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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 25, 2016 at 11:19 pm
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He's in a better place now. (Six Feet under)
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 25, 2016 at 11:23 pm
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 1:49 pm
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In memoriam, TBR-style*:
[* making it NSFW to some extent.]
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 2:07 pm
So I've been catching up on my Chick tracts, and I have to say that they're highly entertaining. If I didn't know better, I'd swear they were created by an atheist trying to make Christianity look as bad as it can.
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 2:16 pm
(October 26, 2016 at 2:07 pm)Faith No More Wrote: So I've been catching up on my Chick tracts, and I have to say that they're highly entertaining. If I didn't know better, I'd swear they were created by an atheist trying to make Christianity look as bad as it can.
There's a movie about Chick and his little business. The people who do the work these days seem sane, until you look into the eyes.
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 2:46 pm
I can't rule out Jack Chick being a Poe of some stripe.
As noted earlier, there is no shortage of criticism of his tracts from other Christers. If he was slipping heresies into his publications and wound up damning more souls than he saved, well, all can say is:
neener neener neener
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 2:57 pm
Out of morbid curiosity, are there any supporters, defenders and other sundry followers of Chick Publications here; and if so, why?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 3:04 pm
Until I got my own copy of Gay Blade, I coveted having one!
The humor value alone is worth the bother of getting one.
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 7:28 pm
(October 26, 2016 at 2:57 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Out of morbid curiosity, are there any supporters, defenders and other sundry followers of Chick Publications here; and if so, why?
My Mother practically worshiped him and bought those nasty little booklets by the box. She passed them out EVERYWHERE. She fervently believed every word written in them. She'll most certainly vote for Trump.
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RE: Jack Chick, author of "Chick Tracts", dead at 92
October 26, 2016 at 7:49 pm
(October 25, 2016 at 11:19 pm)Cecelia Wrote: He's in a better place now. (Six Feet under)
Well, as long as he's not in Season 4. That was the worst season of that show. At least they redeemed themselves for Season 5.
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