Did you guys leave before Caleb and Sophia and the foray into video? If you weren't that fortunate, what did you think of these twisted little animations?
The birthday cupcake one was super ridiculous, as well as the stranger danger one. Shocking that they put this out there for everyone to see. Also, the Hateful Eight is a great way to refer to the Borg’s GB. 🤣 Love that!
In the recent bullying Caleb and Sophia video the parents didn’t even notice Sophia feeling withdrawn, distressed and sad until she brought the concern to her parent’s attention. The parents never asked who the perpetrator was nor did they ever condemn the perpetrator’s behavior. They offered Sophia no insurance or promise that they would get to the bottom of it and ensure the abuse did not continue. Sophia was left to fend for herself and hope that the invisible guy in the sky would eventually intervene although he hadn’t done so up until that point. The parent’s only concern was making sure Sophia knew the names of the victims and perpetrators in the Bible story even though they were people she never met and it happened thousands of years ago. Based on their height and the kids just barely reaching the door handle they’re only five or six years old. Caleb witnessed this conversation and if he’s ever is bullied or mistreated by anyone in the future he knows he cannot rely on his parents for help and will just get a scriptural lecture if he tells them. Guaranteed Sofia’s parents will “force” her to give a demonstration on the stage causing her to have to relive the traumatic experience.
Typical mindset of needed to suffer through bad treatment just as those in the Bible did for Jesus or gods sake. Ugh such disgusting twisted thinking. Don’t stand up for yourself just turn the other cheek.
agree if either of our children were bulled my husband and I would be down to the school to sort it out and how many JW children have prayed and nothing happened ? Id say they would likely to get bullied even more
The cupcake one about forgiveness was a huge wake-up for me. I was just starting to wake up and that was unbelievable to me. I was so upset at how they made Caleb feel so guilty he could hardly carry his backpack home! He got a little frosting on his lip, and it was AFTER the birthday party! That was the first time I said my children were not watching that!! The interesting thing is they compare that scenario to Peter who denied Jesus, um… how do you compare a kid who isn’t “dedicated” and doesn’t even understand why the religion says you cannot celebrate birthdays! It gets me hot just thinking back at that! (….breathe… lol)
I am a PIMO. I started waking up when the 8 J’s declared in a watchtower they were not inspired nor infallible. I thought : what ? And than you expect to follow you blindly ? How can anything you want us to believe be truth ? In my mind it was over. I had never followed blindly anyways as I was doing research for a while by than as a friend had woken up. Now I am waiting for a certain moment to disassociate. It is not the right time yet. I need more courage to do so.
@@antonio8677 I do believe that there is a God but not the Jehovah they believe in. The God I believe in stands by his word that says : everybody who believes will be saved and have eternal life.
@@hdacres9990 You're absolutely correct, which makes the governing bodies sin that much greater for misrepresenting the true God. As the apostle Paul said in Hebrews, " it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God", so these 8 men WILL be destroyed for blatant blasphemy and misrepresentation. May that day come soon.
I think Caleb and Sophia is the most insidious of all the propaganda they put out. I really do wish I could laugh about them but it upsets me so much to know it's being mainlined to my nieces and nephews. Notable low points include: teaching Sophia homophobia, Caleb's existential crisis when he almost eats a cupcake, and the latest monstrosity in which Sophia gets the worst advice ever on how to deal with bullies. Of course she's bullied! She's a jw kid! The snake's really eating it's tail with that one 🤬
The only thing I do remember was a letter from headquarters requesting for artist specifically 3d artist to help. I own a 3D studio and focus on 3D modeling, rendering and animation. The elder knew what I did and always fascinated by the work done in my studio. I was just recently baptized and they kept reaching out to me and asked. Now that you are a baptized witnesses you could help, send the application. I asked them how does that work? They indicated that I could work from home, no pay but it counts for feel service hours. I am a business man and I reply to the elder, why would I want to help a billion dollar corporation for free. Keep in mind I wasn’t awake yet, I just used standard logic. That elder never look at me the same way and distance him self. As if he was too good to say hello. I aways knew that most of these individuals where very clingy anyway. Also for the most part everybody that worked and works for me is not a JW.
Insane how much they wanted to squeeze people. I remember those letters. I was about to apply since I was a programmer and database administrator at the time. Man, glad I didn't fill in those forms. Though they got plenty of free labour out of me as an elder and on quick builds over the years. I remember a young lady in my circles who went off to New York to help them as an architect during the build of the new headquarters. I always thought it was such a waste of her talent.
