What an interesting influx from Obed's site. I was a very rare poster there myself. To be honest I haven't found much here lately to interest me but perhaps things will be a little more lively now. I notice there also seems to be a lot of new people at Great Crowd. What's the deal there? How do you get access to the more serious discussions?
Witnet closes its Door for good...
by Pathofthorns 35 Replies latest jw friends
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Xandit
Kingdom Least are you a "Bible Student?" And I don't mean one who studies the Bible. Just curious.
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RR
Greetings X, actually I have been a baptized JW for over 18 years. I grew spiritually stagnant and began associating with the Bible Students. I have known about them for some fifteen years and have been meeting with them for the past eight or so.
I have never been DF'd or formally DA'd and despite my JW friends knowing [among them bethelites, elders and servants] none have said a word, perhaps their envious ... lol
In my travels within the Bible Student world, I have found former JW elders, servants, pioneers, bethelites, even one CO.
"People in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones"
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TMS
A current thread asks how long posters have been in the forum. I found the first thread I posted to after leaving Witnet. My recollection is that Witnet started out pro-JW and sort of evolved. I carried my obviously theocratic handle "tms" over into JWD to retain continuity.
tms
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RR
Hey TMS, I always used the handle RR or RR144, dependi9ng on how many characters allowed for user name. I started on Witnet from the beginning, when Obed had the forun on www.about.com. You are right, Witnet started out pro JW, but then it became a place for comparing notes and Obed lost control. Later he found out I was inactive and banned me, so I came back as KingdomLeast and posted until the end of its run. I actually had lunch with Obed and his wife, as we both lived in New Jersey. He seemed like a nice guy, a bit conflicted. Last I heard he moved to Atlanta, had a couple of kids, heard he was divorced, but can't say for sure .... the rumor mill you know.
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TMS
RR,
Yes, I remember you and your informative posts. Witnet was a great place to start.
tms