You MUST convert your classmates | Caleb And Sophia

[@wayside_musik]

I am definitely going to lean in towards someone's baby, and say "look at that little enemy of God" hahaha I'm dead

[@Blaineworld]

I need to remember to start saying that.

[@thebeardedlady76]

That’s exactly what I was going to say. Precious, precious enemy of God. Can you even imagine?

[@Ominousheat]

One of the rare examples where you simply can't make a joke darker than the reality. Just to note, I have memories from when I was 6 months old (give or take a month) so I would advise you to be careful of what you do actually say to babies.

[@puppydogs68]

“Yeah this is our little baby Timmy, he’s only 3 months old 😊” *”Just look at that filthy sinner 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬”*

[@timmynormand8082]

@@puppydogs68heyyyy now

[@liz5089]

As a pediatric nurse, I’m going to stop referring to my babies as “chicken nuggets” and start calling them “enemies of god”

[@amaritineenthusiast]

"Your little evil sinner is unfortunately going to live"

[@SophiaFossenberger]

"It needs to be a Baptist at the age of four!" (idk how to spell it)

[@mayu0512]

"How dare it be born to a sinful family!"

[@mayu0512]

​@@SophiaFossenberger dw you got it right (not to sound like a nerd or sound offensive) but Baptist is someone who got baptized/baptised (baptized is used in USA, baptised is used in UK) so the correct thing would be "it needs to get baptised/baptized at the age of four!"

[@mayu0512]

​@@SophiaFossenberger or you can say "it needs to be a Baptist at the age of four!"

[@rbilleaud]

I was raised catholic, and the concept of "original sin" was one of the first things that turned me away from religion. I don't believe in inherited guilt. Even at that age, I recognized it for what it was, an attempt to gain control of a person while he or she is young. After all how can you make someone believe that they need redeeming if they've done nothing wrong. You have to convince them that they're still stained by the sins of their forebearers. I reject that. I have no problem accepting responsibility for things I've done wrong, but I will not accept guilt or feel bad about things I had no part in. Not happening.

[@havanadaurcy1321]

I had a Catholic grandfather whose last wish was for the sick bastard to apologise to me for the SA as a child because of his adult film cures PTSD bs. None given.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Greetings. Just for the record, baptism is meant to erase the original sin. Therefore, and specially if you are baptized as a baby (which other Christian churches reject), you cannot be controlled on the grounds of being guilty of anything since birth. Also, the sacrament of confession (previous sincere repentance, of course) is meant to erase all the sins you can commit as an adult. If anything, Catholicism gives all manner of ways to get rid of guilt and obtain salvation - even Christian churches which don't accept the baptism of babies or confession emphasize repentance as a sure way to obtain salvation, by itself. So much salvation is available, that a Wicca website I read once said that Christianity supports irresponsibility. Indeed, if you think about it, no religion based on reincarnation (Wicca is) includes a clause of repentance and forgiveness of sins. That's why you are supposed to reincarnate over and over - because you are bound to do something bad every time, and there's no forgiveness. Reincarnation is not an opportunity for progress, but a consequence of failure punished by another period of life/misery; the goal in those religions is not to incarnate anymore. Christianity is a very curious religion. ✌

[@mysryuza]

I was raised Catholic and I stepped away from Christianity due to childhood trauma, loss of my father, bullying, depression, and the “God’s will” bs. Like, no one can convince me that it was god’s will to make me suffer 💀 I also didn’t feel much of a connection with that way of life or God growing up. I just felt empty with my connection with God since day one and I feel a lot better as a Polytheist who can choose who to look up to and appreciate.

[@joshuamoody7729]

I’m not Catholic but I think the concept of “oringinal sin” destroys a person or lessens your value.

[@alexisdominey6487]

That's what turns people into criminals or a Batman villain. Bane was raised in prison to serve his fathers sentence.

[@blythan3134]

On the topic of gruesome bible stuff made for kids: My great-grandmother, a very staunch catholic, gifted my older brother a "bible for the youth". It was meant for kids age 12, was illustrated with full page pictures of pretty much any and all gory scene they could manage to cram in there. Here, little teen, have a picture of John's bloody head on a platter, with his eyes open and rolled back. Meanwhile my mum wouldn't let me watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles because it had too much violence.

[@Dice-Z]

But nah, don't you know? Violent games make kids go crazy! Cause they are violent! That's why the world is going bad. Cause there deeeefinitely wasn't anything violent before video games. Nope, nada.

[@yung_wise5861]

Yeah my mom made me sell every COD and Battlefield I had but I could read the My Book of Bible Stories that had depictions of the apocalypse and people dying

[@Mizuki-dx5cu]

I remember watching a video of somekind of movie(?) Of Jesus getting crucified... and still got some games banned because of "too much violence"

[@espy82K]

Little teen don’t act like a baby kids younger than that play violent games and have experienced worse than a scary Bible picture book

[@yeboxxx_channel_2505]

​@@espy82KI think you Are highly underestimating the depictions that can be printed Is not exactly a wise move. And videogames are more or less made to focus you and make you ignore the Gore And ONLY those with attention to detail notice. But THAT Is straight up making a child INTENTIONALLY look at Gore.. Both Are different cases. One makes you intentionally look at the Gore. (The books) The other Is a choice of whether you want to notice. (Videogames) Also a Proof of this Is how violent kids can be after playing videogames, because they barely notice the harm they do in videogames that can be easily replicated in Real life.

[@エンリコプッチ]

“Look at that little enemy of God” is the best sentence conceived by them so far and you can’t tell me otherwise.

