# The Jack Chick of Athiesm: The Comic Book Tract Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 5, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981 "2001-04-05T22:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/21 "2001-04-08T08:29:16Z")
ROTFLMAO! Bravo, Fenris. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/22 "2001-04-08T09:27:34Z")
::sigh:: Itā€™s an honor to be in the presence of genius. Indeed, in a just universe, youā€™d never have to pay for your own suds again. Hometownboy ---
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/23 "2001-06-15T16:25:19Z")
All that, and for some reason the line that had me ducking my head under the desk in laughter was ā€œclassic Gil Kane ā€˜up the nostrilsā€™ shot.ā€ Classic, truly classic! ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/24 "2001-06-15T18:38:49Z")
Unfortunately, after looking over several REAL [Chick tracts,](http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlist.asp) it looks as though J.T.C. has done away with those absurd checklists **Gaudere** likes so much. Perhaps someone pointed out to him how silly they were? However, this would mean that Chick has learned something, which would be clear-cut evidence of a Divine Miracle[sup]tm[/sup], which would be evidence there IS a God and, and, andā€¦ _ **POW!!** _ [brain explodes] Folks, Iā€™m a librarian for the LAPL and I donā€™t know who this **jab1** person is, but thereā€™s not much left of him. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/25 "2001-06-16T02:29:18Z")
Count me in if you ever DO make this into a picture book to distribute! This and the one about the meaning of the fish symbol were both very funā€¦ Patty ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/26 "2001-06-16T12:52:46Z")
This thread and the links in it gave me an idea. Iā€™ve written to the folks at ā€œThe Daily Show with Jon Stewartā€ and strongly recommended they interview Jack Chick for the show. For those of you whoā€™ve never seen TDS, first of allā€¦Whatā€™s wrong with you!!! šŸ˜‰ [The show just won a Peabody Award for its coverage of the 2000 election] and secondly, ā€œThe Daily Showā€ is a mock news program on Comedy Central and their interviews tend to take the piss out of whatever nutcake theyā€™re talking to. Among those theyā€™ve spoken with are a teacher who swears heā€™s being use to create ā€œbutt-babiesā€ with aliens, a guy who says mucus is bad for us so he douches his mouth every day to spit out and save (in a dried form) his mucus, and most recently there was a two-part interview with a guy who firmly believes that an orange juice ad featuring Popeye is actually gay propaganda. Wouldnā€™t Mr. Chick make a fine addition to this list of wackos? Patty ---
**Author:** ![Ursa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ursa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/27 "2001-06-18T05:34:19Z")
I feel left out here . . . could you possibly take a moment and ream us Buddhists as well? I feel certain that someone (if not several someones) amongst us has, over the centuries, committed felony hypocrisy and therefore, of course, the entire religion deserves ridicule. Thanks in advance! - Ursa ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/28 "2001-06-18T06:18:29Z")
**Ursa** , Iā€™m not sure if Iā€™m misinterpreting you, so if I am I apologize in advance, but I think youā€™re missing the point of the parody. **Fenris** isnā€™t slamming all atheists or all Christians here. Jack Chick is a very, um, _unusual_ Christian who attacks others, such as atheists, in a manner similar to the above parody. Check out the link provided by **jab1** to see Chickā€™s handiwork. **massive** is an atheist who attacked Christians in another thread here in a manner similar to the way Chick attacks non-Christians (ie., insane ramblings). Thus the above parody using **massiveā€™s** and **Brian Bunnyhurtā€™s** own words in a Jack Chick-style parody tract for the purpose of mocking them. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/29 "2001-06-19T02:26:49Z")
Iā€™m not old enough to drink, so Iā€™ll buy a round of root beer in Fenrisā€™s honor. That was absolutely hilarious. Iā€™m a Christian till the day I die, but laughing at the ludicrousness of my fellow Christians can be very uplifting. Well Done. -Soup ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/30 "2001-06-19T02:40:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup\_du\_jour \* > \*\*Iā€™m not old enough to drink, so Iā€™ll buy a round of root beer in Fenrisā€™s honor. > > That was absolutely hilarious. Iā€™m a Christian till the day I die, but laughing at the ludicrousness of my fellow Christians can be very uplifting. > > -Soup \*\* Thanks **Soup** , but I guess I need to clarify something: the intent is not to mock Christians. The idea was to make fun of Jack Chick. My original thought was ā€œHow embarrassing it must be to be a ā€˜realā€™ Christian and have Jack Chick associate himself with them.ā€. Think of the great apologetic minds throughout history: Aquinas. C.S. Lewis. George MacDonald. Jack Chick?! In a Jack Chick book, the ā€œgood guysā€ give long, dull speeches, the bad guys are inevitably stupid or evil unless theyā€™re converted (if they are, they gain about 30 IQ points and the ability to talk in long dull speeches). If you havenā€™t read his stuff, you should. (And Iā€™ll take ya up on that Root Beer!) Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/31 "2001-06-19T02:56:30Z")
**Ursa** A good first attempt at sarcasm. Practice, however, makes perfect. For your next assignment, Iā€™d like you to look up the word ā€œsubtletyā€ and try to apply it to your next post. Iā€™d also like you to try to decrease the ā€œwhineyā€ factor by aboutā€¦oh, letā€™s say 15%. But a very, VERY good first try. šŸ™‚ Fenris ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/32 "2001-06-19T03:11:22Z")
Ursa, you might check out the link in the OP. You will find that the people being mocked are a couple posters who made wild statements about all Chritians based on their experiences with a few individuals, and that the good folk of the SDMB jumped in to call them on it. What I found particularly heartening was that the non-christian contingent called the OP to task so quickly that the Christian contengent didnā€™t even need to defend themselves and risk charges of biass. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/33 "2001-06-19T05:44:49Z")
Looks like something awful is making its own [parodies](http://somethingawful.com/edbaker/thesinoftheamericas/index.htm) I find this one much more believable than the jack chick one.šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981/34 "2001-06-19T08:07:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > Wartime: How dare you allege that thereā€™s an error in my post! Oh, sure, MOST trailers donā€™t contain an upstairs, but this one is a special trailer designed by Mussolini himsā€¦ > ::breaks down:: > > OK! I MADE A MISTAKE! I ADMIT IT! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? ARE.YOU.HAPPY?! > > Fenris > \*\* But they _do_ exist. Try the various Great Mobile Homes of (wherever). In fact this page has a fine example ā€¦ [http://bobbybucks.terrashare.com/](http://bobbybucks.terrashare.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jack-chick-of-athiesm-the-comic-book-tract-edition/60981.md?page=1)