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  1. It seems to me that these are really easy questions to answer and it's interesting that nobody in your life has been able to answer these questions for you, as if you needed the wisdom of Solomon to answer. The one thing I've consistently heard, which seems to check out, is that the biggest threat to Christianity isn't external or outside forces (e.g. culture, anti-christianity fervor, etc.), but it's actually an internal fundamental one: Christians themselves have very little (if any) understanding of their own faith. Biblical illiteracy is rampant and epidemic within the Christian faith, and so you get very little wisdom and a lot of blind leading the blind.
  2. Had Hutchins BBQ yesterday for Easter brunch. Best BBQ for my money (~$40/lb) in a 50 mile radius.
  3. I've seen more Fuzzy Taco's closures in the last 12 months, I think it's doomed. I haven't eaten Subway in 10+ years and would probably just not eat before eating that weird meat and suspect food. But I do love Jimmy John's. I'm a complicated man.
  4. He blessed same sex couples in a union and gave the caveat that it was okay as long as it was clear it a) wasn't endorsing it as a marriage and b) allowing for the blessing just the same as you would give to any sinner that asks for it. The facts as I understand it, and curious to hear where @Ghost of LLgot his information, was that Pope Francis held up homosexuality as a sin (didn't reform that) and actually was criticized by progressives for not being a real progressive (reforming) versus upholding conservative catholic values but with different lanugage (or weasel words if you are less forgiving). Maybe it's incremental gains and his softening of language might be the first step to reform and that is part of his legacy when we look back 100 years from now and Catholics change their views.
  5. 1000%. The most progressive pope of my lifetime for sure (and I'm not a Catholic so don't have a dog in the fight as they say) and I am not sure of the catholic politics or who is the odds on favorite to win, etc., but just wanted to clarify his point because it's a pretty huge distinction.
  6. I don't know that I agree with your police work. From what I've read, he said that being gay is not a CRIME, but still a SIN.
  7. Also the McGriddle is like 20+ years old so it's funny because he was like, "I don't go to McDonald's often so not sure about these brand new menu offerings"
  8. You touched on some of my first thoughts after reading the post. @Clintonaldoyou are and will get a lot of different flavors of thoughts and inputs and advice, but from as strictly a Christian/biblical perspective as I can remember, a few encouragements: 1) Church isn’t a building or meeting or place. “We” the Christians, are the church. It’s written wherever two or more are gathered in His name, he’s there (I believe). We are also called to be in fellowship for a variety of reasons that are good for us, despite it being hard sometimes (or a lot of the times). 2) Singing hymns, songs, music playing, spectacles, etc. is supposed to be an act of worship to God, not for our own pleasures. As mole said, it’s not really supposed to be about us. There are angels and deities in heaven who were solely created to sing holy holy holy and worship, I think. 3) Modern American upper middle class white people churches (which I assume you are referencing) are very much in the land grab of souls business. It seems the modern church mission to win back and grab back the market share of souls they have been lost from Christianity as the secular world got more flat and available to all. Thus it’s a bunch of surface level, Christianity 101 churches just trying to catch the fish. 4) My frustration has actually been because of 3, it feels like church is a waste of time. It’s just mother’s milk when you want solid food, as Paul says. I’ve found that seeking my level of Christian has helped (life groups, men’s groups, bible studies, mission trips, etc.) me to grow my faith, rather than check a box every Sunday and hear the same few stories ad nauseam. 5) Lastly, nothing I’ve said matters and indeed nothing at all matters if your heart is not in it. You can do alL manner of good works and charity and even healing and miracles in His name but if you do it without love, it’s a clangy noisy cymbal. Better to take a break and search your heart maybe and rediscover your gratitude and love and faith then just trudging through luke warm IMHO.