[@jokutyyppi4226]

This what i will be calling babies from now on

[@amaritineenthusiast]

"He's here! It's a DIRTY LITTLE SINNER"

[@Lilyyym1212]

"Congratulations on the new little Enemy of god!!!!!!"

[@raistlinmajere7149]

lets use this reverse psychology on right wing conservatives and be like. "If you want less enemies of god then let abortion be a thing."

[@Lilyyym1212]

@raistlinmajere7149 Omg you're a genius

[@Bulk_eats]

Nothing worse than being in an itchy, hot, hand-me-down suit and tie on a hot, Australian Saturday morning as a 12 year old, only to knock on the front door of a local house and find out that your school bully answers the door and you instantly die inside a thousand times. Thanks Jehovah, now I can be brave!

[@highpeacetess]

Omg this! And being forced to talk! The results at school were never good 😮‍💨

[@seffer9772]

Good old 40 degree heat in a siit and tie :)

[@mrm8850]

poor baby sad!

[@aaausername]

That's rough, glad that I was raised with an atheist parent and an agnostic one.

[@Grag235]

I’m Christian, and I’ve never had to deal with this, what’s the tradition called?

[@huntsman9316]

Love how the story is about an abused slave girl saving her master's life so she can continue to be an abused slave girl under him. Really makes me wanna study the bible🤣

[@solomoon3083]

Make sure you do it in the toilet. Save some money on TP.

[@sudokuacrobatics]

Woah! I didn't know they were the type to watch ATTACK ON TITAN

[@Monasaurus_Rex]

@@solomoon3083but that paper isn’t 2ply

[@CordialH]

The entirety of the bible is a story of staying with your abusive boyfriend. I love you immensely. But I hit you constantly. And it's your fault. You'll be punished forever for what you do. But I love you and I'm sorry and it'll be OK. But it's all your fault. And I'm the only reason for anything good in your life.

[@franklinmills1756]

Exactly. This story also adds the biblical approval of slavery.

[@BucketChan]

I was raised catholic and honestly I didn’t even realize they were serious until I was 12. I was literally sitting in church thinking “Why don’t they ever read a different fairy tale?”

[@Andreas_42]

My parents were not religious and the old catholic priest teaching religion could not explain it very well. For me, religion was therefore something like social glue in the small village I grew up in, like doing sports in the local sports club. You did it because it brought people together.

[@bloomblossom2359]

Omg I did the same thing! I thought the whole thing was a big game of pretend😭

[@KamiNoBaka1]

Also raised Catholic and I don't think I ever thought other people didn't believe, but I certainly knew I didn't by around second grade. Of course, I still had to play along until it came time for confirmation when I sat down and had a talk with the priest. Afterward, he reassured me that you can be a good person without religion and convinced my mom that it's wrong to force someone to go through confirmation. That priest was a good dude.

[@Monasaurus_Rex]

@@bloomblossom2359 I was like “man so many fairytales in one book, I have a bulk fairytale book like that too!”

[@hypergamous]

i remember being 4 or so at church and I'd laugh to myself when they told the talking snake story because i thought it was so funny that these adults really thought a snake! could talk!

[@Paradox_Incognito]

"Omg look at my sister's newborn baby! Isn't she adorable?" "Aww! What a sweet little enemy of god!" "What? 😃"

[@cheneethompson5756]

What the hell?!

[@Aashka_The_Mystic]

Converting your classmates is a useless endeavor. Kids just usually do what their parents tell them to do or believe what their parents tell them to believe. I remember my JW friend would give me pamplets and stuff but my stepfather would make fun of them, especially on holidays. We were also forced to go to a Baptist church twice a week. I didn't really believe any of it, JW or Baptist though.

[@lolly4840]

It's productive to ensure that the JW children never develop relationships or desires outside of the religion. As long as they keep their children in check, they grow up, and create more JWs

[@waffles3629]

Yep. I was brainwashed Catholic. I never really believed it though, which was hell at first because it made me think I was a horrible person who deserved to go to hell because I wouldn't just believe. Then I figured out that it was all a bunch of nonsense to me and I couldn't go to hell if it doesn't exist.

[@waffles3629]

​@@lolly4840 yep, I was raised Catholic, but I struggled to make, and especially to keep, friends until I stopped talking about church all the time. I was just that weird kid who had no life outside the church. Thankfully I broke through the brainwashing and realized I wasn't a bad Catholic, I just wasn't Catholic in the first place.

[@Marioandluigifan101]

Actually it's proven that if a child is forced to go to church, or any religion from a young age, they'll eventually decide the thing and place and associate the thing with force. Trust me. I'm 19 and I hate the idea of going to church. because when I'm with my grandma, and grandpa they force me to go. But when I'm with my parents they don't. Edited: on a lighter note, my dog scared off Jw ' s by barking.

[@Beroean30]

Kids aren't androids, they won't converts but they will engage with kids. Parents have influence but kids still have their own thoughts and ideas and usually gravitate to things they consider cool.

[@halfatheory]

even if sophia was "brave" enough to talk to zoey about her dead grandma, what's she gonna say? "your grandma is in hell cuz she didn't know jehovah"?

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

it seems like JW think that show kids pictures of brutal murders and people being killed will help someone handle sorrow?! Yes, im weird.. i can watch salo and braindead and i dont look away when the good stuff is on the screen.. Am i blocked from enter heaven?

