I grew up not forced on any religion, I now am a Baptist which is a branch of Christianity. I still celebrate Halloween, I even go trick or treating with my niece.
My suspected step parents, especially my SSM were the absent-minded type. Especially when it came to borrowing books from the library, because I got given a full set of 'The Odyssey' on CD at a very young age. I think maybe five or six. I was able to watch or listen to anything with magic in it, including 'Harry Potter' and the movie 'Hercules' and thankfully that was at least some of what helped me smoothly transition into being a Hellenic polytheist/pagan these days.
I'm all for the celebration of Halloween and spooky season, especially now as I'm an adult. Unfortunately, it wasn't something we would do as kids. That, or I wasn't allowed to tag along with the other kids because they either thought I would get lost, would slow the group down because of my disability, etc. I'm not sure what the thought process was there. But I'm glad I get to appreciate a lot of the spooks as an adult and a pagan. :)
Literally everything with any ounce of magic was banned. My mom walked out of the room and scolded me when I put on Puss In Boots: The Last Wish 😂 And yes, no pokemon
Yep. I was never allowed to watch or read Harry Potter and Lord of the rings, never allowed to watch Star Wars, Star Trek, Pokemon, a large list of Disney movies, anything with superheroes, Scooby Doo, Hotel Transylvania and the list can go on. Also I was never allowed to play: any Mario game, Undertale, Deltarune, MINECRAFT, The Legend of Zelda, anything with violence (COD, GTA, World of Warcraft, FNAF etc.) and many many more If you tell me I have no book/ movie/ game culture, I totally agree with you But with all the opposition from my parents, I bought my first Harry Potter book this fall and I love it. This year I'm celebrating Halloween, Christmas and New Year's openly, even if I have lots of opposition from my family. Can't wait to escape this mess and be myself, a normal person. Happy Halloween everyone 🎃
Fun fact - when Michael Jackson released the “Thriller” music video, he was a JW and was threatened with excommunication, hence the warning at the beginning of the video.
But isn't it that it's haram to observe Halloween as a Muslim? It's not even sunnah in Islam. So essentially you're going against Islam in observing Halloween.
I finally told my parents and siblings that I no longer want to be a witness. They were upset but they still talk to me now and then. We’ll see if that changes when we turn in our letter. I’ll be celebrating halloween in the open this year after 2 decades of not being able to. I got to decorate my door, I have my costume ready. And even my boss made sure not to schedule hearings on the 31st so I could go dressed up to work. Im even going to a halloween party! I’ve been so happy.
My grandma is a JW... I went to a few kingdom hall meetings, but I never really worked well there. I find the organization too restrictive and condescending. Anywho, glad you got out. I hope that your negative experience hasnt turned you away from spirituality entirely. I can't say I know the truth for certain but I know there's truth out there. Good luck, fellow traveler.
"I want to hate what jehovah hates" is pretty cultish too. Just following orders and aligning their morals because that's what someone told them jehovah doesn't like. That's all it takes for them to condemn something.
@@that_centipede_lover1. Cool username. 2. It didn’t read cultish to me. It read more “protection racket”. Like, “God protects his loyal ones, so I better bend the knee and swear fealty”. It’s the way capos look at a mob boss. It’s quite antithetical to the claims JWs make about their loving relationship with God.
@@thecastleoftruestblue9665 I mean, the JWs did correctly belittle the awful colour colour grading of the _Twilight_ movies. They got a laugh from me. Honestly, that and the street beggar staring at the JW were effective to me. This is possibly the best JW production, which is not saying much.
@@untitled-gv3qp Good point. For people who claim to be “Bible students”, I’m shocked but the lack of depth and theological inquiry exhibited by the JWs. Shouldn’t she wish to understand why Jehovah hates the things he does?
I am a teen who’s forced to be a Jehovah’s Witness, my parents wouldn’t allow me to watch avengers, Star Wars for a while (I can now) nothing Harry Potter related, and not shooter games or ghost games. (I snuck watching all of those things anyway) I plan to leave when I’m 18 out of the cult. But this channel has been helping me with my decisions. So thank you.
I’m going through the same thing (except I’m not really into Star Wars, Avengers, or Harry Potter), I’ve been wanting to cosplay for a while. I’m not even allowed to wear colored hoodies for Halloween (Alvin and the Chipmunks). My parents like to use Christianity as an excuse to be offensive and controlling. I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can finally have freedom (although that means I have to pay taxes :/) Edit: I got to go trick or treating with my friends because my brother snuck me out 😏
@ same bro my parents do the same stuff. It’s really dumb ion really care about Star Wars or marvel either. I was just going along with the points in the video.
@@Crow-j2u my mom often talks about people in the store if they “look weird” or “smell weird” (she pointed out a goth girl) and my dad often points out that people on the street or walking on the sidewalk are “poor” and I shouldn’t end up like them. I had a lot to rant about to my siblings (who also went through the same thing), my parents are also big hypocrites ("dont be a follower" even though they'll do anything the church says, even believing that autism could be cured because the pastor told this story about a mom who didn't like that her son had autism so she fed him healthier and his autism "went away", as someone with autism I was kinda offended tbh, and they'll complain about me being on the phone (even if it's to check the time but they're on Facebook all day and believe everything, they believed an AI pic of Target and my dad made my siblings skip school because of some Facebook post). Also they LOVE to guilt trip. Don't even get me started on the ridiculous Halloween story my pastor said -_- Sorry for the rant
@ Fr, the Halloween story my pastor said sounded so fake, and everyone believes the reason why kids dress up is because they’re preparing to sacrifice themselves to the devil. My mom accused me for being a devil worshipper because I wanted to wear a colored hoodie for Halloween 🙄 But somehow they have an excuse to be judgmental because “God wants them to be” (they’re sometimes racist but they think God enjoys when they do that, but it’s bad if someone else does it?)
Its quite insane comming from JW's compare to a Christian Baptist. Christmas was once pagan, then when America became a Godfearing country, the government wanted Christmas to be a holiday for Christ part of American culture. So JW's really have nothing to say. It all sounds like a cult if you ask me why they live with no fun in there life.
@RippleE.M.P woah... Wait let's just say you went on a trip to like Rome Would you be allowed to take photos with like the Colosseum or visit the archaeological sites?
Oh yeah, they hate the historical Christian Church. They literally believe there were no true Christians on Earth between the 1st century AD and the late 19th century. It's funny, but if you look into it, JW theology is much closer to Islam than Christianity. They deny the divinity of Jesus, they believe God is a unitary being, they reject icons and cathedrals (duomos), they embrace theocracy...they have very little in common with either historical or contemporary Christians.
@@Wasteofenlightment104 we might be able to visit archeological sites, but we probably weren't allowed to go near cathedrals or the Vatican. Because in their eyes those buildings are buildings of false worship and Satan is in charge of them.
I remember my grandma going to my house, I was playing Mario Bros 1... She's started screaming me "TURN IT OFF" "IT HAS A DRAGON! THE ORIGINAL 🐍!" The same when I watched How to Train Your Dragon jajaja! DRAGONS! THE DEVIL! AAAAAAH 🤡!
@@Sweetenploof2.0_kandi I was at my cousin's house back in 2012 and they have some nutty views the kids weren't allowed to watch Disney channel at all because of Wizards of Waverly Place and Gravity Falls 💀
I once knew some guys whos mother wouldn't allow them to play YU GI OH because it was witch craft. Even banned me from hanging out with them because I was a bad influence. Almost 20 years later I saw one of them dealing pot but I said nothing lol
I had a neighbour that every Halloween was "sick" so she never went to our Halloween parties, then i discovered that her mom told her to lie to us because she was from the opus dei and they also don't celebrate Halloween.
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 im no spaniard, but aren't these more like traditional catholics? as most catholics nowadays hardly go to church in some countries
I grew up Catholic, and here in Germany, Halloween wasn't really a thing, especially in smaller areas. We always celebrated "Erntedankfest" at the first weekend of October and pumpkins were certainly a common decoration, but without the spooky faces. As Halloween became a little bit more known here, nobody in the church took an issue with it. At least in our town. For us, Halloween was just like Carnival but with spooky costumes. Sure, fundamentalists will always take an issue with this, but most religious people I met either didn't care about Halloween or they joined because they like the idea of horror-themed parties.
I grew up in Mexico in a more devout than usual Catholic family and Halloween was never banned in our household and my mother was a big fan of Harry Potter and still is to this day, although before moving to the US I do remember some opposition to Halloween maybe in part because of anti-US sentiments some have but we thought it was mostly older generations who did that. Even in my most devout phase in college I never opposed this holiday as long as it didn’t go overboard and I sometimes wonder if the fears around it is mostly a US Protestant phenomenon, at most the very conservative parish I went to back in uni celebrated All Saints instead and we had the kids dress up as saints (although if you know how gruesome saints art can be I never saw a kid dressed up as a saint whose head was chopped up though). Also Day of the Dead wasn’t as internationally famous just a few decades ago and was mostly a regional thing but I’ve noticed that it’s basically getting merged with Halloween with all the commercialization.
