# Any Situation You Might Use Chick Tracts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549 "2009-12-09T02:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/1 "2009-12-09T02:06:06Z")
Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying not to mock him, disprove him, etc. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/2 "2009-12-09T02:08:40Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying not to mock him, disprove him, etc. Excluding the ironic, no. Absolutely not. Under any circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/3 "2009-12-09T02:27:47Z")
Fire Food (I have mild pica) Paper Airplanes Emergency Kleenex Building material for origami Doodle material Prank Counterprank on Halloween ‘Tip’ for obnoxious waiters (kidding, kidding!) Impromptu finger puppet Cardboard tube sword Gift (when I want to be uninvited from the next exchange) Educational purposes (how not to debate, etc.) Humor Material for the mugger’s wallet Bookmark Prop to remove Jehova’s Witnesses, Mormons, etc. None of those involving me disrespecting Chick’s beliefs. Not even the last one, since I’d be pretending to take his side in an attempt to sound devoted enough to discourage repeat visit. Now, I would be mocking his skills as a debater, which suck. I would be mocking his skills as a cartoonist, which suck worse. But that’s an entirely different issue, no different than using an SAT Study Guide for the same purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/4 "2009-12-09T03:00:23Z")
I was thinking if I ever had an outhouse again. I don’t know if that proves or disproves his arguments. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/5 "2009-12-09T03:05:20Z")
I play a game where I collect them, but it only counts when I get them from a real evangelist. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/6 "2009-12-09T06:47:02Z")
Does [“Who will will be eaten first?”](http://www.librarything.com/topic/61539) count? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/7 "2009-12-09T06:50:18Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying not to mock him, disprove him, etc. This would assume that Chick is right about something. I have never seen ANY evidence that he’s right about anything. So, what tracts did you have in mind that actually show that Chick is right about something? I might use the tracts as kindling. I wouldn’t use them as toilet paper…they’re not good enough to touch my asshole, they’re not soft and absorbent, and they’re already full of shit. I’d be afraid that my asshole would be shittier, not cleaner, after attempting to use a tract as toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/8 "2009-12-09T07:13:15Z")
None. At all. I find them overly simplistic to the point of being insulting. If you’re going to try and convince me of something or try to convert me to your religion, treat me like an adult, please. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/9 "2009-12-09T09:58:39Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying not to mock him, disprove him, etc. Never. Would _you_ use them? ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/10 "2009-12-09T14:02:46Z")
I’m a devout Christian and I see absolutley no uses for those pieces of trash either, aside from mockery and the stuff **Lynn Bodoni** and **pedescribe** mention. Even my wife’s ultra-religious friend who is intent on converting everyone within a 50 foot radius of her I wouldn’t even recommend those tracts to, as I know she’ll use them against my fellow human beings. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/11 "2009-12-09T14:34:47Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying not to mock him, disprove him, etc. And what is _your_ response to this question? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/12 "2009-12-09T14:43:30Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > I play a game where I collect them, but it only counts when I get them from a real evangelist. Does that count? I used to do that, too! But not so much anymore - they used to make me laugh, or occasionally piss me off, but now I just find them kind of sad. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/13 "2009-12-09T14:45:44Z")
Wobbly table. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/14 "2009-12-09T16:57:21Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Are there any situation you might use Chick Tracts in? RULE: \*\*It must be to support the argument of whatever Chick is saying \*\*not to mock him, disprove him, etc. Chick tracts support Jack Chick’s arguments by their very nature, that’s what they’re for. I mean, they don’t support them very well, but why would anyone use a Chick track to support a Jack Chick argument? If you were trying to support one of his arguments, you’d be better served using something he didn’t write or have any involvement in writing, an outside source. Or maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean. What is YOUR opinion on this? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/15 "2009-12-10T00:03:00Z")
I wouldn’t use a Chick tract to “support the argument of whatever Chick is saying”, because to the best of my knowledge he’s never presented an argument I would support. Even if I agreed with Jack Chick about something, I still wouldn’t use his tracts. They’re stupid. I’d be better off making the case on my own, without referring to his tracts. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/16 "2009-12-10T00:38:09Z")
For instance I assume many of you guys are annoyed by Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormon missionaries knocking at your doorstep. Jack Chick’s tracts and comic books do point out some correct facts about them like for instance the Jehovah’s Witnesses did make a bunch of wrong predictions that weren’t true or that Joseph Smith had a very jihadist mentality. As for my response I would say that probably not until Jack Chick becomes less anti-Catholic and more “mainstream”. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/17 "2009-12-10T01:04:02Z")
papier-mâché origami, maybe? if I were going to spray paint it later. And the few times that Chick does manage to stumble upon an actual fact, he usually surrounds it with “information” that is incorrect, misleading, or flat out lies and delivers the whole package in an absolutely awful wrapping. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/18 "2009-12-10T01:29:45Z")
I suppose I’d use them in a toilet-paper shortage . . . but I’d feel even dirtier than before. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/19 "2009-12-10T01:40:32Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > As for my response I would say that probably not until Jack Chick becomes less anti-Catholic and more “mainstream”. In otherwords, never. Chick’s ignorance and outright misinformation on Catholicisim are absolutely appallling. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549/20 "2009-12-10T01:54:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Does [“Who will will be eaten first?”](http://www.librarything.com/topic/61539) count? There’s a different Lovecraftian Chick Tract ( Lovechickian? ) [here](http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/pages/) I also found amusing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-situation-you-might-use-chick-tracts/520549.md?page=2)