message from designer stubble to the former jwr members.
first of all i am glad to see that many of you have found your way to this great forum, facilitated by simon.
i am sure that after the dust of the jwr shutdown has settled, you will find this to be a good new home.. i would like to apologize for the sudden closure of jwr.
DS- You and Pal were my favorite admins, by far. I loved Rifter's attitude and how he was "business as usual", and in all honesty, this is exactly what I'd expect from him. He's keeping true to his form and I can't blame him for that.
Thank you for still offering us support and helping us through this transition. You're an amazing guy, and I hope you still pop in every once in a while. 
xo
i just wanted to take a minute to say "hi" and welcome to the site for anyone who's come here from jwr.
i can imagine the site being shut down suddenly was shocking and unsettling for many who relied on it and sometimes you don't realize how much you do rely on something until it is gone.. hopefully you'll see some of the same familiar names appearing and be able to reconnect with people you knew via this site and continue your journey together.
i don't know what the posting policies on jwr were but know it as a moderated site so can't imagine them being hugely different to the ones here.
Thank you for the lovely welcome. I'm excited to build relationships on this site, too.
hi everybody, i'm starrynight from jwr.
that's it... .
by invite only!.
my jw spy tells me that this is in st paul's road, peterborough.. as far as i can tell, he tells me some corporation bully boy is coming over from bethel.
so, the local jws have been tasked to clean it so it's fit for this visiting dignitary.. of course there are only a certain amount of invites available and nepotism rules.
Since when have the KH dedications been by invitation only? I thought that this was a "congregation celebration" of sorts...? I mean, they'll all be using the hall, so why can't they all attend? What kind of cigar club bs is this crap?!
As for the building used...when was buying an old church building from the Beast ok? ESPECIALLY for a KH. I wonder if there will be conspiracy theories about demons still being in the building or something. haha
i want to fit in but can't find my way around..
It's completely different from JWR. That was the most commonly used format, and the oldest and easiest to use, too. Not much for attractiveness, but that wasn't the goal when it was created.
So far, I think I've got the hang of this place. The top menu bar is where you get around. Or, you can go to "Home" or "Topics". If you go "Home", you'll be taken back to the main forum categories. Topics are the subforum categories. Quoting...that was kind of difficult. What I do (haha like I have soooo much experience) is I copy/paste the OP's statement, type my response, then highlight their statement and press the quote button.
Hope that helps! Glad to see another familiar name.
you can all call me jess, i guess you can say i'm a "refugee" from jwr.
i'm going to try and keep this short for now, i'm in my early 20s, i was born in but never baptized, i've been mentally out for 7 years and fully out for about 5ish.
despite never having been baptized my fading took quite a bit of time and work.
i just tried to go to the site and there is a goodbye message.
i was a member there since 2010. i was really surprised.
i had just started posting there again after being away for a while.
This comment is from Be Free:
Crushed and devastated as well. Hopefully we can have a day or two to capture some posts/contact information. Hopefully that would be enough time to PM each other with another way to stay in contact with such critical friends we have made over our recovery time. XxBe Free
Awwwe Jane! BeFree! You guys. 
I'll miss our little place. I feel like how all the Scene kids felt last week in Atlanta when the Masquerade was tore down... 
hey y'all.
i just wanted to officially make my debut on https://www.jehovahs-witness.com and introduce myself.
i'm an old jwrer, and it looks like i'll be dropping in on here now for cult updates and friendly conversation.. a little about myself:.
I'm sorry but I need to ask: do you really have 2 red-headed steps?
Yup. Actually, my step daughter turned 6 today!
So how's the bf diabetes thing? Hope all is well with you!
He's better. We actually have had a rough time lately. We faced a split, and treated each other badly. Tit for tat type of thing, but still not right. PM me if you want details.
LOL at "cult updates and friendly conversation". I smell a tag line in the making.
FYI, I'm hilarious.
Politeness is overrated.
Ya damn right. But, I'm new here. I'll ease y'all into my southern-talk and cuss word usin' ways. :p
I have a JehovahMom too! How many of those did they make?
Oh geez. Apparently a few too many. ha.
Welcome...I remember you from JWR....pic of you with a guitar?
Yerp. That's me!
hey y'all.
i just wanted to officially make my debut on https://www.jehovahs-witness.com and introduce myself.
i'm an old jwrer, and it looks like i'll be dropping in on here now for cult updates and friendly conversation.. a little about myself:.
Hey y'all. I just wanted to officially make my debut on https://www.jehovahs-witness.com and introduce myself. I'm an old JWRer, and it looks like I'll be dropping in on here now for cult updates and friendly conversation.
A little about myself:
If you'd like me to explain anything in detail, feel free to ask. :)
just called into the kingdom hall, speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk now that everyone uses electronic devices and nobody laughed... well i did!.
he also mentioned when everyone used the bible he could hear the pages flipping and he knew they were following along.
this was really funny to me.
"he could hear the pages flipping"
I smell apostates in the midst. Shouldn't these super dubs be looking up scriptures on their iPads? This should be a silent "flipping."
It should be the sounds of fingers and nails tap-tap-tapping against iPad screen keyboards and the "bloop"-like water sounds from Samsung tablets cause no one ever bothers to turn the damn key sounds off.
Haaayyyy!