by ScoobySnax 69 Replies latest jw friends
Scooby,
Besides I sort of like that chaffing........it feels nice, in a funny sort of way.
Do not bother answering my question regarding your intellectual input to whining ratio on this Board. Your post above answers the question for me. With posts of that depth, we know this site has a long life ahead of it.
HS
Scoob I asked a bunch of questions - got any answers?
HS..... I'm sure you're very intelligent. But please patronise someone elses posts. Clearly I can't rise to your level.
......oh......."Theres a good person" ( i tried)
Scoob
Scooby,
lol...The light still shines if you hide your eyes, you know.
HS
.....input to intellectual whining..........input to intellectual whining.........erm.......is he for real? LOL
HS......If I were that base......you would surely not even bother to comment on my posts......yet..Damn....there you are again!! You are way to good.
I've been here a long time, and the reason I came is not the reason I now stay. People evolve and this is a very subjective question.
Some who posted when I started are long gone (they may lurk, I can't know that though). Some are still hanging out with me..
There is such a variety of people, topics, backgrounds, and new people every day. Young, old, and in between, US, UK, Australia, Canada, Europe, etc., male, female, and both, married, divorced, single, parents, people without children, people raised as JWs, people who came in as adults, people who are married to JWs, DF'd, DA'd, inactive, and people who never were JWs.
What a varieity!
I feel that JWD is what we put into it.
What benefits one, another has no interest in.
Blondie
Well, after the week I've had, I for one, am glad that this board is here.
I've been away for quite awhile, learning to function out in the real world, and feeling confident, thanks in part to the folks who took the time when I was a newbie here to answer my questions, which had been posted countless times before. No one took offense-they directed me to whatever thread contained the answer I sought, or patiently took the time to go over it "one more time".
To me, this board is kind of like an adopted family-one that took me in when my spiritual"birth family" got so abusive I had no choice but to leave.Sure, there are fights and fluff and alliances and whining. That's the stuff that families deal with every day (I have kids, I know). If things get too tense for me, I just leave for a bit. Just as when things get too much in my family, I check out just the same.And I do my share of whining, too, rest assured.Sometimes I get too busy with my real world life, and don't stop in, just as I sometimes get too busy with my concerns and put my kids' concerns at the bottom of the list. But nowhere else on the great big web have I found an exJW board that I like as much as this one (and believe me-I've done a lot of surfing).
At times like these past couple weeks, when I've had multiple visits from Jehovah's Witnesses, despite having voluntarily dissassociated myself and wanting no more than to live and let live, I'm glad I have somewhere to go that has such a nice balance of "People" type fluff and serious discussions to clear my palate.
I was also one of those lurkers. I lurked for weeks and read posts for hours on end before I worked up the nerve to post myself. Did I ever say thank you? I don't remember. If not, thanks to you all. You included, Scoob, for kicking us in the ass and reminding us to have a little cheese with our whine
And to all you lurkers out there-this IS what the real world is like. Delicious, and sometimes a little stinky-like a nice swiss cheese.
Scooby,
.....input to intellectual whining..........input to intellectual whining.........erm.......is he for real? LOL HS......If I were that base......you would surely not even bother to comment on my posts......yet..Damn....there you are again!! You are way to good.
I hear the sounds of man drowning in his own spittle....lol As I said above, ad hominem attacks show more about yourself than you would understand and just do not cut it around here. Try another tactic, that one failed.
Why not at least try answering questions posed to you by a number of people - are you scared of the answers? For example, you criticize the intellectual content of this Board. How have your own posts attended to this perceived problem? Why run away from such simple questions by trying to draw attention away from yourself and attacking me? After all, you started this thread did you not?
HS
Although I have been out a long time (1994) and didn't have family "in" so it was much easier for me to leave than for many here, for some reason it has been beneficial/comforting/??? to me to come read what people have to say. Occasionally, I think, I have been able to give some good input to people with serious questions, but more often it is just nice to be able to share with people who have a common background. Being in a cult really does warp a person, and no matter how well I have adjusted (and I think I have adjusted fairly well), occasionally it is comfortable to return to visit with people who have "been there." If I thought visiting JWD was a waste of time (which you seem to think it is) I would just not come back. Recently, I have spent more time here than I did for several months, not to mention that I lurked for a very long time before "coming out."
So my question for YOU is: What's your problem? If you don't like what you are reading here, it's easy to go elsewhere, so why don't you? Instead you are throwing your little temper tantrum because things here aren't the way YOU think they should be. Life is change. The only people who have major trouble with change are narrowminded people who must have everything pigeon-holed. If something is different, they go into a tail-spin and immediately start pointing the finger at other people and condeming them for the natural evolution of things.
My advice to you, if you don't like the turn this board has taken, is: Get your own life.
Scoob, I cosign where you're going 100%.
