I’m almost afraid to flame [del]His Hole-in-the Head[/del] -um, I mean Jack T. Chick - this time around.
Here he connects any and all wrong attitudes about Jews (which includes any kind of opposition to Zionism and Israel) to getting socked with natural disasters, whenever such are acted upon.
“Act of God” indeed!
Let’s take a close look at his list of disaster date ranges and political action dates. I’ll take my chances just questioning him here, but I’m putting on my lightning rod-suit just in case.
I’m not sure that it would “prove” anything if his correlations are accurate, but it would make me feel better if it turned out that his list was mostly (airborne?) bull!
There are six specific claims, plus a general statement about 2005.
Oh, and the Creator was also involved with the terrorism of 9-11. “… lifted His hand of protection…”
I guess the removal of protection is more acceptable than saying it was Divinely decreed.
If God sends hurricanes to punish people, the conclusion we should be drawing is that God really hates Southern Baptists. They should become secular humanists and move to someplace safe like New York or Massachusetts.
Yeah, up until now I had been solemnly assured that the punishment was for a very large Voodoo community. I believe the what I was told was that they were planning a huge event. So, what we witnessed was the Greatest Possible Party Pooper – You Know Whom.
Kinda’ makes you wonder whether any of these folks know what they are talking about.
– No, wait! That can’t be it! They must all be right, somehow. :rolleyes:
You know, I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen the dollar cost of the September 11th attacks estimated. I know few of the hurricanes (and none of the tornadoes) had impressive kill counts, and Jack was trying to keep a pattern, but it just seems a little crass.
Yeah, that bothered me a bit as well. Interesting thought about maintaining a pattern. Perhaps also he may have thought that the immediate casualty figure was well known.
When I said that this was a “new turn” in a tract, I wasn’t completely on target. (I might also have called it a new twister-- oops - twist! :rolleyes:)
There was a fairly early tract called “Support your Local Jew” which was published anew with a different title. Probably “Love the Jewish People” but I’ll get back to folks on that. The disappearance of most of the British Empire was featured.
This was the first time J.T.C. has brought in natural disasters, however.
So why was the farmer praying in a position that JTC usually shows Muslims in? It could be my lack of experience, but I’ve never seen Christians prostrate themselves in prayer.
Let me get this straight. God loves the Jews who are his Chosen People and Israel is their Promised Land and God’s going to kill anyone that interferes with them and their land AND all the Jews are going to hell for not accepting Jesus as their Saviour.
Wow, I’ve heard the Biblical God described as schizophrenic before, but I’ve never seen it demonstrated quite this way.
ETA: drat opened windows that I forget to refresh!
Are we all supposed to be Jewish now? Is Chick Jewish? I thought the major difference between the Jewish Religion and the Christian Religion was whether or not Jesus was the son of God. So, why is chick pushing Jesus when, apparantly, being Jewish is best?
In my distinguished understanding of batshit insane theology, Israel must remain untouched until God destroys it and everything else in his own good time, after which everyone becomes a Chickian Christian and ascends to heaven and everlasting boredom.
Meantime all the unbelievers (including Jews) are tormented forever in the blazing pyres of hell. You just gotta wait till they’re dead to mess with them.
Allah, Og and “Bob,” even of Chick I expect a better grasp of modern history than this. Before WWI, Britain promised Ottoman Palestine to the Jews and to the Arabs. When the time came to choose, they double-crossed the Arabs. Not the Jews. The Arabs.