[@nicolemcginn6453]

"Yeah, so your grandma is gonna burn in h*ll for all of eternity but at least your soul can live it up in heaven if you join my religion!" 🥴🤪

[@KickAssCountryGirl]

That was my 1st thought also. I remember a friend who went to a JW church and they said their belief is if you are not a JW and didn’t go door to door to recruit then you go to hell. I never knew if that was true.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

@@KickAssCountryGirl JW is a cult

[@sofiastylianou689]

@@KickAssCountryGirlwell jws dont really believe in hell and if you die jw or not you will come back from the dead in the “new system” anyways, but if armageddon comes and you are not a believer you will suffer and die.Something like that😭

[@chriswerth918]

Looong time ago, in the eighties, a class mate of mine worked hard to convert me to join the JW. I had no clue about the world and so I thought it would be cool. So I asked my father If I could and he did a great thing, in response: He told me to go back to my class mate, to ask him when the world would end. The guy wonders, and I replied what my father told me... It was about the many different times, when JWs prophecies the end of the world. And that it had ever come to pass. So, what was the current date? I was ten years of age, and that guy had never spoke to me, since that day.

[@CRSB00]

You were deemed what I think they call "unproductive study", in other words, you won't convert so let's move to the next target

[@SuLorito]

Not sure what country you're from but your English is pretty good. Keep reading

[@solomoon3083]

He did you an, immense, favor indeed.

[@mrm8850]

who said it not coming?

[@Zero-ei8jn]

Your father was wise & knowledgeable in that respect. Excellent advice, I'm glad you didn't end up traveling down that rabbit hole. These things are so difficult to get out of once deeply entrenched.

[@captain__rogers42]

The facial expressions of the governing body member are the stuff of nightmares.

[@Nathan-gn3ls]

evil pervy clown vibes.

[@commonsense571]

THIS 🤯

[@manuelmakesartz]

True evil cartoon businessmen moment.

[@IGuessItsSketchyT]

Stuff of HP Lovecraft

[@Paradox_Incognito]

There's no fucking way they aren't AI generated those eyes cannot be human

[@MaeveLaRenarde]

A JW family made a whole stink at my school because the kindergarden teacher was using stories with imaginary things like dragons and fairies and they thought it was corrupting their kid. They ended up taking her out of school because, well, that's kind of part of being a preschooler.😅 They're 5. Baffling.

[@mrm8850]

pretty much what teachers are doing corrupting children with fairy stories and new woke rubbish!

[@puppydogs68]

You’re telling me kids can’t even like dragons and unicorns no more 😭🤚 these parents seem like the type of people on TT who post videos like “aesthetic room for my toddler” where the room is plain beige, minimalist decor, with completely beige toys and the most boring wardrobe with like 3 pieces of clothing inside it 💀

[@johndaniel7161]

Jehova doesn't like to share headspace with other fantasies.

[@mrm8850]

@@johndaniel7161 Jehovah is not his title so fantasies all you like!

[@LokiToxtrocity]

I witnessed this in the school I worked as a janitor (hated the job, and witnessed some shit I never thought I'd see) well during Covids final stretch every Friday the PE teacher would give her students Yoga sessions, to help relax and calm down. Except one kid in second grade his parents didn't want him doing Yoga cause it was against their religion, the kid felt left out, and only got to use a colouring book on Fridays, he also wasn't allowed to do a school activity about colouring a Magician.

[@definitely_not_bryce]

“Sofia believes she has the answer to make her happy, when believe me, she doesn’t. She does not have the answer.” I laughed so hard

[@mrm8850]

you sound like a Emo!

[@LazyIRanch]

In every one of these Caleb and Sophia cartoons, Sophia looks miserable, like a kicked dog.

[@Grag235]

@@LazyIRanch Why do I now imagine Sophia doing the sad Spiderman walk?

[@lxmesoda]

​@@mrm8850you sound like a bot

[@ACertainMonth]

Especially the look into the camera ✨Priceless✨

[@FrauYaU]

They also seem to be romanticizing slavery in this cartoon. The master is portrayed as very kind and the little slave girl loves working for him and playing with his children.

[@singularlyinepthuman]

Yeah and I'm pretty sure she'd actually pray to be returned to her family rather than for her captor to be healed...

[@Skyfire123]

​@@singularlyinepthumanRight plus since its for kids its just her working but I'm going to guess shes based off of a real girl and back then I am pretty sure slaves especially girls her age were sex slaves which is just disgusting.

[@RandomDragonEXE]

Also if the slave girl was in the same room/proximity to the master WHILE he's sick, she may just die too

[@jmgirard7]

As a grown adult at a holiday party at college, we were doing "Guess Who" game where we had to guess who we are based on the name/s on the index card on our heads. One of the gals had Adam and Eve as their person. They asked me if they were real or fictional. As a non theist I said fictional. I thought the group was going to burn me at the stake. As the loving Christians they were, they ignored me the rest of the evening and were rude to me the rest of the quarter.

[@allanmason3201]

Yet another anecdote which proves truth in the adage: "There's no hate like Christian love."

[@elizabethwarman9028]

I got a similar response online when I said, " Jesus's Dad was God, and his Mom was Mary. Who was human. Therefore Jesus was a DemiGod. I got ripped into by loving Christians.

[@xChaosFlower]

​@elizabethwarman9028 What gets me the most are the Christians who don't believe in ghosts. I always ask them "what do you think your Holy Spirit is? You don't believe in your own ghost?" They always get so mad 😂

[@neko3571]

I mean some Christians think Adam and Eve kind of a poem, some take it literaly. It was not really a loving thing what they done, but if I can say it sometimes who grow up in the church have bubble and they do not go out from there and sometimes look down on people. I am a christian and I get flaked by other "christians" too so I get the hurt what it causes.

