The Moment Jehovah's Witnesses LOST THEIR MINDS

[@exjwpandatower]

Smash that SUBSCRIBE button, In memory of Kevin 😔🪦

[@hehwowyes]

R.I.P. kevin :(

[@thebearinthekitchen2960]

He will be missed 😔🐧🌈

[@SurnaturalM]

You should ask CS188 to make a KZbin poop out of these videos. He's the best. I'm sure he'll do it.

[@jessemares6111]

☝️

[@DreamD-n5n]

Rip

[@FullOrange_]

When I was pretty young, I was home alone with my 13 year old sister, and we saw two ominous people in all black walking down the street to our house. My sister saw them and yelled “ITS THE JEHOVAHS WITNESSES, RUN!” We then ran upstairs and hid in fear as the two guys knocked our door. We didn’t really know what the jws were about we they seemed pretty scary.

[@Coalislandmutt]

That sounds hilarious

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

Dawg I would've thought they were spies 😭

[@robertgrey6101]

@FullOrange Boogey men coming to get you and take you away to their den ??

[@ChloeM-io9jd]

I had them come to my door as a kid. I also didn't know what they were really, but they scared me because the two guys had like dead eyes. xD; Idk what it was just freaked me out lol.

[@melissacooper8724]

I remember one time my family and I were expecting a contractor to come and give an estimate on a new kitchen counter. Somehow, I mistook the JW'S for the contractor. I figured it out quickly and stormed back into the house, saying," Damn Jehovah's Witnesses!" Dad saw what happened and politely told them we weren't interested and sent them away!

[@chelledoggo]

The fact that one girl was afraid to talk about "negative thinking" out of fear of judgement is honestly super depressing. Goes to show how heavy on thought policing this cult is and just how damaging that can be.

[@BuizelCream]

I will never forget my JW best friend's reaction, who was a ministerial servant later turned elder, when I opened up the need for vulnerability in order to solve emotional problems within the members of the congregation, and he just snickered at my suggestion like it was something to be ashamed of. That made me woke up to the fact that the entire time I was surrounded by people who were driven by fear pretending to be loving.

[@chelledoggo]

@@BuizelCream I'm so, so sorry. I'm hoping you're out of that environment at this point.

[@BuizelCream]

@@chelledoggo No worries. I have left the religion last year. Things are going great outside the tower.

[@xenoemblem7]

Man, I feel so bad for the children who were born into this cult.

[@pamelaclark6694]

Me too 😢

[@Hate24]

It's literal fucking hell. I say from experience it ruins children and creates broken adults constantly trying to adjust to a world they can never really adjust too.

[@austinhowley3907]

Thank you! I had some best case scenario type stuff and it still messed me up

[@merovingien69]

I was one of them, I quit recently, It was indeed a bad experience🥲

[@melissacooper8724]

I remember watching a documentary about religious cults. In it featured a woman who was forced into being a Jehovah's Witness when she was a child. Her mother converted to that religion when she was nine. When she became 18 she ran away from the religion and never looked back. Although it did cost her relationship with her mother she did get married and had a son. I remember that when she told her son about her bad experience growing up and spoiled him a little bit, he exclaimed, "Man, I have a good life!"

[@unfunnyducky]

I lost the cringe challenge when they all started standing with sigma stares as the UN army walked in with no weapons

[@ADM.II.]

😂

[@PokemonRules333]

Which if the jws were really considered a threat they would be dead because the army would actually be carrying weapons and aiming them right at them

[@johnathanbruce8227]

Same.

[@RockoSalmon]

They were asked English or Spanish

[@DanielWeidner-li2yf]

Also how melancholy the "Open up" was.

[@Imagigirl]

The more I watch these things, the more I notice the music in the background. I'm just imagining some like extremely bored 13-year-old JW kids that had dreams of playing in symphony orchestras plunked down in a drab studio by the people who make this video and being told: "Okay Sally, today you're going to perform your work in Jehovah's name. Here's the microphone, right above the piano. We just need you to play four or so random minor chords, and then like maybe five or six major chords." "Fine..." "What about me, elder?" "Joshua, your're going to take that violin of yours, pick a note in Sally's chord and just hold it." "That's it?" "Are you questioning Jehovah, Joshua?" "...no, elder."

