Chick Tracts

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The first ever Chick Tract I ever read was the one in which we 'find out' that Allah is a MOON GOD, and not the arabic word for 'God' as I've been lead to believe all these years, hehe...

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That psychiatry one is from 1972, and it totally looks like it came from the grave of popular culture. I wonder what Chick things of Ted Haggard being "cured" of his homosexuality through...psychiatry?

[kostgard]

wolfwood said:

The first ever Chick Tract I ever read was the one in which we 'find out' that Allah is a MOON GOD, and not the arabic word for 'God' as I've been lead to believe all these years, hehe...

That's the only one I've seen. I actually found it (and several other copies) tucked into some sweaters that were folded on a table in a department store. I got a good chuckle out of it, but wondered how many people actually believed it - this happened about a year after 9/11 and I'm sure there were plenty of people ready and willing to believe that all Muslims were baby-eating Moon God-worshippers.

I also seem to remember finding something similar that was a total Indiana Jones rip-off. It may have actually been the same Moon God thing mentioned above, but it made me wonder if Chick wasn't just asking for a nice lawsuit from Lucas or Spielberg.

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omphalegrenier said:

www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0072/0072_01.asp

What world is this man living in?

I know looking for realism in a Chick Tract is asking to end up in crazytown, but the description of group therapy in the tract linked above is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
The point of group therapy is for people to ask each other the important questions:
"Why are you so ugly?"

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The point of group therapy is for people to ask each other the important questions:
"Why are you so ugly?"

I also like that the word "honky" gets thrown around during group therapy sessions. That's probably why the doctor committed suicide - he realized what a crappy therapist he was.

I had to go back and look at the Moon God one, and remembered by favorite part about it - I love that in many of the panels, the little kid just basically looks bored out of mind. In one panel, he's actually giving the Muslim a "Dude, whatever..." look, then when his father is learnin' the Muslim guy about how he's been worshipping an idol this whole time, the kid is totally not paying attention and drinking a soda. I guess I have to give Chick an ounce of credit for realizing that a little kid wouldn't give two poops about that whole thing and just wanted to know what the people at the Mosque were doing when he saw them all praying.

[Leira D.]

Link

His latest masterpiece...

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Wow, apparently you don't even have to practice actual medicine in Chick-ville, just let all your patients die from their illnesses, as long as they die SAVED.

My doctor has never tried to tell me about Jesus, and she'd better not!

[Leira D.]

I love how the world Chick lives in bears absolutely no resemblance to anything I've ever seen. I like how he regularly writes about 40-year-old American men who don't know what fornication means, don't know that stealing can be considered wrong, and apparently have never even heard of Christianity. "Jesus? Isn't that a swear word?"
Then I wonder if he really sees things this way, with every non-Christian, even non-Christian children, a disgusting, evil, warped creature who tortures animals for fun and yells/insults every person he/she meets. I wonder if he really is paranoid enough to see little demons hanging around people, all engaged in some vast conspiracy to destroy him and everyone and, if they're lucky, push two nearby men into a disgusting, homosexual kiss.
He really does see things this way, doesn't he? I suddenly feel very, very bad for him.

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kostgard said:

I had to go back and look at the Moon God one, and remembered by favorite part about it - I love that in many of the panels, the little kid just basically looks bored out of mind. In one panel, he's actually giving the Muslim a "Dude, whatever..." look, then when his father is learnin' the Muslim guy about how he's been worshipping an idol this whole time, the kid is totally not paying attention and drinking a soda. I guess I have to give Chick an ounce of credit for realizing that a little kid wouldn't give two poops about that whole thing and just wanted to know what the people at the Mosque were doing when he saw them all praying.

I just love the fact that in the midst of the 'revelation', they've found a park bench to sit down at, all of a sudden. Can't have your religion disproved while standing, of course. Or that no other muslim has dared to stand up for Islam or verbally abuse the guy. Christian fella must also be one of those people who walks into the lion enclosure expecting to be unharmed, hehe...

[tabby]

In the "bad heart" one, I love the drawing of the growling, evil, heart. If someone would make it in chocolate, I'd totally buy one. Or several.