[@neko3571]

@@elizabethwarman9028 Ammm sooo I want to gentle with you because you probably do not read the Bible about this. I start with a long way so Mary is a virgin and God send a message that she gives birt to a son. Biologically we do not know that he is half human and half God or just Mary DNA. What we know is Jesus' spirit is God (I will not explain the trinity, you can watch videos about it.) and he take a human body to bare the sins of this word.

[@annemurphy8074]

So, first you have to teach people they're born sinners and fill them with guilt and shame, then you supply the solution which is "Believe what we tell you or else!". Not a scam at all.

[@Kurokami112]

Create a problem, then sell the solution

[@annemurphy8074]

@@Kurokami112 Exactly.

[@lxmesoda]

totally not brainwashing! 😁

[@robertlupa8273]

The worst thing about being raised Christian, even though I don't consider myself to be very religious anymore, is that I'm extremely conflicted about how I should feel about comments like these.

[@annemurphy8074]

@@robertlupa8273 Don't take it personally. It's criticism of the worst practices of religion. I was raised in a cult, never allowed to be a SELF, total group think, installed phobias and thought stopping techniques to keep me under control. I had to leave everything in order to escape. The more I deconstruct and deprogram, the more I can see the whole thing was a total scam and none of it was for my well being, sanity or individuation. It makes me feel angry and sad when I see what other cults, like evangelicalism does to children and it's followers. It's despicable and disgusting and not helpful at all. The truth is that it's brainwashing/programming and it's not a fun thing when a person finds out it was done to them.

[@XxAmayaSanxX]

Having only ever really known the Veggie Tales version of christianity, rarely going to church, only going when visiting cousins aunts and uncles... Im a bit dissappinted to learn that its not the standard. "God made you special and he loves you very much" This is what religion was for me growing up. That God and my parents loved me very much. That was kind of it. But its all I needed.

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

Completely different view of someone who was raised Christian and watched veggie tails, I was taught if you sinned once then god was deeply, deeply disappointed and you needed to immediately apologize. I also, saw the Abe and Abel bloody photos when I was five, lol. I was born in 08, so idk if it was different then for you, but yk

[@Minnidawindycat]

I love Veggietales - so many childhood memories :)

[@snailsnepple]

not two minutes into this video and burst out laughing "look at that little enemy of god" 😭

[@havanadaurcy1321]

In Catholic high school (2004) we had a Muslim girl who left us infidels alone but hated the JW kid who hated everyone. Apparently it got pretty bad between them one day.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I need to hear more about this.

[@puppydogs68]

I’m a Muslim girl and I’ve never actually even met a Jehovah’s Witness (majority of people I know are Christian but not JW. Hindu, or Jewish) but this makes me kinda scared ngl 😅

[@arkbien9303]

​@@puppydogs68Jehovah's witnesses are more annoying, persistent and snobby than anything really. Just tell them you have to have regular blood transfusions and they'll avoid you like the black plague, at least that's how I got them to leave me alone

[@lxmesoda]

epic rap battles of history

[@somedude5333]

Funny thing is as a Muslim I find myself agreeing and relating to these animations to a degree but they do it in a way that's so horrifying lol

[@jessicadaniel5653]

The problem I had with JW I’ve met and I met a few working at low skill jobs, is they think they are the only religious people with morals and everyone else is wicked. It kind of bothered me.

[@waves2378]

Slightly off track, but the reason they work low level jobs is because they don't believe in education

[@WYCD]

24:30 I think is supposed to be a head nod towards getting a beating. Can't quite show that in a kids program, but her swollen cheek in the next shot is (I think) the animator's way of layering that in for older viewers. Not insidious just interesting to see these folks improving their animation over time. Now if only they would leave that cult.

[@elizabethwarman9028]

I think all religion is a cult.

[@arkbien9303]

Oh it's VERY insidious. Hitting a child is abuse and abuse should never be tolerated. The fact they try to play coy is disgusting.

[@StarXie0218]

It’s so bizarre. Everytime I watch these caleb and Sophia videos I really want there to be an episode where Sophia grows up and gets the help she needs to leave the religion. I’m just rooting for her to get out so bad and it’s never gonna happen 😭😭 Gonna need to make myself some heartwarming fanfiction to give myself a happy ending.

[@SomeRandomEcho]

You should post it to a03 lol (that would be fucking halarious)

[@catcherkaylie]

DO IT HAHAHA I WOULD TOTALLY READ

[@ludmilamaiolini6811]

Do it and post the name here, you already have readers in waiting

[@kit-kattbar1778]

I would absolutely read

[@familiescharf4207]

@@SomeRandomEchoWhats A03

[@AnthonyMorris-pg9xj]

Everyone is born sinless. Anyone who says otherwise is a grifter.

[@CRSB00]

So all christians, then? You know, original sin, the thing they say we're all born with?

[@AnthonyMorris-pg9xj]

@@CRSB00 yup pretty much. Mostly I'm talking about preachers but any Christian who talks to you like that is trying to get something from you.

[@garygood6804]

" sin " isn't even a real thing

[@FoodNerds]

Yeah the idea of original sin is ridiculous.

[@FoodNerds]

@@garygood6804What about murder? Premeditated murder?

