Confusion

[SlaveForJah]

Hello all, I'm new here. Ok, just kidding. I'm not new here. I'm starting this thread because there seems to be quite a bit of confusion as to who is who around here.

I am SlaveForJah. Not SWORDOFJAH.

Several posts lately have referred to SOJ as SFJ, and SWORDOFJAH as SlaveForJah. We are two different people.

It's not that I don't like SWORDOFJAH, because I do, but I'm not him. It may seem like a small thing, and I'm not trying to be picky. It's just that I wouldn't like to take credit for any good SWORDOFJAH may do, nor do I want to be attributed a point of view or perspective that I don't hold to.

Anyway, I pray Jehovah's blessings be upon all.


Agape

SlaveForJah


PS - Hope you don't mind me starting this thread, Vic.

[truthseeker]

I'm Brian - What's your name!:p

Truthseeker:lol:

See now you have me talking to myself!

[shikinah]

Hello all, I'm new here. Ok, just kidding. I'm not new here. I'm starting this thread because there seems to be quite a bit of confusion as to who is who around here.

I am SlaveForJah. Not SWORDOFJAH.

Several posts lately have referred to SOJ as SFJ, and SWORDOFJAH as SlaveForJah. We are two different people.

It's not that I don't like SWORDOFJAH, because I do, but I'm not him. It may seem like a small thing, and I'm not trying to be picky. It's just that I wouldn't like to take credit for any good SWORDOFJAH may do, nor do I want to be attributed a point of view or perspective that I don't hold to.

Anyway, I pray Jehovah's blessings be upon all.


Agape

SlaveForJah


PS - Hope you don't mind me starting this thread, Vic.

I think the picture of the sword plays with the mind so you could think of it as sword instead of slave, subliminal confusion:rolleyes:

[panda]

Hi Slave for Jah, I may have done that, sorry if I have. I do remember reading a post and thinking this person has changed their view, then I realized it was SFJ, not SOJ.

:cool:

[Anthony]

I'm Brian - What's your name!:p

Truthseeker:lol:

See now you have me talking to myself!

Thanks Brian,

Now if everyone would just do the same including SFJ, instead of using such “Gay” childish user names.

It drives me crazy to see everyone address each other by his or her user name and to sign they’re post by these names.

I just don’t get it. Fear of men? Fear of something. I don’t know.:dontknow:

Anthony

[TheMdC]

I think I've mixed you two up, too, SFJ. Apologies.

By the way, my username rocks. Nothing "gay" or childish about it at all. If you've been on the Internet once or twice before, you'd realize that all message boards have usernames and that the reason is because we don't want to have to worry about which of the hundreds of "Brians" or "Johns" or "Jessicas" we're talking to at any given time. But no, it's easier to namecall and act superior and judgmental. :rolleyes:

[shikinah]

If Anthonys from London, then the use of the word "gay" in contex doesnt mean two men or women, it means "cheesy" or silly:rolleyes:

[SWORDOFJAH]

Can I changed my user name???

[SlaveForJah]

Can I changed my user name???

Hello SOJ. I don't think you need to change your user name. I don't plan on changing mine. The point of bringing this up was simply to diffuse any confusion.


Anthony, as far as online user names go, if you want to use your real name, that's fine. But I for one don't want the whole world to know my name. Much too easy to find out what congregation you are associated with or where you live. And frankly, there are too many people with questionable sensibilities and questionable motives that troll these forums to go throwing my personal information around.

You may call it gay or fear of man. I call it prudence. Watchman went years without revealing his personal identity. Would you call him gay?


Agape

SlaveForJah

[James]

Hi, my user name is James. My real name is James. I am a brother, not a sister.

...just so there is no confusion.

agape,
James

[Anthony]

Quote TheMdC
“By the way, my username rocks. Nothing "gay" or childish about it at all. If you've been on the Internet once or twice before, you'd realize that all message boards have usernames and that the reason is because we don't want to have to worry about which of the hundreds of "Brians" or "Johns" or "Jessicas" we're talking to at any given time. But no, it's easier to name call and act superior and judgmental.”

The fact that you would even use the term “my user name rocks” explains why you don’t comprehend what I wrote. I said Quote “It drives me crazy to see everyone address each other by his or her user name and to sign they’re post by these names.”

It’s one thing if you log in with a unique and personal user name, but to write Dear so and so using the user name and to sign your post using user name is ridiculous. Also I said that the names were “Gay” /“childish” or as Shikinah correct understood “cheesy”/ “silly”.