I remember being out in service once during this time and there was a cartoonish goofy ghost in someone's yard. No blood, no demons, just a cutie ghost and the ladies were literally like "omg DISGUSTING" and being super dramatic 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Yet the blood fetish on Colossians KJV is okay. Then if you censor it and leave it as "In through him we got redemption and forgiveness of sins" King James Stans throw hissy fits and call it a corrupt translation if you remove the blood fetish. The writers of the New International version (a hated translation by KJ Stans but AOP popular with evangelicals) were based to be like: "Blood fetish is redemption? nope, gotta get rid of that and keep redemption through honor"
I am a Christian, (not a JW), my parents were also Christians but we lived in a haunted house. The previous owner had un-alived himself after his wife left him. Dad was a former Australian Aboriginal missionary and found them to live in a very spiritually alive and connected universe. This universe was like a parallel World for them, not good or evil, just there. So when he found that there was a ghost in the house he had bought, he spoke to it, greeting him by name and letting him know that he was going to live there with his wife and children. He said that he didn't mind if he (the ghost) was there, but if he made trouble for him and his family, the priest would be called in to do an exorcism. I saw the ghost from time to time and would often hear him walking up and down the hallway. He would also slam doors, but other than that, made no trouble for us. My entire childhood was spent in that house, and it was a happy home for me. Ghosts are real, they are people like you and me (not demons) but they don't have bodies any more. Some people are happy and peaceful, and some ghosts are happy and peaceful, others are violent, angry and insane, making trouble wherever they can, because that's what they were like when they were alive. Most ghosts I have met died in unhappy or even violent circumstances, or have some sort of unfinished business and that's why they can't move on. Sometimes I feel my husband's ghost around me (he died in 2003) and he is there to protect me and because he loves me. He spends some time in Heaven (he was also a Believer) but travels back and forth between these two realms.
I believe that the school i used to go to might be haunted because one day when i was going home i heard and felt someone breathing and whispering on my ear and when i looked behind me no one was anywhere near me i then went home completely freaked out by it i wish more people took the supernatural serious enough to conduct research or found organizations focused in trying to understand it using science‚occultism etc.
I'm just curious: Christians believe that humans go to either heaven or hell when they die, since that's what the Bible says. So I'm genuinely interested in how you believe in ghosts as human spirits that linger on Earth, and yet, I assume, also believe that every person goes to heaven or hell when they die? As the two are pretty contradictory. Unless you're part of a denomination who doesn't believe that, despite it being a pretty core belief in Christianity? Please don't read this in a passive aggressive manner or anything, as I said I'm just genuinely curious your thoughts!
I didn't grow up in this religion, as a matter of fact, I grew up secular. But I find the channel fascinating to learn about how your experiences were.
When I was growing up as a JW forty years ago the elder gave a talk about how when a child went to the Kingdom Hall wearing a t-shirt with a Smurf on it and someone said Jehovah the Smurf jumped off the shirt and ran out the building. I was told that Smurf means demon in another language.
No it doesn't, that person was wrong. It's a made up word that was made to sound like "Strumpf" as socks in german. where I live, if you call someone by that word, it means that person is an idiot.
Also...try that with other things in life. "I wanna love the food that this person loves" "I wanna hate the clothes that person hates". Think again when you have to TRAIN yourself into loving or hating something. MAYBE time can do that ("I used to hate this food, now I love it") but indoctrination is more like superficial and artificial. So you might as well watch horror movies but still be a good person 🤷♀️
Jw are a very small part of Christians I hope you know that. There are much more: Catholics, Coptics, Protestants, Orthodoxies and so on. We aren't exactly the same.
my parents would hang up a paper sign on our door with a witch on it and capital letters saying 'WE ARE JEHOVAHS WITNESSES. DO NOT TRICK OR TREAT HERE.' 😭😭 i wasnt allowed to watch scooby doo, harry potter, or anything with 'magic' in it and my friends in primary school were never allowed to come over and i was ever allowed to go to their houses
@@lovethedarkalicorn7447 It’s almost as if the arbitrary prohibitions on birthdays and holidays are a strategy to produce awkward social interactions. Which, in turn, facilitate alienation from non-JWs. It’s so mean to JW kids. Their distress is _manufactured._
@@agentblackbird9435 And I’m sure that’s just how the Governing Body wanted him. Why do you think that Turpin family locked their children away from outsiders?
@@agentblackbird9435 And I’m sure that’s just how the Governing Body wanted him. Why do you think that Turpin family locked their children away from outsiders?
we weren't allowed to watch spooky stuff as kids, and now as a non believer i'm more interested in christmas than halloween, idrc for trick or treating or horror movies, I wish I hadn't missed out on christmas the most.
that sounds like the homeowner chose "trick" and wants them to obrain it with TP since climbing the ladder could create lawsuits or even enable burglers pretending to be trick or treaters. i miss when some houses would give "trick" instead "treat" like those wired film-looking containers that had a spring pop toy fly out of it.
My grandma wouldn’t let me watch gravity falls or anything besides from bible stuff on HER sabbath she’s tried to get me to convert me to Christ my brother and sister even though my dad has told her he’s not Christian. And she got me a bible for my birthday and screamed at me for putting something on top of it 😂she also forces us to pray with her and it makes me a little uncomfortable and I don’t believe in that bs But I’m also still not allowed to play with ouija boards because most my family believes in ghosts and spirits and rebirth and stuff like that so they think bad stuff will happen if I don’t close the portal thing correctly
@@Sweetenploof2.0_kandi Bro, now’s the best time to watch _Gravity Falls._ There’s a little fan renaissance because of the publication of a book by the show’s creator.
Don’t play with any spirit board. At best it’s a waste of time. At worst, demons. Seriously avoid them. NOBODY ever says their life improved after handling a spirit board. Look that last part up. Let me know if I’m wrong.
I‘m in a catholic youth group and they had planned a Halloween party for this Friday. So obviously, they are fine with it and even encourage us to have fun I‘m also from Germany sooo greetings from Deutschland!!
@@alexf225 that‘s true. I‘d say that germans have become less strict about it since a lot of people aren’t believers anymore. But I‘d also have to say that I’m quite lucky with my congregation, since I do believe that there are far more conservative ones still in Germany. For example, we are also very accepting of lgbtq and open-minded in general
I've grown up in a Slavic Christian household. Games were banned, magic was banned, Disney movies were banned entirely, haliween and Christmas were bad holidays. Valentine's day was sinful in making people must for each other (my mom is crazy) and Im thirteen right now, and I'm still sad I cant go trick or treating like the rest of my friends and people at school. Even recently, games were unbanned a bit if they were puzzle games or school games like prodigy. I don't follow in the Christian footsteps of my mom and dad. My brother who's 21 and in college finally broke free and is an atheist and plays Minecraft freely. I hope I'll be able to live my own life soon. Also this is extremely long.
@@genshiyami I don't know. My mom and dad are Slavic and Christians so I just call them Slavic Christians. They go to a Slavic church a lot with me and my siblings as well.
@@DurpySlurpyMunchkin Do you also call it slavic church because the sermons/church meetings are in a slavic language? Probably not? Unless you weren't taught thier tongue. I always considered Spanish (Latin American; Mexican) a religious language so started listening to other stuff in it. Especially music and tv with swearing. P.S. Born and raised into a JW household
@@genshiyami yeah they speak Slavic or Russian mostly. I know Russian since I grew up in an area of Europe where Russian was common. Although I moved to America when i was six. I'm not sure in what category of religion my parents are though.
I wasn't raised in a religious household, but I was raised as a girl (I am a transgender man) in a southern "traditional" household, and was never allowed to play video games, while my brother was allowed to play video games. And I wasn't really allowed to read books outside of school books. TBH I think my family would have kept me out of school if the county allowed it. So now as an adult I'm catching up on video games and books I missed out as a kid. I did get to play Spyro Dawn of the Dragons with my dad when I got to visit him (parents weren't together and mother had custody), and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean with my brother because he needed a player 2
My mother, a devout JW, LOVED the old monster movies. i.e-The Wolfman, Dracula, etc. (Lon Chaney Jr. & Bela Lugosi) That's how I got my love for those movies. I still love werewolves, monsters, etc. I wonder why my mother was never counciled? 🤔 I love Harry Potter, The Avengers, all of it. It's make believe. Why should anyone be afraid of make believe? Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year!
That's what my family's church does too. Everyone seems to have their own opinion on Halloween. When I was a kid we celebrated it and went trick or treating, but when I turned 12 my family decided they were against it
I actually remember being a kid and reading this magazine from cover to cover when it came out. Needless to say I've been out of the cult for a year, and this is going to be my first Halloween experience. Wish me luck 🤞
11:43 This is why Watchtower in africa freaks me out so much, theyre like colonizers, wanting to replace their culture with what they find acceptable, and it's horrifying and it needs to stop, I was never religious but respect religion because my best friend is a catholic christian, and watchtower isnt respecting the african religions
Im Christian, and my parents loved dressing me and my siblings up in Halloween costumes, but some of my other friends from the church didn't get to celebrate at all
I didn’t grow up as a JW, but rather in a strict evangelical Christian household. I wasn’t allowed to watch Harry Potter, Pokémon, SpongeBob, Dragon Tales, Teletubbies, or various Disney films. We weren’t allowed to celebrate Halloween either. My husband grew up the same way.
Help, my mom wont let me watch harry potter because the movie contains witchcraft and magic. And when i told her that just because i watch a fictional movie that contains magic, doesn't mean im supporting nor encouraging magic, and it doesn't mean i would do magic either. But my mom told me that I'm wrong and that I am supporting and encouraging magic just by watching Harry potter. What else should i tell her? I just need advice from someone because i don't want to stop doing the things i love just because my religion told me so, But at the same time i also want to keep on being part of a religion because I've experienced other religious people that are extremely kind to me and are also not super strict when it comes to religion.
