New Chick Tract: "Who Is He?"

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[QUOTE=FriarTed]
God’s Perfection has nothing to do with people not wanting to be Christians, and Jack has no problems portraying people who have had every opportunity to accept Christ choosing to reject Him & thus condemning themselves to Hell.

Now, C to the extent Jack portrays it is ridiculous, but it’s amazing how much ignorance about the Bible & Christian doctrine there is, including among professing Christians.
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I’m not saying there are none that reject… Hell we couldn’t have the enterataining nude fire bath panels without them.

What I am saying that is that there are very few* who reject outright without some sort of external influence actively decieving them. They rarely read the message and say, “Thanks but no thanks” And of course are never shown but as anything but ranting foaming nasties when they do say no.

Look at the majority of the Sinners Jack portrays (*please note this is the Chickoverse which has no correlation to the real universe so some weird statements are forthcoming)

Witches (fooled by the Devil)
Scientists (fooled by Evolution’s deliberate Lie)
Catholics (fooled by papa pope and mother church)
Muslims (Fooled by Islam which was created by the Catholics)
Mormons (another Catholic created religion)
Masons (fooled by the Devil)
Gays (Double whammy as they have been shown to not only pawns of the Gay agenda but have there own invisible deamons which convince them to not change)
Party Girls (Another Devil on the back)
Rock and Rollers (their agent was non other than Lucifer)
D&D players (Witches infuence)
Molester/child abusers (Direct demonic attcks)
You also have average folks under teh infuence of Witches, deamons and Catholic agents priests

*I concede that Older Tracts do have the folks who merely say no without an external pressure “Holy Joe” “this was your life” “Titanic” for example. But they existed in a early chickoverse where you never heard “Jesus who is that?”

As he aged Jack seems to have changed his view why his message isn’t selling.
I agree with your point on ignorence about Christianity, however I’m only discussing the bizarro World in which the phrase “Jesus who is that?” is common and the possible explanation for that.

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[QUOTE=Terrifel]
I begin to suspect that either Alzheimer’s disease runs in Jack Chick’s family, or else his entire circle of acquaintances has some sort of silent agreement to dick with his mind at every opportunity.

“Yeah, we’re hoping to take the kids to the beach this month, but-- Oh shit, here comes Jack. Watch out, everybody.”

“Hi folks! Praise the Lord, it’s a lovely day. Say, have I shown you all my new tract about Jesus?”

“Er… Jesus? Sorry, Jack; doesn’t ring a bell. Who is this… Jesus?”

“What?! It’s Jesus! You know, Jesus Christ?”

“Nooo… anybody here heard of this ‘Jesus’ fellow? No? Sorry, Jack; I guess we don’t follow sports that closely. What team is he on?”

“But… He’s JESUS! The Christ! The Messiah! Son of God? Founder of Christianity? The guy I’ve spent my entire adult life prosletyzing about? Larry, I told you about Jesus last Memorial Day! I gave you literature and everything! Remember?”

“Er… sorry, Jack. I can’t be expected to remember every last offhand remark you make, can I? Look, why don’t you just tell us all about this friend Jerome of yours.”

“Damn it! Why do you always do this? You are all going to hell unless you pay attention, don’t you realize that? Mom! Mom, help me out here!”

“…Are you the milkman?”
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Diet coke all over the keyboard. I salute you!

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
Yeah -p- I was wondering why they have Bill Gaines saying “Jesus was intoleant … I HATE that!”
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Actually that does sound like a gag you’d see in Mad.

It sure does look like Bill Gaines, except that he must have borrowed Sergio Aragones’s mustache.

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[QUOTE=JRDelirious]

May I borrow that for a signature?
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Interested in a t-shirt?

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[QUOTE=Baldwin]
Spiritually, aren’t we all cousins, Coz? Your neighbor is your cousin; that guy who flipped you off in traffic is your cousin; your sworn enemy is your cousin.

Why, even that girl I spent that night in a pup tent with is my cousin.

I’ll be in my bunk.
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Well, genetically too. Trace back enough generations and that elm tree in backyard is your cousin too.
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OHMYGOD I’m related to cockroaches!!!

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[QUOTE=puppygod]
OHMYGOD I’m related to cockroaches!!!
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We weren’t going to tell you until you were older.

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[QUOTE=CaerieD]
This one does have a few gems in it, though it’s not the best. My personal favorite is the one on Lazarus: “By now he stinketh, Master.”
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Boy, does that take me back. Back in my college years I knew a priest who loved to rephrase Bible passages with modern flavor.

His take on the actual quote was simply: “But Lord, it’ll smell!”

Since what Jack has here isn’t in the original (and it’s kinda’ odd, now that I think about it, that a KJV-only purist would feel free to rephrase quotes for a tract) I’m wondering whether he believes that the Jews in the first century spoke in 1600’s Early Modern English, including words like “stinketh” or if he’s just showing off his sense of humor, and trying to make the tract more entertaining.

Here’s what first came to mind-- my mind, though:

“By now he stinketh, Master.”

“Well, now, you’re no rose yourself, Rose. – I mean Martha!”

– Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

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