Posts by Aunt Fancy

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needing advice on neighbors and ...

by advice-on-neighbors in

jw
friends

guns.

i am not jehovahs' witness, so thank you for allowing me this visit.

i have friends i respect deeply who are, and much apprecaite their faith and integrity.. however i have a problem with my jehovah witness neigbors shooting guns often, five days this week.

Aunt Fancy

I know in different areas of the country Jehovah's Witnesses look at gun ownership differently. If you have guns strictly to acquire food they don't say much but if you own hand guns in our area they will not appoint them as servants. Many JW's would never admit they own guns because they are pacifists and it is actually frowned upon by many.

You may want to write a letter to the local congregation and let them know what is going on and just let them know there are many neighbors upset with it and you were hoping they could assist in the matter. If they get a complaint they will talk to the head of that household. I would never sign my name to it though because you never know who they are connect to and if they will protect them.

You may want to contact an attorney first to see what your rights are and if they are violating the law. I hope you can get this worked out so you can have some peace.

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KM Oct 2014 - Homosexuality (week of Oct 13th)

by Splash in

it would be interesting to have some present (stonewall?

) at these meetings to witness and record talk number three on the tms.. talk 3 - "what the bible says about homosexuality" (reasoning book p.368-369).

the reasoning book tells us in part:.

Aunt Fancy

I am sure most JW's will handle it exactly like they have for more than 100 years. Quendi and Backseat Devil you both made some good points.

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No Common Sense (About Convention)

by EmptyInside in

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friends

well,the guilt trip worked in getting them to the international convention,even though,for some,it put their health at great risk.. i'm glad that an elderly relative showed some common sense and realized she couldn't make the convention.

but,people still treated her oddly about not going.. one of her friends,who had a stroke in the past,thought about not attending,only to get screamed at by her so-called friends.

she did go,but it was hard on her.

Aunt Fancy

It has always bothered me that ones who are sick will still go to a meeting not caring if others catch what they have, they are very unreasonable. Years ago we use to sit out in the dead heat of the summer for the DC and you would see elderly ones and others with health problems sitting there proving to all they were so faithful to Jehovah. Drives me nuts!

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I LOST IT ... my JW rant today

by talesin in

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friends

well, i just couldn't hold it in anymore.. today, i exploded, talking to my mother about the family inheritance and how i am being screwed.. i told her i had been so angry lately, and just had to tell her what i was thinking, because the anger was slipping out at times, and i was making snide anti-jw comments .... which is not my way.

i'm usually quite direct.. i told her that i couldn't take being treated like a piece of dog you-know-what on the bottom of someone's shoe any longer.. that in the past couple of years, i had learned so much filth about the jws that i was getting more and more disgusted day by day.. i started shouting ... there is nothing wrong with me!!!

why do i have to be shunned when they hide child molesters???.

Aunt Fancy

I was wondering the same thing as Lois. I am glad you were able to get those feelings out. I can't begin to imagine the pain you went through on many levels. I hope life is treating you much better.

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Shunning Among the Shunned

by Quendi in

i wonder if anyone else has had this experience or know of others who have.

when i was disfellowshipped, i approached another disfellowshipped person after the memorial celebration and asked him over for some refreshments and conversation.

he turned down my invitation saying that the elders had told him that he could not even talk to other disfellowshipped persons unless and until both he and they were reinstated!

Aunt Fancy

The WTBT$ will do everything they can to keep control over anyone they possible can. I knew this was the case but I know many do not abide by those rules. The more people they can keep you away from the more you will break down and come back. Sick!!

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Fresh Newcomer

by Yondaime in

hi guys, my name is yondaime,.

my will to remain in this relgious sect is fading, i'm about to be a freshman(just turned 18) in college.

, i have seen so many terrible things happen to good people in this cult and i'm sick of it!

Aunt Fancy

Welcome! It is good to hear you are going to college and your dad is supporting your decision. Your dad may be starting to wake up to the truth about the WT$. The first step is realizing you need a good education and he can see the faults of the GB. It may not take much to get him to wake up but before you approach him you need to do some research so you can have a better chance at waking him up.

I look forward to hearing more from you.

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Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower

by Watchtower-Free in

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Aunt Fancy

This magazine has a lot of harsh cult stuff in it and I hope this will wake up some of the JW's. I can hardly look at the basement picture and the info they are spewing is terrible. The poor children that hear or read this is so unfair to them, it is actually abusive.

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The Watchtower 11/15/2014

by wifibandit in

http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

select "premium download".

(thanks breakfast of champions).

Aunt Fancy

This so creepy and disgusting. I can't believe I waisted 30 years of my life in this dooms day cult.

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DELIGHTFUL DROP IN MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES: 2011 VERSUS 2014!

by steve2 in

the us kingdom ministry shows the collective total 2014 memorial attendances of the countries that now comprise the us territory in 2014: 2,610,810.. those countries are: the usa, bermuda, jamaica, turks and caicos and puerto rico.. the same collective total for those same countries three years ago - 2011 - was 2,666,592.. that's a decrease of 55,782 from 2011 to 2014. i am happified.. while there has been the occasional year in which memorial attendances from one year to the next have shown decrease, this is a first: decline evident over a three-year period.. comments please!.

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anyone have the know how on how to provide the link for the kingdom ministry download?

Aunt Fancy

My husband and I are two that have not attended the last two years! I don't miss it one bit.

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I realized I've been *hit on alot

by skeeter1 in

about a month ago, i realized that i didn't really care about my still-in jw family.

i just want to be left alone by them.

they caused me so much grief.

Aunt Fancy

You have been through a lot with an abusive father. I agree it is time you stop giving to those that do not appreciate you. You have a loving wife and children and you have made a good life for you and your family. None of us needs toxic people in our life. I too got rid of all the toxic people in my life and it sure does make life more peaceful.