  9. The black preacher who made headlines for “lock the doors in the back” released it as a song. I couldn’t believe it lol
  10. Trump influencing the Pope is giving China trying to dictate to Tibet the next Dali.
  11. I’m thinking Minecraft’s reign of terror is over. Looking up tickets for this weekend to take the grandkids to the King of Kings Easter movie and everywhere it’s sold out today and tomorrow but Minecraft is open for even good seats. I think Minecraft loses steam and might not beat Mario’s total after a torrid start.
  12. The biggest L from the Luka trade that doesn’t seem to get any chatter is that Derek Lively looks like an absolute spare offensively (shades of Dwight Powell) and looks lost offensively without Luka (and to a lesser extent Kyrie) doing all the hard work for him. He really benefited greatly from Luka and it opened up his game to be a dangerous offensive and defensive threat which is amazing for a 21 year old not yet in his prime, but now he looks like it’s first time dribbling the ball since high school when he has to do more.
  13. Was that you at Hutchins today with the Texas rose bowl shirt and longhorns crocs? 😂
  14. Similar experience for me. My Indian neighbor is a Trump fan believe it or not. Another Indian on our street is on an H1 visa. Lived in an apartment for 5 years before buying a $900k house. Between he and his wife (Infosys) they probably w2 about that. Thats why all the indopak and india marts and desi chowrathra and all the Indian fast food places are everywhere. You go to HEB and it’s half Indians. Which checks out if you guys have worked anywhere that pays really well recently (big tech or consulting), and mirrors the stats when like 80% of CEO’s for the F500 are a combination of either white male or Indians.
  15. The common denominator is apartments imho. Once they come in, developers get to work expanding out.
  16. Saw this on a plane. I've never liked Dylan and thought he was a rip off at ACL a decade ago, but really, really enjoyed this movie and the lead performance.
  17. If you didn't know the facts and data, you would swear that Frisco was majority Indian or Southeast Asian, to your point. In my experience, the older Indian & Southeast asians are every bit as insular and racist against blacks as the older and rural whites you described. And the whole reason Indian and Southeast Asians chose Frisco in droves (like Plano before it) was because the free education (public schools) was the best in the area. That usually equates to less of the black and non-asian brown populations. Anyways, not to derail too much about the demographics and culture of Frisco, but I do think that the location of this crime is somewhat driving the story at a local and increasingly national level. I've heard and read more about the Frisco stabbing weeks later than I have about the Wilmer Hutchins (extremely poor and black area) shooting of just a few days ago, for example.
  18. Agreed. I think there is a lot of irony in the racial bias and aspect to this. By most accounts The Anthony's are probably more well-off and more a fit to the Frisco demographic and mold (except for the black name) than the victim. Despite this, most people in the area are going to react with a racial bias as you said, because the main reason for moving to Frisco in the first place is to get away from the false idea in their head about gang or racial violence caused by poor blacks on the unfortunate white victims (aka white flight). In my opinion, at least.
  19. The Mavericks are actively shopping for land, development and deals in/around Dallas for the new arena and entertainment build. They 100% aren’t moving to Las Vegas. It’s fan delirium and conspiracy. That said, Go Lakers. I hope Luka gets a ring this year.
  20. It’s crazy because the amount of people I encounter in real life who aren’t aware that a) this was a play first and adopted as a movie and b) this movie scene is not and never in the play is like 95%.
  21. It seems to be getting nastier according to my mostly white and a lot of Frisco Facebook feed. With the swatting and then this was celebrated (sharing for awareness NOT an endorsement):
  22. Sheesh. I can’t imagine being a Federal or Public Sector technology or software sales guy right now. Talk about “the lost years”. I’m sure there will be the odd duck who can make money but the vast majority, especially anything net new, are going to gasp for air.
  23. A “swatting” call was made Thursday to an address involving the family of the Frisco teenager who was fatally stabbed at a track meet earlier this month, police confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. The swatting occurred hours after Jeff Metcalf, Austin’s father, was barred from attending a news conference where the parents of Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old teenager who is facing a murder charge in connection to the stabbing, spoke publiclyabout the case for the first time.
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