Quote SFJ
“Anthony, as far as online user names go, if you want to use your real name, that's fine. But I for one don't want the whole world to know my name. Much too easy to find out what congregation you are associated with or where you live. And frankly, there are too many people with questionable sensibilities and questionable motives that troll these forums to go throwing my personal information around.

Blah, Blah, Blah

You may call it gay or fear of man. I call it prudence.

I call it as I see it. Go figure.

[FutureMan]

Hi, my user name is James. My real name is James. I am a brother, not a sister.

...just so there is no confusion.

agape,
James

And here I was thinking all this time that James was a girls name :p

[SlaveForJah]

Quote TheMdC
“By the way, my username rocks. Nothing "gay" or childish about it at all. If you've been on the Internet once or twice before, you'd realize that all message boards have usernames and that the reason is because we don't want to have to worry about which of the hundreds of "Brians" or "Johns" or "Jessicas" we're talking to at any given time. But no, it's easier to name call and act superior and judgmental.”

The fact that you would even use the term “my user name rocks” explains why you don’t comprehend what I wrote. I said Quote “It drives me crazy to see everyone address each other by his or her user name and to sign they’re post by these names.”

It’s one thing if you log in with a unique and personal user name, but to write Dear so and so using the user name and to sign your post using user name is ridiculous. Also I said that the names were “Gay” /“childish” or as Shikinah correct understood “cheesy”/ “silly”.



Quote SFJ
“Anthony, as far as online user names go, if you want to use your real name, that's fine. But I for one don't want the whole world to know my name. Much too easy to find out what congregation you are associated with or where you live. And frankly, there are too many people with questionable sensibilities and questionable motives that troll these forums to go throwing my personal information around.

Blah, Blah, Blah

You may call it gay or fear of man. I call it prudence.

I call it as I see it. Go figure.

Since you are soooo much better than the rest of us, and have so little fear of man or fear of anything, why dont you post your address and social security information? Or perhaps your credit card information?

If you can't see the prudence in not freely divulging your personal information, that's not my fault. Most people here don't want their families and personal lives to become targets. Maybe you do. Maybe we should all be taking your example of fearlessness.

Go ahead, you first. What's your Visa number? I'm sure everyone that stumbles across this site is honest and trustworthy. Then again, they just might like a new car, computer, HDTV, or maybe something as simple as a new pair of shoes.

If we (the majority of those who post here, and respect their own privacy and that of others) are so "ridiculous", why do you bother wasting your time on such "cheesy", "silly", "childish", "gay" things and people? Find a better use of your time. Perhaps you should set up a "Non-Anonymous-Only Club" or "Personal Information Exchange Forum".


Ridiculous

SlaveForJah

[Anthony]

Since you are soooo much better than the rest of us, and have so little fear of man or fear of anything, why dont you post your address and social security information? Or perhaps your credit card information?

If you can't see the prudence in not freely divulging your personal information, that's not my fault. Most people here don't want their families and personal lives to become targets. Maybe you do. Maybe we should all be taking your example of fearlessness.

Go ahead, you first. What's your Visa number? I'm sure everyone that stumbles across this site is honest and trustworthy. Then again, they just might like a new car, computer, HDTV, or maybe something as simple as a new pair of shoes.

If we (the majority of those who post here, and respect their own privacy and that of others) are so "ridiculous", why do you bother wasting your time on such "cheesy", "silly", "childish", "gay" things and people? Find a better use of your time. Perhaps you should set up a "Non-Anonymous-Only Club" or "Personal Information Exchange Forum".


Ridiculous

SlaveForJah

Quote SFJ “why dont you post your address and social security information? Or perhaps your credit card information?

Really?…Really? That is what you come up with as a response. Wow you have to be kidding me. Apples and Oranges PAL!!!


Quote SFJ “If you can't see the prudence in not freely divulging your personal information…

Personal information? A first name oppose to a ridiculous user name. According to your reasoning the fact that I use my name Anthony there is no reason to have to post my address and credit card # and SS# because you will know it all by seeing the name Anthony, Bill, James, Robert, Brian, Frank, etc…

Tell me GFJ since you know my name is Anthony, what congregation do I go to? Where do I live?

Give me a break!!!

[FutureMan]

Hi all, I don't want to fuel this debate anymore than necessary, other than to say from my perspective, that having an avatar and a user name that does not involve your real name, can give you both personality that defines you as a person and anonymity

[truthseeker]

I'm Brian - What's your name!:p

Truthseeker:lol:

See now you have me talking to myself!


