That Chick’s tracts turn people off–well, I couldn’t agree more. I would also say that getting constructivie criticism from YOU on the matter is about as worthwhile as going to a dentist to have a gall bladder removed, or taking your shoes to the local meat-cutter for repairs. In other words, I don’t think you have any expertise in the subject matter yourself.
Anybody who wants a collection of tracts, another Doper passed some on to me for laughs. I’m sure done with them, anyone who wants them can have them for the asking. It was the first time I’d ever actually held one in my hands. I’m going to have to give them away or throw them away. I’d hate to die and have them found in my place. 
Judy looks like a total bitch. Just look at how she’s smirking.
I don’t get what’s going on with the car and the guy who wants to take his wife to the hospital.
The picture of the guy being thrown into the lake of fire is funny. It doesn’t make sense though-- it says in that panel that he’ll instantly be taken to hell when he dies, but what about the people in other Chick tracts who stand before God first?
It looks like Morgan Freeman is in the fourth panel of Fame. After comparing with the original, it’s really noticeable that his head is way too big for his body.
It’s kind of traditional to start a pit thread whenever he writes something new. They used to be a lot of fun with people making fun of them.
Well, what are Chick tracts really? When I was a kid being forced to go to church, they had racks of these in the lobby. Since they were cartoon-type things, they had some appeal to children (children will read about anything if it’s a cartoon). The strongest element of these by far seems to be introducing a character from some disgusting, hated meme group (I invented that term), making them appear very smug, arrogant, and prideful… then the inevitable fall (hooray!), and then the redemption (or often, the lack thereof).
So in one big bundle, you get to castigate a stereotype, congratulate yourself on worshipping a god that really sticks it to them in the afterlife, and then warm your heart either with a tale of them being redeemed or roasted eternally.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that these things are really geared for internal consumption within the church, even if the conscious intent is for external evangelizing. There’s a lot of evangelizing that is done within the church itself.
“Only Jesus can do that.” – Ask your doctor if Jesussup[/sup] * is right for you. Until you know how you will react to Jesussup[/sup], * do not drive or operate heavy machinery. Side effects are mild and comparable to a placebo.
Seconded. Fang was my favorite part of the strip, I think.
Ah, I guess you didn’t get the memo. God works for Bill Gates now, and thus Apple is second only to software “pirates” in terms of evil. 
Okay, that’s it. If the next Chick tract isn’t about $cientology, I’m going to be writing Chick a very nasty letter.
Do not take Jesussup[/sup] in combination with any other religions. People with pre-existing liver conditions, homosexuality, or RPG manuals should not take Jesussup[/sup]. Be sure to tell your doctor if there is a history of fundamentalism in your family.
Beleive it or not, there are a lot of people who think like Chick does! It’s really funny…these are the people who are totally and completely convinced that anything secualr or specificly non Christian is teh evil!
Don’t even get me started on the people who are totally convinced that our society isn’t Christian enough. They actually think that witnessing to people and handing out tracts and things like that will somehow enlighten people as to their view of JESUS!!!1
Be my guest. I did that about 35 years ago–got no response. Remember, he’s a hard-shell Southern Baptist–and he apparently even invoked the Illuminati as a lever to ensure that he could smear anyone who contrafdicts him as Illuminati dupes. :rolleyes:
Og, yes. My brother emails me all kinds of crazy glurge about how if we’d allowed prayer in school 9/11 would never have happened. :rolleyes: (I should have gotten him a “The Taleban had prayer in school” bumpersticker.) He also hands out chick tracts to Mormon’s and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
dougie_monty, in one of the previous threads, I posted the response I got back from Chick’s lackey’s to an email I sent them. So apparently, he’s hired some serfs since you wrote to him. That, or I’m just better at understanding the looneys than you are. :eek:
Unless you’re Mormon and you believe the Garden of Eden was somewhere near Independence, MO. Prime apple country.
Maybe it’s just because I’m tipsy, but I can’t stop laughing at that heart going “GRRRR!!!” It reminds me of the “Mr. Yuck” mascot the local Poison Control center used when I was a little kid (in Maryland).
I know, what’s up with that? You wrote a very nice letter stating your request. Does Jackie-Boy only respond to oddly emphasized cartoons that DEMAND action at the cost of being burned in HELL?
Let me put it this way: Adam and Eve did not wear clothing until “the fall,” if you get my drift. In “Prime apple country”–Indiana included–much of the time it’s too cold to do that, except for, I presume, certifiable masochists, and I doubt that our ultimate ancestors met that description. 
And No, I am not a Mormon.
And since in his view Catholics are non-Christian :rolleyes: , they’re fair game too!
Random ones on the street, or the ones that come a-knockin’ to his door? 'cause in the latter case, at least there’s some redeeming (heh) ironic quality to it…
The door knockers, AFAIK, though I wouldn’t put it past him to join his church when they went door to door doing such things (if they do).
Actually, I kind of liked the heart one. It had the mean heart with veins and shit coming out of it. which is one of the best images I’ve ever seen in a Chick tract. Heaven looks like Meso-American ruins and Fang was bitchin’. I loved the couple who stopped to buy an obviously horrible car in which to take the Mrs. to the hospital. The guy’s wife’s best friend is some kind of ugly whore. All that plus a guy who had never heard of Jesus.