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  Help Mommies, I need a Cure

  by LB in

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  i'm getting the sore throat and i feel chilled.

  i'm on the liquids and staying covered up.

  anything else you can suggest to beat this thing??.

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  LB,

  I am sorry you are feeling bad.
  This is what I do when I get something like you describe.

  I eat only chicken soup for at least two days
  . Homemade with vegetables is best but any kind will do.

  But there are extra ingredients to add to your hot bowl of soup just before eating that does the magic.

  Add one large raw chopped clove of garlic and as much ground cayenne as you can stand to your serving.

  This will be very strong but it is good for you and you will feel better soon.

  I also take lots of Vitamin C (the chewable kind is soothing to your throat).

  At night my beverage is a hot whisky toddy or a bourbon and coke.

  Germs just don’t have a chance with this diet!

  Your loved ones will be protected because no one will want to get very close to you.
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  The Bible a reliable book!

  by Truth Defender in

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  despite the failings of many who claim to follow the bible and believe it, this gives no excuse to dismiss it's contents.

  thru the centuries it has proved reliable and remains the word of god despite all else.

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  How do you KNOW that the Bible is the word of God?
  Because the Bible says it is?

  You need better proof than that.

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  how old are you? the avg. age here?

  by rekless in

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  i'm 56

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  I'll be 36 next month.

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  What's Your Sign

  by MrMoe in

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  yes this has been done before... but there are lots of new posters soooooo... what's your sign?

  do you know your whole chart?

  i do astrology stuff and tarot yada yada, so if ya want i can do your whole chart for you and stuff, or compatibility charts too, but i need exact time of birth.

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  Hi,

  I am a Taurus.
  Born April 27th, 1966 in
  Houston Texas at 1:04 am

  My email is open.
  Thanks

  Ranchette
  
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  Marrige

  by SoulJah in

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  so if you were married before you found the "truth" in one of "christndoms" churches [a.k.a.satans orginazation] why is it that this marrige is still acceptable to the cong.?

  or why do they not see it fit to retake your vows before the only true god?.

  just a thought.. sorry about the run-on question.

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  Because the marriage is legally binding according to the law of the land even though they were married in a church.
  JWs claim to be in subjection to the superior authorities.

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  How to give medicine to pets....

  by closer2fine in

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  cats .

  1) pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if.

  holding a baby.

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  Closer,

  I love this.
  It is funny but also true in an exagerated way.

  Seriously though, when I have a pill that I need a cat or dog to swallow whole I just spray the pill with cooking spray or coat it with cooking oil and stick it as far back in the throat as I can close the mouth and rub their neck.

  It slips right down.

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  What is your fondest/or not memory of cargroup ...

  by ofcmad in

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  the compassionate toliet thread brought this frightening memory to mind.... the field service assignments!.

  did you all have the same feeling of dread of being stuck with a particular person.. knowing that you would have to listen to their dribble throughout the day.. or listening to that poor sister's sinus condition where she would make that, for lack of a better way to describe it, hock-a-luegy sound with her nasal passages every 10 minutes.

  then lets not forget the positive side.. how you wished with glee, and finally got to work with the car group that would goof off half of the day and the other day go to not-at-homes that would definitely still be not-at-homes.. *************************************.

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  There are so many!
  but here's two for now.

  I used to regular aux pioneer when I was a teenager and for some reason most of the zealous sisters had three and four kids apiece in the cong I was in.

  These were little kids (kindergarten and below).

  We always had to go in a station wagon with at least six of these little rugrats in "the way back" as it was called.
  This was back in the good ole days before carseats and seatbelts were required.

  Anyway the mothers sat in the front and we singles and teens had to sit in the middle seat between the parents and children.You can only imagine how fun that was!

  It was a free for all back there because these mothers were very passive.
  I swore I would never have kids after going through a couple of years of this.

  I must have forgotten this oath because I now have two of my own.

  The second thing I remember was at the same congregation.

  A new unbabtized family started going in service one winter.