I'm very sorry if this came across flippant!
I was amusing myself, trying to be funny.
We should let this pass by and move on to more important issues.

Love truthseeker:icon_redface:

[TheMdC]

6 However, the undeserved kindness which he gives is greater. Hence it says: “God opposes the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved kindness to the humble ones.” ~James 4:6

34 If it has to do with ridiculers, he himself will deride; but to the meek ones he will show favor. ~Proverbs 3:34

3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deceiving his own mind. 4 But let each one prove what his own work is, and then he will have cause for exultation in regard to himself alone, and not in comparison with the other person. ~Galatians 6:3,4

[shikinah]

Hi all, I don't want to fuel this debate anymore than necessary, other than to say from my perspective, that having an avatar and a user name that does not involve your real name, can give you both personality that defines you as a person and anonymity

That's so true FutureMan, my username and my little pic is the female warrior/soldier for Jehovah/Yahweh thats why she has light around her which reminds me of the Holy Spirit and she has the sword of the spirit to fend off predator's, i didn't just choose it because i couldn't find anything else and i guess others have meaning and reason for choosing their pics and username. If i feel low spiritually and see her in deep prayer it gives me strength, strange but it works:)

[shikinah]

I'm very sorry if this came across flippant!
I was amusing myself, trying to be funny.
We should let this pass by and move on to more important issues.

Love truthseeker:icon_redface:

Awww bless, its ok i get the urge to do silly things sometimes, like when i post things, i may find humour in but others dont, but thats what makes us human isnt it:co_jest:
Or maybe its those chemtrails again..

[Utuna]

Hi all, I don't want to fuel this debate anymore than necessary, other than to say from my perspective, that having an avatar and a user name that does not involve your real name, can give you both personality that defines you as a person and anonymity

Dear all,

Personally, I use a username and an avatar because... I feel like doing it that way! ;) ^_^

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"Le sectarisme des jugements pauvres lui tenait quelquefois lieu de volonté" - Hervé Bazin
"J'ai pétri de la boue et j'en ai fait de l'or" - Charles Baudelaire
"S'il m'a été donné de voir un peu plus loin que les autres, c'est que je me tenais sur les épaules de géants" - Isaac Newton

[Steadfast]

Hi Slave for Jah, I may have done that, sorry if I have. I do remember reading a post and thinking this person has changed their view, then I realized it was SFJ, not SOJ. :cool:

Maybe we should ban the use of acronyms. :D

Love,

Steadfast

[arimatthewdavies]

there is nothing wrong with a bussiness name,/avatar...myself i use my true name because im open to receive correction and to encourage my fellow brothers/sisters to trust jehovah and speak the truth in a loveing maner,,,,,,,,when i express personal veiwpoints i always make it extra clear that they are just that.... when i speak from what jehovah portrays to me. i also make that clear.something else about avatars we may all need one if persecution breaks out.

[imjustaskin]

Uh...welcome to the internet folks...user names/avatars are the norm, not the exception, and I don't think anyone needs to read too much into whether one chooses to use one or not.

Shikinah, I absolutely LOVE yours even more now, though..:)

Oh, and obscure literary reference? Gotta love em, MDC.

[TheMdC]

Thanks. ;)

I wish we could change them and still maintain an identity somehow. I've got a bunch more I'd love to be able to use. :D

[Desert Blossom]

Thanks. ;)

I wish we could change them and still maintain an identity somehow. I've got a bunch more I'd love to be able to use. :D

Gilligan modifies his username all the time when he signs off at the end of a post. You can do the same. I almost never remember to sign off on a post. :lol:

[Nash]

Thanks Brian,

Now if everyone would just do the same including SFJ, instead of using such “Gay” childish user names.

It drives me crazy to see everyone address each other by his or her user name and to sign they’re post by these names.

I just don’t get it. Fear of men? Fear of something. I don’t know.:dontknow:

Anthony

Hi Anthony,

This isn't the first time that you've brought up the fact that we have usernames different from our real names. Why does it irritate you?

Ideally, it would be nice if we could use our real names. But there could be repercussions for some if they were 'found out.'

Chances are, some of us probably have the same names, and since we can't really see each other, the potential for confusion is increased, at least in my view.

Besides, I wouldn't trust just anyone on the net, especially Jehovah's Witnesses.

Nash

[arimatthewdavies]

i use my real full name in case it make a differance to anyone out there.ive
seen the avitar thing talked about before this way no body can fault me

[Utuna]

Hi Anthony,

This isn't the first time that you've brought up the fact that we have usernames different from our real names. Why does it irritate you?

