[@paulmcgraw3210]

You are amazing! Don't cut the hair... it's fun to watch it grow!

[@akell125]

I love your channel, thank you for these reality-grounding resources. I was raised in a very intense Pentecostal church, and even though I’ve not been a believer for awhile, this year I’ve realized that there is still so much deeply rooted bullshit in my psyche I have to remove. These videos help.

[@brasspick]

"Pick a number between 1 and 3. Was it 2? I'm psychic!!!" LoL!

[@joserosiles8352]

Wow it was how did you know?

[@Mike_Jones281]

"Our prayers are like yesterday to Jesus." That is true in a "who cares, forget about it" sense.

[@katherineg9396]

This reminds me of when I was in a city in Spain with friends and a group of gypsies came up to us. One had had this experience before, held her hands together and would not engage but the rest of us were listening. One of the women "read" my hand and told me what a wonderful, amazing, fabulous person I was. The flattery was so over the top it was ridiculous. I knew it was a scam but part of me was agreeing and enjoying it. My logical self came to the surface though, and we shooed them away. But flattery, done right, is very powerful. By the way, I am wonderful, amazing and fabulous, but I'm not stupid. 😂😂😂

[@jayknowzz]

Why is this so close to what I got back when I was 17 to 18? LMAO The three doors and the hearing God's voice and being bestowed wisdom 2 years later became an atheist 😂

[@Visixnbeatzmuzik]

Prolly that was the wisdom

[@smokert5555]

First time seeing this look. I like it, but when first seeing you, my thought was "Thomas went hippie!".

[@SweetUniverse]

Yes - that's what alerted me to your work over here in this youtube corner: dragging the psychic phonies into the light :) 👍👍

[@grannykiminalaska]

Wow, its been a few vids since we actually saw your face. Looking good kiddo. I'm so glad facial hair is back in style.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks. It's been patchy growing in so I've been sticking to an avatar.

[@rwat1106]

"OMG, he really gets me!" - that evangelist could've gotten your pants off soooo easily!!

[@JCW7100]

The outro music should've been "The blood! The blood! The blood of Jesus!" 😆

[@lilchickennugget8155]

I have watched all of H.K's videos since realizing i am an atheist and i absoluty love his honesty and sincerity..these videos have helped me so much❤ Thank you for taking the time to make them for us.

[@EricVsGamingChannel]

"John queue the intro" "I don't actually have a guy named John" I shouldn't find this as funny as I do

[@Magekind]

This whole thing was a good video, but that was a great start.

[@m4641]

Uh...my opinion (with the disclaimer that I am Catholic), the opening was extremely funny!

[@DouglasWoodruff-d9s]

Oh brother! I can see you just made that guys day, if not week!

[@picklespip9213]

I grew up as Church of England, and I went to a Catholic school, I am an atheist now. His reading applied to the 16 year religious me, and it also applies to 27 year old atheist me. 🤣 His prophecy literally applies to everybody at anytime in their life.

[@natasmean4374]

This is great and i didn't even watch the video yet- love your channel-

[@kunedoman]

By the way, that "3 doors in front of you" line goes for anyone at ANY AGE, not just as a teen or young adult. Life is always throwing challenges at us, just hope we chose the best doors to go through more often than not.

[@rebeccagunther4030]

Holy Moses, love the new look!

[@HolyKoolaid]

Thanks! :)

[@pequenosaltamontes7470]

same thing happended to me, I was an active mormon, we have some ritual in which , mormons go to recieved a patriarcal blessing, which more or less , describes your future, it was a great thing back in those days, now I see it as a mere cold reading , the patriarch place his hands on your head, start a prayer and them , tell you what god have for you the rest of your life, the only issue is that he gave you general statements of prosperity and good fortune if you obey gods laws , but he rearely mentioned any specific even , with date, time and person o people e involve within that moment or moments in your life the patriarch is describing, also when you get baptized or confirmed member of the church , you get many profecies of your future in the religion, just more emotional confort basicly.

[@DouglasWoodruff-d9s]

Thats so nice of you! When the jesus that was kept in your heart left you, you gave him a job, helping to produce your show.

[@ShanteYouStay]

I never thought about how many times I'd seen this kind of crap in my past. So glad it's no longer in my life!

[@pickleballer1729]

Thanks for a very PENETRATING look at religious cold reading.

