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Comment on A New Chick Tract – “Things To Come?” by Joshua Zelinsky

Joshua Zelinsky — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:08:29 +0000

I don’t know what fraction of people who give out Chick tracts believe the more conspiratorial aspects of his beliefs. I’ve talked to at least one person who distributed some Chick tracts but was a fellow who thought that Catholics could probably be saved. According to that individual, he just thought Chick tracts had better artwork and did a better job of displaying the primary points of the gospel. Given that the more conspiratorial and anti-Catholic tracts seem to be less common in the wild than others such as “This Was Your Life” this attitude may be common among those handing out tracts.

Comment on A New Chick Tract – “Things To Come?” by Clever Badger

Clever Badger — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:42:02 +0000

OT God is terrifying. Check out the part in Deut 28 when the author is talking about all the curses that will befall people who don’t obey. Starting at verse 53, you’ve got a whole stretch about parents eating their children. It’s ghastly, and it’s all instigated by God. Not Satan. Not people being evil simply because they want to be. God.

For some reason, most people never hear these parts of the Bible in church on Sunday…

Comment on A New Chick Tract – “Things To Come?” by sirhcton

sirhcton — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:56:42 +0000

. . . God, according to Jack Chick Theology, is really vindictive and petty – he’s just itching to toss people into the fire for just about anything. . . .

Well, according to parts of the OT, this seems to be the case. It often seems that Mr. Chick and his ilk have a questionable, preternatural focus on the OT and the Book of Revelation that they cannot reconcile with the NT. It summarizes as “Worship MY Jesus or the OT God will get you!”

Comment on A New Chick Tract – “Things To Come?” by sirhcton

sirhcton — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:41:11 +0000

. . . My kid’s piano teacher had a basket of them in her living room, . . .

I assume you meant “former piano teacher”?

Comment on A New Chick Tract – “Things To Come?” by atimetorend

atimetorend — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:57:33 +0000

“I’d be tempted to write Jack Chick off as just another kook on the fringes of ultra-conservative Christianity, except for the fact that his tracts turn up frequently enough that he must have a fairly significant following.”

My thought exactly. My kid’s piano teacher had a basket of them in her living room, reading material so while one kid could read while waiting for the other to finish. The lack of discernment in providing those to kids is astonishing, a lot of people live in Jack Chick’s theological world. Anyway, it gave me a good opportunity to talk doctrines with the kids.

Comment on Cripes! by polymathamy

polymathamy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:36:17 +0000

Weekend’s over, man. Where are those queued articles?

Comment on Retro by Clever Badger

Clever Badger — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:36:57 +0000

Ever play Outlaw? Shooting the stagecoach apart was classic.

Comment on Retro by JRR

JRR — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:34:54 +0000

Machine-gun Biplanes; Bomber vs. Fighters; Tanks in maze with bouncing bullets; and the pleasant, pleasant sound of scoring a point on one’s brother — good times!

Comment on A Short Evolution Refresher by Clever Badger

Clever Badger — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:43:07 +0000

Poor Casey. He really, really tries to sound like he knows what he’s talking about, but he can never quite get past the stage where he sounds like a complete, ignorant git.

The silly word games get tiring. I’ll play them for a while, but I tend to get exasperated quickly and end up unloading in a civility-challenged manner.

Comment on Retro by Clever Badger

Clever Badger — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:36:12 +0000

Speedrunning, circa 1979!

It’s odd what we remember, isn’t it?