[@MrBlackFedora]

😂

[@johnruiz9244]

I'm a composer and one of the things I notice about a lot of the JW music is that, for music that's supposed to be 'inspiring', it's incredibly uninspired and generically-written with some of the most eye-rolling "emotional music" clichés out there. But I guess it's only fitting that a contrived and emotionally-hollow religion have contrived and emotionally-hollow music.

[@maroxesen1]

Timestamp please?

[@Imagigirl]

@@maroxesen1 I mean, I really started noticing it with phone-obsessed dude at 5:11?

[@theconqueringram5295]

"None of us are professional actors." YEAH NO SHIT!

[@PokemonRules333]

What tipped you off? The wooden acting or the army having no weapons?

[@johnhargreaves4010]

I failed the cringe challenge 😭 When Karen said the totally deadpan and forced 'no that must be so hard for you'

[@roseNthorn]

I always fail the minute they open their mouths and start talking! 🤦‍♀️

[@davidcd1401]

I always do😅

[@CandyMomOf3]

Omg right

[@AndrewOvenden]

That’s what she said 🤣

[@angelamaryquitecontrary4609]

It's giving seventies porno without the sex.

[@motherlessgoat72]

Bruh, how can they say to stay away from anything remotely erotic when there's an ENTIRE BOOK OF THE BIBLE devoted to poetry between a couple that is down bad for each other.

[@emilygrow4060]

Heck yeah, Songs of Solomon is iconic 👏 👌 🥵

[@johnnymcgeez5647]

There are also passages about a woman describing how she was lusting after men who are donkey sized with emissions like those of horses... Exact words.. But my favourite *WTF* passage is when for some reason god just appeared down in front on Moses's tent and went to kill him in his sleep, but his mistress quickly grabbed one of the boys and circumcised him, then she rubbed foreskins on Moses's feet which calmed god down and he left.. Thats it, that the entire passage, no context before or after..

[@stevenhuntley8706]

I don't know what you're mad about, the Bible is a pure and holy standard for us all to aspire to. I know I aspire to have genitals like donkeys, and emissions like horses. 😇

[@OG_DouG]

not to mention Ezequiel 23 exists

[@orange_turtle3412]

And half the laws in Deuteronomy are about incest and bestiality. The bible is absolutely packed with disgustingly sexual topics, you just never hear about those parts outside of reading them yourself

[@arielalvarez24]

Next month will make 3 years that our family of 3 left the organization! Our Son who is now 16 and has Autism dreaded going to the assemblies, he would get so much anxiety as the days would draw closer, and when we told him that we weren't going to be JW's anymore the first thing he said was "does that mean that we don't have to go to the assemblies anymore?" and when we told him no more assemblies he said "YES" 😊 it was really hard when we first left but we are doing much better considering the fact that our Oldest Son who's an Elder is Shunning us! For the record our Son watches all of your videos and we didn't even know it till last week 😂😊 Love all of your videos Bro 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@brianking9424]

We love your son. He said out loud what all of us have felt for years 😂😂 enjoy your freedom enjoy life. See the world donate to a cause you believe in be amazing humans. We can do this!

[@jakewilliam15]

congrats. have you considered holy orthodoxy?

[@arielalvarez24]

Thank you! That's exactly what we are doing 🤜🏼🤛🏼​@@brianking9424

[@arielalvarez24]

​@@jakewilliam15We haven't considered anything other than enjoying our "Freedom in Christ" No more Religion for now, but I respect everybody's beliefs. Thanks my friend 😊

[@omegazeto]

​@@jakewilliam15 someone breaks free from fearful bondage to religious superstition and your first suggestion is... another one? incredible.

[@TheCapnMorgana]

This genuinely gave me some interesting ideas for the cult in my D&D campaign, 10/10 source of inspiration for evil fantasy cults 😀👍

[@SayderCascading]

I love how the song goes "there are more with us than against us" while they show like 30 people in the middle of a field vs a hundred or so soldiers 😂

[@jessnalulila5552]

Need to keep the "us against the world" mentality

[@Rock_Lee_The_Handsome_Devil]

"Its not pornography, so its okay" (Is reading song of Solomon)

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

Non-JW organizations and Nations: "bro, stop abusing your members by disfellowshipping them, and stop hiding people who commit child sa, or we'll take away your tax exemption" JW Watchtower: "See that? This is proof that Armageddon will begin soon!"

