WillowTheWhisp

If I say it very quickly it almost comes out "a Bishop, Bishop, Bishop, Bishop."

Me too. I think we're missing something.

I know exacly what you mean. Good fresh fish does not smell the way fish markets do. Also 'fish' is a very broad description. There are many kinds of fish, some quite bland and some very tasty, some oily, some flaky. Then there are sea fish, fresh water fish, shellfish....

Are you judging potential dates by their physical appearance? If you try to ignore that and get to know people better you may find that you are attracted to those you had never considered.

'a cuppa' is the great British solution to most problems. It's more than just a habit like drinking wine with a meal or going to the pub for a beer. If someone has an accident, someone else will make them a cup of tea. If someone receives bad news someone will make them a cup of tea. If someone dies someone will make the relatives a cup of tea. If someone is worried, ................ you guessed it ................ someone will make them a cup of tea. It's the universal British cure-all.

If the world was hollow why doesnt all the water from the oceans flow down the holes?

Its a bit simpler here in the UK where I live a we don't have so many Wards. I dont suppose it would hurt to just go along to the nerest chapel and take it from there. If you should geographically belong to another Ward I'm sure they could sort that out for you.

1. Is Jesus God? Yes,and no. Jesus is Jehovah the God of the Old Testament. He is Divine. He is a member of the Godhead. He is not God the Father. God the Father is the father of Jeus, as in "only begoten of the Father" "this is my beloved Son" etc 2. When you pray, who is it that you pray to? I pray to Heavenly Father as Jesus taught us to. I pray in the nameof Jesus but I do not pray to Jesus or to anyone else. 3. If Jesus is not God, then was Thomas wrong and Jesus confirmed a lie? No, Thomas was not wrong. He did not identify Jesus as God the Father. He identified him as divine and as God in the sense of God The Son. 4. Is there more than one God? Yes.

If they'simply lived there' why would they be looking for somewhere to stay and finding no room at the inn?

How would you reconcile that with part member families? If the husband is a tea drinking non-member can the home never be a refuge?

A gift to win? I don't believe there is such a thing.

How about Emer? That's also an Irish girl's name. It depends a lot on the dog though. I like the name Shiloh.

Maybe my huband is weird. His previous wife was not just slim she was skinny, all legs and elbows was how he describes her. When he met me he says actually preferred the fact that I was cuddleable. Now he worries that I have started on a weight loss program. He's happy for me from a health point of view because I will be much healthier by being lighter but he has said "You won't go too far will you?" He doesnt want me to end up like her - uncuddleable.

The one being baptised doesn't seem to correspond to any other hand position symbolism to me.

In the pre-existence Jesus had already reached Godhood. He was the God of the Old Testament. He was also 100% obedient to his Father. Maybe the two go hand in hand.

Yes, absolutely.

Hello and welcome.

Shouldn't it be if you don't see your breath winter is over?

I was with you right up until this last statement. I do not believe that the Holy Ghost delivered an already fertilised embryo. Jesus was divine on his father's side but mortal on his mother's side. He had to be or he would not have beenable to suffer pain and death. He needed a mortal body. What the Holy Ghost delivered was one half, Mary's own body provided the other half. Quite apart from the Atonement though, Jehovah was a spirit being not an immortal being so he would have needed a mortal body at some point in order to progres himself anyway.

Or you could say the truth is still true even if no-one believes it! I had a little story years ago to illustrate the point that belief and truth are not the same. It was supposedly told by one of those "wise hermit up a mountain" type characters. Some guy climbed up the mountain to ask him what is truth. His reply was this story: Two men were walking along a beach. In the dunes on the sand one of them found an egg and close by he saw a dead bird which had been shot by an arrow. He knew the chick in the egg would die if not kept warm by the parent bird so he decided to take the egg home, keep it in a box of straw near the fire and wait for it to hatch. His friend also saw an egg further along the beach and decided to do the same thing. After a few days the first egg hatched and a little chick was born. The man fed it with worms from his garden until it was strong enough to fly. He called on his friend to see how his chick was doing and the friend replied that his egg had not hatched. The man asked to look at it and when he picked it up he said "You are a fool. This is not an egg. It is a pebble." His friend said, "How can this be? I believed it was an egg." The man eplied. "Just becaue you believed that it does not make it true."

When it comes down to losing weight and getting fit I can tell you categorically that for me it would never work if it was a case of "Why don't I love my husband enough to want to try to be pretty for him? To be my best and to be my most attractive? To try to lose weight? To do my best to make myself beautiful for him?" The only thing which would and ever has motivated me is "Why don't I want to do it for myself?" If I dont want to be fitter, slimmer, healthier for myself then I sure as anything wouldn't want to do it for someone else. Sometimes we have to be selfish about things. I've struggled with my weight for years. It has slowly crept up no matter how hard I tried to lose. I was overweight when I married my first husband. I tried to lose weight all during that marriage but never in order to please him. We both used to go to the gym 3 times a week and I was fitter than a lot of the people who went there - but I was still fat! When he died I was still overweight, in fact even more so. When I met my current huband he met a fat woman. He married a fat woman. I suppose there must be something he finds attractive about this fat lump he married. He has always compliment my hair and my 'teenage eyes'. I'm actually fitter than him!! I love to walk. He doesn't. If we walk anywhere he is always the one saying "My legs ache". Recently (in the last 12 months) my doctor has actually taken me seriously when I say that I want to lose weight. Maybe because I have always failed he thought I was never serious in my efforts even though I repeatedly told him. He did some tests and found out I needed some medication. I have slowly been making progress in the months since then, but still have a long way to go to get to my ideal. I do feel encouraged when my husband tells me how much slimmer I am looking because I look in the mirror and still see a fat lump. His encouragement really boosts my self esteem though. But the thing is I am not doing this for him. I am doing it for me. Being slimmer, fitter and healthier is a selfish thing - but a positive selfish thing. I woukd love my husband to lose wweight too but not in order to be more attractive to me but in order to be fitter and healthier for himself. Maybe that is the approach this husband needs to consider. I can't help wondering if some people are confusing love with lust.

OK then maybe I'm weird but when I look at someone I love I look into their eyes not at the size of their rear end.

All I know about knowing something is true is that once you have that knowledge you can't unknow it. Beliefs can be changed by outside influence from other people but knowledge just IS.

How would he feel if she'd been disfigured in an accident? Real love should be much more than skin deep.

Certainly allowed and yes encouraged. Are you asking from the point of view of wanting to adopt? We had a Bishop some years ago who had 3 adopted children.