Jehovah's Witnesses, do you want a new aunt?

Question

you can always take mine! she is JW too and can only get along with JW people. Tonight she will make a drama because we have a birthday party in my house and she is coming to give me some keys to another of my aunts... then she starts fighting and complainig and blah! and she is always putting my religion down and acts really nasty to it but I always respect hers and even take her Bible studies and act possitive to it.

I know you guys are not all like her because I've met extremly cool JWs and the ones in here are nice, but really! my aunt only gets along with ya'll. Can you take her? yoou can send her home on vacation... but take it again, OK?

Any advice to deal with her? She has problems with most of the family, we always respect her but she is always complaining, she gossips sometimes, etc... we love her anyways.

and she yells at me in the phone sometimes. What did I do? NOTHING!

My aunt doesn't know about the party yet

Bowman: LOL! yeah, that's right I will totally do that! ^_^

The party is in my house

Answer 1

I can take her, I been watching those Chuck Norris tapes...

Princess, you are too cute, I wish I could pawn my aunt off on someone, but she's so hateful, nobody wants her. Maybe I could sell her on E-bay... but noone would pay money for her.

Its okay, just tell her that you'll be praying for her, and when she dies, you'll be baptized in the temple for her, see her reaciton... That's what I said to mine, now she'll never quit sending me the Billy Graham magazines with false prophet passages underlined...lol.

Answer 2

I doubt you're quoting your aunt properly, or she has in basic terms started to evaluation with Witnesses. type one million clue. Jehovah's Witnesses don't think that each and every person is going to heaven. We have faith that the main of mankind who die, will come decrease back in the resurrection as recorded at Revelation 20. If I ought to die, it incredibly is my expectation. And type 2. Even people who're so depressed that they'd desire to die, and by some skill gain it, would desire to be between those. So, the two pay attention greater effective or bypass to a various Witness and ask those questions.

Answer 3

I'd love 1, BUT I got my own problems, w/ family.(chuckle,chuckle) We All Do.
You should call her, b4 hand; give her a heads-up;
the party. To Avoid the whole scene.
If u don't, ur asking for the drama.
Cuz, she'll be upset w/ u for not telling her to not come over.
Hence, the drama.

None of us are perfect.
We gotta take the good w/ the bad;
if u r going to continue having her in your life.

Sit down and talk to her.
About the complaining, gossiping,
disrespecting the family (as u put it).
Ask her to show you what & or where in the Bible does Jehovah / Jesus say about these things she is doing.

EDIT: oh yeah, and it is your house,
she has no right to tell you what to do.
U pay ur own bills etc...?
there u go.
Granted she is your elder,
you said you are respectable to her,
take her places she needs to be, etc...
that is commendable.
Since you are an adult, speak to her like 1.

Answer 4

Your JW isn't like my JWs. They wouldn't come near you when you're having a birthday party, for starters. And they don't diss others' religions. They just talk about their own. Some JWs are just really stuffy and stuck on themselves though. Sorry about that. Ask her if she has any Awakes with articles about the dangers of gossiping. That should end the gossiping.... ;-) Oh, and ask her if she knows what the fruits of the spirit are. That'll poke her in the right direction when she's cranky.

Answer 5

I don't want her LOL. Sometimes even Jehovahs Witnesses don't get along with each other (this is the exception, not the rule), simply because of different backgrounds. For example, you'll get the older ones who bring in a bit of their personal opinions (from old society), and then you have the younger generation who are a bit more "unsheltered", or "laid back". My congregation, before they were counseled on this, were a bit hostile towards single, unmarried parents (the older ones didn't approve). There's always something for a Christian and their church to be working on. But, this is to be expected from imperfect humans, and this is what the early Christians had to be corrected on (not letting personal opinion affect their brotherhood).

To me, your Aunt sounds like a stern character who doesn't know the meaning of tact and respect (LOL), but like you said, not all Jehovahs Witnesses are like that. :0)

Answer 6

She needs a new bible STUDY, so she can learn AGAIN how to deal with those situation. Tell her that she is just making other Jehovah Witnesses look bad AND that Jehovah does not approve of her behavior either.
Also, tell her that Jehovah gave everyone free will to choose what they want and nobody is to force anyone into their religion.

Both of my children are Jehovah Witness, they send this message to you.

EDIT: She needs to mind her business then. My kids mind their business, she should too.

Answer 7

I wish I could do the same with my Grandmother. We (My Family) just got a three page rant from her about how my family will not get to be with God or anything because we are not Jehovah's Witnesses.

Answer 8

good grief, whatever you do, do not ask her to sit down with you with the Bible. You'd just be giving her false hope and encouraging her to think you're interested in changing your belief system. Trust me.

Since you asked, you should tell her you love her, then tell her she knows your beliefs and since you respect her right to do what she feels is proper, she should give you the same respect. Ask her if she can agree to disagree and leave it at that, since -you- love her and want a relationship with her.

Don't be surprised if she cannot.. it's not their strong suit.

good luck.

Answer 9

I used to work with a JW and man, he was the nicest, most polite person ever. He never debated religion and mainly just talked computers or movies and TV with me.

Answer 10

I suggest that you buy her a copy of "Kingdom of the Cults" or "Crisis of Conscience" Give them to her as gifts. That should do the trick.