My point is: it depends on what you are being taught.
Growing up under government-sanctioned and aggressively-promoted atheism can be considered 'brainwashing' because the result is a lack of knowledge of truth.
However, growing up immersed in the gospel of Jesus Christ is anything but, because the result is a knowledge of things as they really are, a knowledge of truth that brings true happiness.
This is pretty much word for word how I remember testimony meetings and children. I'm curious if I post this on my facebook how many of my LDS friends will say "how cute is that", and how many non LDS will say "OMG, can't they see the brainwashing going on here?" Since I was once a devout LDS and didn't see it, I know there will be some who don't get it.
Is this REALLY what parents make their kids say? I just can't believe that parents would make fools of themselves by whispering a testimony into the kids ears and have them parrot it back. That is so ridiculous. REALLY this happens?
Sadly enough, this is word for word what a real child may say in a testimony meeting. I can't stress enough how very realistic this video is. Sure, I made it as a joke, but is it really?
This is a cynical and jaded view of testimony meeting.
Often when people leave the Church and cannot actually prove it to be false, do not find an adequate substitute or peace of mind, they obsessively attack and ridicule what they once knew.
Justifying your decision to leave the faith becomes paramount, even if it comes to making ridiculous cartoons on YouTube.
Talk to active Mormons without an ulterior motive to find out what really happens within the Church of Jesus Christ.
As a missionary I accompanied an investigator to church. Mind you, this guy was made of GOLD. An absolute shoe-in for baptism. It only took one mistake... We took him to fast and testimony meeting.
He never wanted to see us again.
He was scared to death of all the brainwashed children. I didn't believe him at first, but over time I came to realize that he was right.
Don't deny that every bit of Preston's testimony is realistic... and disturbing. LOL
It really was just a joke. However, do you realize that it was the Jews who killed Christ? (Although unbeknowest to them Christ died willingly for us.) And why did they kill him?... So they could continue with their laws and traditions and temples and ten commandments. If Christ were to come today as he did back then, the entire Mormon church would not only all stumble because of the easiness of the way, but probably crucify him as well. Oh well, continue with your temples and ten commandments.
I find it so amusing when so-called "Christians" demonize other believers in Christ with such extreme statements.
However, since you do not want to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it's understandable that you would not want it to be true and led by Jesus Christ himself.
I was a member, and what I said was harsh, but if Christ were to come today he'd be absolutely sick with the church. There are good mormons out there. But mormonism is like the matrix, you don't know your in it until your out. Isaiah 43:10, Acts chpr 7 & 17 pretty much proves that the church can't be true if the Bible is true. By their fruites ye shall know them (false prophets). Polygamy, racism until 1978, sexism, masonic rites, etc. Its obvious Gala 1:8-9 is a prophecy of the Mormon church.
Right - instead of engaging the substance of this demontage of Mormonism, it is easier to pyschoanalyze the messenger.
There is no such thing as "active Mormons without an ulterior motive". They are _obviously_ at least as "jaded" and biased as any former Mormon. Psycho-babble works both ways: Since they can't prove it is true, they just say anything to maintain face and be respected by the others in their group.
Wow. I forgot about this video! Still going strong!
I think the "brainwashing" argument is interesting in terms of testimony meeting. Here's why:
We all must admit that we're all "brainwashed" by SOMETHING - whether it's MTV, a particular BLOG, our friends, our parents, famous people, musicians, etc.
We are all shaped by our environment and the people around us.
Repetition is a powerful tool and it works both ways - either bringing us closer to God or farther away.
"Repetition is a powerful tool and it works both ways - either bringing us closer to God or farther away."
...or we can engage in rational argument, evidence, etc. Simple repetition is good for learning multiplication tables or foreign language vocabulary. For complex bodies of thought, it is only good for implanting uncritical acceptance (brainwashing). Getting people to proclaim faith/"knowledge" publically is also a strong mechanism for immunizing them against arguments and evidence later.