Without this channel, i wouldn't have woken up, but a great sadness would hit on me that changed my life forever. Things have gotten worse for me. The worst is my mental health, and my thoughts is like someone is on my head alive it talks to me, helps me, but gives me bad ideas that may end things very badly but i sadly have no way out as time passes the more my anger its hard to control sometimes thinking about it but hardly for me to run away and survive is more likely impossible for me since im solitude alone and the land were i live is very hard for someone like a minor to be out it is impossible for me to stay alive not even for 1 day or full night theres to much coyotes to much crimes and child and teens kidnappers my situation has gotten to wrose and mh health has gotten worse i don't know why or how but i pass out but my eyes just get dark and can't hear but im still conscious and able to walk stand but the pain gets worse in the inside but heres something that annoys me alot is being bullied by my own jw mother like as she is the only one right on everything i help her but yet she call useless she breaks my things and even what i worked for she breaks them like there worth nothing and now i realized i have pstd but the truth is i just want to leave i know im a minor or look insane but that torture for years im not but probably around 7 years have made me unjoyful i have no excitement or happiness is just sadness everyday the same thing wake up get bullied traumatized fake love false smiles fake friends forced to do homeschooling ALL day without a break and its been now 5 months and almost a year no fun no going out no socialize in the outside suicidal thoughts i just think of endings all of it but since i know alot about Christianity i am aware what ending myself brings judgment hell torture eternal death second chance of life but get all your memory wipe out by God beg him to forgive and act like none of bad things ive done but the sins that ive made are more likely crimes...i have committed but that was when i thought the jws were the truth oh does sins like how can i end myself and ask god for a second life or beg him to forgive me is would be him ignoring sin but no wich means I would be in hell or just death sleep i mean death sleep isn't that bad i just sleep forever which is something good for me because who wouldn't be dead sleeping instead of being in hell like you've been torture like for 7 years and to make you think about 1 year is like 325 days now make it 7 years 900 days? 4,000 days? Im actually not sure now you were just torture but keep being torture physically and emotionally like me go to hell and be torture but with even worsen pain like for me death sleep forever is like a merciful choice for me from god is just that i cant anymore im tired of being alive to be just torture im fully aware of the wolrd i have study alot of things space life depression power energy hate anger crimes torture illegal things out side space universes bacteria viruses bombs nuclear energy and satanic power the bibble Christianity the reality of the world the future of human race the future of earth love love? I don't think love is even useful. it's more likely a weakness the feeling of love just bothers me alot love towards woman for me women a fantasy for me but men a sad reality life is more likely a lie life is more likely a game i mean if i end myself right now i actually don't care but i care because im not a rock or a monster like some jws or like satan i ahve feelings i feel pain ending myself but i care because of the pain in hell i will receive but the second is because i will get my memory wipe out which i do not want that i have learn alot of things alot of knowledge i have gain but just because of god but i have basically cheated from a child to a teenn to a adult i have the body the age of a teenager but i have the mind and maturity of a adult which i have no idea how but that just makes me more depressed i am merciful but yet my own mother treats me like a slave punish me like an animal my ears have been pulled alot that if has damged my jaw and it hurts alot my wrist are damage the pstd is so much my hands shake is hard for me to walk inhave gotten physically weak im so weak that im so short compared to my cousins im 14 and there 13 and others 11 and 12 and im smaller then them like isn't that every embarrassing they treat like i was the lil bro around but why im short small? Well because im depressed i don't sleep how i must sleep ive done it for months i have a muscular body but yet why am i weak i am still small i even get bully because my size and yet my mother tells me that im like a king in the couch like wouldn't that pain you? Like what why are jehovah witnesses psychopath women mothers so evil towards children CHILDS HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT LIE LIKE THAT HATE THAT SADNESS MAKE ME WANT TO END THERE EXISTENCE DOES OLD MEN WITH THERE TALKS ANNOY ME SO MUCH SITTING THERE WATCHING BEING WATCH BY OTHER LIKE IF I AM AN IDIOT A USELESS CHILD DEFORMED LIFE FORM like isn't that annoying? But the truth is i just want freedom and justice im just scared to call the authorities children raped i usually stalk people which i know alot of bad things secrets but it just im scared afraid to act i have that merciful feeling in my dad my dad isn't evil is just that my mother is a monster i will be kick out of my home at 16 my dad told me which i don't have much time left i think the easiest decision for me is to just end it all for me calling the child abuse number won't help alot why is so hard to be FREE ;(i wish i had a normal happy family but in reality im just alone just a loser a failure towards my family a disappointment towards the eyes of God...
I am sorry if my comment is to long please don't delete it took me alot time writing it and took me sadness:( is just that im frustrated stress scared all day all year Month I just wish my life was like you people born and grow up with good papa and mama but mine is just a nightmare that has become a reality for me ;(
That phrase "Jehova hates..." I grew up in a southern Baptist church in rural Alabama. I got the full fire and brimstone surmons about going to hell if you were feminist or gay or trans. That sin was everywhere. The road to damnantion is wide and the path to Heaven narrow. But, never did my pastor say "God hates...." it's straight up blasphemous yet they say it all the time.
Not a bootleg Twilight movie 😂! So the GB is watching YA movies, lol. I always tell my mother vampires and werewolves can't be from Satan... because they don't exist (neither does Satan, but that might blow her mind). It is weird how much JWs obsess over the origin of every holiday but have no idea about the orgins of their own cult.
I visited my JW cousin last night and she has no idea i faded away form the Jehova's Witneses, but vidsiting her yesterday, i see a DVD of The Phantom Of The Opera in her living room, so my thoughts were saying "are they watching movies they're not suppose to watch?".
My friend's not a JW, but very religious and this describes her perfectly. She doesn't watch Star Wars and Harry Potter, because of Magic. She can't celebrate Halloween and she also doesn't watch Horror movies, because many have themes involving demons or satan (like The Exorcist, the Conjuring series,....) Also she told me to throw away my spell jar which my other friend gave me :(
Honestly, unrelated to Halloween, the anti-spiritualism is SO strong in my family its insane. While we aren't JW, they're Christian, and I was raised as such. However, due to me slipping up, they learned I was a practicing Pagan. I was almost made homeless over that. My father even told me, "The word 'Pagan' is a trigger to Christians. Are you trying to trigger me on purpose?" Man if I knew it was a TRIGGER WORD, I would have avoided it at all cost and never started actively practicing.. now would I..? He had also told me he had cut people out of his life, good, nice people, because they weren't christians. I am not going to talk badly on Christianity, however, that sounded so cultish to me. I had NEVER seen my family in that light before so it actually scared me. Did I turn back to Christianity? No, however, it just made me MORE fearful of my family. Suddenly I wasn't their child, I was a "satan-worshipper", something to burn at the stake. My father had said to me that I had to stop practicing or I had to leave, however, when I said "fine I'll leave", he threatened to disown me and keep me from my siblings. When I suddenly 'changed my mind', he belittled me on "well if your religion is so important to you, why are you changing your mind?", because to me, family, or at least people I have deep ties to, are more important than practicing religion. He didn't seem to understand the hypocrisy. I would like to point out, again, I'm not bashing Christianity, at all. My mother was Christian, she raised me, however she was also very spiritual. She believed in tarot, she was wicca for a period in her life; that was the kind of religious person I was used to being around. However, holy hell, its a whiplash as a spiritual LGBT person, to suddenly be uprooted and have to live in an aggressively Christian household. I was trying to tie this in with the whole 'no amulets or magic objects' thing. My family is HEAVY on anti-magical objects, that's what I was getting at lmao. To note, all I had was a tiny altar and I had only lit a candle; no 'witchcraft' had been done. (TOTALLY FORGOT TO CLARIFY, my parents were divorced, I lived with my mom and my father remarried, after my mom passed, I was stuck living with my father and his wife)
7:20 when i was a kid, i had a monster high and MY GRANDMOTHER made me throw it to the trash just before showing me that episode. That was literally the reason i stopped wanting to go to JW church or be part of any religion.
I WORKED with a JW at Jared’s Jewelers. She would always preach about how they don’t celebrate holidays, birthdays, etc…. Only anniversaries. Now when it came time to enter holiday pay, she was always the first to message me to enter her time. Don’t celebrate but wants to profit off it. She ended up stabbing the manager in the back and is now a District Manager for Jared’s. Ha ha.
Technically gay non-binary person should be someone who only likes other non-binary people. In practise it depends how people actually use it. The old sexuality terms don't really work that well for trans people lol
@@Zien_Alli2I don't fucking get it what religious people have against magic because a lot of paranormal shit happens in the bible like Jesus walking on water‚turning water into wine‚materializing bread from thin air‚resurrecting the dead‚curing the sick‚making a paralyzed man walk and so on
My grandma [JW] wouldnt let me talk about Harry Potter but she was fine with the Addams Family. She was also fine with her husband and daughter watching Star Wars. I was so confused. She also would show me these Caleb and Sofia videos, of which I was constantly chanting "this is brainwashing" in my head while watching.
Idk I had same restrictions as PandaTower But it doesn't really effect me bc I surprisingly have wayy less online restrictions than some of the kids I know
Happy Halloween. 😊 I’m a Catholic who has always celebrated Halloween. I don’t know how many Christians realize that the holiday has very Christian roots. It’s the eve of All Saints Day, and was originally celebrated by the early Church in May. A couple hundred years later, the Pope moved it to November 1 when he was dedicating a basilica on that day. It’s such a neat and fun holiday that has a lot of fascinating history! 😊
@@praisejesus-v7swell i didnt know that, i'm Christian and in My family the Main reason we don't celebrate it, it's because "the souls that have died stay in Lord's house" and well spiritism is forbidden cause you are talking with demons, also we don't talk to angels for the same reason
That Spongebob clip is hilarious. I wish you included that part where Mr. Krabs had to flip over the paper to show the list because he was showing his grocery list. Spongebob screamed, "It's a FLOATING grocery list!"
I used think my Mom was unreasonable for not letting me watch Ed, Edd, & Eddy because it would "rot my brain". I still watched it when she wasn't around though. So glad I didn't grow up in a very religious household
this year I celebrated halloween for the first time as an atheist! My parents still think i’m christian so i can’t do much but i changed one of my pfps to wear a witch hat. the feeling of freedom was unmatched.
Ha, UA-cam and its comedic timing Caleb's mom: Do you really want to play with something (wizard toy) Jehovah hates? UA-cam: have an ad for the Harry Potter Studio Tour
My family never had a problem with Halloween and even dressed my sisters and me up as witches more than once. However, I had heard sermons (that I strongly disagree with) about how Christians shouldn’t celebrate Halloween, and sometimes one can feel that tension in Church. For example, churches don’t have Halloween parties for kids anymore; they have “Fall Festival” or “Trunk or Treat.” I think we’ve all kinda agreed that this is one matter where Romans 14:1-6 applies (a passage I have often wondered how JWs react to it if they ignore it entirely).
