Years ago, before coming to this board to read for awhile and then post, I first ran across this website beyondjw.com. It had a message board that seemed pretty active, keep in mind I was shocked at the time to even see former Witnesses in message boards. Well I went off line for awhile and never really looked at former Witness sites for along time and when I checked that message board, it was just an information website with links to other boards, like this one. What happened, did it get shut down or did the person who runs that site decide there was enough online former Witness chat/post locations to stop their own? I have just wondered this for awhile and thought I would ask.
Did anyone here come from a board called beyondjw.com?
by free2beme 16 Replies latest jw friends
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JamesThomas
That was Tim's board, and yes, I came from there which was my first JW type form I visited.
Tim Closed the board a year or so ago. as I recall there is an explanation somewhere on his remaining pages.
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free2beme
I remember liking the board to read, and the people seemed nice. Compared to this boards activity, it was very small though.
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Snoozy
I was there the whole time. I started on a board he had before that one..but can't remember the name. He also had one on Yahoo called "Wisteria" for a while. It can still be pulled up but is no longer a XJW board.. I see a lot of familiar names there that are still posting on other XJW sites.
Ronnie was from Tim's site and has his own board now. It's a mellow board and quite small. I stop by there once in a while to say hi.
I see posts from some that used to post on Tim's board but quit and went elswhere before he closed the site..but I only see a few that were activly posting at Tim's when he closed down.
Snoozy.
ps...I think I remember you but now sure if I have the right person...
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free2beme
I posted under a different name on honest it was maybe two to three times. If that. I was more of a reader then a poster at the time. I visited it over a few months on and off and that pretty much ended there. I actually thought it was the only former Witness site and ran across it on accident in a search engine once. It was interesting, and a good introduction to the boards of former Witnesses.
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Lady Lee
I found Tim's site before I found this one. But I never posted there.
I actually know Tim. We were in the same cong for a while
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Jim_TX
I used to frequent Tim's 'Beyond JW' forum. It was the first ex-jw site I came across during a google search on 'Jehovah's witnesses' (circa 2000).
I have met a few of the folks that used to post there... nice folks.
I miss the 'chat room' on that forum... spent any nights in tears from laughing so hard.
Regards,
Jim TX
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RunningMan
I never actually hung out on the board, but I submitted the material that became his "In their own words" section.
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detective
That was the first website I posted on. I didn't realize it had closed down. I'm sorry to hear that.
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Big Tex
That was the first ex-JW board I posted on. I started over there in January 2002 and posted as Christopher (my first name).