Jack Chick religious-based cartoons

[watsup]

One of our chatters who showed up in this forum a few months ago and is into repetitive sermonizing, also is into the repetitive posting of rather hateful religious-based cartoons. He has now posted and reposted the very same cartoons literally dozens and perhaps hundreds of times. So let’s take a closer look at the background of these cartoons:

“Jack Chick became somewhat famous through his "Chick Tracts," small, objectively bad mini-comics with a overtly Christian Revivalist message. He'd sell them to anyone, but they largely went in bulk to churches who would distribute them locally.

He only repeated one story over and over and over: "If you don't practice my specific form of religion, you're going to burn in Hell for all eternity." The stories were all poorly written -- even setting aside the wow-this-is-a-flimsy-straw-man-argument-even-as-far-as-straw-man-arguments-go exchanges -- with barely coherent plots and dated, tin-ear dialogue. Coupled with being so unapologetically preachy with a seeming naivete about just about everything -- for literally over half a century! -- it's little wonder these became booklets with high kitsch value.

But here's the thing about Chick: he spent his career espousing hate speech. Every one of his books damns some group or another, generally literally casting representatives in the pits of Hell. He attacked or demeaned, as near as I can determine, every type of person in existence except for those who practiced his specific religion. He seemed to be against so many types of people, it became impossible to take him seriously.

Chick spread hate and actively fanned the flames of ignorance for over fifty years and, as insane as it sounds to most (I hope) people, there's a contingent out there who lapped it up. Who said, "Yes, Jack, you're right! These heathens deserve nothing but disdain and I shall act accordingly!"

He claimed he only wanted to see people change their ways so they could be "saved" but that's as flimsy a straw man argument as any in his tracts. He cultivated hate and fear, and earned his living encouraging nothing but negativity.”

Jack Chick, The Hate-Monger

Sean Kleefeld's daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.

www.kleefeldoncomics.com

So there you have it. Just wanted to let you know a bit about the person who created all of those hateful cartoons tha we have been subjected to 9vdr the last few months.

 

[watsup]

Follow up:

“Jack Chick was a cartoonist who created a series of fundamentalist Christian pamphlets, in comic book form. The pamphlets were morality plays in miniature. They generally described people who did not believe in Jesus, or who had somehow sinned, and/or had not accepted Jesus as their personal savior, and how they had been condemned to hell.

Jack Chick sold over 750 million of these tracts, and they have been translated into more than one hundred languages.

Jack Chick’s work was hate literature, with a theological overlay.

He had a rather long enemies list. He hated the Roman Catholic Church, Mormons, gays and lesbians, New Age religion, Dungeons and Dragons, Muslims, Freemasons. Any biblical translation that was not the King James Version was a heretical work, allied with the Devil.“

Jack Chick dressed hatred in theology

An evangelical cartoonist has died. His work was hardly the best that Christianity has to offer.

religionnews.com

“Jack Chick's short pocket-sized cartoon tracts, called Chicklets, were designed to be passed on to others. These cartoons cover a wide range of topics, from basic Gospel stories to the dangers of Catholicism and Islam. The anti-Catholic tracts often framed the pope as the anti-Christ, and attacked beliefs from devotion to Mary, to the celebration of the Eucharist.”

Jack Chick (1924-2016)

Jack Chick (1924-2016) The most notable present day anti-Catholic cartoonist was Jack T. Chick, who published his first comic in 1961. He hoped to convert his readers to a radical form of apocalyptic evangelism. Jack's company, Chick Publications, has been listed as a hate group by the Southern P

chrc-phila.org

Just so you know who Jack Chick was. RIP 2016.

 

[Felis Leo]

He was apparently a very nice if rather reclusive person in his everyday life, and a very good comic artist.

As far as him being a hate preacher, I disagree. By all accounts, the man genuinely believed in the fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity and wanted to scare people out of their sinful lifestyles and views and turn towards God and Jesus Christ. I do not have any reason to believe he did this out of hatred, but more out of a misguided sense of love for his fellow humans through what we would now see as rather ham-handed proselytization.