Speaking of amulets. There was a time this year where I attended two meetings, not by my own choice. And I wore two crystal necklaces, sometimes I would tap or just hold them when the meetings got too cringy, lol. It's also possible I would have received some odd looks, but no comments were made either by the members or any elders passing by at the beginning or end of the sessions. I would have even worn my evil eye bracelet if I had it at the time, just to see if any elders would have noticed an outsider quietly lurking in their midst. 😂
im a lutheran christian and no, i dont think halloween is evil. can bad things be done on halloween? sure, but that goes for every day of the year. halloween is only harmful if you make it harmful, but i respect others’ decision to not celebrate it. i personally don’t *technically* celebrate it because costumes can be expensive or time consuming to make, i’m not a kid anymore, and i’m too introverted for college parties lol.
As a child i was not allowed to watch FANTASIA. Mickey Mouse was the sorcerors apprentice. Even troll dolls were frowned upon. Doesnt the bible depict our future? I digress!!!!!
i work for a day program for people with intellectual disabilities, and last month i took a group out that wanted to go see a movie. everyone in the group talked and decided on the new betelgeuse movie. well one of the guys is a JW (or his family is any way) and he was pretty psyched about getting to go see a movie, and said that it was ok because he had seen the first one. we get to the movie theater and as we get in line i can see he starts looking a bit nervous. he steps out of line and said he needs to call his mom. he's gone for a few minutes while i'm helping everyone else get their tickets, and i decide to go check on him while the rest of the guys go find their seats. his mom on the phone is talking so loud and frantically that i can overhear her. she's saying things about "his salvation" and "morality" and how he needs to make the right decision. poor guy was so stressed, he looked like he was about to burst into tears, he just kept saying "i know mom, i know- yeah my morality i know." i felt sooo bad for him, and for unknowingly putting him in that situation. in the end he decided not to see the movie, and i offered to have another staff member pick him up so he could do an alternative activity for the day. but i couldn't believe that anyone would seriously believe that they would receive eternal damnation for watching a pg-13 spooky movie, and that they would pressure their child into almost having a panic attack over it. i'm still upset about it!
What was your experience growing up in this religion? Were any movies/ TV shows banned in your household? 🎃 Let me know in the comments below
I grew up not forced on any religion, I now am a Baptist which is a branch of Christianity. I still celebrate Halloween, I even go trick or treating with my niece.
My suspected step parents, especially my SSM were the absent-minded type. Especially when it came to borrowing books from the library, because I got given a full set of 'The Odyssey' on CD at a very young age. I think maybe five or six. I was able to watch or listen to anything with magic in it, including 'Harry Potter' and the movie 'Hercules' and thankfully that was at least some of what helped me smoothly transition into being a Hellenic polytheist/pagan these days.
I'm all for the celebration of Halloween and spooky season, especially now as I'm an adult. Unfortunately, it wasn't something we would do as kids. That, or I wasn't allowed to tag along with the other kids because they either thought I would get lost, would slow the group down because of my disability, etc. I'm not sure what the thought process was there. But I'm glad I get to appreciate a lot of the spooks as an adult and a pagan. :)
Literally everything with any ounce of magic was banned.
My mom walked out of the room and scolded me when I put on Puss In Boots: The Last Wish 😂
And yes, no pokemon
Yep. I was never allowed to watch or read Harry Potter and Lord of the rings, never allowed to watch Star Wars, Star Trek, Pokemon, a large list of Disney movies, anything with superheroes, Scooby Doo, Hotel Transylvania and the list can go on.
Also I was never allowed to play: any Mario game, Undertale, Deltarune, MINECRAFT, The Legend of Zelda, anything with violence (COD, GTA, World of Warcraft, FNAF etc.) and many many more
If you tell me I have no book/ movie/ game culture, I totally agree with you
But with all the opposition from my parents, I bought my first Harry Potter book this fall and I love it. This year I'm celebrating Halloween, Christmas and New Year's openly, even if I have lots of opposition from my family. Can't wait to escape this mess and be myself, a normal person. Happy Halloween everyone 🎃
They don’t celebrate Halloween because they hate it when strangers come knocking at THEIR door.
But they always insist on knocking on our door to make us join the cult
Whhhaaat?! Nah they should be loving Halloween. Cuz every child in the neighborhood can be indoctrinated in seconds!
😂😂😂
Lol 😂 even Muslims don’t celebrate Christians and Jews too
It’s a LOT more fun to knock on Halloween doors than field service doors! 👻
Fun fact - when Michael Jackson released the “Thriller” music video, he was a JW and was threatened with excommunication, hence the warning at the beginning of the video.
Michael Jackson was a JW?!?
@@lj2659 yep, he was raised JW
@@lj2659 there are Witnesses (haha) of him preaching... If I ain't wrong, there are photos
@@lj2659 as well as prince
@@lj2659 Yes. I met his mom Katherine and one of his sisters in a Kentucky Kingdom Hall. I believe the sister I met was Rebbie.
As a muslim personally i dissociated halloween from its pagan and christian roots, its called being festive...others should try it sometime
Its like saying wedding rings are pagan because pagans invented them
But isn't it that it's haram to observe Halloween as a Muslim? It's not even sunnah in Islam. So essentially you're going against Islam in observing Halloween.
A sensible religious person, we need more people like you.
Edit: Sensible people, that is, I don’t mean “people like you” in a racist way
We do appreciate a lot when other people celebrate with us, instead of trying to shut it down.
Christian here. Same.
I finally told my parents and siblings that I no longer want to be a witness. They were upset but they still talk to me now and then. We’ll see if that changes when we turn in our letter. I’ll be celebrating halloween in the open this year after 2 decades of not being able to. I got to decorate my door, I have my costume ready. And even my boss made sure not to schedule hearings on the 31st so I could go dressed up to work. Im even going to a halloween party! I’ve been so happy.
Good for you! 🎃
Have fun! What are you dressing up as?
@@monsecookies-u7x I decorated my house for Día de Muertos, and did my altar, my family just hung up the videocall when I showed them xD
My grandma is a JW... I went to a few kingdom hall meetings, but I never really worked well there. I find the organization too restrictive and condescending.
Anywho, glad you got out. I hope that your negative experience hasnt turned you away from spirituality entirely. I can't say I know the truth for certain but I know there's truth out there.
Good luck, fellow traveler.
Enjoy your Halloween! I'm so happy for you!
"Spirits are bad!"
The holy spirit: 👀💧
Friendly fire
"No Holy Spirit, you can stay. You're one of the good ones."
*filthy frank confused screaming*
“Knocking on doors is bad.”
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@@TwoCentReview😭😭
"I want to show him that I'm one of his loyal ones" is so cultish
Absolutely 100% agree and definitely cringeworthy. That's some 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' type of shit, haha.
"I want to hate what jehovah hates" is pretty cultish too. Just following orders and aligning their morals because that's what someone told them jehovah doesn't like. That's all it takes for them to condemn something.
@@that_centipede_lover1. Cool username.
2. It didn’t read cultish to me. It read more “protection racket”. Like, “God protects his loyal ones, so I better bend the knee and swear fealty”. It’s the way capos look at a mob boss. It’s quite antithetical to the claims JWs make about their loving relationship with God.
@@thecastleoftruestblue9665 I mean, the JWs did correctly belittle the awful colour colour grading of the _Twilight_ movies. They got a laugh from me. Honestly, that and the street beggar staring at the JW were effective to me. This is possibly the best JW production, which is not saying much.
@@untitled-gv3qp Good point. For people who claim to be “Bible students”, I’m shocked but the lack of depth and theological inquiry exhibited by the JWs. Shouldn’t she wish to understand why Jehovah hates the things he does?
3:35 "Spiritistic" sounds like a slur for ghosts 😭
LMAO
Hey only they can use that word 🤣.
Nah it sounds like an autistic spirit
You say it and a phantom smacks you across the face. "In front of Casper?! How dare you-"
@@literaldoorknob Or an autistic ghost 👻
Ahhh yes, nothing like calling African culture demonic 🤦🏾♂️
First homophobia, transphobia, now racism 💀
@@tabithapritt6895all the fundie greatest hits
Don't forget anything from a native culture, it's all demonic apparently. Only Christianity has the truth apparently or at least according to them.
im african and dont celebrate that
Okay? Just because you don't celebrate it that doesn't mean th holiday doesn't exist @@CatraKinne
I am a teen who’s forced to be a Jehovah’s Witness, my parents wouldn’t allow me to watch avengers, Star Wars for a while (I can now) nothing Harry Potter related, and not shooter games or ghost games. (I snuck watching all of those things anyway) I plan to leave when I’m 18 out of the cult. But this channel has been helping me with my decisions. So thank you.
I’m going through the same thing (except I’m not really into Star Wars, Avengers, or Harry Potter), I’ve been wanting to cosplay for a while. I’m not even allowed to wear colored hoodies for Halloween (Alvin and the Chipmunks). My parents like to use Christianity as an excuse to be offensive and controlling. I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can finally have freedom (although that means I have to pay taxes :/)
Edit: I got to go trick or treating with my friends because my brother snuck me out 😏
@ same bro my parents do the same stuff. It’s really dumb ion really care about Star Wars or marvel either. I was just going along with the points in the video.
@@Crow-j2u my mom often talks about people in the store if they “look weird” or “smell weird” (she pointed out a goth girl) and my dad often points out that people on the street or walking on the sidewalk are “poor” and I shouldn’t end up like them. I had a lot to rant about to my siblings (who also went through the same thing), my parents are also big hypocrites ("dont be a follower" even though they'll do anything the church says, even believing that autism could be cured because the pastor told this story about a mom who didn't like that her son had autism so she fed him healthier and his autism "went away", as someone with autism I was kinda offended tbh, and they'll complain about me being on the phone (even if it's to check the time but they're on Facebook all day and believe everything, they believed an AI pic of Target and my dad made my siblings skip school because of some Facebook post). Also they LOVE to guilt trip. Don't even get me started on the ridiculous Halloween story my pastor said -_-
Sorry for the rant
@ yes it’s wild how jws always have something to say, So judgmental with no good reason.
