I'm old enough to remember dial up and bbs.
Apostates back in the days of IRC & Chat Rooms
by JustThatGirl007 14 Replies latest jw friends
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NewChapter
Hell, my DAUGHTER is probably old enough to remember the days before internet was a meaninful part of our every day life, but I don't think she really grasps it since by the time she was an age where she was interested in the outside world, computers were everywhere. I'm old.
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Violia
I got my first computer in 96 and was on dial up for a while but quickly went to cable or whatever was the newest thing. I hated dial up. I used AOL for a longtime b/c I was so computer illiterate. I would join the jws and xjws chat rooms just to listen to the paranoia. I seldom said anything. There was a 20ish MS who had a list of known apostate email addresses . One night at the TMS I asked for the list . I told him I was on the net but fearful of the apostates. He gave me the list and I was just relieved to see my email address was not on it. I could kick myself for not keeping that list but one name stood out that I do remember, Mommydark. I am fairly sure the brother was acting on his own, but the wts sort of encouraged that sort of vigilantism at that time. The paranoia was so high. Everyone was suspect. That has to go down on my list of things I wish I had not thrown out.
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Juan Viejo2
I used to get on the Usenet frequently. There were some pretty good threads there until the spammers and pornographers took it over completely.
I often got into long arguments with OBVES (yes, our own "scatologist"). He/she would go on about how the Bible would show that every single day since Pentecost was significant and should be observed. I think the end of the world, according to OBVES, must have occurred at least 5,000 times since those days in 1998-2000 when he was doing his very best predicting.
There were a few good posters. Some were very reasonable and used logic in their appeals for all of us to reassess our beliefs. The Usenet was a good thing. It still exists, but its popularity and access is severely limited.
Now there is Topix and Yahoo!Answers. It seems that the spirit of the Usenet has possessed these forums and others like them. They still make for a few good reads, but for the most part have been taken over by JWs who prefer to copy and paste from the Watchtower CD rather than engage in real discussion.
JV
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JustThatGirl007
Man, what a walk down memory lane. lol You guys remember the sound of the modem? LOL
I also am old enough to remember BBS!