Funny how entitled they can be. You should do work for free just because... What world are those people even living in? Well...we know the answer to that lol
I've been out 30+ years, but follow these videos to keep abreast of what's going on. Most of my large family are in. The episode that really effected me most was when Sophia purposely erased one answer on her math test and left it blank so as *not* to be top of her class. Broke my heart.
Huston, it definitely appears that way. They set themselves up as idols...and thank goodness for it caused a lot more cognitive dissonance in people. At least that's my theory.
That Cart Song!!!! Yes the first Music Video. My husband just watched in Horror and then just stared at eachother, like what was that?! HAHAHAH the best Music Video ever made. HHAHAAHAA
In answer to your question, two videos did it for my wife and I (who thankfully woke up at precisely the same time). Lett begging for money and one of the videos of a sister being mistreated and excluded from every congregation activity and being told it was her fault. It was then that all the victim blaming and lies came into clear focus for both of us.
Wow. I'm glad the timing worked so well for you. I remember both videos VERY clearly. After the one with Lett begging for money, one of the elders in our hall kept talking about how strange that was...until the other elders beat him down. Glad you are both out :)
Is that the one where he says, 'We've never asked for money, and *we are not about to start now!'* - just before he asks for money??? (Apparently he thinks he has the power of Jedi mind tricks. "We are not asking you for money...")
I thankfully was out before the broadcast started, but do keep up with what's happening in the cult. You're right the cart song and the new songs are creepy. Welcome to your freedom and the possibility of a happier life!
Really happy I found your family site. I miss the people that had my back. (conditionally... I know.) Weird thing is? My love for them was never conditional. It still isn't. Maybe, it would've been easier if it were. But that's not who I am, or who I would ever wish to be.
Glad you've found it too David. Funny thing is we felt that way too. There were folks who when faced with being DFed for example, we were completely prepared to maintain contact with them. Funny how the same treatment has not been forthcoming.
And THAT, David, is why you woke up. It's why we all woke up. It is genuine love and compassion for one's fellow man. And the realization that there is not an ounce of Christ in Watchtower. ❤
Same. I have spoken to disfellowshipped friends without judgement. Also, friends who I knew were living a double life…I never reported them to the elders. That’s just never been me.
The one about being careful of strangers was so disturbing to me I wrote a 7 page letter that I wanted to send to the organization but I became too fearful of getting in trouble for speaking my mind at that time and never sent it. TW I mention my childhood abuse The video triggered memories of when I was a child being abused by my neighbor, our neighbors were the JWs who pulled my mom into the religion. I wrote about how the video was putting the responsibility onto the children to "protect" themselves and that it could make children feel even more responsible than they might already feel if something did happen to them because they would be thinking "I must not have said No the right way". Or perhaps they froze and could not say anything, as that is more commonly what will happen. So here these poor kids are going to feel like they have done something wrong that resulted in them getting hurt. Children already naturally think they are at fault for bad things that happen to them because in childhood psychological development they view the world as centered around their own experience for quite a long time, that means to them everything that happens is a direct result of things they do, even when it is not. That is why kids think they are responsible for parents breaking up or why they think they caused things in the news to happen simply because they hear about it. TW I describe what my abuser told me. I felt so strongly about this because my abuser had used scripture to silence me, he had abused me one week after our congregation had a very detailed discussion of the scripture about a girl in Israel being required to scream in order to prove her innocence. People had been so explicitly detailed in their comments that even as a child it made a huge impression on me that I remember to this day. The man reminded me of that all and said that since I had not screamed I was guilty and he would tell the congregation and I would be punished if I didn't keep quiet. I was terrified that what had been talked about at the meeting would happen to me, or that my mom would hate me for disobeying Jehovah. That is the kind of thing abusers say, and the Caleb and Sophia video played right into that narrative of it being the child's responsibility to say "No" to stop bad people from doing bad things. I also blasted the organization for the My book of bible stories about Dinah because they blamed her for everything that happened to her and the village and her brothers, that story had reinforced what my abuser said to me every time my mom read it to me, keeping me silent for many years.
Yeah the governing body definitely shoot themselves in the leg when they decided to show themselves. All possible illusions that ppl were able to hold came crashing down 😂😂😂 they r much worse than any televangelist I've seen
The way Caleb and Sophia's mother pronounces 'Satan' is so very grating to me. The glottal stop is becoming quite a thing in the US. By the way, that singing cart must have been recycled from a Ouija board.
