Yes. Me too.
Jack Chick is not as simplistic as he’s made out to be. He had a lot of people hate him.
He’s taken seriously in a way he shouldn’t be and not taken seriously in ways he should.
Liberals live to hate him. So do others who like to look down their noses.
Yet there is a huge amount of Chick studies out there. On the other thread someone posted anti-Chick links and they had so much content it just showed how huge a body of work he produced that was compelling and interesting and lead to so much reproduction, analysis and discussion.
Anyhow, suffice to say that Chick is complex.
Anyhow, forget all that and read this one.
Somebody Loves Me
https://www.chick.com/m/reading/tracts/readtract.asp?stk=0006
That is a good one. I think where he went south was his condemnation of beliefs different from his. I mean, we all do it to one degree or another, but he made a living doing it.
I’m about as anti-catholic as you can get, while still believing some Catholics are Christian, but I have a hard time with “the death cookie” stuff. It’s kind of over the top and I don’t understand how the message can cause “positive” actions from anyone, other than a Catholic that is already thinking of leaving the church. That’s because if someone is not already thinking of leaving, they will actually bristle at his message and more closely embrace the Catholic church.
And those that hate Catholicism already can get wrapped up in this “hatred of churches not not yours” message, which Jesus clearly teaches against.
Appreciate the link. Familiar with some of Chick’s pamphlets, but the Death Cookie was a new one to me. I can see why folks steeped in magic thinking would hate that one!