I don't know many atheists at all who "rave" about "proof." The changing conclusions of science are its strength. Knowledge is provisional, not dogmatic.
"Godly" or "divine" evidence probably means something like, "I get the warm and fuzzies and feel good about a statement if I murmur magical incantations, usually referred to as prayers, while thinking about a statement. I then conclude that the statement is true."
Recommended reading: "On Being Certain" on Robert A. Burton.
Most of the atheists I engage with demand I provide "proof" for my belief. They attest that they base all of their religion, yes, I view Atheism simply as another a religion, on "fact" "logic" "proof" etc.
Yet, no Atheist can prove that there is no God.
Stay tuned for a video on spiritual manifestations. To the secular world, they are mocked as "warm and fuzzies." This is because the secular has never, and never will accept or even try to understand the spiritual.
I have learned spiritual things through the Spirit of Prophecy - spiritual manifestation directly from God.
This is the same way I know that Jesus is the Christ. Not just because the Bible says so.
These spiritual witnesses are much different than mere bodily and physiological chemical reactions, because they did not originate from ME, but from heaven.
Yes, I do trust my feelings. Yet, my feelings are separate and distinct from revelation from God.
This video is hilarious! This is the exact cookie cutter testimony I used to hear in the LDS church when I was a Mormon. Praise God I have been delivered from the LDS cult!
Joseph Smith was a false prophet, Mormons bring another gospel, strange doctrines, and a false Jesus.
Remember everybody..it really not babies..it's about the age of 2 or 3 that it starts. The parents wisper in the ears of the child, Where are the "what?" (trying to listen to the parent wispering) ITS sick!
This is so funny! The beginning and ending are the exact words that I've hear little kids use over and over in sacrament meetings from one coast to the other. Hilarious, but creepy. Thank goodness I escaped the cult before brainwashing my own progeny.
hahaha, sounds like every first sunday to me. hahaha. did you see the bastard ferries music video with the girl talking about atheism, and the backlash on the Oreilly factor etc about "indoctrination" and "abuse"? what a joke.
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You can do what ever you want after these meetings, but once you react to these impression and feelings with deeds you will find more true and sincere happyness than ever before in your life, wich will kepp living in you as long as you stay connected to your father in heaven.
For sure, this is the lords chruch, I do tesify that to every beeing and know that its true, cause I did have these feelings wich are not easy to describe but certain.
I was a devout Mormon for 24 years. I had a solid testimony that I thought would get me through any doubt. Obviously, even that wasn't strong enough. But no matter, I'm happy now whether you like it or not.
I have been to testimony meetings in Germany. They are exactly the same as in America. They're the same in South America, too. I took a man to church once on my mission to a testimony meeting. He got scared of all the brainwashed kids and never came back. I'm glad he didn't get baptized.
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Why would my greatgrandfather walk 18 miles every sunday, without the kneecap he lost in tha Battle of Verdun, only to go to church ? Because after three days without food and water on the battlefield and a bit blood left he made a covenant with the lord, wich blessed our family in the last 90 years more than anything else on the earth, and that is the restored gospel of Jesus the Christ. He and I knew that this is the source of lasting peace wich is only for the ones who endure. sadly some dont
So, what your implying is that only mormons can make covenants with the lord? Thanks for the memo.
>>rushes out to join mormonism so god will love me too.
...Jentz, your off your rocker, and sorry to say, so was your grandfather. People are easily duped...I left the church because I realized that it wasn't true. It just wasn't, never was and never will be.
for sure god loves nonmormons as well but I dont speak about mormonism.I speak about the gospel adam had, the gospel Christ tought in Palastine, the simple and plain gospel wich got lost and was restored, like before.I dont believe in any new religions. "Mormons" is a nickname given by some people to the ones who belong to adams/moses`/etc church. if youtube wouldnt had that limit I could answer every question you have about the one and only gospel from adam to today, in wich I beleive and live.