Parents are responsible for deciding what is right for children to watch, it should not be a church content. In the United States we have PBS (public Broad Casting Station) those are wholesome shows for children for young children to watch. I was lucky enough because I was a 70's child, and my mom (who was the JW) used her instincts not 100% JW rules were practiced on us children. Parents today need to use their own judgement/instincts.
Today's JW is taught to NOT think for themselves, to need approval or to expect judgment on everything they do! They are trained to turn thoughts off, and to fear almost everything. Whether it's housing, a job, schooling/training, dress, free time (no matter what it is - it's time and money that should go to Watchtower!) Hurray for your mom who knew to trust her own judgements regarding her children.
So glad your mum used her own mind too. Unfortunately, they've "weeded" out independent thinking for a lot of modern day JWs. It wouldn't surprise me if they start publishing articles on what you should eat and how you should wipe your bottom. But I agree. Parents should not abdicate responsibility for their children.
As if the book of Bible stories wasn’t enough to scare children completely, now they use cartoons to instill fear, shame & poor self-esteem. It’s a new level of propaganda targeting young ones. The wizard episode hit home, because my mom threw out my Furby toys when I was a child when the organization deemed them demonic along with my trolls dolls.
just love your beard it's freakin beautiful ...just think if u were still in u wouldn't b able to share to the world such beautiful art such as your Beard!!♥️
My dad loves Steven Lett's speeches. It absolutely blows my mind. I was already a non-believer the first time I heard him talk, and it's hard for me to imagine many people being able to take him seriously.
I saw very few Sophia and Caleb videos and was not impressed. When I heard about the ice cream money video, I was exasperated. Come on now, I used to give my kids money to put in contribution box but they still had their ice cream. The Sopia and Caleb videos are targeted at children to further indoctrinate them. O let my kids watch the Smurfs because it's a kiddie cartoon. Nothing satanic abt it and my husband was 1st press operator in printing for 37 yrs. That company printed the Pokémon cards and all the 1st press operators received a free deck, to wit we still have!!!
It's terrible that kids are being indoctrinated from so young in such a horrible way, but we hope it will go away when their funds further dry up in the future with all the court cases. Amazing that your husband was involved in first press printing! I was a huge fan of Pokemon as a teenager. I binged watched a few collector videos recently where a guy has 3 first print Charazards and they are worth millions. Wish I didn't allow the JWs to throw my deck away. But such is life :)
Hi Exjw Family, I agree with the Caleb and Sofia 'Stranger Danger' would have been definitely been made with the 'ARC' especially the timing if it!!! My favourite videos are the one's I have not seen, I will absolutely not watch them either because they are way too 'triggering'... Thankyou for your activism video's and how revealing you are of your lives. R_M_R.
Many of us felt the same way at some point. One of us loved them. One of us thought they weren't quite right. But we went along with it either way. Just shows the power of indoctrination and tribalism.
Another great video and topic. Another point that ought to be mentioned should be that the disfellowshipped are rarely the pedophiles rather the survivor and/or eyewitnesses of crimes of the jw cult under wtb&ts.
I left before they started making those stupid cartoons, thankfully. I don't know if I could have stomached them. I remember the video I really hated was the Noah one. It was so embarrassing! We had to watch it once for a question and answer part for the service meeting. I watched it with a friend of mine and we just laughed and laughed. I'm glad we didn't have to promote it to the public. I was in deep back then, and I still couldn't stand it.
ALL THE CHILDREN'S VIDEOS DISTURBED ME. Knowing the underlying tone of this very deceptive cult, I never showed my children any of them. The videos were very manipulative and narcissistic. Its NOT the responsibility of these 8 idiots to be shaping the minds of young children. That's the way I felt, even before I fully woke up. I personally didn't like 😕 non of it from the beginning.
I felt the same way, Tammy. Even though we did subject our eldest to it for a while. It never sat right with me. There was always this really weird feeling deep down that said something wasn't right. But I ignored it...as usual. Since leaving, I've been making a concerted effort to listen to my gut more.
@@TheExjwFamily I am so glad that many JWS are leaving this CULT. I love everything that you guys are doing to help JWS to wake up and exposing what this CULT is doing to people's lives. So glad that your children will have a better future. You guys are very fortunate.
Sparlock... "no imagination allowed!" No science fiction, unless it's a cart that sings, haha! Why wasn't that demonic? Hmmm? WT loves to tell you 2 opposite things at the same time, just to fry your brain. 🤯
I used to study with my mom, who's a J-dub I was once taken to one of her witness friend's house Everyone in that room(who was a witness) said they loved the wizard of oz So, harry potter is forbidden, but wizard of oz is ok? Why the double standard?