 

[EdwinWillers]

Lemme see if I got this straight:

Hateful cartoonist dies 8 years ago - at age 92 - RIP btw - seemed like a decent fellow, all things considered.
Some unknown poster (not told whom) posts some of those cartoons here.
OP creates a thread about said unknown poster to (I guess) expose said unknown poster so we'd know more about said unknown poster (without identifying said unknown poster) to.... what - gossip about said unknown poster?

Sheesh, what is this, the third grade?

 

[MamboDervish]

One of our chatters who showed up in this forum a few months ago and is into repetitive sermonizing, also is into the repetitive posting of rather hateful religious-based cartoons. He has now posted and reposted the very same cartoons literally dozens and perhaps hundreds of times. So let’s take a closer look at the background of these cartoons:

“Jack Chick became somewhat famous through his "Chick Tracts," small, objectively bad mini-comics with a overtly Christian Revivalist message. He'd sell them to anyone, but they largely went in bulk to churches who would distribute them locally.

He only repeated one story over and over and over: "If you don't practice my specific form of religion, you're going to burn in Hell for all eternity." The stories were all poorly written -- even setting aside the wow-this-is-a-flimsy-straw-man-argument-even-as-far-as-straw-man-arguments-go exchanges -- with barely coherent plots and dated, tin-ear dialogue. Coupled with being so unapologetically preachy with a seeming naivete about just about everything -- for literally over half a century! -- it's little wonder these became booklets with high kitsch value.

But here's the thing about Chick: he spent his career espousing hate speech. Every one of his books damns some group or another, generally literally casting representatives in the pits of Hell. He attacked or demeaned, as near as I can determine, every type of person in existence except for those who practiced his specific religion. He seemed to be against so many types of people, it became impossible to take him seriously.

Chick spread hate and actively fanned the flames of ignorance for over fifty years and, as insane as it sounds to most (I hope) people, there's a contingent out there who lapped it up. Who said, "Yes, Jack, you're right! These heathens deserve nothing but disdain and I shall act accordingly!"

He claimed he only wanted to see people change their ways so they could be "saved" but that's as flimsy a straw man argument as any in his tracts. He cultivated hate and fear, and earned his living encouraging nothing but negativity.”

Jack Chick, The Hate-Monger

Sean Kleefeld's daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.

www.kleefeldoncomics.com

So there you have it. Just wanted to let you know a bit about the person who created all of those hateful cartoons tha we have been subjected to 9vdr the last few months.

Sounds exactly like what Revelation does.

 

[watsup]

Lemme see if I got this straight:

Hateful cartoonist dies 8 years ago - at age 92 - RIP btw - seemed like a decent fellow, all things considered.
Some unknown poster (not told whom) posts some of those cartoons here.
OP creates a thread about said unknown poster to (I guess) expose said unknown poster so we'd know more about said unknown poster (without identifying said unknown poster) to.... what - gossip about said unknown poster?

Sheesh, what is this, the third grade?

The topic is the cartoons. The only way that many of us knew about them is the repetitive posting of them in this forum. The articles calling them hateful are from Catholics, Jews, and a cartoon critic. There are plenty of other articles on Google of various persons and organizations calling them hateful. If the chatter gets to post them repetitively over many months, then another chatter (me) gets to expose their hatefulness towards many of those other than the religious extremists to whom he was basically a great hero for his hateful cartoons.

 

[Mulefoot]

Just so you know who Jack Chick was. RIP 2016.

LOL. He was an angry, hateful hate-spreader with hate in his heart. But yeah. RIP Jack.

 

[Daisy]

I don't care for them but to each his own...

 

[HIP56948]

I remember making paper-airplanes with his tracts. They didn't fly worth a shit either...

 

[Overitall]

Lemme see if I got this straight:

Hateful cartoonist dies 8 years ago - at age 92 - RIP btw - seemed like a decent fellow, all things considered.
Some unknown poster (not told whom) posts some of those cartoons here.
OP creates a thread about said unknown poster to (I guess) expose said unknown poster so we'd know more about said unknown poster (without identifying said unknown poster) to.... what - gossip about said unknown poster?

