the gospel is not clean.
it is not holy.
it is tainted by the hands of men who believe they have dominion over humanity.
war wins them their freedom, but satan isn't done yet.
their ankles are still shackled to the prison of their past.
the skin of their children is scorched by the fields, despite them never stepping foot on a plantation.
their backs have never felt the touch of the whip, but the welts are still raw.
when they close their eyes, they can see the receding shoreline of the homeland, and feel the nauseating rocking of the boat.
their hearts don't know pain, don't know pain like their ancestors did, but it still hurts.
the religious turn to scripture for an excuse.
it's his will, they say. it's the way the father made us.
the preacher claims to speak the words of god, but the devil controls his tongue.
john 8:44.
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when the devil becomes the advocate: a biblical allegory in nine parts
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