# The Near Future, according to Jack Chick **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672 "2004-10-28T15:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/21 "2004-10-28T16:07:09Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > World Court Headquarters in Rome? > I thought it was Babylon? > > But, why is this so ridiculous to people? > Do you not realize that christians are being killed right now in other countries just for being christians? > You think it would never happen in America? For me, it’s because I have heard of people losing custody of their children because they’re homosexual or Wiccan, but not because they’re Christian. I suspect in the countries in which Christians are being killed because they’re Christian, Christians are not in the majority like they are in this country. There’s also a completely different, refreshing mindset in this country which was founded by a bunch of cussed, independent-minded folks. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/22 "2004-10-28T16:09:25Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > You’re right. Setting up a One World government, headed by the Jesuits (who, by the way, are secretly working to establish a state-run religion focused on “The Mother Goddess”), populated with Healers who double as Batman arch-villians, running a society where the Black Helicopters are busy tracking down Christians so they can punish/kill them for not wanting their children to be part of a Riddler Youth Corp is perfectly plausible. Very good. **Vanilla** , are you seriously thinking this or is this just a whoosh? Cause if it’s serious, well, I’ve occasionally thought the same thing about us atheists, the way certain Christians treat us. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/23 "2004-10-28T16:14:08Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > I suspect in the countries in which Christians are being killed because they’re Christian, Christians are not in the majority like they are in this country. There’s also a completely different, refreshing mindset in this country which was founded by a bunch of cussed, independent-minded folks. > > CJ I don’t think its just because christians are the minority there, its the leadership, which most definitely isn’t democratic or a republic. Yes, I could see persecution happening in the End Times, which aren’t here now, though I doubt Jesuits or MotherGodesses have anything to do with it. “Freedome will cure most things”-Summerhill ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/24 "2004-10-28T16:24:07Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > That kids a creepy little bastard, isn’t he? And why is he dressed as a [Hitler Youth](http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/photos/hitler_youth+large.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/25 "2004-10-28T17:56:44Z")
“Shut up, fool!” That’s the best part. I just wish Bobby had said, “I pity you!” next. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/26 "2004-10-28T18:03:57Z")
**These insane criminals believe Jesus Christ invented the universe** Haw haw! Everyone knows it was Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/27 "2004-10-28T18:14:17Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > This one’s from 1992. This “last generation” sure is dragging out, isn’t it? Yep, it sure is. He’s got another tract ( \*The Great Escape \* ) first published in the 1970’s which predicts Armegeddon just around the corner. I understand it’s been revised several times over the years to–ahem–“accomodate” current events. Although I distinctly remember reading this tract or one very much like it back in the '70’s, the copyright says 1991. Does anybody else recall having seen this one prior to the early '90’s? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/28 "2004-10-28T18:28:35Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > Although I distinctly remember reading this tract or one very much like it back in the '70’s, the copyright says 1991. Does anybody else recall having seen this one prior to the early '90’s? I found a couple of anti-Chick sites that say _The Great Escape_ was originally published as _Escape_ in 1971. ---
**Author:** ![hopesperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@hopesperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hopesperson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/29 "2004-10-28T18:42:01Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > That kids a creepy little bastard, isn’t he? You just said the wrong thing, you old crud. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/30 "2004-10-28T18:46:51Z")
Looks like Jacky boy must have scored himself some primo shit. That’s the only way this thing makes sense. Hey-Soylent Green is CHRISTIANS! 😛 **vanilla** , for godsakes, yes, there are people being persecuted for being Christian in some third world countries. But it’s not the fucking JESUITS doing the persecution! (BTW, the real name for the Jesuits is Society of JESUS.) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/31 "2004-10-28T18:47:30Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > School children sacrifice kitties and puppies in school, while Christians are committed to homes for the mentally insane and/or executed. You say this as if it were a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![spectrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spectrum)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/32 "2004-10-28T19:10:35Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > But, why is this so ridiculous to people? > Do you not realize that christians are being killed right now in other countries just for being christians? > You think it would never happen in America? Of course this will never happen in America. That’s pretty well impossible in a nation that is 80%+ Christian and will be largely majority Christian for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/33 "2004-10-28T19:13:20Z")
spectrum, I think you’re underestimating the combined Wonder Twin powers of the Jesuits and the Riddler. Add in Charlton Heston and his Soylent Green eating friends, and you have a recipe (ha!) for world domination. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/34 "2004-10-28T19:16:10Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I found a couple of anti-Chick sites that say _The Great Escape_ was originally published as _Escape_ in 1971. well, that explains her shoes . . ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/35 "2004-10-28T19:28:46Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **vanilla** , for godsakes, yes, there are people being persecuted for being Christian in some third world countries. I’m willing to bet that any persecution such as this is actually based on political coersion, ethnic squabbles, long-standing rivalaries or some other reason rather than purely on being “Christian”. I’m going to be preemptively bring up the cases of Heather Mercer and Dana Curry. Their troubles with the Taliban were because they were trying to convert Muslims away from their faith. It matters not whether they were trying to convert them to Christianity or Taoism. Preaching any religion besides Islam would have caused the same woes. To demonstrate persecution against Christians, you’ll have to show that Christianity is the primary cause. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/36 "2004-10-28T19:31:56Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > > > Although I distinctly remember reading this tract or one very much like it back in the '70’s, the copyright says 1991. Does anybody else recall having seen this one prior to the early '90’s? > > I found a couple of anti-Chick sites that say _The Great Escape_ was originally published as _Escape_ in 1971. I just checked one of those sites again and it says the original copyright date for _The Last Generation_ is 1972. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/37 "2004-10-28T19:47:38Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I just checked one of those sites again and it says the original copyright date for _The Last Generation_ is 1972. Thanks, this is much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/38 "2004-10-28T19:52:19Z")
[OH MY GOD!!! WHERE DID THEY ALL GO???](http://www.chick.com/tractimages47731/0094/0094_20.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/39 "2004-10-28T20:46:32Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > [OH MY GOD!!! WHERE DID THEY ALL GO???](http://www.chick.com/tractimages47731/0094/0094_20.gif) It says right there on the panel, “They’re in the clouds with Christ”. Jeez. \*Picture yourself in a cabin in the woods With tangerine logs and marmalade roof A trumpet calls you, you answer quite quick A savior with stigmata and loincloth A crown of thorns upon his brown hair Floating over your head Look for the Christ before the black copters arrive And you’re gone Jesus in the sky with fundies … \* ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672/40 "2004-10-28T21:21:49Z")
Okay, reading this tract has made me want to create a “famous new age healer” costume for next halloween(after I finish sacrificing all the neighborhood cats and dogs of course). The question is, I know that he is wearing a pistol on his right hip (my guess with all the nazi imagery in this tract, a luger would be best), what is the device on his left hip? Walkie talkie, tricorder, wand of fireballs? Do you think if I wrote Jack Chick and asked him nice, he would tell me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-near-future-according-to-jack-chick/271672.md?page=3)