[@thunderstyx362]

Thank you for giving the Bunker Videos a fresh review. These are extremely important for people to see.

[@Federalrepublicofsprout7263]

Why does Watchtower sound like the name of the overseers of a prison camp 😭

[@randomperson5579]

watchtower, panopticon, pretty much the same thing, i know it's usually a meme, but jw's are literally 1984 pilled

[@Nocturnalux]

It so does!

[@William_Afton2002]

Watchtower: Shit, he’s onto us…

[@johnynoway9127]

Its literally CALLED Watchtower The thing prisons use to watch prisoners ontop with guns

[@boogahs]

i remember watching the bunker video when it came out, i was so brainwashed i actually started crying at it... imagine

[@motherlessgoat72]

If there is an angry mob outside seeking your deaths, how are people just...casually coming in to a secret bunker? Nobody's out of breath from running for their lives, no fear at all in their faces, just 😐🙂.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

And the fear from someone armed coming to the bunker.

[@rjaymes]

All their eyes and expressions looked so dead.

[@PokemonRules333]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7twand in the video the military had no firearms just stood there which shows that the jws can’t act not themselves also they used a cell phone in the bunker video which as most people know if you want to avoid the government ditch your cell phones because your cell phones can be used by the government to track you

[@jessnalulila5552]

It's because the cult ruined their ability to show genuine emotions

[@HiyokoSaionji-v8w]

@@jessnalulila5552agreed

[@user-cf4bt1gw8t]

I remember when a kid of a study in my hall watched these videos at the convention and he threw up because he was so scared

[@jackiefalcon7932]

this is so real i remember i cried after watching these videos (bc i was living a double life) and thought i was for sure done-zo. 😂

[@alicedowntherabbithole6456]

I sat in the convention thinking what must the security staff paid at the convention site think of us? They must think we’re nuts…

[@deathdrivesapontiac]

I keep seeing ads for a clothes washing machine dryer duo. It is called “Washtower.” I freaked the f out haha

[@hudalovestodraw3249]

Is it on youtube?

[@Yvesouler]

the lg washtower adverts i get on every video LMAOOO

[@theferger]

I lost the cringe challenge WAY too early at 0:46 when that guy said "That is so true Brother Brown."

[@valhadar1137]

Me too man

[@bigd213d]

"I am so happy to be out" - perfect quote Panda!

[@anitaaliases]

Why would they need to hide if they are going to be saved automatically?

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

That's not how God works Faith or not you re going suffer the very same way the people who doesn't believe are. The only difference is you have purpose and you will remind loyal no matter what.

[@Nocturnalux]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7twGot any evidence?

[@turkey4802]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7twThis makes it sound like trying to be Loyal will still kill you, the only difference is that you died with “honor” I feel so freaking sorry for this doomsday cult

[@aurorafrost288]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7tw Sickening that anyone would accept a monster like the one described as God in the Bible. That is the most evil, morally bankrupt cosmic horror ever invented by Humans; and kowtowing to such an abomination outs them as equally morally bankrupt and evil.

[@costelinha1867]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7tw That only makes it EVEN MORE POINTLESS TO BELIEVE IN GOD THEN, IF YOU'RE GONNA SUFFER ANYWAY! (Also you don't need god to have a purporse)

[@rowanlavellan9755]

The very specific cadence that the elders and actors speak with is so weird. So...slow...and very...deliberate...with intense...eye contact...

[@SurnaturalM]

It looks artificial, and yes the elders speak in a condescending tone, as if people are toddler or something. I assume indoctrinated people speak like this. It's almost robotic.

[@PokemonRules333]

@@SurnaturalMor that the rank and file are seen as inferior to the elders and the gb see themselves as gods and above everyone else

[@loni1932]

They talk as if they’ve never interacted with another human being. They’re like robots trying to replicate human emotions 😭

[@SuperAwesomestness]

Maybe their spirit animal is the DMV.

[@justinparker4104]

The Dude who was pictured speaking from the Bow tie was in a neighboring congregation that I used to be in. He yelled at me that I shouldn’t talk to his family because I was disfellowshipped. I worked at a Grocery store at the time, so I would just make friendly banter. He wasn’t happy.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

Well if you se him again Remind him of Mathew 7.

[@susanneelisabethbiarinec6082]

He can mind his own business !

[@thesnowmiser6728]

Let him know he can blow you!