I did the full eye roll on that cartoon. I thought the first episode was cute but seriously I loved that toy. I thought Sparlok the Warrior Wizard was cool. The rest was brainwashing at it's worst. I would like to see a video of an older Caleb and Sophia who have decided they no longer want to be Jehovah's Witnesses. That would be interesting.
I faded way back in the early 80's so Caleb and Sofia wasn't a thing the. Fast forward to when covid happened and I tuned into the jw website and couldn't believe my eyes and ears at the unbelievable clowns that had taken over the org. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry over their personas and their nonsense. The only Caleb and Sofia cartoon I saw was the one where they gave their money to the org instead of buying an ice cream cone. Meanwhile in another video one of "anointed" is on a booze buying spree. So hypocritical, made me truly thankfully I left them all those years ago.
I'm still in the organisation but I wanna leave so bad. The thing is I'm only 13 years old and I'm scared of my parents reactions. Do you maybe have some tips that could help me??
The video intended to *give the impression* that JW children are being warned against pedophiles - while actually doing no such thing! First, the "danger" is a specter - *NOT* a human being. The incidence of pedophilia by strangers is extremely small. Peds target children whom they are able to gain even brief periods of unsupervised access. The pedophiles is nearly always someone the child knows, trusts, and loves. 😥 The entire video was extremely ambiguous. They didn't even bother to identify what areas of the body that others should never touch (save parents assisting with hygiene and doctors.) This would have been very easy to discreetly do by drawing a circle around the region. And the video was absent of any warning that it is not OK to be asked to touch another person private areas. It was as though they did everything they could to *say* they address pedophilia, while *deliberately* making sure no child would understand what the video is about at all - without A LOT of input from their parents. Are JW parents up to the task?? Let's hope.
Completely agree with your analysis. They gave the illusion they were doing something when they, in fact, did nothing...or perhaps they even made matters worse since it could confuse kids on the subject. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Emma.
Those propaganda caleb and Sophia videos are horrific. I'm so relieved that my ex and I were disfellowshipped and got our son out of the cult before he was baptized or brainwashed.
The society that I was beaten into would not have allowed any thoughts of putting anything above the wt as they wrote, "Almighty Good [not god] JEHOVAH... under God and Christ Jesus -- *1945 watchtower charter *
1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? 3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty 11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. 12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered.
The birthday cupcake one was super ridiculous, as well as the stranger danger one. Shocking that they put this out there for everyone to see. Also, the Hateful Eight is a great way to refer to the Borg’s GB. 🤣 Love that!
Yes, God forbid a little girl uses her money to buy an ice cream. She'll be considered bad association if she does!! 🤣
The ice cream one killed me. Hey kid Tony needs his Scotch!!!
That McAllen isn't going to pay for itself, you know!
The birthday cupcake one was super ridiculous, as well as the stranger danger one. Shocking that they put this out there for everyone to see. Also, the Hateful Eight is a great way to refer to the Borg’s GB. 🤣 Love that!
In the recent bullying Caleb and Sophia video the parents didn’t even notice Sophia feeling withdrawn, distressed and sad until she brought the concern to her parent’s attention. The parents never asked who the perpetrator was nor did they ever condemn the perpetrator’s behavior. They offered Sophia no insurance or promise that they would get to the bottom of it and ensure the abuse did not continue. Sophia was left to fend for herself and hope that the invisible guy in the sky would eventually intervene although he hadn’t done so up until that point. The parent’s only concern was making sure Sophia knew the names of the victims and perpetrators in the Bible story even though they were people she never met and it happened thousands of years ago. Based on their height and the kids just barely reaching the door handle they’re only five or six years old. Caleb witnessed this conversation and if he’s ever is bullied or mistreated by anyone in the future he knows he cannot rely on his parents for help and will just get a scriptural lecture if he tells them. Guaranteed Sofia’s parents will “force” her to give a demonstration on the stage causing her to have to relive the traumatic experience.
Amen! You literally just described my childhood.
So true. What total and utter nonsense. I feel terrible for the kids who have to put up with this.
Typical mindset of needed to suffer through bad treatment just as those in the Bible did for Jesus or gods sake. Ugh such disgusting twisted thinking. Don’t stand up for yourself just turn the other cheek.
