(08-28-2025 08:22 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:17 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:04 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  We don’t live in Memphis anymore.
The last mayor I voted for was Jim Strickland… a friend; &, at the time, a fellow parishioner.

Where you at now, mayne?

Watch out Mensa

Nah, I just thought he was a mid-towner for some reason. While some of y'all can't stand him, and I give him a lot of shite, I actually like Marc - or at least his online persona. While it's my own personal opinion that he is simply misguided when it comes to politics I also believe that he isn't as dim as some of his posts make it seem.

Also, from the bold up there ^ Marc, are you Catholic??

(08-28-2025 08:30 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:22 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:17 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:04 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  We don’t live in Memphis anymore.
The last mayor I voted for was Jim Strickland… a friend; &, at the time, a fellow parishioner.

Where you at now, mayne?

Watch out Mensa

Nah, I just thought he was a mid-towner for some reason. While some of y'all can't stand him, and I give him a lot of shite, I actually like Marc - or at least his online persona. While it's my own personal opinion that he is simply misguided when it comes to politics I also believe that he isn't as dim as some of his posts make it seem.

Also, from the bold up there ^ Marc, are you Catholic??

I am Catholic

(08-28-2025 08:26 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:19 AM)TripleA Wrote:  I agree about Strickland. Which proves all Dems aren't progressives. I like Ford Jr., too. Moderate Dems are reasonable. I used to be one.

Ford Jr was apparently able to escape the influences of his aunts, uncles, cousins and his daddy. It seems like every member of the most politically influential family in Memphis since Boss Crump has been in trouble with the law.

I like him too, he is exactly what Biden claimed of Obama, clean, bright and articulate. While I'm not entirely convinced he's sincere about his centrism he at least says the right things. Still, there remains in the minds of many Memphians the fact that just about the whole Ford family has been involved in corruption at one time or another. I think that will hold him back, not to mention he's had his own drama with former employers.

He has. And I'm well aware of all the past Ford family drama. I lived in Memphis from 1947-1978, and go back even now on a regular basis.

I can only go by what he says on The Five. Certainly moderate sounding there.

CB regains its place on my restaurant roster, FWIW. Monitoring is required, however, to ensure they follow through. The Dem’s sometimes try to rename and not eliminate woke policies.

(08-28-2025 08:33 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:30 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:22 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:17 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(08-28-2025 08:04 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  We don’t live in Memphis anymore.
The last mayor I voted for was Jim Strickland… a friend; &, at the time, a fellow parishioner.

Where you at now, mayne?

Watch out Mensa

Nah, I just thought he was a mid-towner for some reason. While some of y'all can't stand him, and I give him a lot of shite, I actually like Marc - or at least his online persona. While it's my own personal opinion that he is simply misguided when it comes to politics I also believe that he isn't as dim as some of his posts make it seem.

Also, from the bold up there ^ Marc, are you Catholic??

I am Catholic

I reckon I'm a fallen Catholic even though my faith is rooted in Catholic dogma and doctrine. Mass has changed so much since I was last active it turned me off. And I come from a long line of devout Catholics. My older brother should be canonized if devotion counts.

(08-28-2025 02:11 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

CB regains its place on my restaurant roster, FWIW. Monitoring is required, however, to ensure they follow through. The Dem’s sometimes try to rename and not eliminate woke policies.

My wife brough home some of their almost chickenless dumplings last week. I'm a Sweet Sue kind of chicken and dumplings guy so I found CB's much dryer. But they tasted pretty good and there was a lot on the plate so...

The last time I ate there was with my older brother and he's been gone since April of '24. I was never a huge fan but I don't hate them.

Sweet Sue is better than Cracker Barrel. Of course, my grandmother's chicken and dumplings ruined me for all other chicken and dumplings.

(08-28-2025 05:16 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  I reckon I'm a fallen Catholic even though my faith is rooted in Catholic dogma and doctrine. Mass has changed so much since I was last active it turned me off. And I come from a long line of devout Catholics. My older brother should be canonized if devotion counts.

This comment is as much for everyone as it is you personally bro.

Its key to understand that its not about denominational doctrine or dogma. There is no salvation in any denomination or church be it Roman Catholic, Eastern orthodox, Protestant or Evangelical. There is no special sauce or special path or special power or sainthood in any of those things. Salvation comes from ONE THING and ONE THING ALONE....faith and trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. FULL STOP.

Our faith MUST be rooted in Christ and the Gospel, not our denominations.

That is what the NT teaches, that is what the 1st and 2nd century church fathers wrote and taught. Catholic, Eastern and some of these other dogmas really began starting in the 3rd century with Origin and St Augustine and branched out and grew from there. It was mixing in of man made unbiblical doctrines and even pagan practices and traditions.

As guilt as Protestants eventually became as well as time went on, the reformation began because literacy rose and people were increasingly reading the NT for themselves and saw how different the NT teachings and doctrines were from the 15+ centuries of dogmas and practices that slowly crept in little by little into the RCC.

The early church of the first century met in small groups in peoples houses. Many modern denominations would not recognize an early church gathering if they saw it. It would be totally foreign to the denominational practices they grew up in.

What we should be seeking is truth, and not seeking what makes us just feel more comfortable. A lot of people want the former more than the other though. That can be a tough adjustment for some, but its an important one if we want to live out our faith and grow in spiritual wisdom the way Jesus wants us to.

(08-28-2025 07:21 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Smart guy. People like him know how to build a successful business. The idiot woke lady running CB now only knows how to screw things up.

CB's current cap value is $1.24B, and that ignoramus is spending $700M on a cosmetic makeover that is irritating her customer base and likely adding zero new customers.

Smooth move.

Stopped at a Cracker Barrel just today — a bit west of Asheville NC off of I-40. Happy to report that everything was the same as before — same logo, same menu, same kind of stuff for sale in the store, same everything.

So what’s the good news?