Anyone ever find Chick Tracts put on their cars' windshields?

[Dougbro1]

especially when it used a Bible verse referring to Babylon as referring to the Catholic Church

So? We know that those who make these tracts aren’t infallible interpreters, nor do they claim to be, and hence, quotes these verses out of context.

It also ignores multiple Bible verses that support the sacraments of the Eucharist, Confession, etc…

This clever stunt is known as “cherry picking.”

I’ve never seen a Chick tract in my life, but I have a feeling I know of people who quoted them.

They’re total rags written by Jack Chick with comic book style illustrations that print slanderous lies about Catholics, depicting them as ugly, swearing, mean, hypocritical people who wind up in Hell for their Catholicism. They attack your typical strawmen beliefs about Catholicism (“we are saved by works”, “we worship Mary and God”, etc.) and promote outright lies about the Church (we have a registry of all Protestants on earth, Jesuit assassins and blood oaths, nuns are prostitutes for priests, etc.).

Well. I’m GLAD I’ve never seen one in my life, then.

 

[whatistrue]

The REAL Kingsmen? King of Kingsmen? Help me out here…

ETA: On His Holiness’ Secret Service?

 

[TheLittleLady]

Better on my car where I can throw it in the garbage than on the windshield of someone who may believe it is true.

 

[TheLittleLady]

Sort of like TNG “Justice”?

 

[Welshrabbit]

I just checked some of them out and I haven’t seen cherry-picking like that since may days as a cherry farmer!!! :crazy_face:

 

[Gorgias]

I decided to read it for laughs…I ended up feeling irritated

Use it as an opportunity to pray for the misguided person who believes in the stuff in the tracts…

 

[Jimbo]

Was it the giant faceless Christ? I veered between annoyance and amusement. But I saw them as a young adult. It does stun me that so many can be so misled by the Church.

 

[steph03]

I’ll admit… When I was evangelical/protestant… I put out alot of Chick tracts… Even in Catholic church parking lots during mass…

 

[Welshrabbit]

Like my six year old said to me when I admonished him for hitting his brother: “Hey, even Saints got sins.”

We’ve all done stupid stuff we regret.

 

[OKComputer]

I forget which one it was, but it was brutally anti-Catholic.

 

[7_Sorrows]

I’ll admit… When I was evangelical/protestant… I put out alot of Chick tracts… Even in Catholic church parking lots during mass…

Did you believe them? How did you end up becoming
Catholic? Just curious.

 

[Welshrabbit]

And I thought my neighbors who gave out dental floss were about as lame as you can get…

 

[steph03]

steph03:

I’ll admit… When I was evangelical/protestant… I put out alot of Chick tracts… Even in Catholic church parking lots during mass…

Did you believe them? How did you end up becoming
Catholic? Just curious.

Did I believe the tracts … (at the time) … Absolutely.
I was born Catholic, but left the church at 14 to join fundamentalist evangelicals (much at my mom’s dismay ((who was a devout Catholic)) ). I spent 40 years in protestant circles until coming back to the Church. (I call it my walk in the desert ). I was very involved, did part of seminary, was deacon / elder …

Church history and Church Authority brought me back.

Of course at the time, there was no internet available and no google search. The Evangelicals had the Bible, knew it, used it… The Catholics I was talking to (and I mean priests, theologians, teachers, …) did not seem to know very much and had no answers to my questions. So the decision made sense at the time … But in hindsight, I did not have access to all the info I have today. I wish I could go back in time to talk myself out of it … but life continues.

 

[signit]

They’re good free comedy. Like an extremely bad sci-fi movie that’s so bad you have to watch it anyway.

That’s sort of what I think.

I’m a Catholic and don’t agree with his beliefs but his stuff is just so funny, especially his earlier works.

As a committed Catholic I used to enjoy the humor and the artistry they same way I might enjoy other comic books, and not question my being Catholic.

 

[MNathaniel]

Never had it happen to me. Maybe take this opportunity to pray for the stranger who put it on your car?

God may use your prayers to help this person in big ways, though you may not see it in this life.

 

[Mintaka]

The one about saving the stolen dog from the pound is pretty cute, although it emphasizes DEATH too much, and the theology is bad.

But that is the only one that seems goodhearted enough to be good. I think Chick was good-intentioned, but the tracts are just nasty in a lot of cases. Using lies or bad research ultimately turned people away from the Gospel.

The art is striking, and I wish the whole product had been able to turn that to better ends.

 

[Sarcelle]

Good suggestion.

I wonder if we will finally get to see the effects of our prayers in the life to come.