The PB is an excellent online place to 'hang out', learn, laugh, etc. On the average, how many hours per day would you estimate that you spend on the PB? Too many, too few?

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Bob Howes
Framingham, MA

A reoccurring thought:

Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

...but I can quit any time.

I don't have a problem. I'm an enthusiast, not an "addict".

Like a heroin 'enthusiast'.

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Kevin
Far East
Deacon, Int'l Church

blhowes;

Well, in that it's summer and my kids are out of school and use the computer more during the day, it's less time than I do during the school year...

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Pinewood Pres. (PCA) Middleburg

When I kept Silent, My bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3

I bop in on and off during my work if I'm at my desk as I use PB as relief from the tedium (if I'm not using it as a forum to promote my "wares"). But I dunno what I'd do without coffee and PB when I first get up in the AM. Besides, I'm a moderator, I don't need to confess any addiction.

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Reminds me of the river in Africa...












...De Nile

Yeah, and with the power to lock threads, who'd dare to call you an addict - not me, for sure. (but, if you ever need to talk...)

D. Paul, Poimen, Puritanhead, ServantOfKing, trevorjohnson - are all obviously addicts...since they are on here right now!

Anybody else been on when only 1 or 2 other folks were on?

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MS

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I may have underestimated how much time I spend here.

Addict? This board is one of my home pages so it pops up every time I open IE7. Does that make me an addict? You decide! LOL!

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I can't get by without it it seems.

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jdlongmire;

I am here even when only 1 or 2 other folks are on...but again, now adays that is only because of time my kids are on the computer as well...and with 4 kids that doesn't leave me much time online..but that's okay, because it gives me time away to work on the withdraw symptoms--no actually it forces me to look at other areas of my life that I might be neglecting...and it gives me time to catch up on some reading and other such things...so I don't mind..

less than 1 hour/day (I tend to be a little intimidated by all the education & knowledge here).

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Providence Reformed Baptist Church
Toledo, Ohio

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I have an excuse for being here. I'm the admin that makes pushing all this stuff possible.

As for being here when only 1 or 2 are online? Yes, that's because all of you so rudely go to sleep when I want to talk in the middle of the day!

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Northern VA
PCA

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I just love having someone answer my questions! It's like having 52 ministers and Godly women giving their responses. Nice!

I have only been a member a few days and I am already an addict.

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Generally I check in before and after work. I'd say that I spend on average a little over an hour a day. I suppose that doesn't classify me an addict.

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Are those hours per day? >24?

I've left my computer on with two separate PB windows open overnight, so I have to admit to >24 hours a day... at least on occasion

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Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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ah ha ha!

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Yes, they're hours per day. The >24 hours is for those hardcore addicts whose perception of reality has been altered perhaps beyond the point of no return.

I hope what you say is true. Just remember, though, that that's where many of us were at one point. At first it was just recreational - some of our friends were doing it, they invited us, so we gave it a try. We'd post maybe a little in the morning and some at night before bedtime. Like you, we thought we were in control, but after a while posting in the morning and evening just didn't satisfy us. We needed more. Soon we found ourselves waking up in the middle of the night and sneaking over to the computer to read and post some more. And I'm not talking the general or movie threads, I'm talking the hard core stuff - baptism, covenant theology, ecclesiology. After a while, we realized we were hooked, but it was too late.

Maybe you're different and maybe you can continue to just do it in moderation. I hope that's the case.

As with anything, it can be overdone. There are times when I discipline myself not to even get on the site, if I must give my mind to be focused on other things (sermon preparation for one, or quiet time in the AM).

Yet it can be immensely beneficial, especially to people in relative isolation from "like-minded" souls. It can be used for ministering, and being ministered to. I often use it -- just lurking -- for edification on topics I am ignorant of, as well as defending Biblical doctrines, and sharing what has been given to me.

As with eating or drinking, it can be overdone. A matter of individual conscience.

Steve

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Elder, International Evangelical Church (Reformed)
Limassol, Cyprus

"I am set for the defense of the gospel" (Philippians 1:17)

"Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness..." (Colossians 1:11)

Well, I still go to work, shower and eat.

Glad to hear it!