Caleb needs to learn to box. Best thing a boy can do.
agree if either of our children were bulled my husband and I would be down to the school to sort it out and how many JW children have prayed and nothing happened ? Id say they would likely to get bullied even more
The animations in the videos are actually so good. So sad that that all that talent is going to waste
The cupcake one about forgiveness was a huge wake-up for me. I was just starting to wake up and that was unbelievable to me. I was so upset at how they made Caleb feel so guilty he could hardly carry his backpack home! He got a little frosting on his lip, and it was AFTER the birthday party! That was the first time I said my children were not watching that!! The interesting thing is they compare that scenario to Peter who denied Jesus, um… how do you compare a kid who isn’t “dedicated” and doesn’t even understand why the religion says you cannot celebrate birthdays! It gets me hot just thinking back at that! (….breathe… lol)
Dead on. If you teach children to stand up to bullies, then eventually they will stand up to the 8 SOB’s in Warwick. We can’t have that.
Amen!
I am a PIMO. I started waking up when the 8 J’s declared in a watchtower they were not inspired nor infallible. I thought : what ? And than you expect to follow you blindly ? How can anything you want us to believe be truth ? In my mind it was over. I had never followed blindly anyways as I was doing research for a while by than as a friend had woken up. Now I am waiting for a certain moment to disassociate. It is not the right time yet. I need more courage to do so.
Don't stress 1000's are in the same situation. And Jehovah understands.
@@antonio8677 I do believe that there is a God but not the Jehovah they believe in. The God I believe in stands by his word that says : everybody who believes will be saved and have eternal life.
@@hdacres9990 You're absolutely correct, which makes the governing bodies sin that much greater for misrepresenting the true God. As the apostle Paul said in Hebrews, " it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God", so these 8 men WILL be destroyed for blatant blasphemy and misrepresentation. May that day come soon.
I feel for you bud. That had a huge impact on our waking up process too. You'll find your courage when the time is right. Hang in there!
continue binge watching ex jw vids. you will be fine.
I think Caleb and Sophia is the most insidious of all the propaganda they put out. I really do wish I could laugh about them but it upsets me so much to know it's being mainlined to my nieces and nephews. Notable low points include: teaching Sophia homophobia, Caleb's existential crisis when he almost eats a cupcake, and the latest monstrosity in which Sophia gets the worst advice ever on how to deal with bullies. Of course she's bullied! She's a jw kid! The snake's really eating it's tail with that one 🤬
So true. So twisted!
The only thing I do remember was a letter from headquarters requesting for artist specifically 3d artist to help. I own a 3D studio and focus on 3D modeling, rendering and animation. The elder knew what I did and always fascinated by the work done in my studio. I was just recently baptized and they kept reaching out to me and asked. Now that you are a baptized witnesses you could help, send the application. I asked them how does that work? They indicated that I could work from home, no pay but it counts for feel service hours. I am a business man and I reply to the elder, why would I want to help a billion dollar corporation for free. Keep in mind I wasn’t awake yet, I just used standard logic. That elder never look at me the same way and distance him self. As if he was too good to say hello. I aways knew that most of these individuals where very clingy anyway. Also for the most part everybody that worked and works for me is not a JW.
Insane how much they wanted to squeeze people. I remember those letters. I was about to apply since I was a programmer and database administrator at the time. Man, glad I didn't fill in those forms. Though they got plenty of free labour out of me as an elder and on quick builds over the years.
I remember a young lady in my circles who went off to New York to help them as an architect during the build of the new headquarters. I always thought it was such a waste of her talent.
Funny how entitled they can be. You should do work for free just because... What world are those people even living in? Well...we know the answer to that lol
I've been out 30+ years, but follow these videos to keep abreast of what's going on. Most of my large family are in. The episode that really effected me most was when Sophia purposely erased one answer on her math test and left it blank so as *not* to be top of her class. Broke my heart.
It’s pretty heartbreaking to think of the children being subjected to watching that and the mind conditioning that goes along with it.
Hello lovely people very encouraging to see you together. I wish you all the best xxx
Thanks Nicos. Same you to, buddy!
These 8 clowns have definitely made themselves gods in their own minds and his name is Jehovah.
Huston, it definitely appears that way. They set themselves up as idols...and thank goodness for it caused a lot more cognitive dissonance in people. At least that's my theory.
That Cart Song!!!! Yes the first Music Video. My husband just watched in Horror and then just stared at eachother, like what was that?! HAHAHAH the best Music Video ever made. HHAHAAHAA
We pretty much had the same reaction hahaha
In answer to your question, two videos did it for my wife and I (who thankfully woke up at precisely the same time). Lett begging for money and one of the videos of a sister being mistreated and excluded from every congregation activity and being told it was her fault. It was then that all the victim blaming and lies came into clear focus for both of us.