I was raised Mormon. Is Mormon a bad word or nick name to you? If its true then why all the change? All the commercials in the 80's said,"from the Mormons the church of jesus christ of lader day saints." Don't change it into some fancy pants bull. How many Mormons it take to change a light bulb? Two, one to change it, and the other to tell the world it never changed. Dude its still the Mormon church. You are way typical. sucks to be you.
Come here and listen to a testimony-meeting in East-Germany and you cant else but accept that the lords spirit truly is within these meetings and you will feel, regardless of your actuall position to the church, inside of you a sincere, humlby feeling of gratefulness and you cannot else but accept that the the lord truly did restore his church once again upon the face of the world, by his prophet Joseph Smith. Try my words.
In my 21 years in this world here I only missed one sacrement meeting ( coulnd find a church in that area ) but I never ever heard anything like that in my life !
Sooo true!! This is exactly how it sounds every testimony meeting. The poor brainwashed children...glad I left..I would not want my kid to go through this.
You know what's weird? I never realized how strange it was that you pretty much had to say "I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet". When I got out of this cult I realized that other churches don't have to defend their crazy founders in this way. OH-thanks for this-you just made my night-too funny
LOL but seriously I totllaly remember this stuff, same old mantra on the 5th Sunday of the month (thank God there are few of thoes) and just maybe Preston was a little delerious from the fast that preceeded the 3 hour services?
yours was on 5th sunday our was the first so it happened every month but the kids have reduced as well as my ward were closer to a branch now. i am one to tell you many mormons are not nice and that is why my ward is dwindling.
If you smoke, you testify to your child that smokings true, correct? How about if you eat meat, your wife eats meat, the family eats meat? You havent proven anything except that parents teach their children, my friend. Show this youtube video to God when you meet him, then ask if you've done 'his' work. If you serve 'him', than serve him and stop trying to destroy like satan would have you do. Your examples are consistant with negative creatism. By the way, In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
No, I do not serve "Him". I think "He" almost destroyed me more than I ever feared Satan would. Religion pushed me into a period of depression that I couldn't shake until I found the joys of atheism.
Preston is me as a little kid. I can't believe I ever fell for all that crap.
Religion depressed you? so you made a decision to be happy in atheism... atheism is nothing more than a cop out. i cant handle life, religion is too hard, i think i'll just stop beleiving and be happy. people depress themselves not religion. there are thousands of depressed atheists so you've proven nothing. change your name to EMO-pastafarian. quit slamming the church cause you were somehow able to justify turning your back on god.
It's not so much that I turned my back on God as realizing there's more to life than being a little lamb led through life and told what to do. I have a deeper appreciation for nature knowing that God didn't make any of it. I have a deeper appreciation for life knowing that this century or so is all I have. The only reason I was unhappy in religion was because it simply made no sense.
By the way, you gotta admit it's funny! How many times have you heard a little kid say he's thankful for a nonexistent brother or sister just because it's the "standard testimony". LOL It's okay to laugh. :o)
I will agree with you that kids should not be up giving a testimony they dont have yet. but again the lord says that children are closer to god and sometimes can reveal. but i'd rather my kids have their own testimony as i do. i'm a convert, never had religion in my life, until i was about 21, no one brain washed me. i listened and heard studied prayed. and found it true through prayer.
You're not brainwashed; you just got the Reader's Digest version of Mormonism, which cut out all of the inconsistancies, contradictions, and errors. They're still there if you care to look.
I love the diplomacy of your statement, moparmonster. I can be so dang offensive while trying to talk to LDS, and I'm not proud of it. It's born of frustration, though, at not being able to get them to take a look at all of the facts, in context. Still, the b word is a conversation stopper, and rude at the same time. Your way is much better, and more true in a very real sense.
Awesome. Morgbots have their teeny kids get up to bear their testimony when they have NO freaking idea about what it's about in the first place. Stupid cult.
Whatever. The only things I learned in primary were all lies and legends. Now that I've finally realized that I have to live knowing that I ACTUALLY believed all that nonsense!
