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I enjoy collecting Jack Chick comics. Those are those small comic booklets that you see left in various places.

There's a comforting formula to Jack Chick comics: somebody loves Jesus. People at some point say "Haw haw!" The god groper goes to heaven, where he meets god, who is really tall, sits on a throne resembling the chair they use for the Lincoln memorial, he wears robes, and he has no face.

Meanwhile, the non believers go to hell, and are surprised that hell exists, because they had the wrong idea about god.

And, oh yes, Catholics are evil, even though they have the same Bible and worship the same god as Jack Chick.

Lots of bible verses are referenced to prove Chick's point. I find myself amused and appalled at the same time.

I think the book "High Weirdness By Mail" said that "People collect Jack Chick comics like some people collect pornography, and for the same reason." Indeed.

On the other hand, I don't much care for "Awake" or "Watchtower." It is my understanding that Jehovah's Witlesses have to distribute big piles of these publications. They can go door to door, or simply dump them in random places. Hard times have hit both magazines; the page count seems to grow smaller with each issue.

I stumbled on a good way to stop the pesky things from showing up: each time I see either one, I tear it up, and leave the pieces where I found them. After two or three times (the Witlesses are a bit slow on the uptake), they move on to pollute some other venue.

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Robotbuilder 7 Jan 6
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I love those cheesy little things. Usually and appropriately, I used to find them in men's rooms on the urinal. I believe there's even a DVD about the Chick tracts.

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You can actually buy a complete set of the tracts from his website, and view them online also.

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This post made my day! I thought I was the only weirdo who collected these things. I have a huge ziploc bag full of them collected from the windshield of my car, on subway cars, from waiting tables during college, and more. I devised a card game of sorts, with the tracts broken down into four suits: Silly Parables, Bad Science, Fear Tactics, and Afterlife Fantasy. Anything that doesn't fit neatly into a category is a wild card.

OMG! I want to play that game! LOL

@SkotlandSkye It's kind of like Go Fish.
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I came home to find an Awake left on my door step yesterday. Sorry I missed them 😉

The Chick tracts are so amusing....well, not that ones that are blatantly homophobic -- those ones are awful and incite discrimination and hate.

When I was Wiccan, I kept a file with all the anti-witchcraft ones for fun and used to rewrite them or add commentary in a pagan newsletter that I helped edit.

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I too am a fan of Chick Tracts - they're exceptionally rare in the UK and I've only ever seen two or three genuine examples.

Jnei Level 8 Jan 6, 2019
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In his defense, if you started from the premise that the bible is true, catholics are absolutely more evil than protestants. ?

Too bad they're responsible for the religion as a whole. Thats another mark against them in the secular world too.

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When I find a Jack Chick booklet left in the men's room, it's tempting to toss it in the urinal. It isn't going to convert anyone although it may re-enforce the beliefs of the choir.

Locally I keep seeing one word signs like "repent" but I don't want to thing what that is supposed to do. Make the poster feel smug?

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Wow, I am surprised that you have to endure this. JWs here have been advised against door to door preaching and I have never heard of the other publication.
I do remember the Sally Army doing their bit for Temperance Movement when I was a child in pubs. (Yeah I was a child in pubs, usually with my grandpa and yeah, I am that old). Strange

I did not know that JWs had stopped going door to door, when and why did that happen ?

@Fernapple My family friends are JWs (cool ppl) they said they were advised not to by their elders as people had been attacked. Not sure if its just a north of England thing. I was a child the last time I saw them come to the door.

@Amisja they still come door to door here in Michigan, but more then the JW I see LDS.

@darthfaja I'm in UK, we don't see many LDS (despite them originally coming from here). This is a dark and heathen land 😉 and we love it.

@Amisja They used to come round every six to twelve months here in Lincolnshire, but I have not seen them for three or four years now. Though I did see some suited blokes with cases a few months ago, but they could have been any sort of loosers.

@Fernapple Double glazing sales men (or if you live round me CID 😉 )

I feel sort of bad for the Mormon kids....those ones in pairs on bikes....in white shirts and ties.

Thy are not allowed any contact with family during this time.

Intense cranium cleanse, much?

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Those are unintentionally hilarious.

When a priceless carpet is permanently stained, its owner learns that only Jesus' blood can remove the stain of sin.

Grandpa hears Sam preach to his toy "creatures" and realizes he needs Jesus, too.

Show Catholics that neither their good works nor their religion can save them.

etc etc

Last I heard Catholics have more "books" in their bible than other Christian bibles.

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