Wow. I'm glad the timing worked so well for you. I remember both videos VERY clearly. After the one with Lett begging for money, one of the elders in our hall kept talking about how strange that was...until the other elders beat him down. Glad you are both out :)
Is that the one where he says, 'We've never asked for money, and *we are not about to start now!'* - just before he asks for money??? (Apparently he thinks he has the power of Jedi mind tricks. "We are not asking you for money...")
@@emmamae1960 haha, yes! He didn't quite get enough Jedi training, lol
I thankfully was out before the broadcast started, but do keep up with what's happening in the cult. You're right the cart song and the new songs are creepy. Welcome to your freedom and the possibility of a happier life!
Really happy I found your family site. I miss the people that had my back. (conditionally... I know.)
Weird thing is? My love for them was never conditional.
It still isn't. Maybe, it would've been easier if it were. But that's not who I am, or who I would ever wish to be.
Glad you've found it too David. Funny thing is we felt that way too. There were folks who when faced with being DFed for example, we were completely prepared to maintain contact with them. Funny how the same treatment has not been forthcoming.
And THAT, David, is why you woke up. It's why we all woke up. It is genuine love and compassion for one's fellow man. And the realization that there is not an ounce of Christ in Watchtower. ❤
Same. I have spoken to disfellowshipped friends without judgement. Also, friends who I knew were living a double life…I never reported them to the elders. That’s just never been me.
I remember when listen obey and be blessed music video came out and I was like this is very culty
My mum said the exact same thing about that!
The one about being careful of strangers was so disturbing to me I wrote a 7 page letter that I wanted to send to the organization but I became too fearful of getting in trouble for speaking my mind at that time and never sent it.
TW I mention my childhood abuse
The video triggered memories of when I was a child being abused by my neighbor, our neighbors were the JWs who pulled my mom into the religion. I wrote about how the video was putting the responsibility onto the children to "protect" themselves and that it could make children feel even more responsible than they might already feel if something did happen to them because they would be thinking "I must not have said No the right way". Or perhaps they froze and could not say anything, as that is more commonly what will happen. So here these poor kids are going to feel like they have done something wrong that resulted in them getting hurt. Children already naturally think they are at fault for bad things that happen to them because in childhood psychological development they view the world as centered around their own experience for quite a long time, that means to them everything that happens is a direct result of things they do, even when it is not. That is why kids think they are responsible for parents breaking up or why they think they caused things in the news to happen simply because they hear about it.
TW I describe what my abuser told me.
I felt so strongly about this because my abuser had used scripture to silence me, he had abused me one week after our congregation had a very detailed discussion of the scripture about a girl in Israel being required to scream in order to prove her innocence. People had been so explicitly detailed in their comments that even as a child it made a huge impression on me that I remember to this day. The man reminded me of that all and said that since I had not screamed I was guilty and he would tell the congregation and I would be punished if I didn't keep quiet. I was terrified that what had been talked about at the meeting would happen to me, or that my mom would hate me for disobeying Jehovah. That is the kind of thing abusers say, and the Caleb and Sophia video played right into that narrative of it being the child's responsibility to say "No" to stop bad people from doing bad things. I also blasted the organization for the My book of bible stories about Dinah because they blamed her for everything that happened to her and the village and her brothers, that story had reinforced what my abuser said to me every time my mom read it to me, keeping me silent for many years.
The hateful eight, aka.the OCTOPOPE
Haha, dude, you're on fire :D
Yeah the governing body definitely shoot themselves in the leg when they decided to show themselves. All possible illusions that ppl were able to hold came crashing down 😂😂😂 they r much worse than any televangelist I've seen
Amen lol
The way Caleb and Sophia's mother pronounces 'Satan' is so very grating to me. The glottal stop is becoming quite a thing in the US. By the way, that singing cart must have been recycled from a Ouija board.
Thanks for identifying this as glottal stop for me and anyone else who di-int know the proper term. It drives me up the wall!
Parents are responsible for deciding what is right for children to watch, it should not be a church content. In the United States we have PBS (public Broad Casting Station) those are wholesome shows for children for young children to watch. I was lucky enough because I was a 70's child, and my mom (who was the JW) used her instincts not 100% JW rules were practiced on us children. Parents today need to use their own judgement/instincts.