I was half expecting you to have his mother in the video, too. I've never seen anyone under about 7 go up and bear their testamony alone . . . they usually have their parents go up with them and tell them what to say they believe.
I was toying with the idea of having Preston bend over and listen after every phrase, but I decided against it in the end. I think I got the point across. Thanks for watching. :o)
This is so funny and true!
crazycreature13 2 weeks ago
Hey there another exmo here and this just brought me back to all those child testimonies. So crazy I'm glad to be free of it.
Northernskeptic 1 year ago
My point is: it depends on what you are being taught.
Growing up under government-sanctioned and aggressively-promoted atheism can be considered 'brainwashing' because the result is a lack of knowledge of truth.
However, growing up immersed in the gospel of Jesus Christ is anything but, because the result is a knowledge of things as they really are, a knowledge of truth that brings true happiness.
DefendingMormonism 2 years ago
This is pretty much word for word how I remember testimony meetings and children. I'm curious if I post this on my facebook how many of my LDS friends will say "how cute is that", and how many non LDS will say "OMG, can't they see the brainwashing going on here?" Since I was once a devout LDS and didn't see it, I know there will be some who don't get it.
tworthi1 2 years ago
lol it was like being at church. it's been years since i've been and a while since i resigned, but holy crap did this bring back painful memories.
well done! :)
jseth1981 2 years ago
Oh jeez. This is just as painful as the real thing. And spot-on, too.
Yes, angry commenters. Kids who can barely talk *do* stand there and parrot what their parents whisper for them to say. Just. Like. This.
If you think otherwise, you've clearly slept through every fast & testimony meeting you've ever attended.
NotPotable 3 years ago
this is pretty much what i saw kids say when i was a mormon. it's bringing back a lot of bad memories. lol
sdf1989 3 years ago
Is this REALLY what parents make their kids say? I just can't believe that parents would make fools of themselves by whispering a testimony into the kids ears and have them parrot it back. That is so ridiculous. REALLY this happens?
2ool8 3 years ago
Sadly enough, this is word for word what a real child may say in a testimony meeting. I can't stress enough how very realistic this video is. Sure, I made it as a joke, but is it really?
ExmoPastafarian 3 years ago
This is a cynical and jaded view of testimony meeting.
Often when people leave the Church and cannot actually prove it to be false, do not find an adequate substitute or peace of mind, they obsessively attack and ridicule what they once knew.
Justifying your decision to leave the faith becomes paramount, even if it comes to making ridiculous cartoons on YouTube.
Talk to active Mormons without an ulterior motive to find out what really happens within the Church of Jesus Christ.
Cheers!
DefendingMormonism 3 years ago
As a missionary I accompanied an investigator to church. Mind you, this guy was made of GOLD. An absolute shoe-in for baptism. It only took one mistake... We took him to fast and testimony meeting.
He never wanted to see us again.
He was scared to death of all the brainwashed children. I didn't believe him at first, but over time I came to realize that he was right.
Don't deny that every bit of Preston's testimony is realistic... and disturbing. LOL
ExmoPastafarian 3 years ago
It really was just a joke. However, do you realize that it was the Jews who killed Christ? (Although unbeknowest to them Christ died willingly for us.) And why did they kill him?... So they could continue with their laws and traditions and temples and ten commandments. If Christ were to come today as he did back then, the entire Mormon church would not only all stumble because of the easiness of the way, but probably crucify him as well. Oh well, continue with your temples and ten commandments.
serrora1 3 years ago
I find it so amusing when so-called "Christians" demonize other believers in Christ with such extreme statements.
However, since you do not want to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it's understandable that you would not want it to be true and led by Jesus Christ himself.
God Bless.
