Chick Tracts

Visirale · 08-24-2003, 02:02 PM

Ok, I go to a baptist church, and have been going for a long time. I walk into the sanctuary this morning and I find a HUGE rack FULL of these tracts. I know they are notorious for screwy theology and things... I'm wondering if I should bring some of them to the attention of my pastor and try to get them removed. Or is it really that serious?

Bryan · 08-24-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Visirale

Ok, I go to a baptist church, and have been going for a long time. I walk into the sanctuary this morning and I find a HUGE rack FULL of these tracts. I know they are notorious for screwy theology and things... I'm wondering if I should bring some of them to the attention of my pastor and try to get them removed. Or is it really that serious?

if they have bad theology, they should be removed.

SccHarpGirl · 08-24-2003, 02:12 PM

Chick tracts have heretical theology by anyone's standards.

But then I'm biased, because he thinks that the Pope is the antichrist and the Catholic church is the whore of babylon

he's also notorious for not doing his research with regards to taking texts blatantly out of context and such, as well as not making any effort to understand what it is truly that other denominations believe. He takes a totally stereotypical attitude towards those he disagrees with.

Luke · 08-24-2003, 02:54 PM

I'd make a fuss about them. They're pretty bad.

Grace & Peace
Luke

**Ted Logan** · 08-24-2003, 03:13 PM

They promote radical dispensational theology, emotionalist Christianity, hatred for and terrible lies about the Catholic Church, and lies about many other things. I would get rid of them.

ChrisHarbison · 08-24-2003, 03:48 PM

Make a fuss about them, but do your homework first

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Don't just go in with arms swinging and gripe b/c of the bad theology, actually take some of them, do some study/preparation, and sit down with your pastor and show him what's wrong. It's possible the pastor just took someone's word for how "good" they were and put them out for people to take and never really looked at them himself.

Bryan · 08-24-2003, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Visirale

Ok, I go to a baptist church, and have been going for a long time. I walk into the sanctuary this morning and I find a HUGE rack FULL of these tracts. I know they are notorious for screwy theology and things... I'm wondering if I should bring some of them to the attention of my pastor and try to get them removed. Or is it really that serious?

i think you should go in to the church late at night, take all of the tracts and go give them to the homeless to use as toilet paper, then if they ask you tell them you took them and put them to good use.

**slap_j** · 08-24-2003, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

i think you should go in to the church late at night, take all of the tracts and go give them to the homeless to use as toilet paper, then if they ask you tell them you took them and put them to good use.

Do you hate the homeless or something?

ChrisHarbison · 08-24-2003, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

i think you should go in to the church late at night, take all of the tracts and go give them to the homeless to use as toilet paper, then if they ask you tell them you took them and put them to good use.

HAHAHAHA...I'd give you rep points for that, but "I've given out too much reputation in the last 24 hours" so I can't

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Bryan · 08-24-2003, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by slap_j

Do you hate the homeless or something?

no, it's just that the homeless needs TP just like the next guy and these tracts aren't good for anything but TP, so they might as well be put to some use.

**slap_j** · 08-24-2003, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

no, it's just that the homeless needs TP just like the next guy and these tracts aren't good for anything but TP, so they might as well be put to some use.

Chick tracts are known to deliver nasty paper cuts to naysayers.

ChrisHarbison · 08-24-2003, 04:26 PM

Ok...I read Jack's Chick's website (www.chick.com)...the guy's a moron, definetly talk to you pastor about getting that trash thrown away.

Here's some of his anti-anything other than KJV garbage for our own personal amusement

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1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (KJV)

-VS-

who are being saved [This teaches the Roman Catholic lie that salvation is a process.] (NASB)

This is humorous - please tell me how these are NOT the same things? Hahaha, one's in past tense (KJV) and the other's in present tense (NASB), what the difference?

Here's another one I got a laugh out of:

Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie (KJV)

-VS-

who exchanged the truth of God for the lie (NASB)

And again, there's just so much difference between these

Luke · 08-24-2003, 04:52 PM

It's worthy of noting that salvation is a process in some aspect. This isn't a Roman Catholic doctrine. Justification, however, is not a process as the Papists (I believe) teach.

Grace & Peace
Luke

Jeffrey · 08-24-2003, 08:55 PM

My favorite Chick Tract is "Love the Jews."

"It's worthy of noting that salvation is a process in some aspect. This isn't a Roman Catholic doctrine. Justification, however, is not a process as the Papists (I believe) teach."

When Christ enters your life, you've saved.

ThePlaidRanger · 08-24-2003, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Starboard Wake

When Christ enters your life, you've saved.

We have been justified, we are being sanctified, and we will be glorified.

Has anyone noticed that Chick quoted himself as substantiation in one of his tracts?