[@reversereality6799]

Wait, i thought they were "safe" from Armageddon. Why do they need to prepare?

[@alexisdominey6487]

Well, they'll need supplies to survive when everyone else is dying and cities are being destroyed.

[@SurnaturalM]

In case they're not safe after all.

[@_mimyohan]

@reversereality6799 They are treating Armageddon like it's a zombie apocalypse smh 🤦‍♀️

[@laurenwoolams6751]

I was taught we had to keep a big out bag ready with our bible , jws believe we will essentially be gods army and will physically have to be there at the right hand of god and help fight the demons, hence why they have to gather as many members as possible

[@robertgrey6101]

@reversereality Don't they preach "trust in Jehovah"?? "Jehovah will provide"?? Maybe they're are now preaching "not to test your God".

[@lavishty_]

As a person who’s still stuck in the religion, I’m sad.

[@Psycho-Ssnake]

How would you describe yourself as stuck? Do you think you can get out?

[@Robin_hsr12]

Theres many reasons why one would be stuck. Like fear of family loss ​@@Psycho-Ssnake

[@Minloe_7]

Good luck, you’ll make it out, I believe in you

[@bekah2098]

This was the last convention i ever attended at the age of 16. I remenber the bunker videos giving me overwhelming feelings of doom, despair, and anxiety.

[@Vicki_Benji]

I wish this could be played on TV, for everyone to see. Maybe some kind of documentary, showing how this doomsday cult really works.

[@Flashheartwoof]

It’s a shame no mainstream media outlet will touch it. They could destroy this cult overnight.

[@unclefranklin4575]

It's funny they think the world is after them, but very few people have taken a deep dive into their insanity and paranoia.

[@aikou2886]

​@@unclefranklin4575 I hate this because it's so easy to feed their persecution complex. Specially when you have enough and want to put some boundaries.

[@AbigayleFall-sp3wt]

There WAS a documentary/special a few years ago called “Cults and Extreme Beliefs”, and they were included on it! 😳

[@murph8411]

There was a short comedy series that was based upon a family in a cult that had very JW like vibes on UK TV a few years back. I think it was called everyone else burns. I seem to recall it starting with the father waking everyone else in the family up to run to a local forest because Armageddon was here only for the kids to find out it was just a drill to see how quickly they could react.

[@s.illy_billy_]

as someone who was born into, and forced to be a member of this religion i remember when this drama was released. i was pretty young and as many other young ones in the audience, i remember being terrified by what was portrayed in this drama. even now, i still get shivers watching it despite being much older. the fear mongering tactics used by the leaders of this religion are insane and still have a lasting effect.

[@nickfoottv]

They all look like they just clocked out from their shift working at the Gap. Definitely not the atmosphere and attire for the apocalypse.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

They no longer can have commons sense and they can't even have a normal conversation.

[@trilithon108]

I noticed the clothes looked brand new..

[@NightmareRex6]

i mean theres some shows on tv that were in an apolupse and you see the woman in super clean clothes every episode. infact it seems more ofton thats the case than not. altho some shows and movies they atualy tell them to not shower for X days to make it look atual apcaluptic. think silent hill and walking dead did that.

[@_mimyohan]

How is hiding from a bunker going to save them from God? ☠️ I never knew they were THAT nuts

[@atsunome]

JWs: We worship an omnipotent deity Also JWs:

[@_mimyohan]

@@atsunome Ain't nobody escaping Armageddon 😈

[@stevenlopez2731]

They’re not hiding from God. They’re hiding from the authorities and governments hunting them down. I know. It’s still absurd.

[@jemz4555]

​@@_mimyohanThey believe this is the "tribulation" period where extreme persecution and torment is brought upon all religions and religious people which is why they're hiding. Then after this comes Armageddon

[@_mimyohan]

@jemz4555 Oh okay! But still it's pretty pointless why they're hiding they acting angels can't just randomly crash through the bunker 😭

[@pochito_javiercito]

I remember how pumped my pimi cousin was for the great tribulation to start after watching this video. He was ready to throw fists.

[@Mintjulep3]

😂😂😂

[@smiledawg]

5:34 him looking at smut while the lamp has XXX on it is peak cinematography, bravo Vince

[@wtos9153]

Oh wait you’re right. They’re always hiding those things.

