Juellie1962, yes, I've considered it. And also considered the idea of the "they're in a better place" that is so often stated after a death. But for many who believe in Heaven and Hell, apparently they feel Hell is a better place? Or is it as was discovered on Twilight Zone or Night Gallery - this is Hell? A lot of interesting discussion. To add to what sherrmann and petra said, and viewing many of the posts here, apparently many believe God works by ballot. It must be with all the shoutouts for prayers. Your prayer alone won't do it so you need everyone else to pray for it to stand a chance of it happening the way it looks. So if 100 people pray for something to happen, perhaps it'll happen, but if only 99 pray for it, it won't. Someone will have to fill me in on what the minimum votes are, whether by number or percentage. And if only one prays for it, not much chance then is there? So then what about the person who was going to pray for the death of a forum member and she did die? Perhaps some have more powerful prayer? Or is it "Karma"? Or a coincidence. Maybe more people prayed for a "9-11" event than prayed for the US to be protected so we lost the election. Or it was "will" or "karma". And of course there's the PTL chants when someone is healed but nothing said about the deity that gave them the disease, broken bones, etc. Selective worship or simply hypocrisy? Or maybe it's Karma! :D One has to wonder why a nation needs laws, if in the end they're judged and rewarded/punished. Why have jails? If the rapists, murderers, thieves, scammers, drug dealers, telemarketers, etc, will all get what they have coming in the end, why waste the time, effort and money now? Then too the question, do you have to "qualify" to pray? If someone is not a "believer" and decides to pray, are those prayers automatically ignored? So many questions, so little time. "I love God. He's so deliciously evil!" - Stewie Griffin

Thank you so much for your thoughts and concern. Here is the latest. The letter from our Attorney seems to have worked in terms of getting the girlfriend out of the move and live-in situation. Biofather sent a letter from his attorney stating that the girlfriend would no longer be making the move. We have ceased all attorney and legal correspondence. I called the girlfriend's father to check-in and hear from him what was actually decided. The girlfriend's father was upset at me and my wife since we had objected to "his" daughter moving in with single Biofather and our daughter. I explained to him patiently the situation/concerns and he ended up hanging up on me! Incredible! This girlfriend's father calls me back the following day leaving a message apologizing for his rude manner and explaining that his daughter would not be making the move, and "with 5 kids on a modest income, this was a good idea to him due to a lack of money to educate them" and "he wished that I would reconsider my objection." I did not return the call and this is really sad; that this father is allowing his daughter to move into a very unsafe and risky situation just for the money savings aspect! Just incredible and sad. My stepdaughter left today on a flight to Florida, 2 large suitcases and her dog in tow, to start her new life living with BioDad in this "fantasy" life in Florida (ticket paid by biofather of course). Looks like it will be just Biofather and daughter living together. Biofather and stepdaughter have only spent 5 to 7 days together, 2 or 3 times a year, for our 17 year old stepdaughters entire life, so she really does not know this man, as a parent anyway. Stepdaughter will start immediately in the local public High School and the big ticket toys will surely be lavished upon her. Life in the "country club" home with her living in the "mother-in-law" suite with her personally chosen deluxe bedroom furniture will surely be nice. Stepdaughter will complete her Junior year of High School down there, and perhaps her senior year as well if BioFather has his way. This is our only child to raise. My wife and I are devastated and we are crying. We could not stop this move (legally or emotionally with stepdaughter), and our stepdaughter has walked away from us, our beautiful loving home, her extended family up here in VA, her friends, and her first steady boyfriend. Her boyfriend even went with us to the airport to see her off today. Stepdaughter seemed happy at the airport, just like she was going on a vacation or something. We are sad and we will keep in touch with her as best we can. As a stepfather I feel like a fool! I have raised this child since she was 4 yo, and now she says she hates us and walks out. Just incredible! Her biofather has poisoned her mind against us, and we just simply continued to love her, and we know that we were good parents, tolerant, kind, and loving, and we did not trash her biofather ever!. This is what we get. We will go on. Thanks for your kind words.

I bought mine at CVS for less than 5.00 I put it on Sunday afternoon and then I was awake after midnight on Monday morning and I decided to do it again. When I was rubbing it in I felt the tags coming off. Yes they were small but I could not believe how fast this worked. I felt like I had hundreds of them. I also am allergic to tea tree oil. I remember my sister who passed away at 40 had them. She said she was letting her hair grow longer to try to cover them up.

I partially agree with your thoughtful comments, but only partially. I think people in the general field tire of UFO questions from apparently gullible "believers" who are disappointed when the "expert" doesn't share their "beliefs". I know someone who's an astronomer and he's told me that he's lost patience dealing with people who ask him UFO or life on other planets questions. Here's something I heard once - take two boxes. Label one "Things I've learned to be true or untrue" and label the other "Beliefs I have". Write down all of your thoughts (not literally but for the purpose of this) and put them in the appropriate box. Keep everything you know or think in the box it belongs in and don't try to move things from one to the other. When you pull something out to think or talk about, remember what box it came from and expect others may keep that same item in a different box than you do. A fabulous and very interesting example of this concept in practice can be experienced by listening to a captivating 10 episode podcast (recorded during classroom presentations) entitled "The Historical Jesus", by Prof Thomas Sheehan, from Stanford University. Sheenhan explores the historiography (rigorous historical academic investigation and research concerning) Biblical accounts of Jesus and his times. With some coverage of the Old Testament. The unbiased work done in the last 150 years suggests the assumptions carried over the centuries about the source of the material in the Bible and the events described are unsupported. Not unknown, but unsupported because of convincing evidence to the contrary. It's a most interesting tale, he explains the work done, contradictions investigated, and the factual bases for the conclusions. Keep that thought in mind. Now consider that he also describes himself as a devout, practicing Catholic. A product of Catholic secondary and university institutions, up through his PhD, and a longtime professor at Catholic universities. He repeatedly apologizes to those in class, reminding them that his intent is not to criticize or persuade them to drop any religious beliefs they have but rather to inform them of facts that have been unearthed from academic investigations. He says something like - "keep your beliefs, as I do. They need not be proven if they're important to you. The study of history is a matter of scientific investigation. This is a history class, not a religion class. Don't combine the two". Available through the Apple/iTunes source for free. Very interesting and entertaining. PS - later edit to add I think there's need for a third box - things I know nothing about with certainty and don't pretend or assume otherwise