@ Fr, the Halloween story my pastor said sounded so fake, and everyone believes the reason why kids dress up is because they’re preparing to sacrifice themselves to the devil. My mom accused me for being a devil worshipper because I wanted to wear a colored hoodie for Halloween 🙄
But somehow they have an excuse to be judgmental because “God wants them to be” (they’re sometimes racist but they think God enjoys when they do that, but it’s bad if someone else does it?)
i can see news head line like "popular religious cult dosnt want thier belivers to go to the doctor becosue of skeletons"
"Breacking news coult bands clash of clans beacus of dragons. magic and the goblin builder"
Not even a stretch. They already deny the JWs blood transfusions.
They actually refuse blood transfusion...
JWs are all skeletons but dressed in flesh and suits 😱
Would make for a brilliant Onion skit
Wait until they learn where Christmas comes from..
Wdym
We can't celebrate Christmas either
For context i think bc it misportrays Jesus' birth or something
They don’t celebrate that either
If i’m correct they don’t celebrate most holidays or even birthdays bc it “takes away from gods glory” or smth
@@bugsarecool5555 when Christmas is literally about the birth of Jesus and a freaking saint:
Its quite insane comming from JW's compare to a Christian Baptist. Christmas was once pagan, then when America became a Godfearing country, the government wanted Christmas to be a holiday for Christ part of American culture. So JW's really have nothing to say. It all sounds like a cult if you ask me why they live with no fun in there life.
These ppl would get triggered just by seeing a gargoyle at a gothic cathedral
Plot twist: as an exjw we were never allowed to go near other religious buildings.
@RippleE.M.P woah...
Wait let's just say you went on a trip to like Rome
Would you be allowed to take photos with like the Colosseum or visit the archaeological sites?
They believe that Catholics are basically demon worshipers, so you're not wrong.
Oh yeah, they hate the historical Christian Church. They literally believe there were no true Christians on Earth between the 1st century AD and the late 19th century. It's funny, but if you look into it, JW theology is much closer to Islam than Christianity. They deny the divinity of Jesus, they believe God is a unitary being, they reject icons and cathedrals (duomos), they embrace theocracy...they have very little in common with either historical or contemporary Christians.
@@Wasteofenlightment104 we might be able to visit archeological sites, but we probably weren't allowed to go near cathedrals or the Vatican. Because in their eyes those buildings are buildings of false worship and Satan is in charge of them.
I remember my grandma going to my house, I was playing Mario Bros 1... She's started screaming me "TURN IT OFF" "IT HAS A DRAGON! THE ORIGINAL 🐍!" The same when I watched How to Train Your Dragon jajaja! DRAGONS! THE DEVIL! AAAAAAH 🤡!
Reminds me of when my grandma wouldn’t let me watch gravity falls or she wouldn’t let my sister watch the Disney movie coco 💀
Not even a dragon, just a fire breathing turtle.
@@Sweetenploof2.0_kandi I was at my cousin's house back in 2012 and they have some nutty views the kids weren't allowed to watch Disney channel at all because of Wizards of Waverly Place and Gravity Falls 💀
I once knew some guys whos mother wouldn't allow them to play YU GI OH because it was witch craft. Even banned me from hanging out with them because I was a bad influence. Almost 20 years later I saw one of them dealing pot but I said nothing lol
@@Sweetenploof2.0_kandi I had not seen Coco, maybe I'll do this 2 of November :3!
The inventor of Dungeons & Dragons, E. Gary Gygax was a Jehovah's Witness.
I didn't know that.
@@Vicki_Benji he has an Awake article, the fcKING! GOAT
@@christiancancino2253 I still have old Watchtower's and Awake's, as well as old study book, like the Daniel book. He's probably my age.
@@Vicki_Benji my family has from 1940 to 2024
@@christiancancino2253 I'm glad some have woken up and left this cult.
I had a neighbour that every Halloween was "sick" so she never went to our Halloween parties, then i discovered that her mom told her to lie to us because she was from the opus dei and they also don't celebrate Halloween.
It's like the common factor of most western cults is Christianity itself, ain't it?
didnt knew that catholics didnt celebrate it, maybe is something about opus dei itself, as they are a very weird order/group
@wiel5908 Catholics tend to be vefy fanatic, to the point of having anti-halloween ads in the streets of Spain
@@definitivamenteno-malo7919 im no spaniard, but aren't these more like traditional catholics? as most catholics nowadays hardly go to church in some countries
@wiel5908 think opus dei as catholic evangelicals (kind of), they don't celebrate Halloween because they say it's pagan.
Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t want random people knocking on their door!
Good one XD
If you go trick or treating dressed up as a JW, they won't answer the door because of how scary they are
You dare use my own spell against me, potter?
They probably think the Trick-Or-Treaters are trying to get them to join a doomsday cult.
@@Naka_IIThis is why @ExJWPandaTower needs to read the books as well. They omit this line from Movie 6.
I grew up Catholic, and here in Germany, Halloween wasn't really a thing, especially in smaller areas. We always celebrated "Erntedankfest" at the first weekend of October and pumpkins were certainly a common decoration, but without the spooky faces.
As Halloween became a little bit more known here, nobody in the church took an issue with it. At least in our town. For us, Halloween was just like Carnival but with spooky costumes. Sure, fundamentalists will always take an issue with this, but most religious people I met either didn't care about Halloween or they joined because they like the idea of horror-themed parties.
Ngl Dankfest sounds lit af
@@void5239now that u say it, lol. it’s pronounced dunkfest, though. ⛹🏻🏀
I wish we had Halloween in my country, it's literally the coolest holiday 🥲
@@ٴٴٴٴ_0 1. Where you from?
2. Be the change you want to see in the world. Do what I do. Be spooky all the time.
I grew up in Mexico in a more devout than usual Catholic family and Halloween was never banned in our household and my mother was a big fan of Harry Potter and still is to this day, although before moving to the US I do remember some opposition to Halloween maybe in part because of anti-US sentiments some have but we thought it was mostly older generations who did that.
Even in my most devout phase in college I never opposed this holiday as long as it didn’t go overboard and I sometimes wonder if the fears around it is mostly a US Protestant phenomenon, at most the very conservative parish I went to back in uni celebrated All Saints instead and we had the kids dress up as saints (although if you know how gruesome saints art can be I never saw a kid dressed up as a saint whose head was chopped up though). Also Day of the Dead wasn’t as internationally famous just a few decades ago and was mostly a regional thing but I’ve noticed that it’s basically getting merged with Halloween with all the commercialization.
I remember being out in service once during this time and there was a cartoonish goofy ghost in someone's yard. No blood, no demons, just a cutie ghost and the ladies were literally like "omg DISGUSTING" and being super dramatic 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Reminds me of SpongeBob being afraid of a drawing of a ghost on the back of a shopping list 😂
@@AntSugar lmmaaaaooooo
I'm imagining two old ladies clutching their pearl necklaces 😂.
@@ErinChappel it was literally that
Yet the blood fetish on Colossians KJV is okay.
Then if you censor it and leave it as "In through him we got redemption and forgiveness of sins" King James Stans throw hissy fits and call it a corrupt translation if you remove the blood fetish.
The writers of the New International version (a hated translation by KJ Stans but AOP popular with evangelicals) were based to be like: "Blood fetish is redemption? nope, gotta get rid of that and keep redemption through honor"
I am a Christian, (not a JW), my parents were also Christians but we lived in a haunted house. The previous owner had un-alived himself after his wife left him.
Dad was a former Australian Aboriginal missionary and found them to live in a very spiritually alive and connected universe. This universe was like a parallel World for them, not good or evil, just there.
So when he found that there was a ghost in the house he had bought, he spoke to it, greeting him by name and letting him know that he was going to live there with his wife and children. He said that he didn't mind if he (the ghost) was there, but if he made trouble for him and his family, the priest would be called in to do an exorcism.
I saw the ghost from time to time and would often hear him walking up and down the hallway. He would also slam doors, but other than that, made no trouble for us. My entire childhood was spent in that house, and it was a happy home for me.
Ghosts are real, they are people like you and me (not demons) but they don't have bodies any more. Some people are happy and peaceful, and some ghosts are happy and peaceful, others are violent, angry and insane, making trouble wherever they can, because that's what they were like when they were alive. Most ghosts I have met died in unhappy or even violent circumstances, or have some sort of unfinished business and that's why they can't move on. Sometimes I feel my husband's ghost around me (he died in 2003) and he is there to protect me and because he loves me. He spends some time in Heaven (he was also a Believer) but travels back and forth between these two realms.
I believe that the school i used to go to might be haunted because one day when i was going home i heard and felt someone breathing and whispering on my ear and when i looked behind me no one was anywhere near me i then went home completely freaked out by it
i wish more people took the supernatural serious enough to conduct research or found organizations focused in trying to understand it using science‚occultism etc.
I'm just curious: Christians believe that humans go to either heaven or hell when they die, since that's what the Bible says. So I'm genuinely interested in how you believe in ghosts as human spirits that linger on Earth, and yet, I assume, also believe that every person goes to heaven or hell when they die? As the two are pretty contradictory. Unless you're part of a denomination who doesn't believe that, despite it being a pretty core belief in Christianity?
Please don't read this in a passive aggressive manner or anything, as I said I'm just genuinely curious your thoughts!
I didn't grow up in this religion, as a matter of fact, I grew up secular. But I find the channel fascinating to learn about how your experiences were.
Same here
I’m glad you didn’t grow up in this religion. Unfortunately I did.
Harry Potters aunt and uncle would make fantastic JWs
Omg you’re so right.