[@Alpha1design]

This was the convention I walked out on. I was married at the time, and the couple that was "comfortable" and pioneering but moved anyway to serve the cult infuriated me! I realized no matter what a person did, it was never enough.

[@kninenights]

At about 35:07, I legit got an ad for that “calm” app. The one that starts with “Hey will you take a moment and pray with me?” Like damn. Hilarious timing.

[@kratosbecrazy3437]

When the guy said “now, this far into the tribulation” and the camera faded back and the music started playing I cringed right out of my skin . That was honestly so bad. These people actually believe this crap is going to happen. As a logical human being with a brain and thinking ability how the hell did I believe this shit too for so long.

[@SprigPlantar3728]

I remember watching this as a kid being utterly terrified of the great tribulation and also for some reason years after that video was released i was still thinking about it being like "omg i wonder if theyre gonna make a part 2 and show us what happened with the brothers"

[@G1CAAAAEO]

The only time they knock on Jehovah's Witnesses door 😆

[@auditordoscientosveintitre5545]

And they didn't like it. 😂😂😂

[@patrickbanza518]

It was at this assembly, that I perfectly remember sitting in attendance literally feeling ashamed of my faith! Right there I knew this was no longer for me... I was out, I became PIMO before even know that such a term existed! I would painfully endure this garbage until end of 2021

[@wesleyhousholder5027]

I remember watching those bunker videos at the convention. I was horrified at the cult level of paranoia and fear it displayed. It was absolutely absurd. Also, what happens after the soldiers find them? Do they get killed? Arrested? Put in a gulag?

[@david-mf5hy]

I really do remember my mom crying when the 13:30 scene appeared. Growing up traumatized by the constant fear of that Great Tribulation and Armageddon is something I will never forget. Finally I am free from this cult. Thanks Panda.

[@stevend2666]

I like how all the bunker people are the cleanest cut plainest looking people ever. Reminds me of how mormons would want you to look. Plus, Kevin is a real one. He knew where that bunker was but never gave them up

[@timothydavis7927]

I was Kevin for the 1975 Doom day. Been shunned ever since,I'm now 70 years old. Df 1976. Get out of her good people.

[@tami7992]

Good that you left that cult back then, hope you could recover from the trauma it must've caused.

[@Merudiana-the-local-demoness]

One thing I noticed at the ends of the bunker videos is that it is shot specifically to never show the soldier’s faces. This is typically done to dehumanize a person, as the face is visually the most striking and unique part of an individual. But they didn’t even cover the faces of the soldiers, as that would make people wonder what kind of person lies underneath the mask, but rather they never have a camera shot that shows the front of their head to try and give the sense that they aren’t really human. It’s pretty typical of propaganda pieces to try to dehumanize the enemy as much as possible. I’m just surprised that Panda Man didn’t bring it up in the video as it’s a bit concerning for a religion to have an enemy to be dehumanized.

[@maroxesen1]

Exactly!

[@Ilikebugsiguess]

Damn 😕

[@fukai-sama]

Wow 😧

[@Username1924REAL]

I lost my mind when they wouldn't stop knocking on my door.

[@loweloking88]

The fact that the door wasn’t even locked the entire time is crazy

[@fukai-sama]

Don't worry, Jehovah would have saved them, and even if by any reason they were k illled. Jehovah magically has all their names in his memory and will resurrect them to a paradise on earth. *"WHAT A LOVING GOD☺️"*

[@SurnaturalM]

The worst thing is that they're not paranoid about it, they desperately want it to happen. It's a major point for getting people in their cult. All religion uses fear as leverage.

[@alexhammer7153]

Honestly, while true I think it goes deeper than that. I honestly think fundamentalists and JWs seek the end times because their religion ultimately forces them to deny healthy human aspects of themselves, such as sexuality, their emotions, and keeping away those "negative thoughts."

[@HelghastStalker]

Correction: They *think* they want it to happen, right up until it does, and then they'll desperately wish they could go back to a "normal life".

[@NightmareRex6]

@@HelghastStalker any logs of what they were saying durring "covid" were they complaning about going back to normal life or cheering on the destruction of human race by the ruling elite?

[@HP-ws2vx]

"I love being poor for Jehova" (28:00) is so priceless I almost tripped.