Ideally, it would be nice if we could use our real names. But there could be repercussions for some if they were 'found out.'

Chances are, some of us probably have the same names, and since we can't really see each other, the potential for confusion is increased, at least in my view.

Besides, I wouldn't trust just anyone on the net, especially Jehovah's Witnesses.

Nash

Dear Nash,

What you so pertinently said made me come to mind the FACT that our personal decisions may have repercussions on our family or our beloved ones.

If I came out of nowhere with no family at all, I wouldn't mind at all but I do have a family. I chose, they didn't! I let Jehovah choose for my sake and for theirs! So far, I'm amazed how He has directed some events in my life, against all odds.

I'm ready and happy to do my spiritual job while I'm still officially a member of the faithful part of God's organization and I hope I'll be ready when He decides that the time has come for me to stand overtly against the offical credo held by the bad slave. Then, I'll know that I have a role to play and will try to do it the best I can. That's the method I've followed so far no matter the circumstances... love towards all and God does the job for me!

Our dear heavenly Father loves us so much, I mean ALL OF US! He doesn't want anyone to perish or to suffer unnecessarily without the proper help he's so keen to provide. I know he'll help my family whenever He decides something new for me in the future!

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"Le sectarisme des jugements pauvres lui tenait quelquefois lieu de volonté" - Hervé Bazin
"J'ai pétri de la boue et j'en ai fait de l'or" - Charles Baudelaire
"S'il m'a été donné de voir un peu plus loin que les autres, c'est que je me tenais sur les épaules de géants" - Isaac Newton

[TheMdC]

Thanks for that post, Utuna. Good reminder to be patient and keep our eyes on events of significance.

[Anthony]

Obviously ones having the mentality to use usernames are not going to have the mentality to understand what I have been saying about them. And this is not my opinion; this is based on the actual post responses.

I am not saying that it is a big deal that any join the site with some personal username that they came up with or that some pic that they like to post that shows part of ones personality. That’s all fine and dandy. What I am saying is that when one signs their post it should be there real name so that when one replies to that person they can address them by their name. The username in it self is fine and part of the Internet fads. (That’s a given) It is addressing each other by them and signing post is what the cheesy thing is.

And this whole thing about being found out because someone post their first name, come on, give me a break. I didn’t say put your first and last name and SS# and address and CC# like some genius already made comment to. I just think that speaking about the Bible, Jesus, Jehovah etc…is something wonderful but serious and when reading post and even wanting to responded to others, I find it very irritating to read what seems so silly at the beginning or at the end.

I am not even going to talk on the subject of those that are worried about being found out. But you can’t sit here and tell me that with just your first name and no other information like my account reads that you are going to be identify. If anyone knows anything about me other then how my account reads at the moment it is because I have posted it or wrote it at some point, but not because they read the name Anthony.

Please everyone do yourselves a favor and take the high road and not respond to this. Just let it go. I know I am this and that and I am wrong and you are all right. And I know there are going to be those that just are itching to respond and just can’t let it go. So be it. (I’m curious as to or will be the first to respond.)

[shikinah]

Uh...welcome to the internet folks...user names/avatars are the norm, not the exception, and I don't think anyone needs to read too much into whether one chooses to use one or not.

Shikinah, I absolutely LOVE yours even more now, though..:)

Oh, and obscure literary reference? Gotta love em, MDC.

Thank you brother, but i love that pic that's the main forum pic at the moment, with Jesus and the bible, that's absolutely beautiful, would love that on my wall, but were not aloud to have images:(

[arimatthewdavies]

ok i will take the plunge im the 1 who uses my real full name.so let us reason like men and women of jehovah.
let us say every one junks their avatar and sighns their name.for the sake of the man who finds avatars foolish and distracting?.will that man give honor to jehovah? or will that man simply raise the qustion of : is this you real name or an alias?

[James]

Quote:
Originally Posted by imjustaskin http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38307#post38307)
Uh...welcome to the internet folks...user names/avatars are the norm, not the exception, and I don't think anyone needs to read too much into whether one chooses to use one or not.

Shikinah, I absolutely LOVE yours even more now, though..:)

Oh, and obscure literary reference? Gotta love em, MDC.




Thank you brother, but i love that pic that's the main forum pic at the moment, with Jesus and the bible, that's absolutely beautiful, would love that on my wall, but were not aloud to have images:(


I thought she was a sister, but I'm not sure.:confused: I'm just asking.