# Why I don't like religious tracts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 30, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203 "2001-07-30T07:09:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203/61 "2001-08-25T20:16:32Z")

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Huh. I just found one last Sunday on my bible (in church!)  
The fake $20. Jerks…

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**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203/62 "2001-08-26T01:12:19Z")

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I’ve gotten a few tracts as a waiter too. They don’t bother me too much unless they’re accompanied by a sub-par tip. Which they usually are. What really gets me is that I wear a nice red What Would Jesus Do? bracelet on my wrist, so I don’t see why they need to preach to me, I know Jesus. I also don’t think this is a good way of spreading God’s word because people will just toss them out without a second thought. I guess I wouldn’t have as much of a problem with it if I got a $10 tip with it.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203/63 "2001-08-26T05:30:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RoboDude \*  
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> > I agree that the practice is very low. But illegal??? How so? Surely that cannot be considered counterfeiting?
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> IANAL, but I believe there are certain rules pertaining to images of money that apply regardless of intended use.\*\*

I don’t think so.

I can buy, in my local 7-11, both air-fresheners that look like hundred dollar bills and bookmarks that look like one dollar bills. Although, in both cases, nobody would confuse them with the genuine article.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-dont-like-religious-tracts/74203/64 "2001-08-27T04:22:33Z")

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Still pulling my jaw up after reading about the woman who puts tracts in the collection plate at church.

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