Today's JW is taught to NOT think for themselves, to need approval or to expect judgment on everything they do! They are trained to turn thoughts off, and to fear almost everything. Whether it's housing, a job, schooling/training, dress, free time (no matter what it is - it's time and money that should go to Watchtower!) Hurray for your mom who knew to trust her own judgements regarding her children.
So glad your mum used her own mind too. Unfortunately, they've "weeded" out independent thinking for a lot of modern day JWs. It wouldn't surprise me if they start publishing articles on what you should eat and how you should wipe your bottom. But I agree. Parents should not abdicate responsibility for their children.
As if the book of Bible stories wasn’t enough to scare children completely, now they use cartoons to instill fear, shame & poor self-esteem. It’s a new level of propaganda targeting young ones. The wizard episode hit home, because my mom threw out my Furby toys when I was a child when the organization deemed them demonic along with my trolls dolls.
It really is a new level of propaganda! Same here, I had to throw out my Pokémon!
You read Harry Potter!?! Bad association alert!
You misspelled Worse Association :p
@@TheExjwFamily 😆
Discovering Harry Potter for the first time in my 30's has defo been a waking up highlight. Gotta have a childhood sometime!
just love your beard it's freakin beautiful ...just think if u were still in u wouldn't b able to share to the world such beautiful art such as your Beard!!♥️
Rubber faced Stephen lett just used to crack me up, I thought is this clown for real. The asking for money .I left in August 2019
The asking for money was mind blowing for sure. And the fact that they used Lett and expected us to take is seriously....Really?
My dad loves Steven Lett's speeches. It absolutely blows my mind. I was already a non-believer the first time I heard him talk, and it's hard for me to imagine many people being able to take him seriously.
And nothing was said about Back to the future. LOL
lol good point!
Nothing's wrong with BTTF!
I saw very few Sophia and Caleb videos and was not impressed. When I heard about the ice cream money video, I was exasperated. Come on now, I used to give my kids money to put in contribution box but they still had their ice cream. The Sopia and Caleb videos are targeted at children to further indoctrinate them. O let my kids watch the Smurfs because it's a kiddie cartoon. Nothing satanic abt it and my husband was 1st press operator in printing for 37 yrs. That company printed the Pokémon cards and all the 1st press operators received a free deck, to wit we still have!!!
It's terrible that kids are being indoctrinated from so young in such a horrible way, but we hope it will go away when their funds further dry up in the future with all the court cases.
Amazing that your husband was involved in first press printing! I was a huge fan of Pokemon as a teenager. I binged watched a few collector videos recently where a guy has 3 first print Charazards and they are worth millions. Wish I didn't allow the JWs to throw my deck away. But such is life :)
love harry potter, magic is not evil,.. the last straw was when they changed the songs, also the silver sword
Magic is wonderful! Right? So many changes! The songs really made me think too.
@TheExjwFamily the witnesses forbid harry potter, but have no issue with disney films
Most of them feature magic! And yet, that is ok!
Where in the bible does it mention the eight governing body members
Hi Exjw Family,
I agree with the Caleb and Sofia 'Stranger Danger' would have been definitely been made with the 'ARC' especially the timing if it!!!
My favourite videos are the one's I have not seen, I will absolutely not watch them either because they are way too 'triggering'...
Thankyou for your activism video's and how revealing you are of your lives.
R_M_R.
Thank you Rochelle. Well put. And we really appreciate your support :)
What was the episode where Caleb wanted to please God And at the end you see the angels in heaven
Not actually sure.
I'm guilty of liking them, thinking they were well done and great for the kids! NOT ANYMORE!!!
Many of us felt the same way at some point. One of us loved them. One of us thought they weren't quite right. But we went along with it either way. Just shows the power of indoctrination and tribalism.
Another great video and topic. Another point that ought to be mentioned should be that the disfellowshipped are rarely the pedophiles rather the survivor and/or eyewitnesses of crimes of the jw cult under wtb&ts.
You have a very good point there!
Hi guys, I am really worried about Lloyd
I left before they started making those stupid cartoons, thankfully. I don't know if I could have stomached them.
I remember the video I really hated was the Noah one. It was so embarrassing! We had to watch it once for a question and answer part for the service meeting. I watched it with a friend of mine and we just laughed and laughed. I'm glad we didn't have to promote it to the public. I was in deep back then, and I still couldn't stand it.
I laughed so hard when they showed noah and his family playing with toys! Noah was a grown man!
The cart song? What's that?