  The had moved from a large city to literally live off the land.
  NO plumbing, NO electricty, NO deoderant, NO soap,.......

  To say they stunk was an understatement!

  I got stuck in the back seat with a couple of them and I had to put perfume on my nose and roll the window down even though it was freezing so I wouldnt throw up.

  Shortly after this time the elders had a meeting with them and they finally cleaned up.

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  What's yer favourite TV Comedy of all time?

  by VioletAnai in

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  mine would definitely have to be the young ones.

  i'm such a sucker for brit humour.

  just the thought of viv and rick - cracks me up.. what gets you giggling away?

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  Saturday Night Live & Mad TV.

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  What Should People Know About Jehovah's Witnesses

  by expatbrit in

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  a couple of very basic questions for you good folks.. 1)imagine that you are joe public who has never had any real contact with jehovah's witnesses.

  none of your family are, or your friends.

  you occasionally say "not interested" to them on saturday mornings.

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  Here's something shocking they should know.

  They teach that Jesus is not your mediator!
  He is only the mediator for the 144,000.

  Note the parts I made bold.

  *** w79 4/1 31 Questions from Readers ***
  Questions from Readers
  ó Is Jesus the “mediator” only for anointed Christians?
  The term “mediator” occurs just six times in the Christian Greek Scriptures and Scripturally is always used regarding a formal covenant.
  Moses was the “mediator” of the Law covenant made between God and the nation of Israel. (Gal. 3:19, 20) Christ, though, is the “mediator of a new covenant” between Jehovah and spiritual Israel, the “Israel of God” that will serve as kings and priests in heaven with Jesus. (Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24; Gal. 6:16) At a time when God was selecting those to be taken into that new covenant, the apostle Paul wrote that Christ was the “one mediator between God and men.” (1 Tim. 2:5) Reasonably Paul was here using the word “mediator” in the same way he did the other five times, which occurred before the writing of 1 Timothy 2:5, referring to those then being taken into the new covenant for which Christ is “mediator.” So in this strict Biblical sense Jesus is the “mediator” only for anointed Christians.
  The new covenant will terminate with the glorification of the remnant who are today in that covenant mediated by Christ. The “great crowd” of “other sheep” that is forming today is not in that new covenant. However, by their associating with the “little flock” of those yet in that covenant they come under benefits that flow from that new covenant. During the millennium Jesus Christ will be their king, high priest and judge. For more detailed information, see Aid to Bible Understanding, pages 1129 and 1130 under “Mediator”; also God’s “Eternal Purpose” Now Triumphing for Man’s Good, page 160, paragraph 10; also The Watchtower issues of February 15, 1966, pages 105 through 123; November 15, 1972, pages 685 and 686, under the subheading “Leading the Way to a New Covenant”; and April 1, 1973, pages 198 and 199, under the subheading “The New Covenant.”
  ó At Psalm 89:19, who are the “loyal ones” to whom Jehovah spoke in a vision?
  An examination of Psalm 89 reveals that the subject matter is the Kingdom covenant. ÞPs 89 ÜVerses 19, 20 and 29 of this psalm read: “At that time you spoke in a vision to your loyal ones, and you proceeded to say: ‘I have placed help upon a mighty one; I have exalted a chosen one from among the people. I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him . . . And I shall certainly set up his seed forever and his throne as the days of heaven.’”
  The account of 1 Chronicles 17 reveals that the promise of a continuing dynasty in the house of David was revealed to the prophet Nathan in a vision. First Chronicles 17:15 tells us: “According to all these words and according to all this vision was the way that Nathan spoke to David.” Therefore, the “loyal ones” are Nathan and David, with David receiving the divine revelation through Nathan.

  This ought to ruffle some Christian feathers.

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  Well, I'm back...............

  by Tatiana in

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  i was gone....in case anyone noticed!.

  with all the flame threads i've been reading, i doubt if i was missed.. i've been having quite a few personal problems.

  i'm also in the middle of moving.

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  April,

  I am so glad your back.
  I missed you.
  Sorry to hear of your troubles and the loss of your friend.

  Ranchette