[@concamon1364]

Oh god, I remember when this premiered Everyone was all scary and uber zealous for MONTHS and it became a running joke in my congregation that we have to reach out more so we can feel at home in everyone's basement 😂

[@TheTankTactician]

When I was younger and I watched this video around the age of 15-16, I asked my mom if I would be able to fight back and I was told I’d have to let them kill me :(

[@isaacgogna9856]

The literal screams and chaos playing subtly in the background is wild. I don’t even want to call it subliminal messaging cause it’s so audible even through important dialogue 😂

[@That_Duck_in_truck]

I remember when I was in grade 9 I answered the door and a jw member wanted to talk to me about the bible but I was working on my periodic table of elements. I showed it to them and said “this is my bible” and the expression on their face was priceless

[@turkey4802]

I want a picture of the periodic table so I can do this

[@ultimate_pleb]

31:48 "they're just standing there... *menacingly!"*

[@redpillfreedom6692]

"When our message changed from good news to judgment..." Well that didn't age well.

[@funnyjawharp7026]

They always sound so depressed. In drama's and in real life. Their favourite catchphrase are, # we are so close to the end ". This could be our last memorial, this could be our last assembly. And I joined in 75. It's a bit worn out about now.

[@BuizelCream]

Can't wait to see if we will still hear the same thing by the 2030 decade. My goodness...

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

My mom is like that, always paying attention to wild fire and hurricanes and crime to reenforce her beliefs. As if this shxt hasn't been going on forever.

[@Унмеито]

​@ImGoingSupersonic I hate how much I can relate to this. I want out of the JWs but can't do so and I have a mother who lives in fear. Was reading a book about positive thinking and a way to be miserable is to have a negative mindset and to constantly think of the negative

[@corryjamieson3909]

​@@ImGoingSupersonicMy mom was smiling when she sees any news that evolve natural disasters or wars, I'm here like "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SMILING!!??".

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

@Пойонеп How old are you? And what do you mean you can't leave the JWs? I'm sure that's a complicated answer, take your time.

[@cellytron]

lmao I love how they are literally hiding from an angry mob so they don’t get killed, and when they hear loud mayhem outside all Karen has to say is, “how much longer is this going to go on? 🙄” I mean I get it, I’d want to speak to the One World Government’s manager too I guess

[@BeavisMcThe]

😂😂

[@BlackKittyCat99]

It’s called the ✨New World Order✨

[@Artkatie]

Its always the "everyone's gonna/is be against us" and "the end is near" that keeps some JW's in a tight bubble (fortunately some get out of the bubble but not all), its really sad, some of these people are wonderful people who just happened to been brainwashed into the cult.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

Without knowing the JW are giving information for unbelievers to fight them back and compromise their believes. This reducing the number of JW.

[@fukai-sama]

That's unfortunate.....

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

I only cringed once, and that was... ...continuously. Ugh, what an insidious cult.

[@davidromero9045]

I remember being in the middle of questioning the religion when this convention and video series came out, and it scared the piss out of me. After the intense feelings wore off, I reflected on it and found just how impactful strong feelings like heartbreak, fear, and guilt are in maintaining faith in something. It was probably the immense emotional high followed by the drop that finally cracked the mirage of JW doctrine for me, so it wound up having the opposite effect than intended

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

so... are they going to go door to door and tell people it's too late and they're going to be destroyed? what is the point of that?

[@janetkizer5956]

If I were having a conversation with coworkers, and someone pulled out a bible and started lecturing us about scripture, I'd be out of there so fast, it would make their head spin.

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

The audacity they have to bash the silent treatment. 😂

[@piercejones4355]

Her friend said don’t talk to someone who you don’t want to talk to right now. Calling that bad advice is crazy from an organization that does the same thing to disfellowship people

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

@@piercejones4355 Exactly. "right now," implies it's not permanent. Whereas disfellowshipping is for sure indefinite unless the person bows down to the cult again. Insane.

[@BlackKittyCat99]

Not exjw but I had a religious upbringing that centered on the rapture/great tribulation and it caused so much anxiety that I seriously considered unaliving myself so I wouldn’t be around when it happened. Kids shouldn’t be exposed to that stuff.

[@ANGGELAful]

11:00 that has to be the worst lmao. You know what massage is this giving to the abused women inside the cult? That the when other women try to help them and point out that what their husbands is doing is bad, it will be against their religion to even consider it a possibility

[@Ejejeejej-w2f]

Fr ,that happened w my mom

[@lovehatetragedy823]

Thanks for an awesome video 👌🏾. I want my family out of this clown show so bad.