DefendingMormonism 3 years ago
I was a member, and what I said was harsh, but if Christ were to come today he'd be absolutely sick with the church. There are good mormons out there. But mormonism is like the matrix, you don't know your in it until your out. Isaiah 43:10, Acts chpr 7 & 17 pretty much proves that the church can't be true if the Bible is true. By their fruites ye shall know them (false prophets). Polygamy, racism until 1978, sexism, masonic rites, etc. Its obvious Gala 1:8-9 is a prophecy of the Mormon church.
serrora1 3 years ago
On a side note... even if the bible is false it doesn't change the fact that the church is, and always has been, false. :o)
ExmoPastafarian 3 years ago
Right - instead of engaging the substance of this demontage of Mormonism, it is easier to pyschoanalyze the messenger.
There is no such thing as "active Mormons without an ulterior motive". They are _obviously_ at least as "jaded" and biased as any former Mormon. Psycho-babble works both ways: Since they can't prove it is true, they just say anything to maintain face and be respected by the others in their group.
mhatlie 2 years ago
Wow. I forgot about this video! Still going strong!
I think the "brainwashing" argument is interesting in terms of testimony meeting. Here's why:
We all must admit that we're all "brainwashed" by SOMETHING - whether it's MTV, a particular BLOG, our friends, our parents, famous people, musicians, etc.
We are all shaped by our environment and the people around us.
Repetition is a powerful tool and it works both ways - either bringing us closer to God or farther away.
DefendingMormonism 2 years ago
"Repetition is a powerful tool and it works both ways - either bringing us closer to God or farther away."
...or we can engage in rational argument, evidence, etc. Simple repetition is good for learning multiplication tables or foreign language vocabulary. For complex bodies of thought, it is only good for implanting uncritical acceptance (brainwashing). Getting people to proclaim faith/"knowledge" publically is also a strong mechanism for immunizing them against arguments and evidence later.
mhatlie 2 years ago
We probably fundamentally disagree about what constitutes evidence.
For all of the so-called rational thinking Atheists out there, they rant and rave about scientific "proof."
If there is one thing that is constant about science, it's that it is constantly changing!
So, me as a spiritual person, put more weight on other Godly and divine evidence than I do on evidence promoted by man.
As I child I was taught this, repeatedly. And as I have become older, I have become more grateful for that!
DefendingMormonism 2 years ago
I don't know many atheists at all who "rave" about "proof." The changing conclusions of science are its strength. Knowledge is provisional, not dogmatic.
"Godly" or "divine" evidence probably means something like, "I get the warm and fuzzies and feel good about a statement if I murmur magical incantations, usually referred to as prayers, while thinking about a statement. I then conclude that the statement is true."
Recommended reading: "On Being Certain" on Robert A. Burton.
mhatlie 2 years ago
Most of the atheists I engage with demand I provide "proof" for my belief. They attest that they base all of their religion, yes, I view Atheism simply as another a religion, on "fact" "logic" "proof" etc.
Yet, no Atheist can prove that there is no God.
Stay tuned for a video on spiritual manifestations. To the secular world, they are mocked as "warm and fuzzies." This is because the secular has never, and never will accept or even try to understand the spiritual.
DefendingMormonism 2 years ago
"This is because the secular has never, and never will accept or even try to understand the spiritual."
Nobody paying the least attention to neurological research over the past 15-20 years would make such a statement.
Recommended reading:
* "Why God Won't Go Away" by Newberg and D'Aquili
* "Phantoms in the Brain" by Ramachandran
* articles like "The neural substrates of religious experience" by Saver and Rabin
mhatlie 2 years ago
I have learned spiritual things through the Spirit of Prophecy - spiritual manifestation directly from God.
This is the same way I know that Jesus is the Christ. Not just because the Bible says so.
These spiritual witnesses are much different than mere bodily and physiological chemical reactions, because they did not originate from ME, but from heaven.
Yes, I do trust my feelings. Yet, my feelings are separate and distinct from revelation from God.
A testimony stems from revelation.
DefendingMormonism 2 years ago
This video is hilarious! This is the exact cookie cutter testimony I used to hear in the LDS church when I was a Mormon. Praise God I have been delivered from the LDS cult!