[@teh_supar_hackr]

I have this odd memory from when I was 10 that involved me being out with my friend and this guy with sunglasses came in this overly expensive red car and stopped next to me. Confused as hell I looked over and he straight up asks if I want to go to sunday school. Saying nothing after a few boring typical points about god he tells me that they have cookies which almost made me want to go, the damn cookies. After telling him maybe he drove off to never be seen again. Right after that happened I realized that "Wait, I don't want to go to school longer than I want to", and decided to not go.

[@JaceDeanLove]

That's creepy.

[@Squeakyboy]

You have the right priorities

[@cupofpoisoncoffee]

man, I think you almost got kidnapped

[@emo_penguin420]

I didn't have the bible stories book but I had a very similar, terrifying version called, "my book of saints" (I was raised catholic). And since saints were always killed or died in a horrifying, brutal way, and there were a lot of stories having to do with young girls being r@ped and SA'd it was definitely nightmare fuel. But the drawings were quite beautiful and I actually still have it, lol! But after reading that book as a kid, I was sure that if you wanted to prove you loved god and you were a young girl, you better be prepared to be violated by your dad's scary coworker and endure slander and hate. Honestly kind of f*cked up now that I think more about it, lol, but that's why I'm an atheist now 🫠 Good times!

[@bluecat1462]

God-I was raised Catholic too, and same deal. Like, all but two of the female saints get canonized via fetishization, after-the-fact, for being ‘the *right* kind of rape victim.’ I remember it affecting me really bad as a kid. 🙁

[@xChaosFlower]

What in the actual f**k? I've heard of Catholics not treating their women well, but wtf??

[@Paradox_Incognito]

The majority of my dad's side of the family was raised catholic, but somewhere along the line I think they came to their senses and now my dad, brother, and I (and mom) are agnostic lmao

[@shannsimms9072]

Omg do you happen to remember Saint Lucy? She’s holding a chalice with her eyeballs in it. I thought it was awesome and wanted to make my confirmation name Lucy but Sister Nancy yelled at me and told me to make it St. Maria. But I don’t even remember which St. Maria I even named myself after there’s like a million St. Maria’s

[@shannsimms9072]

But yeah I was alwaysssss expecting a man to come up and put a gun to my head and ask me if I believed In god. And if I said yes the man would shoot me. But if I said no I’d go to hell. Like that was a thing I was taught was happening and would likely happen to me.

[@justinerussell7278]

We need a shirt that says “Its Yahweh not Jehovah!”

[@celticcrow333d5]

Can we also add, 'it's Yeshua not Jesus and he wasn't white'

[@havanadaurcy1321]

*THROWS ROCK* You said Jehovah!

[@mrm8850]

not Yahweh or 14th century jehovah!

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

​@@havanadaurcy1321"All I said was that halibut was good enough for Jehovah"

[@rachelryan84]

Honestly the fact that they throw around his name like they weren't specifically told not to means more to me than the fact they mispronounced it.

[@skull_scrimmage3953]

I actually have TWO copies of that bible storybook; one was my father's, assumably given to him by visiting JWs, and the second was given to me by an elderly JW my parents allowed inside the house to preach. A notable difference is my dad's copy, which is hardcover and has more vibrant pictures, says God, whereas my copy is paperback and says Jehovah. I'm not sure they were actually aware they'd given me a book either, but I remember being confused by the idea that "Jehovah" was God's name, since I was being raised Baptist.

[@MothIncarnate]

Hi Owen. I was baptised Lutheran and went to a Baptist Sunday school. I had that yellow nightmare fuel of a book too

[@twinzzlers]

Why's it so bad

[@cheneethompson5756]

​@@twinzzlersit was rather bloody for kids!

[@Minnidawindycat]

I had a really nice one ;-;

[@prosperity4444]

First rule of being a JH is run as fast as you can away from the religion.

[@blazesaver2003]

40:40 This caught me off guard. The way that Owen straight up says that the mom sucks at drawing 🤣🤣🤣

[@jerau2990]

Actually, I kind of liked that aspect of the C&S story. It's actually kinda realistic. I mean there are a LOT of people who suck at drawing (I like to joke I have a hard time drawing stickfigures). But the mom tried her best to illustrate the story for Sophia to enjoy. It would be cute -if the goal wasn't to get Sopia (and the kids watching) to spread propaganda.

[@blazesaver2003]

@@jerau2990 Agreed 👍

[@allihuerta9743]

When I was around 7 I remember being in the hospital waiting room while I waited for my mom to get out of her appointment. I was with my dad but when he got up to go to the bathroom a woman came up to me and randomly started showing me Caleb and Sophia clips. Being 7 and not knowing any better I assumed she was a nice nurse or something and went along with it. When my dad came back she slipped a little card with their the caleb and Sophia channel written on it and left. When I showed my dad the card he threw it away. I didnt realize it was so creepy until now. Haha.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I'm Christian and I don't rub religion in other people's faces; that's just stupid.😑

[@KatyDidClips]

I am as well. Still a believer in Christ. I don't rub it in unless someone ask me about it. We accept all people and show love and mercy and grace.

[@KatyDidClips]

I do at least I know we have some bad apples but I like to lead by example by showing kindness and compassion to everyone

[@Minnidawindycat]

Same

[@BubblegumStudiosOfficial]

These people would say that abortions are murder but using that logic it’s just getting rid of one of Jahovas enemies :/ /j

[@ohboy-zi1yf]

preventing god from gaining another enemy B)

[@pleaguedoc2091]

The weirdest thing that just happened was that Owen was saying "god can help you" and all that while there was epic music playing in the background, I didn't realize it was my game finally loading...