[@LostPoMoWoman]

I used to be good friends with the family of those two little kids. Their grandmother, who became an adopted mother to me, taught me when I was in college. It’s crazy to think this horrible, anxiety causing video aired so long ago. It feels like yesterday. Thanks for the memories.

[@christiancancino2253]

Bunker videos! The fear i felt was DAMN HORRIBLE

[@fukai-sama]

Same. I was scared bad!

[@fukai-sama]

In hindsight I feel like a fool for watching this. Especially the scene in which they are confronted stand up and pull sigma stares.

[@jeilyortega1204]

ngl, this was the assembly that made me wake up

[@jedh3721]

I lost the cringe challenge when the woman said that they took the next step of "pioneering" by selling their house and moving into an apartment. Ignoring voluntarily going from owning your own property to living under a landlord, how is that living a "pioneer lifestyle?"

[@amc3463]

I can’t believe my mom and dad are in this Cult 😂

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

They re old It's fine, if they try to put fear in you Just remind them of Mathew 7 and what jesus said Who is free of sin, may throw the first stone.

[@MusikGirl23]

I always like to remember the Matthew verse ‘of that day and time no one shall know’.

[@anabellsalazar6038]

This 😂🙌🏻

[@Bromvolod]

“Of course she struggled with negative thoughts YOU PEANUT” has to be my favorite insult.

[@mmmcloud2771]

Recently my uncle came down to visit from bethel, and he was talking about how excited he was for the great tribulation to start. It almost makes me sad that someone would feel so bad about the world that instead of saying we should improve society, they say everyone should fucking die and the world should end. It also makes me sad that this talented and extremely intelligent man threw his life away to be an office slave for an international organization. We need to free the bethel workers.

[@pohldriver]

Variations on a theme. Those same storylines were portrayed like 30 years ago by the tower. Instead of being able to see it online, they were on tapes that you could buy or borrow on VHS.

[@SoThatsGoot]

Scary stuff. Maybe one day the J-Dubs' productions will achieve the levels of abject childhood terror that were brought on by the Christian "Thief in the Night" movies.

[@roseNthorn]

The hubris of these people to think they are so special. This video really pissed me off.

[@DarthKarnus-ex3oy]

This series of videos is the straw that broke the camel's back in waking me up. That convention was the defining moment that I mark as the end of any questioning I had if this was all false or not. It's false. For sure. I had been aware that some of the doctrine was wrong up to this point, but when I felt myself emotionally wrecked by this video, holding back sobs, and watched all the other people around me just losing it- breaking down in tears... I realized that this religion wasn't the same one I had been baptized into. It had turned into an emotionally manipulative and abusive cult that no longer had any solid backing in their doctrine. It started me on my path to deeply investigating everything I had been taught and found it was all a huge scam. I'm still PIMO, but I am completely awake, and will never believe in their garbage again. I've since joined a group of Buddhists and have never felt such peace and happiness.

[@davidhill8565]

6:58 That’s the main reason why I left that high control organization. It falls under the B and I of the BITE model. Behavioral Control: The organization’s rules on entertainment media are too restrictive Information Control: Its rules on information are culty.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

But be happy now, with so much data at your finger tips, is harder for JWs to have a firm control in you.

[@BuizelCream]

Nice to know someone who knows about the BITE model. It's an amazing tool!

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

They found some old tablets in Syria that dated around 2800 b.c. It basically said that the youth don't listen anymore, everyone wants to write a book and the end must be closer than ever.

[@alexbhistory]

can you give a source or something to search them with? seems like an interesting read

[@ryotanada]

Generation gap is timeless.

[@BakaDen]

I remember watching this during the convention. I was actually scared with the symposium. But waking up made me realise so much fallacies behind this religion

[@annaszuchy1735]

This is pure nightmare fuel ☠️

[@fukai-sama]

💯

[@vanyzzlemyzzle3781]

Oh man, this brings up some memories..watching this felt like i've seen these videos yesterday, especially the music video. I got baptized in 2018, during this big convention and I remember that many elders came up to me and said how proud they were, but I especially remember one elder, who also told me how proud he was and one sentence later, he said something like "Now Satan will really keep an eye on you." and damn - it really stuck with me and I became super scared. On the program for sunday (the next day), the music video was shown and it realllyyy got onto my nerves, I, again, became so scared that I started to really cry a lot and back then I REALLY thought, that this was a normal reaction, like I was just overwhelmed... I was just scared about "the end" and if i'm ever gonna make it.🤦🏽‍♀️🫠I'm soooo glad and thankful, that I left the JW almost three years ago, I really have never ever been happier than I am now.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@TravNash]

I drank coffee and was friendly with the people I work with. Hell awaits me.

