I hope he's feeling better now. My mom always put us in a tepid bath. Generally within a few minutes it was coming down. Keep in mind that sometimes a fever is a good thing. It is the reaction of fighting off an infection. If it continues, I'm sure you'll take him to the doctor to find the source.

Amen to that! Satan is most definitely real. I applaud you for standing up for what you believe. So often when we do that, we are called "holier than thou" or "judgmental". I worship God and only God. There is only one God. All others are figments of one's imagination.

Thanks. I'll check them out.

Does anyone know of the cheapest place to buy Keurig K-pods? I love my Keurig, but hate the price of the pods.

I have a different take on this. I wouldn't waste my time on something I loathed. :)

Were they married at the time of her death? If they were, I'd let him decide what to do. If I were the child, I'd want all of my mom's things. You can always put them in plastic bins in the attic and let the dc have them when they move out. So far as a picture of the two of them, I would keep the pictures in the kids' rooms. I'm divorced from my son's father and my husband and I had no problem with him keeping a picture of me and his father in his room. In fact, we supported that because he is still his father.

I have, but are you suggesting I missed something? Maybe I did. :) Please enlighten me. Thanks.

My understanding about not having any other gods before our heavenly Father, is this: anything that takes you away from worshipping God is having a god before him. In other words, alcohol can be a god. If you are drunk all the time and not in worship, that is your god. If you work all the time and not taking time to worship, that is your god. Having pictures of your children on your mantle, is not a god. If you don't worship God but worship your children, then they are your god. A god can be anything that you put before our Father in heaven.

I'm sorry to admit that I haven't had time this weekend to read all the posts, but I just want to say "thank you" for all the information. I certainly hope I haven't stepped on anyone's toes. I just want to understand as much as I can about different religions. Again, thank you!

I'm simple minded when it comes to Christianity. Many theologians and scholars will try and make Christianity very complicated, but it really isn't. I'm not going to read the Bible and tear it to shreds trying to make it say something that I want to believe. I do think there are many, many people who will do that so they can feel they will be in heaven one day with our heavenly Father and still continue as they please. That's not how it is. God said that no one goes to the Father except through Jesus Christ, our Lord. I believe that with all my heart. I don't believe I can go into the forest (and I'm not picking or poking fun) and absorb the nature around me and chant little songs about the god of trees or dirt or rivers and worship the things of the earth, and God will accept me into His kingdom, because I would be worshipping the wrong thing. I worship only our Lord and Savior. Not the things He made. I thank him for the things he made; for the beauty of the earth. I thank him for sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for my sins so that I will have eternal life with him. John 3:16 said it simply enough that a child can understand. "For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believe in Him will have ever lasting life." You can't worship the earth and all that is in it, and worship God. It doesn't work that way. "You shall have no other gods before me." http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Exodus+20&version=47

I'm confused with the term "Christian Wiccan". Isn't that sort of like saying a "Christian Jew"?

Is it your belief, if you're a pagan or witch, that you go to heaven or upon your death, do you go be with other witches or pagans? Do pagans that believe they are Christians believe they go to heaven? Thank you for your input.

I have to agree that the "uneducated" family could use a few lessons in proper grammar, but at least they were nice. The jerk from England (or as the visiting wife said, "British") was the most unkind person I have ever heard. I wonder what shape his front lawn is in today?

Don't know if this will work but you might could use a dishtowel placed inside a colander and then pour the stew through. It'll be a pain because you'll have all the veggies and meat to contend with but it's a little better than having to wait. Good luck!

And, once again, I'm saying you can only know the things of which you were introduced. I did read his work and it was incredibly depressing. I have "introduced" my dds to him because I feel it's necessary. But, my point is, not all have been. I was simply pointing out that one isn't educated because of knowing, and one isn't uneducated because of not knowing, EAP.

I couldn't care less about the Super Bowl. :) My sister gets a kick out of me saying, "What game?" when she asks if we watched a certain game. It's just not for me.

I agree. I went through 12 years of pubic education. I didn't go to kindergarten because it wasn't as widely available as it is now. I graduated from high school without failing any grades. I was an average student. I did everything I was asked to do by my teachers and I read everything I was asked to read. If I wasn't introduced to a particular author, that doesn't make me uneducated or illiterate. It simply means that I, as with all students, couldn't possibly read all the material available.

There is absolutely no way to know everything about everything. And, not knowing about Edgar Allen Poe is hardly that big of a problem. He was a weirdo! :) I have told my girls a little about him, but we haven't study that much. We read "The Raven" and that was about all I cared to discuss with them. I would rather spend our time on boring Shakespeare. :)

Thank you for taking the time to post this. I really appreciate it. :)

Thank you, Chucki!

You're so right. Things like this can be turned into something ugly and I don't want that. I respect your feelings. I've just heard so much through the years and I want to be educated. It's like someone was saying earlier about Muslims and how the woman had a misconstrued idea of what they are like. I don't know about Muslims, either. It's my job as a Christian to introduce God to those who aren't Christians. It's not my job to judge or condemn. Please know that's not what I'm doing. But, I can't witness to people of a different religion if I don't know anything about theirs. So, am I trying to convert you, or anyone? No, I'm not. You have made a decision and I respect that. But, I want to be sensitive to those who are different in their religion than I. Thank you for taking the time to explain. I'll look at the sites you gave us.

Hey Kelli, Again, I'm very curious so please bare with me. It sounds to me, and I'm trying to paraphrase, that witches want pretty much the same things we as Christians do, only they worship gods and goddesses, not our Heavenly Father. So, why then, would one choose to be a witch instead of a Christian? Do you not believe in Jesus? I guess not. So, when you say you worship gods and goddesses, what are they? God of good health, goddess of plants, etc? I'm so very curious? Have you ever thought that God could exist and you choose not to worship Him? Or that Jesus really exists? Thank you.

I didn't know this. I'm still sure they make a bunch off of TLC, but the fact that they did all they did is very impressive. Maybe I'll have to start looking at them a little differently.

It wasn't I who said he was dumb or whatever; I simply said I don't believe he didn't have any help from TLC. You said the book said they did it all alone. That's really cool! I admire that.

Kelli, Thank you for answering my question. What makes you a "witch"? Can you tell me what your life is like?