Joseph Smith was a false prophet, Mormons bring another gospel, strange doctrines, and a false Jesus.
Mormons, you cannot become gods!
Jesus is God! Praise the Lord!
johnyjamie 3 years ago 2
Great. You leave Mormonism for something even sillier. Nice going there, Einstein.
guriboy 3 years ago
Remember everybody..it really not babies..it's about the age of 2 or 3 that it starts. The parents wisper in the ears of the child, Where are the "what?" (trying to listen to the parent wispering) ITS sick!
beachlady78 3 years ago 3
This is so funny! The beginning and ending are the exact words that I've hear little kids use over and over in sacrament meetings from one coast to the other. Hilarious, but creepy. Thank goodness I escaped the cult before brainwashing my own progeny.
Thanks for a wonderfully creative video!
defendtruth 3 years ago 7
hahaha, sounds like every first sunday to me. hahaha. did you see the bastard ferries music video with the girl talking about atheism, and the backlash on the Oreilly factor etc about "indoctrination" and "abuse"? what a joke.
myasquirrel 3 years ago
as a ex mormon I love this because it shows what a joke mormonism is
2babiesiluv 3 years ago 4
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You can do what ever you want after these meetings, but once you react to these impression and feelings with deeds you will find more true and sincere happyness than ever before in your life, wich will kepp living in you as long as you stay connected to your father in heaven.
For sure, this is the lords chruch, I do tesify that to every beeing and know that its true, cause I did have these feelings wich are not easy to describe but certain.
jentzschiepoo 3 years ago
I was a devout Mormon for 24 years. I had a solid testimony that I thought would get me through any doubt. Obviously, even that wasn't strong enough. But no matter, I'm happy now whether you like it or not.
I have been to testimony meetings in Germany. They are exactly the same as in America. They're the same in South America, too. I took a man to church once on my mission to a testimony meeting. He got scared of all the brainwashed kids and never came back. I'm glad he didn't get baptized.
ExmoPastafarian 3 years ago
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Why would my greatgrandfather walk 18 miles every sunday, without the kneecap he lost in tha Battle of Verdun, only to go to church ? Because after three days without food and water on the battlefield and a bit blood left he made a covenant with the lord, wich blessed our family in the last 90 years more than anything else on the earth, and that is the restored gospel of Jesus the Christ. He and I knew that this is the source of lasting peace wich is only for the ones who endure. sadly some dont
jentzschiepoo 3 years ago
So, what your implying is that only mormons can make covenants with the lord? Thanks for the memo.
>>rushes out to join mormonism so god will love me too.
...Jentz, your off your rocker, and sorry to say, so was your grandfather. People are easily duped...I left the church because I realized that it wasn't true. It just wasn't, never was and never will be.
delicflower13x3 3 years ago
for sure god loves nonmormons as well but I dont speak about mormonism.I speak about the gospel adam had, the gospel Christ tought in Palastine, the simple and plain gospel wich got lost and was restored, like before.I dont believe in any new religions. "Mormons" is a nickname given by some people to the ones who belong to adams/moses`/etc church. if youtube wouldnt had that limit I could answer every question you have about the one and only gospel from adam to today, in wich I beleive and live.
jentzschiepoo 3 years ago
ok then
delicflower13x3 3 years ago
I was raised Mormon. Is Mormon a bad word or nick name to you? If its true then why all the change? All the commercials in the 80's said,"from the Mormons the church of jesus christ of lader day saints." Don't change it into some fancy pants bull. How many Mormons it take to change a light bulb? Two, one to change it, and the other to tell the world it never changed. Dude its still the Mormon church. You are way typical. sucks to be you.