Sheesh, what is this, the third grade?

The OP is strongly into myths.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

 

[joluoto]

The Chick tracts? I have seen some of them. They were friggin insane. Alot of racism, and just hatred of Catholics and Jews in those.

 

[nota bene]

The Chick tracts? I have seen some of them. They were friggin insane. Alot of racism, and just hatred of Catholics and Jews in those.

I never held a tract in my hand, only saw his filth online, and the first time, I thought it was a joke. Ah, yes, Catholics and the "death cookie." Jews with huge noses. All of it. Hatred will never lead anybody to Christ.

 

[EdwinWillers]

The topic is the cartoons.

Is it?

The only way that many of us knew about them is the repetitive posting of them in this forum.

Several of us have already indicated we've never even heard of chick tracts, that is until now with your thread telling us about them - which if you think about it is rather ironic.

The articles calling them hateful are from Catholics, Jews, and a cartoon critic. There are plenty of other articles on Google of various persons and organizations calling them hateful.

I'm sure there are - and now another one here on DP doing the same.

If the chatter gets to post them repetitively over many months, then another chatter (me) gets to expose their hatefulness towards many of those other than the religious extremists to whom he was basically a great hero for his hateful cartoons.

Turnabout is fair play, huh? And of course - loving?

FWIW, I've never heard of these tracts, never seen one (until now), and personally find them quite distasteful myself and at best, misguided. And he's certainly no "hero" in my mind.

What I find interesting however is your interest in them - aside from the "neener, neener" sneering tone you set in your first two posts; from what I can tell here and from your previous posting history, not being a Jew or a Catholic, you're certainly not the target of any of these tracts.

However, maybe they were posted in reply to some of your comments and you took umbrage at that. I don't know, but that was the context you set forth for posting this thread in the first place - not the comics themselves, but their repeated posting - how did you put it?

So there you have it. Just wanted to let you know a bit about the person who created all of those hateful cartoons tha we have been subjected to 9vdr the last few months.

 

[watsup]

What I find interesting however is your interest in them - aside from the "neener, neener" sneering tone you set in your first two posts; from what I can tell here and from your previous posting history, not being a Jew or a Catholic, you're certainly not the target of any of these tracts.

However, maybe they were posted in reply to some of your comments and you took umbrage at that. I don't know, but that was the context you set forth for posting this thread in the first place - not the comics themselves, but their repeated posting - how did you put it?

The “interest” in them is explained in the OP. After that, you simply surmise and guess rather than do any research as to how and why they are posted. They are nothing more than repetitive sermonizing on the part of the poster in trying to gaslight non-believers into thinking that they will suffer “eternal damnation “ if they don’t follow his guidelines. And yes, I take umbrage at his months-long gaslighting in what is supposed to be a DISCUSSION forum and not a place of constant sermonizing. Fact is, he hides behind them in order to avoid serious discussion.

 

[Manc Skipper]

LOL. He was an angry, hateful hate-spreader with hate in his heart. But yeah. RIP Jack.

That's the forgiveness part of Christianity.

 

[Safiel]

Just for fun, look up the Jack T. Chick Parody Archive.

The site is rather ancient and no longer maintained, but I just checked a moment ago and it still exists. Has a lot of hilarious parodies of actual Chick tracts.

 

[EdwinWillers]

The “interest” in them is explained in the OP. After that, you simply surmise and guess rather than do any research as to how and why they are posted. They are nothing more than repetitive sermonizing on the part of the poster in trying to gaslight non-believers into thinking that they will suffer “eternal damnation “ if they don’t follow his guidelines. And yes, I take umbrage at his months-long gaslighting in what is supposed to be a DISCUSSION forum and not a place of constant sermonizing. Fact is, he hides behind them in order to avoid serious discussion.

Well, thank you (not) for introducing them to those of us who've never seen them before, and subjecting the rest of the board to them - yet again.

 

[watsup]

Well, thank you (not) for introducing them to those of us who've never seen them before, and subjecting the rest of the board to them - yet again.