[@JDtheBlackPhoenix]

damn, hearing this guy sounds almost word for word to things I was hearing in the late 90s early 00s hilarious.

[@pcbjoehall]

Thank you Thomas. You’re doing the Lord’s work.

[@billyjoejimbob75]

The only time I was ever on my knees praying, was in front of the toilet. So, he would've been right saying that to me in my twenties, and I was never religious.

[@RikuTempest]

Is it just me, or is that 'Blood of Jesus' song a banger.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Oh man, with the beard and lockdown hair you look juuuuust like this cool guy I was friends with in high school. He too had that wild haired Jesus-like look about him. Love it :)

[@Limited_Light]

+Emiliapocalypse Sorry about the Zircon "stud" finder fail! :)

[@HolyKoolaid]

Glad you like it. Did you ever find out why the stud finder wasn't working?

[@Limited_Light]

@Holy Koolaid you can do the Aron Ra look, then donate 14 inches to Wigs for Kids. I did last year.

[@kimberleydiann771]

You had to go through this to get where you are. 💌 It's kind of perfect.

[@mischarowe]

"You are special" got impressionable, young me on the path of religion once, too. So I get how it goes to your head. I had a shit life at the time so it definitely took advantage of that. It's really ... annoying.

[@ryanrandolph4658]

Your victory was leaving that behind

[@ConcealedCourier]

"The blood, the blood, the blood of-" *Door kicks open* "Burn heretics!" Couldn't help but think of Khorne listening to that.

[@MrBizteck]

Korne for the Cornflakes 😂

[@andrewharper1609]

Skulls for the skull throne! Skulls for the throne of bone!

[@wulferikgebhardt5312]

BY KHORNE! IT WILL BE DONE!

[@IWonder474]

This is fineee perfectly fineee!

[@wpat259]

I had the same thing happen to me by a so called prophet while an atheist. I thought he was crazy. The prophecy is true. You made the choice to go the other way. You are special and you are called. You are important.

[@paulacaddo2530]

This is like a Mormon patriarchal blessing.

[@sussekind9717]

I dig your quarantined look. Really, it gives you a kind of character.

[@caldelt]

Thomas is looking a little Guy Fawkes with that facial hair.

[@HolyKoolaid]

Remember remember the 5th of November.

[@nathantew946]

The barbershops of the world will make a small fortune.

[@ShanteYouStay]

Ooooooo! Yes please!

[@benwoodard6851]

Thank you John for the intro. Keep it up, buddy.

[@stefkukla8533]

Back when I was 17, I was in a very similar position to the one you described. I didn't really begin to "lose my faith" until around 18/19. Had I heard then what you heard, I would have had prettymuch the same reaction. On a side note, there were two ads that came up during the course of this video that made me chuckle. The first was for the Harry Potter game and the wording was comically similar to the predictions I'd just heard (exciting times, new friends, etc). The other came just after the blood montage and was advertising one of those zombie apocalypse games. Do you get to select which adverts appear on your video, or was this just an hysterically appropriate accident?

[@crendler9912]

KZbinrs may be able to pick ads, as there was one youtuber who said we would get a mattress commercial. Everytime i watched that video it has been the same ad for purple mattress

[@phillipsmith7759]

Happy that you have smartened up. Thanks for sharing!

[@Mike_Jones281]

I am firmly following God's plan that he has laid for me to not believe in him.

[@aubreyleonae4108]

I heard this same type of thing many many times for many people. It messed with their head, they never did anything like what they believed would happen. Most left the faith in failure and despair.

[@Soothsayer_13]

My dad is a southern Baptist preacher. When I was 13, we had a christain jew come to speak to our congregation. After the servise, this guy said he was a prophesy for me. He laid his hands on me and said that in the future I would go through I huge trail in my life, and If I called on the name of jesus when it halpened, I'd be ok. I was completely indoctrinated at the time, so It all seemed so real to me. Then when something bad happened in my life, I thought that the prophecy came true. Of course now I realize that prophecy could have been applied to anyone. So glad to be awake now.

[@adams13245]

What is a "Christian Jew?" Is it a Jew who believes Jesus was an important rabbi, but not the messiah? Good point about just about everyone having "something" that'll happen in their life. We tend to think it's something important to us, but technically eating a cookie is "something."