BP3DP 3 years ago
Unfortunately, he was lied to. Sad.
moparmonster1965 3 years ago
Come here and listen to a testimony-meeting in East-Germany and you cant else but accept that the lords spirit truly is within these meetings and you will feel, regardless of your actuall position to the church, inside of you a sincere, humlby feeling of gratefulness and you cannot else but accept that the the lord truly did restore his church once again upon the face of the world, by his prophet Joseph Smith. Try my words.
jentzschiepoo 3 years ago
In my 21 years in this world here I only missed one sacrement meeting ( coulnd find a church in that area ) but I never ever heard anything like that in my life !
jentzschiepoo 3 years ago
"and i know that, um, i know... inthenamejesuschristamen"
hahaha.
poshbird65 3 years ago 2
Sooo true!! This is exactly how it sounds every testimony meeting. The poor brainwashed children...glad I left..I would not want my kid to go through this.
sarapiork 3 years ago 2
Lol, how many thousands of times does this play out in real life every fast sunday?
fubecabr 3 years ago
HA!
This is so dead on-it's a little scary...
You know what's weird? I never realized how strange it was that you pretty much had to say "I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet". When I got out of this cult I realized that other churches don't have to defend their crazy founders in this way. OH-thanks for this-you just made my night-too funny
abbytrysagain 4 years ago
haha that was so funny because its true that always makes things funnier
dancinshorty516 4 years ago
funny shit!!!!!!!!!
fawnbrodie74 4 years ago
Eeeks. Too many flashbacks.
eighthourlunch 4 years ago
holy crap that was hilarious.
morman777 4 years ago
hahah you forgot the mom in the background whispering what to say.
blairpettrey 4 years ago 3
Absolutely brilliant!!!
Pure example of how little kids in church are taught what to think instead of how to think. Very cute.
wintersfootsteps 4 years ago
haha, that was me when i was 5 at fast and testimony meeting..
GoatFace99 4 years ago
LOL but seriously I totllaly remember this stuff, same old mantra on the 5th Sunday of the month (thank God there are few of thoes) and just maybe Preston was a little delerious from the fast that preceeded the 3 hour services?
wisper2me 4 years ago
yours was on 5th sunday our was the first so it happened every month but the kids have reduced as well as my ward were closer to a branch now. i am one to tell you many mormons are not nice and that is why my ward is dwindling.
dancinshorty516 4 years ago
LOL. This was funny as hell. Mormons....LOL
deconomou 4 years ago
crap that sounded just like the little kids from fast and testimony meeting almost word for word 5/5
TrueNorth15 4 years ago
what does the FSM stand for in WWFSMD?
wanderlust16 4 years ago
The Flying Spaghetti Monster... Google it to learn more about Pastafarianism!
ExmoPastafarian 4 years ago
If you smoke, you testify to your child that smokings true, correct? How about if you eat meat, your wife eats meat, the family eats meat? You havent proven anything except that parents teach their children, my friend. Show this youtube video to God when you meet him, then ask if you've done 'his' work. If you serve 'him', than serve him and stop trying to destroy like satan would have you do. Your examples are consistant with negative creatism. By the way, In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
XChromeboyX 5 years ago
No, I do not serve "Him". I think "He" almost destroyed me more than I ever feared Satan would. Religion pushed me into a period of depression that I couldn't shake until I found the joys of atheism.
Preston is me as a little kid. I can't believe I ever fell for all that crap.
ExmoPastafarian 5 years ago
Well it may seem that way but after a while hopefully there may be a sign for you to prove there is a Heavenly Father. Good Luck!!
sexxiimormon777 5 years ago
Religion depressed you? so you made a decision to be happy in atheism... atheism is nothing more than a cop out. i cant handle life, religion is too hard, i think i'll just stop beleiving and be happy. people depress themselves not religion. there are thousands of depressed atheists so you've proven nothing. change your name to EMO-pastafarian. quit slamming the church cause you were somehow able to justify turning your back on god.
ntguy73 4 years ago
It's not so much that I turned my back on God as realizing there's more to life than being a little lamb led through life and told what to do. I have a deeper appreciation for nature knowing that God didn't make any of it. I have a deeper appreciation for life knowing that this century or so is all I have. The only reason I was unhappy in religion was because it simply made no sense.
