Aunt Fancy

Joined

• started 5 topics
• posted 828 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Aunt Fancy

• 
  35

  Question for those converted to JW as adults

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.

  .

  in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  I was divorced with a five year old son living 1600 miles away from my family and friends when I met my husband of 32 years. He was a 3rd and 4th generation JW and was DF at that time. I found out he was a Witness because I had taken a palm reading course and I was going to read his hand and he freaked out on me and then explained why. At the time he was happy with not going to meetings. He would explain the religion whenever I would ask him questions. We laugh about the silliness of it now.

  His mother invited me to two different JW weddings and of course I was loved bombed. I was getting the indrotination from his mom and their friends. I encouraged my husband to go to meetings and I went with him and started to study. There was honestly nothing that appealed to me other than the love I was feeling which only lasted a few years because we all know that will fade. I would never have gotten involved with this religion if I wasn't alone without my family and long time friends. I had a couple of new friends but no one that I was really close to.

  What made it worse for me is I ended up going to work at an architectural firm with the sister who studied with me and it was a great job in so many ways but I had a lot of doubts and I felt trapped into getting baptized. I think if I were the strong person I am today I would not have taken the plunge.

  I had some fun times but overall it was a living hell the 30 years I was part of it. It nearly destroyed my physical and mental health before I woke up. I nearly lost my son and his family because of this stupid cult. My relationship was very strained with my parents and sisters.

  I am very thankful that today I am very close to my family and things have been repaired. They are so happy we are both out. My husband is out with me and we are very happy together and we are enjoying our life to the fullest. That is the best revenge!
• 
  7

  Who is running North Korea?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  kim jong un has not been seen in public for over a month.

  and that has lead to all sorts of speculation.. has he had a stroke?

  maybe, he is clearly obese.. last time he was seen he was limping.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  Smiddy, I have read about 5 books on NK and the man you are talking about has a book out called "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom" by Blaine Harden. It is an excellent book and it will break your heart knowing what he went through along with thousands of other people from there. I hope they will be free very soon because the conditions in NK are terrible.
• 
  39

  I lost my family today.

  by awakenyr2004 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so far my oldest niece and oldest sister cut me off.

  i'm waiting for the goodbye texts from my other siblings.

  my parents asured me they would never cut me off.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  You are very fortunate they are still talking to you because according to "their rules" they are suppose to shun you. It doesn't matter that you left when you were young but the fact that you got baptized and dedicated your life is all they care about. If you want to keep them in your life I would be careful with what you tell them and how you go about telling them the real truth.
• 
  11

  North Korea In Flux?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://entertainment.ie/life/kim-jong-un-is-apparently-not-in-control-of-north-korea-anymore/298031.htm.

  this follows other odd reports from other sources: that un's sister is in charge, that the capital is locked down and that the number 2 man in north korea is meeting with south korean reunification officials.. .

  can we hope that this affront to human decency is now changing?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  Interesting, I hope there will be big changes there because the people of NK live in horrible conditions with very little food and clean water.
• 
  29

  Video of JW's street witnessing using a tablet ... getting owned by BIble users

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this video ... and watched it ... why?

  i don't know really, but i found it intersting.. especially interesting was how these men used the bible, they knew their message, they used an actual hard copy bible that has obviously been studied, and the older jw man, well, he was using a tablet.

  it seemed cumbersome compared to using the actual bible.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  I honestly think the tablets could backfire on them. Many Christians especially the older generations, feel the actual Bible is holy and they would never even write or high lite in them like many JW's do. I really am surprised they have gone to the tablets out in the ministry instead of the actual book.
• 
  40

  AGM 2014 Songs

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all thanks must go to my anonymous source.. .

  full set: http://imgur.com/a/bwl52.

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  Good grief, can they get any worse?
• 
  13

  POP-UPS-----help !!

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please guys---how do i stop these damn pop up pages?.

  everytime i click on something---another page pops up---often blank.. .

  i'm running firefox and google chrome---with adblock plus on both.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  I just went through the same thing and I had a hard time getting rid of all of the spyware and whatever else they attached to my computer. My husband worked on it for hours and finally we called our computer guy out and he cleaned up the rest. It is so irritating because you can't do much of anything when the pop ups come one right after the other. Malware Bytes didn't work with the mess I had. I have no problems with pop ups when I use my IPad.
• 
  82

  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  I was in high school in the 70's so for me they were great years. Part of the 80's were good except for 1986 when I made the worst mistake of my life and was baptized, my life was never the same after that until I got out two years ago.

  Cantleave, I did those crazy perms in the 80's too! I even came across a picture where I did an Afro, what in the world was I thinking?!? Lol!
• 
  42

  My best friend died yesterday

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes people make special connections to animals.

  sometimes they bond very deeply and are real friends.

  yesterday was the end of such a friendship that lasted ten wonderful years.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  I am sorry for your loss, he will always be close to your heart. We still think of ours be use they are very special.
• 
  42

  Lurker no more

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks:.

  i've been lurking here all summer and i finally decided to take the plunge and join you all.. i'm a single, 53 y/o black woman living in the nyc metro area (usa).

  i was brought up around jws:mom's mom, mom and my favorite auntie were all in.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Aunt Fancy

  Welcome Dale, I hve found both of those websites very interesting along with books written by EX-JW's. It really helps you think straight when you get the facts.