[@Soothsayer_13]

@@adams13245 This guy in particular was just a straight up christain. Just so happened to be Jewish by heritage. He called himself a "messianic jew". He said that he use to practice Judaism too. Then he became a Christian after a supposedly angel gave him the book of Matthew on the street. It was just so random person, that he said "disappeared" after he turned around to give the person the book back.

[@wendynoble6545]

Thank you for your Videos. I feel like my childhood is acknowledged!

[@adirmugrabi]

you need to change your avatar to reflect the new hair

[@HolyKoolaid]

I had a beard in my last video. :)

[@RCDPets]

I’m loving your look!!

[@preacherno]

I am a believer - today, as I became 38 years ago. I’ve had so called prophecies spoken over me many times and haven’t been able to call bs. There was really no room for that. People wanted to believe. In one specific case I’d had my calling shortly before and it had been confirmed. Since, I’ve been in full time ministry (this was early 99, I went into mission by May). Still, a pastor who could not on his life fathom that God - and men - called me, the least religious but still fervent believer, made him bring me to a prophetic conference. I was, of course, called out from the crowd and brought on stage. The preacher who thought prophesying called onto anyone who had a word from God to me. He stopped them at five. All five had a go, and they all missed in different ways. I, being nice, said that I couldn’t see it - yet - instead of calling bs. Then, the teacher preacher declared that all had seen facets of my future but he would give the full picture. Still missed, though. The thing is, one has to be very strong to call bs against authority there and then. I was at the point of leaping into full time ministry and was not that strong. The pastor who brought me did not wanna let me go so he used the conference as confirmation that I was not to enter mission. He even refused to participate in my ordaining. Well, I’ve continued in ministry full time until I retired and now I’m still going strong in retirement. I don’t agree with mr. Koolaid on a great number of things but he’s at least right about this: False prophets must be called out. Seems like no one reads Deuteronomy 18:20-22 anymore.

[@adamlowe1072]

hot damn, you look like some Victorian evil genius doctor who has a creation and after applying 1.21gigwatts via a comedy style H power switch with lightning going between silver balls on sticks, you will cry "It lives, hahahahaha IT LIVES!"

[@lucifers.morningstar3805]

Igor: yeassss masssteerrr! Creature: urrr!!?! Dracula smiling & laughing in background: *good... good*

[@ToutCQJM]

He looks hotter than usual.

[@DenisLoubet]

Wow! That was obscene! What horrifying manipulation.

[@doggiesarus]

And not one of these prophets-- not even crazy people "saw" anything about Covid-19. None of them ever see anything that would actually help their people. God, or Jesus, had he actually sent messages to any of them would have mentioned something, and now they would be gloating about how this "proves" God. And it is precedent that God warns his people because that is what the Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah and Passover stories are all about.

[@seekerofthedammed9943]

The Bible says” The wicked will fail to understand “. Of course you can’t understand until you are ready. If you never read the Bible you have no right or authority to criticize. The only thing that will keep man in everlasting ignorance is, condemnation without investigation.

[@jojobizarrelivingstone594]

Except he has to the point of studying history places in the bible aswell as travelling to them. I gaurantee he has researched way more than you have

[@an00k.patterton]

2nd comment :) hi holy koolaid i wrote a little rhyme for you Holy koolaid Nothinggs fake

[@karmicxpressions7114]

I'm a Psychic...AND I LOVE the videos where you expose 'psychics'. There are dark-hearted people in all industries. They are in Faith-based organizations, of course some shall be within the psychic industry.

[@Beevreeter]

Why is that girl talking with a man's voice?

[@kimberleydiann771]

Humans are all pretty much the same. Prophecy tricks young people or those who are desperately looking for something. I had this experience as a kid too. I really appreciate your work. Would love to see more videos from you. If you have moved on to something else you love, I am so happy for you! 💌☯

[@porkeyminch8044]

11:17 Holy Koolaid shows his demonic side for a moment.

[@TheCheapPhilosophy]

And one of the doors is what YOU have TO BE! It is written on it: You - to - be.

[@dj33036]

Donald Trump talks a lot like this.

[@jpcote70]

I had a very similar experience and wrote the text and hid it in the cover of my bible and always went back to it watching for any confirmation. 35 years of this shit was enough. Thanks KA

[@sammyreese05]

Thank you for sharing