ExmoPastafarian 4 years ago
By the way, you gotta admit it's funny! How many times have you heard a little kid say he's thankful for a nonexistent brother or sister just because it's the "standard testimony". LOL It's okay to laugh. :o)
ExmoPastafarian 4 years ago
I will agree with you that kids should not be up giving a testimony they dont have yet. but again the lord says that children are closer to god and sometimes can reveal. but i'd rather my kids have their own testimony as i do. i'm a convert, never had religion in my life, until i was about 21, no one brain washed me. i listened and heard studied prayed. and found it true through prayer.
ntguy73 4 years ago
If you're NOT brainwashed, how can we be certain of that when LDS Inc uses nearly every single brainwashing tactic?
fubecabr 3 years ago 2
You're not brainwashed; you just got the Reader's Digest version of Mormonism, which cut out all of the inconsistancies, contradictions, and errors. They're still there if you care to look.
moparmonster1965 3 years ago 5
I love the diplomacy of your statement, moparmonster. I can be so dang offensive while trying to talk to LDS, and I'm not proud of it. It's born of frustration, though, at not being able to get them to take a look at all of the facts, in context. Still, the b word is a conversation stopper, and rude at the same time. Your way is much better, and more true in a very real sense.
defendtruth 3 years ago
There's no short answer as to why the LDS is wrong, but there are answers. Just ask.
moparmonster1965 3 years ago
Preston is obviously on the fast track to becoming a latter-day apostle. Of this I bear witless.
whitesalamander 5 years ago
is it in the name of jesus christ, or IMITATION Jesus Christ?
cellochick2005 5 years ago
That really was so true - BRILLIANT!! I was waiting for the tears to start though!!
marksilver9 5 years ago
Gosh I'm having flashbacks! How about the teachers wispering in your ear what you should say...
killertatertot 5 years ago
my mom used to write our testimony on a piece of paper before we went up but i never read it i just said what i know is true
dancinshorty516 4 years ago
Awesome. Morgbots have their teeny kids get up to bear their testimony when they have NO freaking idea about what it's about in the first place. Stupid cult.
ichbinarbeiten 5 years ago
Bleh..This brings back some long and painful F&T meeting memories...Funny as hell though...
shelerella 5 years ago
My testimony is that ExmoPastafarian's video rocks!
And I say this in the name of cheese n' rice, amen.
Turandot29 5 years ago
Preston represents all the little kids who have been brainwashed by the cult and told by their teachers and parents what their testimony is.
ExmoPastafarian 5 years ago
You tell'em Exmo, brainwashed is right.
BigLon 5 years ago
I agree. It is VERY scary. I think the result of all that brainwashing could be a...CLEAN MIND...they MUST stop immediately!
Impishyenta 5 years ago
Whatever. The only things I learned in primary were all lies and legends. Now that I've finally realized that I have to live knowing that I ACTUALLY believed all that nonsense!
ExmoPastafarian 5 years ago
Which one Santa Claus or the tooth fairy? Relax man. Me too, but it doesn't piss me off.
Impishyenta 5 years ago
It is not nonsense it is the true church!!
sexxiimormon777 5 years ago
I don't think the Prophet would approve of your username.
moparmonster1965 3 years ago
LOL... You don't have to tell me that.
ExmoPastafarian 5 years ago
dude you need some help, but i agree that its wrong when parents encourage their kids to go up there, but still weird!!
crisis123456789 5 years ago
I was half expecting you to have his mother in the video, too. I've never seen anyone under about 7 go up and bear their testamony alone . . . they usually have their parents go up with them and tell them what to say they believe.
grnmessiah 5 years ago
I was toying with the idea of having Preston bend over and listen after every phrase, but I decided against it in the end. I think I got the point across. Thanks for watching. :o)
ExmoPastafarian 5 years ago
he sounds like Cartman! =)
heatherbee702 5 years ago