[@rissaarei5336]

🤣

[@FlowersforCapitu]

Omg my mom has the same bible story book! She showed it to me once and I liked it lmao. In her defense, she showed it to me when I was a teen lol. Crazy to see it again ngl. Kudos from Brazil!

[@dorjgothegreat2740]

I had it as a kid too! This video resurfaced those memories, I used to read it when I was having panic attacks because I thought demons were coming to get me

[@ericacook2862]

I remember there was a Jehovah's witness in my special education class. Each month in the class, we had a party to try and help encourage us to do the work. We had to earn points each day that had to equal a minimum amount of work to go to the party otherwise, we had to study during that time and finish the work we didn't for no credit of course. Our points were tracked with stickers put on a paper themed for whatever month we were in like a jacokantern for October. My teacher always included him by making sure he had a seasonal picture would be just a leaf or a pumpkin. Christmas, he had a snowflake instead of a present. If he wasn't allowed to go to the party because it had things his parents didn't allow, she would trade them in for class money so he could buy something from the little in class store she had. It had toys, candy, and posters. I don't remember him ever being forced to not go to the parties except for Christmas, but along with that, if he did qualify for the party but wasn't allowed he basically could do whatever he wanted, like listen to the books she had read onto tapes for us, or play word games with someone. We were all bullied for being learning disabled so I doubt any of us ever would have excluded him. I think I remember him trying to talk to me about this stuff. I just politely listened and thanked him because my family is religiously diverse and I doubt I would have seen it as anything other than a different religion someone wanted to share with me.

[@LeoDBW]

Really glad my grandmother was a kind christian woman, she never forced her faith on my mother or my aunts/uncles, and the only time she brought my sister and I to church, it was because we were literally too young to be left alone at home.

[@Eric6761]

Your grandmother seems an cool person

[@jeffkleist9679]

we had a kid where the school administration finally went to the parents and told them that they needed to let him participate in normal things, because of his violent psychotic acting out. they should've called child protective services and had them removed from the cult,

[@rhiwright]

I noticed how the household slaves called the bloke "Master", but his wife who should have been "Mistress" by the title of "milady". That's some very subtle women-are-beneath-men propaganda there.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

I thought that mistress refers to a side partner that you cheat on your actual partner with.

[@rhiwright]

That's an alternate meaning. Original meaning is "the female version of master"@@spaghettiisyummy.3623

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Miss Shortened form of mistress Unmarried women.

[@rhiwright]

he called her "milady" not "miss"@@julesmasseffectmusic

[@Smok3yR1der]

Not sure what's worse. Kids being told they should proselytize by a religion or children being told they should proselytize by teachers

[@canteventhough]

Caleb and Sophia is my favorite horror movie.

[@jefft5152]

Owen, I'm sad for how you grew up in school. I can hear and feel your pain from growing up ostracized. I grew up the same but ostracized for a different reason. It never really goes away. Keep looking forward.

[@pvtread5207]

"Uhm...sooo I helped you get heald...can I go home now?" *"OH HELL NAW!"*

[@shannonmayer18]

How exactly is a slave girl like Sophia? Weird thing to say, Mom.

[@michellesunshinestar]

My Mormon friend would read "The Book of Mormon" during lunch. I would read Michael Crighton.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I'm Lutheran and would be reading a book based on either epidemiology or neurology.

[@StrikerEureka13]

Good choice, the Jurassic Park books are two of my favorites.

[@aundavioncook2131]

Someone please tell me if you can relate. When I was younger I was raised as a jw, I am currently NOT one!, but I remember a depiction of Satan being thrown down from heaven. The problem is that he's hyper realistic and it's just super scary for a child to view. I hope this make sense, I have adhd. I still am afraid of hyper realistic dragons and snakes. I remember how they kept going on and on about how he was evil and all this crap.

[@highpeacetess]

Yes totally relatable! Super scary stuff in that book

[@debc.4397]

OMG that yellow book! I had it. But my parents were not JW. Mom Christian, Dad Agnostic. They had friends, a couple who were JW. My dad would engage in friendly debates with them on religion. I was too young to have any interest in listening.

[@JaceDeanLove]

Those were bad JWs

[@wendydomino]

I'm imagining the mom turning around and saying "Sophia, you can be brave! But instead you chose to be an ENEMY of GOD!" LOL

[@jessicawilson1751]

My middle school youth pastor bragged about how the Bible was an R-rated book to try to make it seem cool to the kids. In general, he tried to be cool. I was raised in a protestant church, though.

[@afunhumaninter]

That man who said that babies are enemies of God unironically looked genuinely evil in the eyes

[@KanraLovesHumans]

I remember that clip of babies being enemies of God because I remember my mom crying over it when she heard it. She escaped from Mormonism and has been studying religions ever since, and I remember that clip really struck her as evil. I was really little when that came out, but the memory is vivid.

[@pinedelgado4743]

Owen Morgan!! This was an hour well-spent and one of the BEST HOURS OF MY LIFE!! I absolutely LOVE this video!! Thank you!!

[@S4BRINA_0N_PAWS_666]

"My book of horror stories" I'm dying 😂😂😂

[@maggieg.recommendsandrants3081]

"Look at that little enemy of God"? Holy sh*t! That is messed up and psycho!

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

do you have any little enemies of god?

[@cheneethompson5756]

As owen says, what is wrong with those people?

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

@@cheneethompson5756 what is not wrong with those people?

