Well, first off, I'll say that, yes, there are several points where Chick and I have our disagreements. That being said-
Chick tracts have a special place in my heart. One of the churches I grew up at made very good use of them. As part of the youth group, I helped to distribute them to people. Later on, my mom got me a copy of a "book" (I say book, because it was a series of comics in book format) by Jack Chick called "The Next Step". It was a refuge point for me growing up. There were many nights when, after being abused, I'd read portions of it and it would remind me of God and God's love for me. That book continued to minister to me from the time I was a child until I went off to college.
Well, first off, I'll say that, yes, there are several points where Chick and I have our disagreements. That being said-
Chick tracts have a special place in my heart. One of the churches I grew up at made very good use of them. As part of the youth group, I helped to distribute them to people. Later on, my mom got me a copy of a "book" (I say book, because it was a series of comics in book format) by Jack Chick called "The Next Step". It was a refuge point for me growing up. There were many nights when, after being abused, I'd read portions of it and it would remind me of God and God's love for me. That book continued to minister to me from the time I was a child until I went off to college.
Wow! That's really nice! Chick tracts planted a seed in my mind that would later help me get saved. They have a special place in my heart too.
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A Chick thread that is on page 3 and has not degraded to being worthless yet. Maybe there is hope for Christian Forums after all!
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Not that I'm upset but it wasn't six months ago that FundyJohn posted a link to the exact same tract that DeaconDean did above and the thread was closed within hours. What exactly has changed?
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Which means he is intellectually dishonest and refuses reason.
Or is simply ignorant. Not everyone has the same reasoning ability. It is possible to be sincerely wrong.
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I have used "This was your life" and "Holy Joe" for decades with great results.
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Not that I'm upset but it wasn't six months ago that FundyJohn posted a link to the exact same tract that DeaconDean did above and the thread was closed within hours. What exactly has changed?
No one reported this, the mods do not act if people do not report a post.
if I wanted to be mean, i could report any link to Chicks website, because his website has material that goes agianst CF rules, but I do not wanna come in to your forum and mess up your stuff, this has been a great thread and I am interested in learning more of your POV, because I respect all of you as brothers and sisters in Christ
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My general view of Chick Tracts is that they are designed so that people who already agree with them can stand around, read them, and go "Yupyup! We are *so* right."
It comes out most in the tracts that are geared toward specific groups of people, like truckers. The truckers are portrayed as wiry and dirty, and begins with the tail end of a conversation, "And then I threw him through a plate glass window!"
The Christian comes in, buff and beautiful, looking like the blond ideal from Nazi propaganda, and proves how Jesus is the toughest guy around, after the trucker calls him a pansy for letting himself get killed.
It's advertised as "Great for truckers and bikers." Really? Is it really? It first portrays truckers as dirty, violent thugs, then goes on to 'pwn' them. Would that appeal to a real human being, who happened to drive trucks for a living? Would that entice them to look deeper into what the tract talks about? No...that would insult them and confirm the worst stereotypes about Christians. The person it appeals to is the one who already *is* Christian, and thinks that truckers are dirty rotten scoundrels, and likes to read little tracts where the Christian wins.
Others I've read are the same--badly misrepresent the people they are advertised to, and portray the Christian as "I'm handsome, and I'm going to SAVE THE DAY!!" (superman-pose).
If they are used the way they are clearly intended--for Christians to pass around to each other as a sort of comic-cheerleader, then...well...everybody needs a cheerleader, and a safe place to vent about the people they don't like. But...I wouldn't recommend letting them out of that little circle.
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