El-Pooh! now has perspective regarding Palestine, Texas because perspective requires distance. A few weeks before he left Palestine, a friend had stated that East Texas is a messed up place because it is so near the Louisiana border. Louisiana is chock full of Voodoo, Hoodoo, Santeria, and other bags of magic tricks. This seems logical and that would explain why East Texas is an amalgam of broken thinking, ineptitude, frustration, passing the buck, passive-aggressive behavior, manipulation, and the magical ability of allowing things to remain incomplete. In East Texas, one must accept the premise of extra effort when one desires completion. Attempts at completing anything is like walking uphill backwards on a dark, rainy night and you are in stiletto heels. One heel is also broken and you are drunk. Why else would you be in heels?
Like Louisiana, East Texas mixes its culture with Christianity as well. Christianity go with any culture like oil and water. There is a lot of truth in comparing Christianity to a fine bourbon: straight, no chaser. One drinks a good bourbon by itself. There is nothing to mix. Christianity should be treated that way as well. This could also explain why the common consensus about the distrust that comes in regard to many of the local churches. Without oversight, people will get away with whatever they are able to get away with. The notion of going to church on Sundays and going to Hell on Mondays is a popular practice that most people deny. Do not be misled, there are fine, Christian people in Palestine, Texas. The problem is that there is not enough of them and one also must take the time to discern them from the fakers. Then again, this could also be anywhere else in today’s world.
A DISTANT LINE OF SIGHT + NATIVES 18 + LEAGUE OF DREAD
by Reggie Lane
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