Awww, come on…“Apes, Lies, and Ms. Henn” had a great line in it!!
“No, ma’aam, YOU’RE calling God a liar!!!”
whooo, my sides have finally stopped hurting. That’s good stuff right there.
I did not find any Chick tracts, but I do have a story.
I was listening to the local Christian radio station when a commerical came out of the din,
“Take this Halloween as an opportunity to witness.”
“WHAT?” I actually said aloud then listened closely
“Many needy children will be coming to your door and you should take this chance to share God’s word.”
Now, first off, I am a Christian, but I would NEVER think of witnessing to children at your door at Halloween, and I would give someone supreme cap if they tried to do it to my child.
That’s certainly a way to get the parents off the sidewalk smiling and waving to come and kick your ass!
There’s a time and place!
That is a respectable opinion. Shrug it off and tell her you think it’s just a fun holiday with no deeper meaning; if she presses the subject, point her towards the pagan roots of Christmas and ask her if she celebrates Christmas.
And an audience! Random children who show up on your doorstep dressed up in costume are not particularly receptive to the message you want to convey. If you want to make a positive impression on people, invite people over for a neighborhood meeting the week before Halloween, and ask them if there was some way you could create a neighborhood social event that would be more comfortable for you (I know many churches hold a “Harvest Festival” in lieu of a Halloween celebration). If you don’t know your neighbors well enough to do that, well, then, chances are throwing a piece of paper at their children on Halloween and shutting yourself back in your fortress isn’t going to do much good, either.
I had the reverse - two kids from down the street who came to my door and instead of yelling “trick or treat” they shouted “Jesus loves you!”
Is it OK to give these kids tracts?
Were they dressed in costumes? Did they still want candy? Or would a “Buddha loves you back!” be sufficient?
I have to admit, though, I was in a Christian school for 3 months, and the best costume I ever had was my throughly kick-ass Moses get-up.
Someone should notify him, then, or at least the publishers. That’s just asking for trouble.
Wait…would this be Nemo as in Finding Nemo? I thought all the good fundies were boycotting that because of Ellen Degeneres. Damn, it is!
Holy shit, they’ve got major copyright violations-Harry Potter, The Incredibles, Robots-I cannot imagine Rowling and Warner Bros. giving permission. If I knew how to do it, I’d report them myself. HA HA!
xizor, yes. But only if it’s the Cthulhu Chick Tract.
Who, like mos Druid Satanists, is holding an ankh.
In all fairness to the American Tract Society, who are a reputable organization, even if they do think you can bring people to Jesus by leaving tracts in mall restrooms, I would like to point out that these particular tracts are not the product of Jack Chick’s infested mind, and that I would bet any money you like that the ATS either has some kind of licensing agreement with the publishers in question, or that they’ve found some kind of “fair use” loophole to cover any potential copyright violations. This disclaimer, found at the end, may have something to do with it, I dunno.
So nobody needs to inform Marvel Comics, Warner Brothers, or JK Rowling that Jack Chick is using them to spread his own peculiar brand of fear and hatred, 'cause he isn’t.
Jesus told me that it’s okay to chase these kids down the street with a bloody knife yelling “Jesus may love me but Satan still hates you!”
People who cajole their kids into proselytizing or holding “God hates fags” signs need some persecution in their lives in order to feel righteous, anyway. It’s a win-win scenario.
Ya know folks, until this thread, I’d never heard of these things.
sigh
It helps to live somewhere where they have to drive miles to get to you!