[@buttercuppi]

I was raised as a jehovas witness but i left the religion. These videos are so good and i even learn more sick things/rules

[@Psycho-Ssnake]

I'm curious to know more. I never spent much time with JWs.

[@oliviaswarden6077]

🤣😅🤣 you had me laugh at in memory of Kevin, our hero that's a good one!! I needed that

[@benfox1462]

I love how window washers can afford such nice clothes, cars and houses with bunkers. So out of touch with the real world. I guess it pays to be a professional brainwasher

[@Унмеито]

Trvthnvke!

[@Twedgehog]

Got an ad in the middle of this where a college kid was like "Here's my secret: take the acting class!" 10/10 ad placement

[@vwar_eaglev607]

The superiority complex is strong with these folks.. like an entire world government is looking basement to basement looking for only jehovah witnesses 😂😂😂😂

[@conormurphy1954]

Not including a John Cena clip after "I needed an attitude adjustment" is such a missed opportunity.

[@susancorbett8155]

There were plenty of cringe moments. One that stood out : We are so grateful to you for all your hard work...Oh - and your wife for supporting you.

[@FragenUndGlauben]

Thanks for bringing this important moment of JW history back to the public again :)

[@jakila100]

Thanks Panda I am glad you are still going strong. I finally could not take it any longer my mental stability was totally out of control trying to feel love for the witnesses but hating what watch tower is doing to me & my family. In my research as a black person the Bible was written to keep black people enslaved. Also, my research of Near Death Experiences we do not die religion has separated us from our Spiritual Creator look up NDE for yourselves religion is a money making business this is the year that TRUTH is coming out. The Kingdom of God is within each & every one of us. Wake up! Everybody ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stevewik2280]

I'd be paranoid if I was a Jehovah's Witness too because they believe only 144,000 will get admitted into heaven and there are WAAAY more of them than that.

[@NightmareRex6]

if they werent so exoteric and studyied a little esoteric they would learn the 144k is a refrence to the DNA helix and those that took the homoborg genisis "upgrade" will have 216k 6x 60x 600 = 216k, 216 is "the secret number of baphomat"

[@TyranntX]

And then after the noise died down, the cultists left the “safety” of their bunker. Only to be surprised that nothing happened!

[@kammy6340]

Bro you need to put a trigger warning before these videos. Cause these videos had me so terrified at the 2016 convention when I was deep into the indoctrination...I was full PIMI. Those bunker videos made me double down so much cause I was sure Armageddon was coming and me being attracted to the same sex made me worry so much I was gonna be destroyed soon. 4 years later...I woke up. Best thing that ever happened to me.

[@LinksQuest]

Yeah makes no sense as people have no control over their attractions and it is not even a choice. Actually fully believing in God isn’t even a choice people make, you are either convinced of something from evidence, knowledge or faith or you are not convinced, but being convinced that something is fully true or fully false is not just a choice that people willingly make. I was a Christian for over thirty years and my disbelief now is not a willing choice I made. I just was just not convinced any longer. Of course I could have chosen to still follow god because actions are choices but the belief itself is not a choice any more than I choose to believe that my car has four doors and I don’t choose whether to believe it does or not. Also believing that something is a possibility is not the same as believing that it is actually true.

[@TheGulfcaptain]

Strive to be a "lesser one" brother. Less money, less thinking, less questioning, less pride, less investment, less education... Thanks for the spiritual advice brother Less.

[@korokoholic]

i vividly remember the bunker videos, It's one of those that made me the most scared about armaggedon

[@stinkinhippy1724]

"this is still canon" had me rolling. Kevin seems like a cool dude. Don't be like "brother" Brown, be like Kevin.

[@m.weston7114]

"Loyalty to Jehovah" ..... interpreted: to WATCHTOWER Corporation.