Now that I think about it yeah
Wouldn't be surprised if they were
Tbh I can see it
No disagree, they hates people, they'll never be able to knock to doors 😂
When I was growing up as a JW forty years ago the elder gave a talk about how when a child went to the Kingdom Hall wearing a t-shirt with a Smurf on it and someone said Jehovah the Smurf jumped off the shirt and ran out the building. I was told that Smurf means demon in another language.
That sounds like something that would happen in a Zach King video 💀
@@evil778 who is Zach King?
this is so funny
@@arcellgreen4754 Zach king is a guy who is great at illusions and stuff like that.
No it doesn't, that person was wrong. It's a made up word that was made to sound like "Strumpf" as socks in german. where I live, if you call someone by that word, it means that person is an idiot.
Such a fucking depressing religion. "I want to hate what jehovah hates." 🤦♂ Now that's epitomizing the hate that is christian love.
Jehovahs are a very small part of Christians. You can't just associate Catholics, Orthodoxies, Protestants, Coptics and so on with just them
And that’s why I’m not Christian anymore.
Also...try that with other things in life. "I wanna love the food that this person loves" "I wanna hate the clothes that person hates". Think again when you have to TRAIN yourself into loving or hating something. MAYBE time can do that ("I used to hate this food, now I love it") but indoctrination is more like superficial and artificial. So you might as well watch horror movies but still be a good person 🤷♀️
Jw are a very small part of Christians I hope you know that. There are much more: Catholics, Coptics, Protestants, Orthodoxies and so on. We aren't exactly the same.
Jw are a very small part of Christians though.
I know, completely unrelated, but I noticed thr Over the Garden Wall clips at 1:32 and can see you are also a man of culture
I'm a Unitarian.... Y'all can believe and celebrate whatever you want and I'd gladly show up as long as everyone is respected.
As a wiccan, i am so glad that you took the time to learn how to pronounce Samhain. So many people pronounce it as SAM hain instead of Sao Wen.
my parents would hang up a paper sign on our door with a witch on it and capital letters saying 'WE ARE JEHOVAHS WITNESSES. DO NOT TRICK OR TREAT HERE.' 😭😭 i wasnt allowed to watch scooby doo, harry potter, or anything with 'magic' in it and my friends in primary school were never allowed to come over and i was ever allowed to go to their houses
We would just not leave the lights on and have to go in the basement. Usually watch a movie though.
Why I hate religion because children have to suffer not having fun and joy they are missing out on that's more Pure Evil then anything to me.
😂😭 I died laughing when King Boo showed up, just recently beat Luigi's Mansion 3. This video is laid back and fun I love it
Me: *goes to a party at church*
The party:*halloween themed*
JW:Oh…
@@lovethedarkalicorn7447 It’s almost as if the arbitrary prohibitions on birthdays and holidays are a strategy to produce awkward social interactions. Which, in turn, facilitate alienation from non-JWs. It’s so mean to JW kids. Their distress is _manufactured._
@@wormwoodcocktailHave a friend online who is a JW and he’s mentioned that he’s been pretty misunderstood his whole life
@@agentblackbird9435 And I’m sure that’s just how the Governing Body wanted him. Why do you think that Turpin family locked their children away from outsiders?
@@agentblackbird9435 And I’m sure that’s just how the Governing Body wanted him. Why do you think that Turpin family locked their children away from outsiders?
This made me want to celebrate Halloween more ngl
Omg, same! I LOVE halloween!
@@cheneethompson5756damn, I wish where I live I am allowed to celebrate ☹️
@@Lowkeykindabi where do you live, dear?
@@cheneethompson5756 In Botswana, Africa😭
@@Lowkeykindabi ohhh ok
Nice to meet you! I live with my mom and sister
Who are JWs
So, I have to be very discreet about holidays!
we weren't allowed to watch spooky stuff as kids, and now as a non believer i'm more interested in christmas than halloween, idrc for trick or treating or horror movies, I wish I hadn't missed out on christmas the most.
Lmao, I'm celebrating Halloween, dressing as a big bad demon, better watch out JWs 😆😆
Based
Kids: “trick or treat!”
Homeowner: “the candy is on the roof. If you’re lucky, it will trickle down.”
Kids: “oh great, a republican.”
@@deathdrivesapontiac kids: 🗿 your candy on the roof will make a good pairing with this Eggs 🗿
that sounds like the homeowner chose "trick" and wants them to obrain it with TP since climbing the ladder could create lawsuits or even enable burglers pretending to be trick or treaters. i miss when some houses would give "trick" instead "treat" like those wired film-looking containers that had a spring pop toy fly out of it.
Lmao
That made me WHEEEZE! 😂
all conservatives aren't like that bro
10:06 so Jehovah is like the candyman and beetlejuice, say his name a bunch and he appears 😂
Gonna summon him, Candyman and Beetlejuice at the same time and make 'em fight. Ooh, Bloody Mary too-
@@dr.altoclef9255 Say my name 3 times. I wanna sit and watch with you and eat popcorn as the fight breaks out.
My grandma wouldn’t let me watch gravity falls or anything besides from bible stuff on HER sabbath she’s tried to get me to convert me to Christ my brother and sister even though my dad has told her he’s not Christian. And she got me a bible for my birthday and screamed at me for putting something on top of it 😂she also forces us to pray with her and it makes me a little uncomfortable and I don’t believe in that bs
But I’m also still not allowed to play with ouija boards because most my family believes in ghosts and spirits and rebirth and stuff like that so they think bad stuff will happen if I don’t close the portal thing correctly
@@Sweetenploof2.0_kandi Bro, now’s the best time to watch _Gravity Falls._ There’s a little fan renaissance because of the publication of a book by the show’s creator.
Don’t play with any spirit board. At best it’s a waste of time. At worst, demons. Seriously avoid them. NOBODY ever says their life improved after handling a spirit board.
Look that last part up. Let me know if I’m wrong.
To be fair ouija boards are kinda spooky.
Highly recommend gravity falls if you haven’t seen it yet, still slaps as an adult 👍
Oh no how dare children trick and treat for candy and wear costumes! SHAAAAAAMMMMMEEEEE!
vivziepop is a way better devil than the Bibles devil
I‘m in a catholic youth group and they had planned a Halloween party for this Friday. So obviously, they are fine with it and even encourage us to have fun
I‘m also from Germany sooo greetings from Deutschland!!
It's really only the low-church denominations that prohibit and shame Halloween. Never forget that Halloween is a Christian holiday
Maybe in Germany catholocs are more liberal, in Poland there is this discussion every year weather or not we can celebrate Halloween.
@@alexf225 that‘s true. I‘d say that germans have become less strict about it since a lot of people aren’t believers anymore. But I‘d also have to say that I’m quite lucky with my congregation, since I do believe that there are far more conservative ones still in Germany. For example, we are also very accepting of lgbtq and open-minded in general
Now Caleb's Mom has to buy his mate another warlock.
I've grown up in a Slavic Christian household. Games were banned, magic was banned, Disney movies were banned entirely, haliween and Christmas were bad holidays. Valentine's day was sinful in making people must for each other (my mom is crazy) and Im thirteen right now, and I'm still sad I cant go trick or treating like the rest of my friends and people at school. Even recently, games were unbanned a bit if they were puzzle games or school games like prodigy. I don't follow in the Christian footsteps of my mom and dad. My brother who's 21 and in college finally broke free and is an atheist and plays Minecraft freely. I hope I'll be able to live my own life soon. Also this is extremely long.
Too Long Didn't Read. JK. What is the Slavic Christian denomination called? Aren't slavic people Orthodox?
@@genshiyami I don't know. My mom and dad are Slavic and Christians so I just call them Slavic Christians. They go to a Slavic church a lot with me and my siblings as well.
@@DurpySlurpyMunchkin what kind of Slavs? You probably daydream in church and don't even pay any attention)
@@DurpySlurpyMunchkin Do you also call it slavic church because the sermons/church meetings are in a slavic language? Probably not? Unless you weren't taught thier tongue. I always considered Spanish (Latin American; Mexican) a religious language so started listening to other stuff in it. Especially music and tv with swearing. P.S. Born and raised into a JW household
@@genshiyami yeah they speak Slavic or Russian mostly. I know Russian since I grew up in an area of Europe where Russian was common. Although I moved to America when i was six. I'm not sure in what category of religion my parents are though.
Whenever you upload I get so excited, I'm not ex JW, but I'm autistic and JWs are a special interest
I’m autistic too!
wait until they learn about the skeleton inside of them.
LMAO!!!! U should get an award from sans himself
I wasn't raised in a religious household, but I was raised as a girl (I am a transgender man) in a southern "traditional" household, and was never allowed to play video games, while my brother was allowed to play video games. And I wasn't really allowed to read books outside of school books. TBH I think my family would have kept me out of school if the county allowed it. So now as an adult I'm catching up on video games and books I missed out as a kid.
I did get to play Spyro Dawn of the Dragons with my dad when I got to visit him (parents weren't together and mother had custody), and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean with my brother because he needed a player 2
As a trans too just thinking about that is triggering the dysphoria 💀 so sorry you went through that but glad you’re happier now!!
@@PARALYZ3R
So is the dysphoria the result of an inferiority complex?
I’m trans too, I can’t imagine how hard that was. ❤️❤️❤️ hope you’re thriving now
i hope you are doing great now!!
Hope you're thriving now, brotha
I’ve missed out on years of Trick-Or-Treating because my parents act this same way
I feel bad for children who can’t go trick-or-treating. You’re only a kid once.
Jehovah hates when you borrow a toy from a friend and trow it out instead of giving it back!
Jehovah hated fun!
SPARLOCK THE WARRIOR WIZARD will never forget that day 😠.
My mother, a devout JW, LOVED the old monster movies. i.e-The Wolfman, Dracula, etc. (Lon Chaney Jr. & Bela Lugosi) That's how I got my love for those movies. I still love werewolves, monsters, etc. I wonder why my mother was never counciled? 🤔
I love Harry Potter, The Avengers, all of it. It's make believe. Why should anyone be afraid of make believe?
Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year!
Your mom is a W, my parents are Christians ( strict ones ) but I’m grateful they aren’t JWs or I would’ve killed myself already.
As a kid, I barely had unrestricted access to video games. The only video games I wasn't allowed is if they have nudity in them.
reasonable tbh.
Our church is hosting a Trunk-or-Treat in the parking lot after service this Sunday
That's what my family's church does too. Everyone seems to have their own opinion on Halloween. When I was a kid we celebrated it and went trick or treating, but when I turned 12 my family decided they were against it
LDS church does that too
Hey i remember that. It never really caught on though
I remember when my elementary school would host those! :D
what if someone dressed up as a jehovahs witness on halloween
Don't expect a lot of candies.
@@SurnaturalMKnowing many JWs they would eat all the treats and not contribute anything
I wouldn't open the door
The universe would implode.
It's kinda clever
That and door salesmen would go hard
Thanks for the first out loud laugh of the day on “when you order Twilight on Temu”
I actually remember being a kid and reading this magazine from cover to cover when it came out. Needless to say I've been out of the cult for a year, and this is going to be my first Halloween experience. Wish me luck 🤞
11:43 This is why Watchtower in africa freaks me out so much, theyre like colonizers, wanting to replace their culture with what they find acceptable, and it's horrifying and it needs to stop, I was never religious but respect religion because my best friend is a catholic christian, and watchtower isnt respecting the african religions
Considering the fact that’s how America was founded it’s not going to end well
_Over the Garden Wall?_ Panda is truly a cultured man.
Im Christian, and my parents loved dressing me and my siblings up in Halloween costumes, but some of my other friends from the church didn't get to celebrate at all
I literally just got a leaflet saying why “halloween is bad” 💀🙏
My grandma did not appreciate 'fairly odd parents'
Ironically Butch Hartman sold his sold to the Jehovah demon lol.
@@abstraction6212 I thought he was a fundie Christian.
Pikachu's a demon? NOOOOOOOOOO!!! 😮
I didn’t grow up as a JW, but rather in a strict evangelical Christian household. I wasn’t allowed to watch Harry Potter, Pokémon, SpongeBob, Dragon Tales, Teletubbies, or various Disney films. We weren’t allowed to celebrate Halloween either. My husband grew up the same way.
How sad
My strict Christian parents think pokemon is demonic, but I’m glad they aren’t JWs.
You weren’t allowed to watch Teletubbies and Dragon Tales? What???
@@Puppetgirl93 Yes, it was something about the purple Teletubby being gay and DragonTales because of the magic. Ridiculous, I know 😂
Help, my mom wont let me watch harry potter because the movie contains witchcraft and magic. And when i told her that just because i watch a fictional movie that contains magic, doesn't mean im supporting nor encouraging magic, and it doesn't mean i would do magic either. But my mom told me that I'm wrong and that I am supporting and encouraging magic just by watching Harry potter. What else should i tell her? I just need advice from someone because i don't want to stop doing the things i love just because my religion told me so, But at the same time i also want to keep on being part of a religion because I've experienced other religious people that are extremely kind to me and are also not super strict when it comes to religion.
Good job Panda on the pronunciation of the Irish word "Samhain"! Maith thú! :D
Without this channel, i wouldn't have woken up, but a great sadness would hit on me that changed my life forever. Things have gotten worse for me. The worst is my mental health, and my thoughts is like someone is on my head alive it talks to me, helps me, but gives me bad ideas that may end things very badly but i sadly have no way out as time passes the more my anger its hard to control sometimes thinking about it but hardly for me to run away and survive is more likely impossible for me since im solitude alone and the land were i live is very hard for someone like a minor to be out it is impossible for me to stay alive not even for 1 day or full night theres to much coyotes to much crimes and child and teens kidnappers my situation has gotten to wrose and mh health has gotten worse i don't know why or how but i pass out but my eyes just get dark and can't hear but im still conscious and able to walk stand but the pain gets worse in the inside but heres something that annoys me alot is being bullied by my own jw mother like as she is the only one right on everything i help her but yet she call useless she breaks my things and even what i worked for she breaks them like there worth nothing and now i realized i have pstd but the truth is i just want to leave i know im a minor or look insane but that torture for years im not but probably around 7 years have made me unjoyful i have no excitement or happiness is just sadness everyday the same thing wake up get bullied traumatized fake love false smiles fake friends forced to do homeschooling ALL day without a break and its been now 5 months and almost a year no fun no going out no socialize in the outside suicidal thoughts i just think of endings all of it but since i know alot about Christianity i am aware what ending myself brings judgment hell torture eternal death second chance of life but get all your memory wipe out by God beg him to forgive and act like none of bad things ive done but the sins that ive made are more likely crimes...i have committed but that was when i thought the jws were the truth oh does sins like how can i end myself and ask god for a second life or beg him to forgive me is would be him ignoring sin but no wich means I would be in hell or just death sleep i mean death sleep isn't that bad i just sleep forever which is something good for me because who wouldn't be dead sleeping instead of being in hell like you've been torture like for 7 years and to make you think about 1 year is like 325 days now make it 7 years 900 days? 4,000 days? Im actually not sure now you were just torture but keep being torture physically and emotionally like me go to hell and be torture but with even worsen pain like for me death sleep forever is like a merciful choice for me from god is just that i cant anymore im tired of being alive to be just torture im fully aware of the wolrd i have study alot of things space life depression power energy hate anger crimes torture illegal things out side space universes bacteria viruses bombs nuclear energy and satanic power the bibble Christianity the reality of the world the future of human race the future of earth love love? I don't think love is even useful. it's more likely a weakness the feeling of love just bothers me alot love towards woman for me women a fantasy for me but men a sad reality life is more likely a lie life is more likely a game i mean if i end myself right now i actually don't care but i care because im not a rock or a monster like some jws or like satan i ahve feelings i feel pain ending myself but i care because of the pain in hell i will receive but the second is because i will get my memory wipe out which i do not want that i have learn alot of things alot of knowledge i have gain but just because of god but i have basically cheated from a child to a teenn to a adult i have the body the age of a teenager but i have the mind and maturity of a adult which i have no idea how but that just makes me more depressed i am merciful but yet my own mother treats me like a slave punish me like an animal my ears have been pulled alot that if has damged my jaw and it hurts alot my wrist are damage the pstd is so much my hands shake is hard for me to walk inhave gotten physically weak im so weak that im so short compared to my cousins im 14 and there 13 and others 11 and 12 and im smaller then them like isn't that every embarrassing they treat like i was the lil bro around but why im short small? Well because im depressed i don't sleep how i must sleep ive done it for months i have a muscular body but yet why am i weak i am still small i even get bully because my size and yet my mother tells me that im like a king in the couch like wouldn't that pain you? Like what why are jehovah witnesses psychopath women mothers so evil towards children CHILDS HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT LIE LIKE THAT HATE THAT SADNESS MAKE ME WANT TO END THERE EXISTENCE DOES OLD MEN WITH THERE TALKS ANNOY ME SO MUCH SITTING THERE WATCHING BEING WATCH BY OTHER LIKE IF I AM AN IDIOT A USELESS CHILD DEFORMED LIFE FORM like isn't that annoying? But the truth is i just want freedom and justice im just scared to call the authorities children raped i usually stalk people which i know alot of bad things secrets but it just im scared afraid to act i have that merciful feeling in my dad my dad isn't evil is just that my mother is a monster i will be kick out of my home at 16 my dad told me which i don't have much time left i think the easiest decision for me is to just end it all for me calling the child abuse number won't help alot why is so hard to be FREE ;(i wish i had a normal happy family but in reality im just alone just a loser a failure towards my family a disappointment towards the eyes of God...
I am sorry if my comment is to long please don't delete it took me alot time writing it and took me sadness:( is just that im frustrated stress scared all day all year Month I just wish my life was like you people born and grow up with good papa and mama but mine is just a nightmare that has become a reality for me ;(
@The_prisoner-500•
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It must be so sad not being able to have an imagination 😭
Why I hate religion because children have to suffer not having fun and joy they are missing out on that's more Pure Evil then anything to me.
"Ghost are sacrilegous"
> The holy ghost in the corner, sweating nervously...
That closer was gold lmao
@@kiwi4051 mínimo no puso al Estoy ansioso de verás, de llegar pronto a su casaaaaa 🗿
That phrase "Jehova hates..." I grew up in a southern Baptist church in rural Alabama. I got the full fire and brimstone surmons about going to hell if you were feminist or gay or trans. That sin was everywhere. The road to damnantion is wide and the path to Heaven narrow. But, never did my pastor say "God hates...."
it's straight up blasphemous yet they say it all the time.
Not a bootleg Twilight movie 😂! So the GB is watching YA movies, lol. I always tell my mother vampires and werewolves can't be from Satan... because they don't exist (neither does Satan, but that might blow her mind). It is weird how much JWs obsess over the origin of every holiday but have no idea about the orgins of their own cult.
"its supposed to be great' 😂
I visited my JW cousin last night and she has no idea i faded away form the Jehova's Witneses, but vidsiting her yesterday, i see a DVD of The Phantom Of The Opera in her living room, so my thoughts were saying "are they watching movies they're not suppose to watch?".
My friend's not a JW, but very religious and this describes her perfectly. She doesn't watch Star Wars and Harry Potter, because of Magic. She can't celebrate Halloween and she also doesn't watch Horror movies, because many have themes involving demons or satan (like The Exorcist, the Conjuring series,....)
Also she told me to throw away my spell jar which my other friend gave me :(
I got Hazbin hotel merchandise around my room to scare Jehovah away.
Not today not ever lol.
don’t throw it away. I would just keep it locked away if she comes over.