ALL THE CHILDREN'S VIDEOS DISTURBED ME. Knowing the underlying tone of this very deceptive cult, I never showed my children any of them. The videos were very manipulative and narcissistic. Its NOT the responsibility of these 8 idiots to be shaping the minds of young children. That's the way I felt, even before I fully woke up. I personally didn't like 😕 non of it from the beginning.
I felt the same way, Tammy. Even though we did subject our eldest to it for a while. It never sat right with me. There was always this really weird feeling deep down that said something wasn't right. But I ignored it...as usual. Since leaving, I've been making a concerted effort to listen to my gut more.
@@TheExjwFamily I am so glad that many JWS are leaving this CULT. I love everything that you guys are doing to help JWS to wake up and exposing what this CULT is doing to people's lives. So glad that your children will have a better future. You guys are very fortunate.
Sparlock... "no imagination allowed!" No science fiction, unless it's a cart that sings, haha! Why wasn't that demonic? Hmmm?
WT loves to tell you 2 opposite things at the same time, just to fry your brain. 🤯
You hit the nail on the head there! Crazy!
I used to study with my mom, who's a J-dub
I was once taken to one of her witness friend's house
Everyone in that room(who was a witness) said they loved the wizard of oz
So, harry potter is forbidden, but wizard of oz is ok? Why the double standard?
I did the full eye roll on that cartoon. I thought the first episode was cute but seriously I loved that toy. I thought Sparlok the Warrior Wizard was cool. The rest was brainwashing at it's worst. I would like to see a video of an older Caleb and Sophia who have decided they no longer want to be Jehovah's Witnesses. That would be interesting.
That would be interesting indeed.
I faded way back in the early 80's so Caleb and Sofia wasn't a thing the. Fast forward to when covid happened and I tuned into the jw website and couldn't believe my eyes and ears at the unbelievable clowns that had taken over the org. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry over their personas and their nonsense. The only Caleb and Sofia cartoon I saw was the one where they gave their money to the org instead of buying an ice cream cone. Meanwhile in another video one of "anointed" is on a booze buying spree. So hypocritical, made me truly thankfully I left them all those years ago.
So glad you’ve been out for a long time! They’ve definitely stepped the crazy up a notch in recent years.
Omg, Tony Morris IS an alcoholic! I KNEW it!
I'm still in the organisation but I wanna leave so bad. The thing is I'm only 13 years old and I'm scared of my parents reactions. Do you maybe have some tips that could help me??
So tasteless those cartoon.
The video intended to *give the impression* that JW children are being warned against pedophiles - while actually doing no such thing! First, the "danger" is a specter - *NOT* a human being. The incidence of pedophilia by strangers is extremely small. Peds target children whom they are able to gain even brief periods of unsupervised access. The pedophiles is nearly always someone the child knows, trusts, and loves. 😥
The entire video was extremely ambiguous. They didn't even bother to identify what areas of the body that others should never touch (save parents assisting with hygiene and doctors.) This would have been very easy to discreetly do by drawing a circle around the region. And the video was absent of any warning that it is not OK to be asked to touch another person private areas.
It was as though they did everything they could to *say* they address pedophilia, while *deliberately* making sure no child would understand what the video is about at all - without A LOT of input from their parents. Are JW parents up to the task?? Let's hope.
Completely agree with your analysis. They gave the illusion they were doing something when they, in fact, did nothing...or perhaps they even made matters worse since it could confuse kids on the subject. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Emma.
Those propaganda caleb and Sophia videos are horrific. I'm so relieved that my ex and I were disfellowshipped and got our son out of the cult before he was baptized or brainwashed.
Thank goodness for that! Here's to freedom! :)
The society that I was beaten into would not have allowed any thoughts of putting anything above the wt as they wrote, "Almighty Good [not god] JEHOVAH... under God and Christ Jesus -- *1945 watchtower charter *
Listen ,obey and be pocessed. Justin porter ex jw
I love this! We were all just sheep on the farm...until we were no longer needed...then off to the processing plant we go. Baaaaah!
Listen ,obey and be processed, obsessed, possessed ,repossessed and don,t forget to bring your ice cream money. Justin porter ex jw
Can you get closer to your microphone? It's really hard to hear you when you talk soft or turn your heads
Thanks for your comment Daniel. We’ve just invested in some better quality mics 🙂
Ezekiel 34
1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? 3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty
11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. 12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered.
The birthday cupcake one was super ridiculous, as well as the stranger danger one. Shocking that they put this out there for everyone to see. Also, the Hateful Eight is a great way to refer to the Borg’s GB. 🤣 Love that!
Haha we might have to use that one more often :D