[@thegayghost872]

I was raised mormon and while that comes with its own bag of problems, these videos make it look downright normal

[@PYROMANIAC806]

I had the same book of bible stories as a kid, which is strange since my family was never JW

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

Leprosy is not airborn. As I remember, it spreads through contact.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

I looked it up, just today, and one of the ways leprosy spreads is through respiratory particles.

[@Neku628]

Sophia always looks so depressed and Caleb just seems like he's always being lectured about something by his parents. 3:50 Are those kamodo dragons and a viper on the rocks with the mammoths and humans? I mean, if she wants to read her little book of horrors, she should just keep it to herself like her instincts are telling her, not "share" it with other kids and staff at school like "Good ole" Watchtower demands. Not just JWs but also fundamentalist Christians, I remember showing one of Kirk and Ray Comfort's website to a Russian American tutor I had in my afterschool program. Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort and my religious childhood really ostracized me as a preteen and in my early teens. 13:10 Sometimes, it's best to keep your mouth shut when you think you get scared. You could end up doing more damage by saying anything like trying to convert a grieving granddaughter in this scenario. 24:59 I think she was just holding her breath because that's the only way she knows how to cope with her awful life situation at that moment.

[@tandysaysyoucandoanything6758]

I’m a nanny so I’ll start referring to the kids I sit for as “The CUTEST enemy of God” from now on 🥰😍🥰❤️❤️😂🤣🤣

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

Didn't you say a while back that the non Jehovah's witness characters look off because its an intentional choice to make them different from the characters that are Jehovah's witnesses or something?

[@leafruns7672]

A clock spinning down is usually time passing without anything happening, wasting time. That the school day is shown passing insuch a way could be telling.

[@kalmanbic2721]

I had a friend when I was in kindergarten who tries to convert me. He was so good he convinced my mother to go to a kingdom hall meeting. We went but come from a highly catholic family. I was going to Sunday school. Was about to do my Communion. He stayed my friend but we were never close. It got worse by the 3rd grade he was So brainwashed it was sad. I didn't believe even back then.

[@unclehad8508]

holy crap, right as you were about to ask about "Which song does this remind me of", I was thinking "are they ripping off hotel California?!?!?"

[@je1073]

I also picked up on the Hotel California vibe.

[@JaceDeanLove]

​@@je1073I too picked up on the Hotel California vibe.

[@julien4305]

This is only ever so slightly related to this comment but in my mind Hotel california and California girls are swapped. With that in mind, seeing this comment without reaching that part of the video yet made me yelp.

[@robertabarnhart6240]

"Do you remember what we're doing tonight?" "Same thing we do every night - try to take over the world!"

[@zombiedoggie2732]

I won't be suprised the kid accepted the book to be nice and as soon as she is at home, Bam, trash. Off topic, but even when I told the Witness that was knocking on my door trying to convert me the fact about the world ending when the sun goes supernova. They denied that it'd ever happen!

[@Kaitybardot]

It must be so hard as a kid at school that is wrestling with this and the guilt or shame or being an outsider. How are they supposed to be focused on learning?!

[@Skyfire123]

JWs only go to school because its legally required. Children are taught to rely on JWs for money so that they can't leave, they aren't allowed to go to college or do anything with their lives besides learning about Jehovah.

[@frenchdonut22]

I follow the religion of Gyros and fries

[@TaharkahX]

1:03 His wide-eyed, brain-dead stare is disturbing. It's like he's trying to appear "honest" but with a look that says, "This is so simple you'd have to be stupid not to agree ".

[@AndriiMuliar]

Baptists also have such books for children. I remember all these scenes including drowning people.

[@maidominguez1123]

My Best friend was a Baptist and I never saw those books. I'm glad she's no longer in the religión.

[@kendgie_245]

I was raised Christian and was always afraid of getting married because they taught us girls that our place was in the home to cook and take care of children but I wanted to travel and live my life and now I'm an adult and married my high school sweetheart and we live how we wanna live ❤😊

[@Fizzymilkshakee]

The message of babies being sinners is horrid, imagine telling someone grieving over their dead baby who died because of an illness that their baby is eternally burning and suffering in hell

[@Eldyra]

"Could they have picked a worse artist to draw stuff?" Yes, they could have picked me 🤣

[@The5armdamput33]

And the king was so greatful, he un-slaved her.... not!

[@nationalinstituteofcheese3012]

I come from a Muslim family. Was talking to my aunt about JWs and shunning. She told me how in Islam, we invite the you to talk about your mistakes rather than push you away. We laughed about how stupid shunning is

[@Dazyhead]

And understanding that eve was tricked into eating the fruit and that kicking her out of paradise permanently for it was going way too far. the ultimate shunning

[@ConsciousExpression]

With all due respect, Islam does not have the best record with apostates.

[@gregnietsky]

@@ConsciousExpression yip the apologists proudly promote a cranial amputation on youtube

[@annemurphy8074]

What happens if you drop your Islamic beliefs and decide that all religions are a scam no better than teaching kids to believe in Santa Clause? Would you still be invited to talk or would you lose approval by your family, Mosque and group?

[@puppydogs68]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@annemurphy8074 there’s a huge difference between being a cultist and being religious- sure they can go hand in hand, but being religious doesn’t automatically make you a cultist. Sure they might be disappointed but unless they were crazed extremists I doubt they would cut off contact with their own child.

[@eternalgoldenvoid6988]

I just downloaded that book and the blood in it is bright red now.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

any good pictures?

[@DylanFarstveet]

Imagine someone going up to your baby and saying, "awww look at that adorable little enemy of God."