Honestly, unrelated to Halloween, the anti-spiritualism is SO strong in my family its insane. While we aren't JW, they're Christian, and I was raised as such. However, due to me slipping up, they learned I was a practicing Pagan. I was almost made homeless over that. My father even told me, "The word 'Pagan' is a trigger to Christians. Are you trying to trigger me on purpose?" Man if I knew it was a TRIGGER WORD, I would have avoided it at all cost and never started actively practicing.. now would I..?
He had also told me he had cut people out of his life, good, nice people, because they weren't christians. I am not going to talk badly on Christianity, however, that sounded so cultish to me. I had NEVER seen my family in that light before so it actually scared me. Did I turn back to Christianity? No, however, it just made me MORE fearful of my family. Suddenly I wasn't their child, I was a "satan-worshipper", something to burn at the stake. My father had said to me that I had to stop practicing or I had to leave, however, when I said "fine I'll leave", he threatened to disown me and keep me from my siblings. When I suddenly 'changed my mind', he belittled me on "well if your religion is so important to you, why are you changing your mind?", because to me, family, or at least people I have deep ties to, are more important than practicing religion. He didn't seem to understand the hypocrisy.
I would like to point out, again, I'm not bashing Christianity, at all. My mother was Christian, she raised me, however she was also very spiritual. She believed in tarot, she was wicca for a period in her life; that was the kind of religious person I was used to being around. However, holy hell, its a whiplash as a spiritual LGBT person, to suddenly be uprooted and have to live in an aggressively Christian household.
I was trying to tie this in with the whole 'no amulets or magic objects' thing. My family is HEAVY on anti-magical objects, that's what I was getting at lmao. To note, all I had was a tiny altar and I had only lit a candle; no 'witchcraft' had been done.
(TOTALLY FORGOT TO CLARIFY, my parents were divorced, I lived with my mom and my father remarried, after my mom passed, I was stuck living with my father and his wife)
7:20 when i was a kid, i had a monster high and MY GRANDMOTHER made me throw it to the trash just before showing me that episode.
That was literally the reason i stopped wanting to go to JW church or be part of any religion.
For a holiday that involves going around and knocking at strangers houses, you’d think JW’s would love it.
"Twilight from Temu" 🤣
I WORKED with a JW at Jared’s Jewelers. She would always preach about how they don’t celebrate holidays, birthdays, etc…. Only anniversaries. Now when it came time to enter holiday pay, she was always the first to message me to enter her time. Don’t celebrate but wants to profit off it. She ended up stabbing the manager in the back and is now a District Manager for Jared’s. Ha ha.
I think my friend is like everything jw hates non binary gay and believe in magic
How can be gay if non binary?
@nandcproductions6810 uhhhh somehow they don't like men idk that's how they referred to themaelfs original gender female
Believe in magic? Bible says you cant like BELIEVE in it because thats a different religion I think
Technically gay non-binary person should be someone who only likes other non-binary people. In practise it depends how people actually use it. The old sexuality terms don't really work that well for trans people lol
@@Zien_Alli2I don't fucking get it what religious people have against magic because a lot of paranormal shit happens in the bible like Jesus walking on water‚turning water into wine‚materializing bread from thin air‚resurrecting the dead‚curing the sick‚making a paralyzed man walk and so on
My grandma [JW] wouldnt let me talk about Harry Potter but she was fine with the Addams Family. She was also fine with her husband and daughter watching Star Wars. I was so confused.
She also would show me these Caleb and Sofia videos, of which I was constantly chanting "this is brainwashing" in my head while watching.
What about “My Little Pony” would Jw’s ban a show about cute little colorful talking horses promoting the *magic* of friendship?
Yes, since MLP shows magic..
@@Raimundo1941 Magic=a head sized ice block on your head 🗿
Yes they would!
Idk I had same restrictions as PandaTower
But it doesn't really effect me bc I surprisingly have wayy less online restrictions than some of the kids I know
cutie marks are from the devil I'm sure lmao
I wish they made a Caleb and Sophia video about Halloween and why it's "wrong" and "evil".
Happy Halloween. 😊 I’m a Catholic who has always celebrated Halloween. I don’t know how many Christians realize that the holiday has very Christian roots. It’s the eve of All Saints Day, and was originally celebrated by the early Church in May. A couple hundred years later, the Pope moved it to November 1 when he was dedicating a basilica on that day. It’s such a neat and fun holiday that has a lot of fascinating history! 😊
it also has pagan roots in it too. people don't see it as a christian hoilday anymore sadly.
@@praisejesus-v7swell i didnt know that, i'm Christian and in My family the Main reason we don't celebrate it, it's because "the souls that have died stay in Lord's house" and well spiritism is forbidden cause you are talking with demons, also we don't talk to angels for the same reason
That Spongebob clip is hilarious. I wish you included that part where Mr. Krabs had to flip over the paper to show the list because he was showing his grocery list. Spongebob screamed, "It's a FLOATING grocery list!"
I used think my Mom was unreasonable for not letting me watch Ed, Edd, & Eddy because it would "rot my brain". I still watched it when she wasn't around though. So glad I didn't grow up in a very religious household
I love Ed Edd and Eddy
@@lisadooley3872same here although I don’t know why I like it so much it’s a weird show
Why I hate religion because children have to suffer not having fun and joy they are missing out on that's more Pure Evil then anything to me.
And if you like Ed Edd and Eddy, there's a female version for it. Gremlin girls making Animation. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.
this year I celebrated halloween for the first time as an atheist! My parents still think i’m christian so i can’t do much but i changed one of my pfps to wear a witch hat. the feeling of freedom was unmatched.
7:47 I'm so glad you reused this edit, it's so goddamn funny
I'm surprised the mother threw away that toy. Caleb borrowed it from a friend. It wasn't his to throw in the trashcan!
@@drewgoin8849 Caleb friend will be mad that he throw his toy in the trash and sue Caleb mom and have to buy the same toy
SPARLOCK THE WARRIOR WIZARD is seething with rage.@@drewgoin8849
Ha, UA-cam and its comedic timing
Caleb's mom: Do you really want to play with something (wizard toy) Jehovah hates?
UA-cam: have an ad for the Harry Potter Studio Tour
My family never had a problem with Halloween and even dressed my sisters and me up as witches more than once. However, I had heard sermons (that I strongly disagree with) about how Christians shouldn’t celebrate Halloween, and sometimes one can feel that tension in Church. For example, churches don’t have Halloween parties for kids anymore; they have “Fall Festival” or “Trunk or Treat.” I think we’ve all kinda agreed that this is one matter where Romans 14:1-6 applies (a passage I have often wondered how JWs react to it if they ignore it entirely).
Wait. So, if Watchtower said Jehovah hates eg. Blenders, are they just. Not allowed to drink smoothies? :(
Imagine being a kid and wanting a fairy wand or a unicorn shirt
Speaking of amulets. There was a time this year where I attended two meetings, not by my own choice. And I wore two crystal necklaces, sometimes I would tap or just hold them when the meetings got too cringy, lol. It's also possible I would have received some odd looks, but no comments were made either by the members or any elders passing by at the beginning or end of the sessions. I would have even worn my evil eye bracelet if I had it at the time, just to see if any elders would have noticed an outsider quietly lurking in their midst. 😂
You mean a demon didn’t come and choke the preacher out because of your necklace?
00:26 you're going WHAT in to the occult?!?
BALLS 🏀 ⚽🏈 Deep.
@@nemotoad9315 😭
"I want to hate what Jehovah hates" what a statement
im a lutheran christian and no, i dont think halloween is evil. can bad things be done on halloween? sure, but that goes for every day of the year. halloween is only harmful if you make it harmful, but i respect others’ decision to not celebrate it. i personally don’t *technically* celebrate it because costumes can be expensive or time consuming to make, i’m not a kid anymore, and i’m too introverted for college parties lol.
I'm going to start calling myself an unfruitful work of darkness
Dude, I finally celebrated Halloween this year by sneaking out my costume and a pillowcase on my bike ride. I had so much fun.
Bro they wouldn't let me watch my little pony because unicorns used magic
Wow as a Brony and a fan of my little pony This makes me Mad ngl
@PositivePink-x1x very sad honestly, but now I'm free to watch it as much as I like (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
How dare they hide this for 5 minutes
Also, massive thank you for pronouncing Samhain properly! As an Irish person, I appreciate it.
The HP clips had me cracking up hahaha
Funny thing is that Christmas is also of Pagan origin.
As a child i was not allowed to watch FANTASIA. Mickey Mouse was the sorcerors apprentice. Even troll dolls were frowned upon.
Doesnt the bible depict our future? I digress!!!!!
i smell a christian mans blood
i work for a day program for people with intellectual disabilities, and last month i took a group out that wanted to go see a movie. everyone in the group talked and decided on the new betelgeuse movie. well one of the guys is a JW (or his family is any way) and he was pretty psyched about getting to go see a movie, and said that it was ok because he had seen the first one.
we get to the movie theater and as we get in line i can see he starts looking a bit nervous. he steps out of line and said he needs to call his mom. he's gone for a few minutes while i'm helping everyone else get their tickets, and i decide to go check on him while the rest of the guys go find their seats. his mom on the phone is talking so loud and frantically that i can overhear her. she's saying things about "his salvation" and "morality" and how he needs to make the right decision. poor guy was so stressed, he looked like he was about to burst into tears, he just kept saying "i know mom, i know- yeah my morality i know."
i felt sooo bad for him, and for unknowingly putting him in that situation. in the end he decided not to see the movie, and i offered to have another staff member pick him up so he could do an alternative activity for the day. but i couldn't believe that anyone would seriously believe that they would receive eternal damnation for watching a pg-13 spooky movie, and that they would pressure their child into almost having a panic attack over it. i'm still upset about it!
This comment made me cry and I’m a person with a disability, that poor man!
My family took My Little Pony away from me… MY LITTLE PONY 😢
Wow 😑😐
Mlp is for everyone also so what if it contains magic? Damn im sry for u
That's a truly deranged thing to do to a child.