Everyone is Christian in Texas because It's So Hot...
Posted: Friday, September 02, 2011
by Ingrid Weir
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Now, I grew up off-an-on in the great state of Texas. I remember it being so hot in the summer time that we would run the water hose in the yard, but the water that came out was actually hot. Yeah, that’s right… it was so hot in Texas that we didn’t have COLD water!
So, when my parents split, my mom moved to Georgia, and my dad stayed in Texas for a while. We would go back and forth, so I never really noticed the heat, I don’t think… but then, one day about two years ago, I went out there to see my grandmother, who was in the hospital.
P.S. Once you have a heat stroke, you are more susceptible to them in the future, and your tolerance for heat is pretty much nonexistent.So, I pick up and rush out to see my grandmother a couple of years back, and yes, it is July. We stopped in Shreveport for the night where they were nice enough to give me the government employee rate at the Marriott, which is a pretty significant discount, might I add…, but I digress.
“I understand why there are so many Christians in Texas… with weather this hot, they don’t want to take ANY chances on going to a place hotter than Texas, so they would rather be safe than sorry.”
When we finally arrive, the whole family decides we’re going to El Chico (a family favorite for all in Texas since the dawn of time, I think… that and Spring Creek BBQ)… yes, we finally arrive. It’s about 5:00 in the afternoon, I think, and the sun felt like it slapped me across my body and somehow reached my internal organs.
Now, keep in mind that I am a God-fearing Christian and have been since birth, I think. I am a logical, reasonable person, but I have my own personal reasons for knowing without a doubt that there is a God, and He/She is as big of a fan of me as I am of Him/Her, so I mean no disrespect…
But I stepped out of that car, and when that Texas summer heat hit me, I had two thoughts:
- Why on Earth would anyone live here if they were aware that there are 49 other states in the United States of America?
- I understand why there are so many Christians in Texas… with weather this hot, they don’t want to take ANY chances on going to a place hotter than Texas, so they would rather be safe than sorry.
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)Ah, Ingrid. I thought you were going to go one way with this, and you went another.
Not to gross anyone out, but I'm a kinda big guy, and have a tendency to sweat a lot. The thing is, living in Houston I probably sweat less in than I did when I lived up North. Air conditioning is everywhere here, and one can easily go from the house to the car to the office to the restaurant for lunch without ever breaking a sweat, even during the hottest summer. When I go up North, that's not at all the case.
To me, I'd prefer to live in Northern California where it's in the upper 50's in the winter and in the low 70's in the summer. That sounds perfect to me.
Someday!LOL - yes, I like to keep you on your toes like that...
I hear ya on the a/c, but man, walking from the parking lot in Walmart to the store just about sent me to a bed next to Grandma! Man, I couldn't take it!
I'm totally with you on Cali, though! It's been a longtime goal of mine, that's for sure!!!
Hilarious, Ingrid! I think you're on to something... in fact, this may explain the entire Bible Belt! LOLLOL - now that you mention it, I think you're onto something! Love it! LOL
Hey, y'all
I lived in Lubbock for 7 years. Not too bad, actually in the heat department, as compared to these other places I am fixin' to mention.
I spent several summers in the East Texas Woods. Sand and pines, and humidity like it was invented there.
Houston for 4 years. Humidity was not invented there. That's where God goes to get humidity from so he can spread it around the planet.
The reason people die in the Wal Mart parking lot in DFW is because they have a brain blockage from constantly saying: "Oh, we're not as hot as Houston".
Bruce said it all: If not for AIR CONDITIONING the entire state of Texas is just one big ranch. Since it has AC, it is one cool, wealthy place where they wait for the snow birds every winter.
I have actually never been to Lubbock or Houston, TX, but I've heard they're nice. I've lived in the Texarkana area, DFW - Carrollton, Arlington, Irving, Rowlett, Grapevine, and of course, my favorite ever - Waxahachie... oh, I can't forget Pilot Grove.
I hear ya... it's not the heat... it's the humidity... IDK... with any of them, I really have no idea why anyone would want to live there! LOL... personally, I like to go outside without spontaneously combusting... but maybe that's just me!
Aaah, give me Sanderson, Texas. Try Philly when it's 90 degrees with 95% humidity. (I know people in the South will scoff and smirk at that statement).
Your use of present tense bothered me a little.Well, considering that I had my heat stroke in DC in July - and I'm pretty sure it was just about that... yeah, that there was the worst! There was nothing I could do to cool off. Though, in retrospect, a hospital probably would have been able to do it.
I had actually never had a problem with heat until then. Of course, the toxic mold exposure was what messed me up enough to not be able to suck it up and march thru it - well, I did, but heat stroke has pretty devastating to my system even afterward.
I apologize for my incorrect use of present tense. I am still going on two hours sleep - and yes, I was when I wrote the article. I would appreciate further elaboration so that I can learn from my mistakes - and hopefully not bother you in my next articles by making said mistakes. :-)
Enjoyed this. Have to share with several Texas folks I work with on my website. They'll love it as much as I did.Hehe... thanks! That's definitely one of the good things about Texans - they have a sense of humor, that's for sure! :-)
LLOL--- If they weren't religious before this draught- I'll bet they are now......calling on the almighty deity everyday-
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