A rebuttal of Jack T. Chick

[Upchurch]

http://www.pvponline.com/rants_jesus.php3

Someone mentioned Chick Tracts in another thread, which reminded me of the above. Instead of hijacking that thread, I thought I'd start a new one.

[Man of jade]

I have to admit that it is kinda funny:)

[Upchurch]

I've enjoyed PVP ever since I was introduced to them in one of Randi's commentaries. Went back and read the whole archive.

[BillyTK]

Oh wow, that Chick guy is so cool! I thought I was raised a catholic, but i was actually worshipping ancient Egyptian deities (http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp)! That is so sweet and way sexier than worshipping that wimpy-ass Jesus guy! Back to mass for me on Sunday and praise the Chick Tracts (a snip at only 14 cents each, what a bargain!)!!!

[LCBOY]

I am a Christian and I loathe Chick tracks. Mr Chick has lost all sense of reality. I thought the PVP comic was really funny.

[Peskanov]

Sorry, but I still find chick tracts waaaay more funny than it's parodies!
Tracts like "the last generation" or "bad bob" are so out of it, so surreal, so unique...fantastic work, plus this is the worst propaganda christianity can possibly have.
Trying to parody chick is like trying to parody a clown...PVP strip feels like indignation instead of parody.
BTW, I think c4ts work with chick tracts is far more profitable; everytime I remenber the classroom full of p-zombies I crack myself! :D

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Upchurch
http://www.pvponline.com/rants_jesus.php3

Someone mentioned Chick Tracts in another thread, which reminded me of the above. Instead of hijacking that thread, I thought I'd start a new one.

That's too funny. I wish someone could put an end to the hateful and harsh Jack Chick tracts.:mad:

[Ruby]

Originally posted by LCBOY
I am a Christian and I loathe Chick tracks.

Glad I'm not the only Christian on JREF who hates those tracts. They give us a bad name. My last church used to have racks of them. There was one on Catholics going to Hell and it disturbed me so much. I'd like to burn em all! :mad:

[c4ts]

Yeah, you can find most of my work here (http://host.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12592&pagenumber=2) in the flames forum. I've found the best way to make fun of Chick Tracts is to blank out all the words and use the pictures for something absurd and entirely unrelated to the original context. Kind of like that short film In Plain English.

By the way, the P-Zombie is supposed to be P-Zombie Win, who is indistinguishable from Regular Win.

[Peskanov]

Hey, look what I found:

http://www.monsterwax.com/chickreviews.html

Interesting reading; it seems some of the chick tracts were even more abdurd in it's origins, but were corrected after some time... What a pity!

[Peskanov]

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By the way, the P-Zombie is supposed to be P-Zombie Win, who is indistinguishable from Regular Win
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I did not suspect he was Win! But I think this P-Zombie really is distinguishable from a real person, because he is obviously not self-aware. If he had awareness, he would see he looks pathetic wearing this ridiculous hat and he would throw it inmediately! :D

[the_ignored]

from Ruby
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Originally posted by LCBOY
I am a Christian and I loathe Chick tracks.
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Glad I'm not the only Christian on JREF who hates those tracts. They give us a bad name. My last church used to have racks of them. There was one on Catholics going to Hell and it disturbed me so much. I'd like to burn em all!

Heh. These (http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84566) people love him:

Love them. Even the corny ones because they all work.

I don't care if they're kinda corny, I love Chick Tracts!

OscarTheOnion

Fortunately not all of them do, but if you read the posts by these people, hoo boy!

Or in here (http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79902&highlight=Jack+Chick). Unfortunately those people switched it to "members only" so you have to register and log in before you can read the thread. A friend of mine sent me the quotes and the url:

When it comes to Catholicism, he's SPOT on, 99 percent of the time...

Amen, and the stuff about Semramris and Tammuz and her husband IS IN THE BIBLE ITSELF.

OT.

read the OT.

The catechism was authored by the author of confusion himself.

It is the most twisted piece of gobblygook a person can read.

And no. Jack Chick is right 99 percent of the time.

[hgc]

Originally posted by Ruby

Glad I'm not the only Christian on JREF who hates those tracts. They give us a bad name. My last church used to have racks of them. There was one on Catholics going to Hell and it disturbed me so much. I'd like to burn em all! :mad:
Uh, please clarify: burn the tracts or burn the Catholics?

[aggle_rithm]

Ever notice how Jack Chick and Jesus Christ have the same initials..? SPOOKY! :eek:

[Ruby]

Originally posted by the_ignored
from Ruby


Heh. These (http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84566) people love him:




Wow, those are real fundamentalist Christians! But then, with a forum title of Rapture Ready what can one expect!:rolleyes: :mad:

[Ruby]

Originally posted by hgc

Uh, please clarify: burn the tracts or burn the Catholics?

Oops!! Burn the tracts...not the Catholics! :rolleyes:

[Barkhorn1x]

This one is about the funniest thing I have read in a very long while;

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5001/5001_01.asp

Favorite lines;

"Evolution is the religion of scientists who LAUGH at God."

"Adam was our FIRST relative and you're going to HATE what he did to you."

"Bob, I was BORN this way, I'm in a no-win situation because I SIN ALL THE TIME.
:D :D :D

BTW, the Jason character looks like he may be a bit slow - if you get my drift.

Barkhorn.

[Barkhorn1x]

The last part has a quote from Jesus;

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." [John 14:6]

This makes Jesus - in effect - Heaven's bouncer !!






;)

Barkhorn.

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Barkhorn1x
This one is about the funniest thing I have read in a very long while;

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5001/5001_01.asp

[snip]

BTW, the Jason character looks like he may be a bit slow - if you get my drift.
Speaking of which, doesn't Bob just remind you of a used car salesman? With the skinny little mustache and the comb over?

I love some of this exchange:
Bob: Day 3: The seas were divided and dry land appeared with grass and trees yielding fruit.

Jason: No sun? How did they grow, smart guy... Haw Haw, I gotcha!

Bob: Day 4: The very next day, God made the sun, moon and stars.

Bob: They had to be real days or the plants and trees would have died.
I mean, how can you escape such obvious logic? :rolleyes: Jason gives a counterargument and Bob wins with a "oh, he did that next". brilliant.

But, wait. Did anyone else notice this?
Bob: They [men's footprints next to dinosaur footprints] were found in Glen Rose, Texas...God doesn't lie.

[snip]

Bob: "For in the day thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die."
Does anyone remember Adam and Eve dying after having eaten the forbidden fruit?

[Barkhorn1x]

Originally posted by Upchurch


Bob: "For in the day thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die."
__________
Does anyone remember Adam and Eve dying after having eaten the forbidden fruit?

Damn you Bob(God) - you lying sack of sh*t!!



;)

Barkhorn.

[c4ts]

I'm just curious, what was supposed to be in that fruit, and what was it doing in a garden if nobody was supposed to eat it? Was this God's personal crack supply or something?

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by c4ts
Was this God's personal crack supply or something?
From Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

You've got to admit it's a bit of a pantomime, though," said Crawly. "I mean, pointing out the Tree and saying 'Don't Touch' in big letters. Not very subtle, is it? I mean, why not put it on top of a high mountain or a long way off? Makes you wonder what He's really planning."