# Purely as a matter of Pit Tradition.... NEW CHICK TRACT!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017 "2002-11-02T20:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/1 "2002-11-02T20:25:09Z")
(Clip of Ticker-Tape Parade) WHOO!! There’s a new one out! I love em, I’m an addict! I wonder if there’s a support group for this, and if there is, I wonder if it’s run by a church… talk amongst yourselves. A little of the typical old-testament smiting, a nice, strong anti-gay message, and mainly a lot of seriously goofy shit. I don’t know what’s up with this one, it makes me laugh. Chick has clearly not interacted with a human in decades, because people DO NOT act like this. Freakin’ wierd I tell you. Also, the random bolding makes me think of that Asian Prince website. Either that or the characters are engaging in some kind of inside joke that the reader isn’t in on… put a lot of emphasis on all the words and you’ll see what I mean. Bob is back, of course. His contract must have come up and he scored big parts in all the new tracts… at least this time he’s pulling a Jesus and going to hang with the “undesirable” skate-punks and tell them what’s going on (from his perspective of course). I do love the frame that shows the school as one giant skate park though, as though rubber wheels = evil. Well, have at. LC ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/2 "2002-11-02T20:29:56Z")
Another note: this school has a giant pit containing a triceratops and a gazebo. That must come in handy. [Look!](http://www.chick.com/tractimages60760/5018/5018_09.gif) ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/3 "2002-11-02T20:32:09Z")
Which tract is the new one? ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/4 "2002-11-02T20:39:34Z")
Um, Linkylinklinklink? With a side of link and a nice jumbo link? Linkage? El Linkola? Der Linkster? Mr. Link Linklinker at 101 Link St.? Or do I have to go _sigh_ looking for it? ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/5 "2002-11-02T20:41:48Z")
Oh golly. I’m a dumbass. [The New Tract, “God With Us”](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5018/5018_01.asp) LC ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/6 "2002-11-02T20:42:54Z")
Never mind, it’s [this one](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5018/5018_01.asp), right? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/7 "2002-11-02T20:42:55Z")
[God With Us](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5018/5018_01.asp) It’s pretty lame. Chickdammit! (I’m going to start using Jack Chick’s name in vain. Heh!) ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/8 "2002-11-02T20:43:10Z")
I should have also commented on the fact that one of those kids is as satanic as they come: he’s a pony-tailed peace-promoting park ranger! Flee!! Fleee!!! LC ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/9 "2002-11-02T20:44:18Z")
Don’t miss the dinosaur killed in Noah’s flood. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/10 "2002-11-02T20:57:55Z")
If the kids’ ^%%# bit were “Jesus Christ” they certainly swear oddly. “Where the Jesus Christ have you been?” “What the Jesus Christ is wrong with you?” “So what? That’s none of your Jesus Christ business.” “What’s your Jesus Christ problem?” ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/11 "2002-11-02T20:58:31Z")
I kind of like this one, really. He gets in jabs at everything: [homosexuals](http://www.chick.com/tractimages60760/5018/5018_11.gif), [Catholics](http://www.chick.com/tractimages60760/5018/5018_19.gif), [Halloween](http://www.chick.com/tractimages60760/5018/5018_10.gif) (at least, that’s what it looks like to me – a Halloween party), and more. And my favorite line: “You just took the name of the **Lord** in vain!” No, I think he said “at, exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point, star, star, exclamation point.” ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/12 "2002-11-02T21:00:48Z")
I have been saved by the love of\*\*\* @!!! **!** \* Remember kids, \ ***@!!!**! \*\*\*died for your sins! I don’t get it. Smarmy, pencil mustached John Waters says the kids were using “jesus christ” in vain, but then the kids would have said… “_ **Where** _ the Jesus Christ have you been?” “Jesus Christ\*\*\* get\*\*\* off my case!” "What the Jesus Christ is wrong with\* **you** \*? Who talks like that? ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/13 "2002-11-02T21:01:54Z")
Jesus Christ my slow typing. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/14 "2002-11-02T21:05:19Z")
The only one that makes sense would be, “Jesus! Get off my case!” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/15 "2002-11-02T21:09:31Z")
Is Jesus H. Christ still OK? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/16 "2002-11-02T21:33:51Z")
Love the skater skating into the bird. Also: gay smells of demons. Uh, only if you don’t wash… ---
**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/17 "2002-11-02T21:38:19Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > Is Jesus H. Christ still OK? \*\* @!!#!, no. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/18 "2002-11-02T21:41:37Z")
Okay, His4Ever, what do _you_ think? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/19 "2002-11-02T21:41:59Z")
This one features one of my favorite Chick themes–the idea that there is a vast segment of the population in what appears to be modern-day America that has never heard of this Christianity thing. The disconnection from reality boggles the mind. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017/20 "2002-11-02T21:56:12Z")
You know, this tract made me realize something that I’ve never thought of before: according to the Bible, God destroyed mankind _before_ giving us the “rules to live by.” Good going, God! What timing! Unfortunately for him, I don’t think that’s what Jack Chick wanted to get across… I can hear him now “Jesus Christ it! Another Jesus Christ soul lost!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purely-as-a-matter-of-pit-tradition-new-chick-tract/135017.md?page=2)