I am not the one who introduced them. For that, you will need thank our good chat friend Revelation. Thank the Lord for his tireless effort to save our souls from the fires of eternal damnation. God bless him. I will be saved! And now I can spread the message of the Lord through the introduction of Chick cartoon to others!

 

[marduc]

One of our chatters who showed up in this forum a few months ago and is into repetitive sermonizing, also is into the repetitive posting of rather hateful religious-based cartoons. He has now posted and reposted the very same cartoons literally dozens and perhaps hundreds of times. So let’s take a closer look at the background of these cartoons:

“Jack Chick became somewhat famous through his "Chick Tracts," small, objectively bad mini-comics with a overtly Christian Revivalist message. He'd sell them to anyone, but they largely went in bulk to churches who would distribute them locally.

He only repeated one story over and over and over: "If you don't practice my specific form of religion, you're going to burn in Hell for all eternity." The stories were all poorly written -- even setting aside the wow-this-is-a-flimsy-straw-man-argument-even-as-far-as-straw-man-arguments-go exchanges -- with barely coherent plots and dated, tin-ear dialogue. Coupled with being so unapologetically preachy with a seeming naivete about just about everything -- for literally over half a century! -- it's little wonder these became booklets with high kitsch value.

But here's the thing about Chick: he spent his career espousing hate speech. Every one of his books damns some group or another, generally literally casting representatives in the pits of Hell. He attacked or demeaned, as near as I can determine, every type of person in existence except for those who practiced his specific religion. He seemed to be against so many types of people, it became impossible to take him seriously.

Chick spread hate and actively fanned the flames of ignorance for over fifty years and, as insane as it sounds to most (I hope) people, there's a contingent out there who lapped it up. Who said, "Yes, Jack, you're right! These heathens deserve nothing but disdain and I shall act accordingly!"

He claimed he only wanted to see people change their ways so they could be "saved" but that's as flimsy a straw man argument as any in his tracts. He cultivated hate and fear, and earned his living encouraging nothing but negativity.”

Jack Chick, The Hate-Monger

Sean Kleefeld's daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.

www.kleefeldoncomics.com

So there you have it. Just wanted to let you know a bit about the person who created all of those hateful cartoons tha we have been subjected to 9vdr the last few months.

Chicktracks are a real thing and they are pathetic and laughable.

As to the poster that provided the impetus for your starting this thread, I ascertained very quickly that they were a Poe, and called them out on it. Said person thanked me for that post with nary a comment in defense.

I still have yet to see anything to make me reconsider that initial assessment.

 

[dseag2]

Lemme see if I got this straight:

Hateful cartoonist dies 8 years ago - at age 92 - RIP btw - seemed like a decent fellow, all things considered.
Some unknown poster (not told whom) posts some of those cartoons here.
OP creates a thread about said unknown poster to (I guess) expose said unknown poster so we'd know more about said unknown poster (without identifying said unknown poster) to.... what - gossip about said unknown poster?

Sheesh, what is this, the third grade?

Well, you were interested enough to post, so welcome to Third Grade!

 

[Somerville]

Just for fun, look up the Jack T. Chick Parody Archive.

The site is rather ancient and no longer maintained, but I just checked a moment ago and it still exists. Has a lot of hilarious parodies of actual Chick tracts.

I did and here is the URL -- http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/intro.html

 

[Argent]

Chick lit isn't the only thing hiding behind Christianity to cloak a hateful disposition. My "born again" Christian grandmother used to take me out when I was between 4 and 6 yrs old to stand on street corners day and night to hand out tracts. They may have been Chick's. I understood when I got older that she used me to hand out the tracts because it was more difficult for people to refuse to take something from a little girl dressed up in cutesy clothes.

 

[trixare4kids]

t never held a tract in my hand, only saw his filth online, and the first time, I thought it was a joke. Ah, yes, Catholics and the "death cookie." Jews with huge noses. All of it. Hatred will never lead anybody to Christ.

Been a RC for almost my entire life and have never heard the Holy Eucharist referred to as the "death cookie". Some nonbelievers are simply miserable people.

 

[American]

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