lol Tammy at the title of the thread you first posted on. Also, did you know we joined at about the same time?
-Sab
Game - link to your first post!
by sabastious 21 Replies latest jw friends
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sabastious
What makes this a game? What are the rules? What would we expect to win?
It's a game because it's a game.
Rules are find your first post and link to it.
You are already a winner so it's just gravy from this point on.
-Sab
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tec
Yes, Sab, I noticed that a while back :)
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Heartbreaker
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/180892/1/New-here
Its amazing how far I've come, and my husband and kids as well. Still not Df'd though! Completely shunned by all we ever knew though.
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sabastious
Its amazing how far I've come, and my husband and kids as well. Still not Df'd though! Completely shunned by all we ever knew though.
It's nice to be able to reflect with such a positive disposition. I am in a similar boat, 95% of everyone I knew are shunning me, and for some reason, for the most part, I am blissfully happy.
Not to deny that I have my share of realization of loss, but that just motivates me to get new friends.
-Sab
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AudeSapere
My very first post on my *first* JWD account.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/forum/tech-support/81295/1/Tech-Help-Access-Denied
I was terrified of all the apostates but was engrossed in reading a thead by Dogpatch that got pulled while I was going to the next page. I tried to just slough it off. Walked away from the computer but *really* wanted to read the rest of the article. Apparently one of the mods had pulled it and I kept getting error message with a logon screen. So I joined just to finish reading comments on the article! I still remember wiping my sweaty palms on my thighs and waving both my hands to dry them off~!!
Little known fact: My first alias on my first JWD account was 'I_Dare'. Wasn't creative enough to think up anything better. Didn't want to give any clue about my identity. I just kept staring at the registration screen and wiping my sweaty palms thinking I really should just turn off the computer and do something else. It felt like such a DANGEROUS step - to register on what I realized was an apostate site. I really should not *dare* to read it, let alone *join*. Well, apparently I *did* dare. And that was my first alias: I_Dare. A few days later I learned the term 'Aude Sapere' and Simon was gracious enough to change it for me. Thank you, Simon!
Here is first post with my *second* JWD account. I created a new one because I lost my passcode when I moved my residence. It's pretty lame that my first post on my 2nd account is also a plea for 'Tech Support'!
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/forum/tech-support/106954/1/How-to-Contact-Simon
Can we post other people's first posts that are memorable to us?
Here are 3 that stand out to me. (There is another very recent one but I don't want to link to that person just yet without their permission.)
#1. This little gem from LeftBehind:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/102665/1/Something-I-want-to-tell-you-apostates
[After you read the venom on that first thread, take a look at the subsequent threads started by LeftBehind: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/member/20815/started/1 ]
#2. From Confession (scroll down towards the bottom of the first page to find his very first post on Sandy's thread):
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/72949/1/NEW-LIGHT
The very first line in his very first post: "I too am keenly interested in this--and only this question..." (emphasis by Aude)
He later told me that what he meant is that he didn't want to get sucked into apostate agendas. Just wanted the one subject, please!
Well, most of us know how *that* went because it happened to us too!
#3. From the infamous fullofdoubtnow.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/100582/1/Just-to-say-hi
To those who witnessed the drama, here is quick review:
-Aude (of the 'Lame Virgin Post Class'. My posts were so lame I felt compelled to share much more interesting ones!)
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sabastious
I just kept staring at the registration screen and wiping my sweaty palms
I liked reading your post Aude Sapere! Thank you for sharing.
-Sab
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AudeSapere
OMG! I just remembered one more favorite *first* on JWD/JWN.
Sorry to be an attention whore but someone just has to post this one:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/46/1/Welcome
Classic absolute first, virgin, opening post from Simon - when he was still an active witness.
Just don't want to take the chance that Simon does not post it himself. It's really too good to miss.
-Aude. (I'll stop now. )
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leavingwt
My very first post on this site was a book recommendation.
I would still recommend it today, especially for folks who've recently discovered that WT is not "the only true religion".
http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Certainty-Reflective-Christian-Commitment/dp/0830822372
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sabastious
I would still recommend it today, especially for folks who've recently discovered that WT is not "the only true religion".
Wait... one or more of them are true?
-Sab