Posts by wanderlustguy

I was baptized in December of 1989. The only thing holding me back from Ministerial Servant has been my driving habits, specifically my love of (legal) drag racing...and participation in it.

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New brother in here!

by defd in

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hey yall just wanted to say hi.

today is my 1st day here.

i hope this is a good site for jehovahs people.

wanderlustguy

By the way...that light at the end of the tunnel...it's a train...

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Who Do You Think Really Knows That The Organization Is BullCrap???

by minimus in

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do you think the governing body really knows it??

the lawyers??

the average elder or ministerial servant?

wanderlustguy

Not to mention it's got to be a cozy little place to be, all that trust and all. My dad and uncles made so much money of the org...still do...it's insane.

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New brother in here!

by defd in

jw
friends

hey yall just wanted to say hi.

today is my 1st day here.

i hope this is a good site for jehovahs people.

New brother in here!

by defd in

jw
friends

hey yall just wanted to say hi.

today is my 1st day here.

i hope this is a good site for jehovahs people.

New brother in here!

by defd in

jw
friends

hey yall just wanted to say hi.

today is my 1st day here.

i hope this is a good site for jehovahs people.

wanderlustguy

Nothing but the best here, that's for sure...

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Hi Everyone...I'm New

by exjwshell in

just wanted to say hello to everyone on this forum.

i've "lurked" for quite some time, thought it was time make my first post.

my story is long and boring and too complicated to remember so the short version is this:.

Traumatic memories never grow up, neither does the person

by wanderlustguy in

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my mother has been through a lot in her life, some bad before the truth, then following through during and after.

almost all of which she never shared with me until the past few months when i had to have my questions answered to get past the events i was stuck on.

i feel i am aging in years every month now, and was curious as to why.

wanderlustguy

Zen, I follow along with your point, perception is reality. Like how do you know red is red? Because someone told you. How do you know your car is junk? Because you saw a bettter one?

I don't wholeheartedly disagree with your thoughts, however I feel it is overstated in this case and akin to telling someone with a broken leg "it wouldn't hurt if you didn't know what it felt like before or saw all the other people without a broken leg". It's still broken.

However, in this instance, to imply that a situation is bad simply because we know there is a better one is ignoring the fact that someone willingly and knowingly inflicted injury that was neither invited or neccessary. We all know the rules to life, you don't molest kids and you don't lie to other people looking to you for answers about life.

If a past memory pains you, it is not the past event at fault, nor those involved in it, because whatever contribution they made was in the past and can have nothing to do with your current pain.... as all is left is data and it must be recognized that it is your current manipulation of that data which is the only source of pain? in other words, something you are doing to yourself in ignorance now is responsible.

The purpose is not to identify fault and point fingers, but to bring the issue to resolution, however, the fear of the event remains. Perception, which I think is your point here, is sometimes forever altered by an event. What was innocent is now not, what was harmless now could kill you. Perhaps the way to correct the perception is to reconfront the event, now as a more informed person, essentially turning the light on for the monster under the bed to see there is none.

My humble opinions...

W