How long did you Lurk.............

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etexas

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That sounds so creepy!:lol: Like a a stalker or something!:eek: No, I mean how long did you read the PB before joining????? I came across it in a search for Puritan Devotional material? (I think that was my general search anyway.) I "lurked" for about 2 months I saw 2 other Anglicans (Richard and Vaughn) so I "reckoned" I was safe. So how long did you.........lurk...........
 
Man, Tex, I still haven't taken the time to read any of the other posts on here (let alone, to lurk): I just blaze away posting and hope it applies to something.
 
I started the process within the same week I found out about it. My wife tried to get me in to some other chatrooms or blogs or whateveryacallems in the past. They were full of WoF and some really weird new age stuff being passed off as orthodox. I was annoyed by them, she ditched them too after seeing all of the junk and not much edifying stuff.
 
Rich Koster said:
I started the process within the same week I found out about it. My wife tried to get me in to some other chatrooms or blogs or whateveryacallems in the past. They were full of WoF and some really weird new age stuff being passed off as orthodox. I was annoyed by them, she ditched them too after seeing all of the junk and not much edifying stuff.
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Oh there are some HORRID "Christian" sites out there! I was really only in one it lasted for about a week.....they found out I was a REFORMED Christian in the REC and I was the "Great Satan" if I had been in the "mainline" Episcopal church things would have been fine.....but an Anglican who admired Calvin!!!!!!! GASP!:lol:
 
I didn't,

I just stumbled onto it doing a search engine search and noticed a picture of an old friend of mine in an avatar. So I joined.

(Got back in touch with the old friend in the avatar too BTW.)

Now I post here more than he does.
 
etexas said:
Rich Koster said:
I started the process within the same week I found out about it. My wife tried to get me in to some other chatrooms or blogs or whateveryacallems in the past. They were full of WoF and some really weird new age stuff being passed off as orthodox. I was annoyed by them, she ditched them too after seeing all of the junk and not much edifying stuff.
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Oh there are some HORRID "Christian" sites out there! I was really only in one it lasted for about a week.....they found out I was a REFORMED Christian in the REC and I was the "Great Satan" if I had been in the "mainline" Episcopal church things would have been fine.....but an Anglican who admired Calvin!!!!!!! GASP!:lol:
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When you talk about election/predestination, a lot of people think you are a mean old nazi. They don't like the fact that not all things are a product of their decisions or actions.
 
Rich Koster said:
etexas said:
Rich Koster said:
I started the process within the same week I found out about it. My wife tried to get me in to some other chatrooms or blogs or whateveryacallems in the past. They were full of WoF and some really weird new age stuff being passed off as orthodox. I was annoyed by them, she ditched them too after seeing all of the junk and not much edifying stuff.
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Oh there are some HORRID "Christian" sites out there! I was really only in one it lasted for about a week.....they found out I was a REFORMED Christian in the REC and I was the "Great Satan" if I had been in the "mainline" Episcopal church things would have been fine.....but an Anglican who admired Calvin!!!!!!! GASP!:lol:
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When you talk about election/predestination, a lot of people think you are a mean old nazi. They don't like the fact that not all things are a product of their decisions or actions.
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No they don't! You are correct friend they have the "control" they began to rip me as soon as they heard the NAME of my Denomination!!!!!!!

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victorbravo said:
More than a year, maybe a year and a half. I am very reluctant to join forums.
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Vic, you don't strike me as the shy sort.:)
 
Tim joined several months before I did; I read over his shoulder/lurked that way until I finally felt like I had something to say! Now, of course, I don't shut up! :)
 
Lurk? I don't lurk. I dive head first into things and see what happens. If I like what happens, I stick around. Otherwise, I get bored and go somewhere else.

Clearly, I liked what happened. :)
 
Skyler said:
Lurk? I don't lurk. I dive head first into things and see what happens. If I like what happens, I stick around. Otherwise, I get bored and go somewhere else.

Clearly, I liked what happened. :)
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We like ya' man glad you stuck around!:)
 
So my last post wasn't entirely honest. I came upon the site several years ago during a google search (I believe on the lapsarian question?); and over the next few years, threads would occasionally come up again on searches or would be linked on other websites. One day, I decided, "Hey, why not join?"
 
I lurked for 30 seconds, wondered whether I was eligible for 10 minutes, then joined.

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I didn't know if I would "make it", but I did!! Yay!!:lol:
 
I joined as soon as I found the forum! And then I didn't read or post hardly at all for over a year! So even though my join date is Jan 2007, it really should be like August 2008.
 
rescuedbyLove said:
I lurked for 30 seconds, wondered whether I was eligible for 10 minutes, then joined.

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I didn't know if I would "make it", but I did!! Yay!!:lol:
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Normally I would not have made it, but there was a lapse in quality control the day I joined, I am so lovable the can't bear to get rid of me now!:)
 
Being in the Most Ridiculous Denomination (hereafter referred to as MRD), I was reluctant to join. But if Grymir, A5Pointer and recovering MRDers like Backwoods could be here, then I figured that I might be tolerated too.
 
etexas said:
rescuedbyLove said:
I lurked for 30 seconds, wondered whether I was eligible for 10 minutes, then joined.

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I didn't know if I would "make it", but I did!! Yay!!:lol:
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Normally I would not have made it, but there was a lapse in quality control the day I joined, I am so lovable the can't bear to get rid of me now!:)
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Yeah, you are pretty cool.:cool:

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Hey, that smiley even looks like your avatar!!
 
I actually first became acquainted with PB through something someone posted on bwarfield group years ago. I looked at out and found myself spending too much time checking things out. I joined this past month because now I use Google Reader so it keeps me on top of new threads but I unless I'm interested I don't even go to the site. I think it helps me to waste less time, but then again I did respond to this thread. :)
 
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