[@bmiller7419]

I love learning about the history behind the development of monotheistic religions and it’s really cool that you reviewed some of it in this video! You might not want to do a full video about it, but I was wondering where I could go to find out more about it (that isn’t going to try to convert me).

[@Honeybaggsss]

God, poor Caleb and Sophia hope they get out of this terrible cult

[@birthdayfruitecake8158]

It's uncomfortable how smug Steven Lett gets while speaking. When he talks about the hypothetical baby he looks like the type of person to spy on someone at a buffet table and then start talking about that person's "larger than what you usually see" waist in a very intentional way.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

the stories in the bible is simply wild and owens explanations and extra information makes it 1000 times better. Owen seem quite intelligent and im happy that he found hes happiness in life. My grandmother and grandfather was JW but i still respected them for their own personal choice in life, we did have a semi neutral relationship the last years of their life.. Their funeral was a big advertise for JW and how great they were.. 5 min about them and 25 minutes or so with advertise and news how great JW was and the progress they had made.. Didnt watch that funeral for more than the personal part about them and when the JW part came up we turned off the "covid safety funeral" that was streamed.. I did grow up in a good environment i think, my grandmother and grandfather was JW, my dad was in all ways atheist, my mom and dad did have a agreement that they wouldnt force me to join the church (christening) and did let me decide if i wanted to do it when i was old enough to do that choice.. I did grow up to a smarty pants living library at the end and its one of my strongest sides, its always something new to learn or read up on..

[@JamesNerdMan85]

I remember my mom showing me that book as a kid. Didn’t think much of it actually. I kept mistaking Anyone with that hair and a beard for God. I even mistook George Lucas for God when I saw the cover of a Indiana Jones Behind the Scenes DVD. But looking back that book is messed up. What did the mammoths do? Does God not like the movie Ice Age or something? What did those mammoths do? What did they do to deserve not going on Noah’s arc?

[@zavonics]

I remember seeing a sabertooth in water with the mammoth image, as a kid i was always confused by that depiction.

[@kelly-bisson]

I was pretty religious as a teen. I read the bible several times and while I didn't understand most of it, it became apparent to me in Church and Sunday school that I was the only one who actually read the whole thing.

[@AnikMonette]

I loved reading as a teen but I would always get stuck at the part where they dismembered a girl and scattered all 12 pieces to each tribe of Israel!

[@ribbit2515]

Holy shit, the yellow book. You just gave me flashbacks from when my grandma read that to me everynight as bed time stories 💀 Edit: Damn, Owen, I didn't realize how weird people who watch you are lol

[@donreinke5863]

She didnt belong to a cult, did she?

[@ribbit2515]

​@@donreinke5863Nope, she's a Jehovah's witness. She wanted me and my cousin to do Bible study before bed so she read these and made us answer questions. Then we had to pray

[@ospreyhawk]

@@ribbit2515 So, yes, cult.

[@JaceDeanLove]

​@@ribbit2515say she's in a cult by saying she's not in a cult

[@mrm8850]

no big deal get over it!

[@GhabulousGhoti]

"If you're not a friend of God, you're an enemy of God" Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[@dwayneasher6765]

Hahaha I agree

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

beware of the dark side of the force, trick you they will. a friend of mine you are not if you the dark side join.

[@MisterBrick42]

40:42 i think those were drawn by Sophia. They have a drastically different style than the one she drew at the start.

[@plaguedoctorraccoon]

Im not an ex-JW but my family had a pretty gory "kids bible stories" book. Not even sure where we got it since my parents never believed those parts of the bible (they were sort of catholic but nowadays my mom is atheist and dad has sort of patchworked beliefs) but that book might be where young me got her love of horror lmao

[@Eckertainment]

Anyone who could look into a stroller or crib and think or say without any sense of guilt "look at that little enemy of god" needs serious help...

[@marvinjames6398]

I had the old book, the pictures were pretty brutal.

[@leelacammpbells3470]

i remember that whole 'born in sin' line they liked to shove at you. i hated going to church as a kid due to the 'Britha-better-than-you's and since i was born Female i am somehow even more evil despite i didn't do anything, i was only eight years old. then there was the forced projects. i had to make 20 knitted rainbows to sell as the church funraiser. i guess i had the order of colors wrong because the 'teacher' took all mine and cut them to pieces saying i wasn't taking this seriously and i was going to hell to be ripped apart by demons. that i deserve that and if i want to be loved by god i needed to do what is asked of me without fail. she didn't tell me what i did that was so wrong other than existing.

[@lekiscool]

That impulsive urge to mail Owen a bag of those crappy cardboard Valentine things that all the American kids handed out on Valentines day. 😂 (From my experience this is uniquely an american tradition.)

[@belterglj]

Making the kid act weird and get ostracized is much of the point. That way they will have to stick with the church for community.

[@soriac2357]

"Everyone is born an enemy of god". Why is sky daddy considered the "good one" again? Because that's not "love", that's abuse.

[@DanDCool]

Not youtube Putting an "Appeal to Jehova's witnesses in the US and UK" ad right below this video youtube just takes whatever word the video title or cc has an puts an ad about it :| like bro

[@Neku628]

43:01 And, her parents and Caleb would probably rub it in that she kept silent.

[@benifredoanciro4812]

"And the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these", referring to the children. I think there's a verse in the Bible where Jesus said these line.

[@mickeytamakesmusic]

46:53 for clarification you don’t fill out anything anymore. You just answer yes or no to if you participated in any for of ministry

[@Mr_Myers_]

sex education is a no-no but those creepy books are apparently just fine

[@AC-ov5ny]

The other side has their own catalogue of creepy books too