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Merged Chick Tracts

r-j said:
http://www.weirdcrap.com/chick/index.html

That whole site is amusing. Especially how Chick goes after the creator.
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I'd seen it before, but hadn't really read through it. Truthfully, Chick parodies himself far more effectively.

Still, Psycho Dave makes a lot of valid points, not the least of which being that Chick and his attorneys really need a daily Hoovering, (though Jack himself needs a double dose.)
 
I would venture that there are more parodies of Chick Tracts online than there are actual tracts.

Tracts. That's a funny word. Tract. What is a tract? I never thought about it before.
 
Well, it seems that a tract is mostly a short or small pamphlet promoting a religious or political view, designed to be easy to print and distribute, that predates the printing press. I can think of several other uses for such a publication, none of them involve messing with small minded people by playing on their fear and ignorance.
 
Ladewig said:
My favorite part is that the bad child, Cain, is described as having "a mind of his own." Yeah, Chick, that's a bad thing.


Also, Chick describes Cain's offering of the fruits of the ground as an act of rebellion even though the KJV never states or even alludes to rebellion as the motivation. Just making **** up again.
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That fruit that Adam and Eve are eating looks a lot like an eggplant???
 
r-j said:
I would venture that there are more parodies of Chick Tracts online than there are actual tracts.

Tracts. That's a funny word. Tract. What is a tract? I never thought about it before.
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ract 1 (trkt)
n.
1.
a. An expanse of land or water.
b. A specified or limited area of land: developing a 30-acre tract.
2. Anatomy
a. A system of organs and tissues that together perform a specialized function: the alimentary tract.
b. A bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function.
3. Archaic A stretch or lapse of time.

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[Middle English, period of time, from Latin tractus, course, space, period of time, from past participle of trahere, to draw.]

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tract 2 (trkt)
n.
A leaflet or pamphlet containing a declaration or appeal, especially one put out by a religious or political group.
 
Ladewig said:
Harry Potter leads people to hell because it is real witchcraft. Wow.
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*See the video, "Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged," available at Chick Publications.

Of course, then sell them a video to "save their souls".
 
Cainkane1 said:
I've never read a Harry Potter book. Do these books actually have ingredients and instructions for spell castings? Do kids who read these books try these spells?
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Are you asking if Chick publications is accurate? :D

Seriously though, They do have spells and ingredients in them, but the spells are in colorful made-up pseudo-Latin, while the ingredients are imaginary things like phoenix feathers and such.

I feel quite sure that many children have played at being characters in these books and tried casting spells and doing magic. My nephew does the same sort of thing with Star Wars and Jedi powers. I am also quite sure that there is no harm in it.

Come to think of it, I distinctly remember my brother and I trying to animate the armor of my "Marx Toys Noble Knight" figure with an arcane spell we learned from watching Disney's "Bedkknobs & Broomsticks." We had several goes at it, but it only worked once. :(

Anyway, the point is we both turned out fine, praise the dark one.
 
AvalonXQ said:
Experiments say no. :D
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I read somewhere long ago that there was actually discovered a book of spells during the medieval period. After reading this grimoire the readers came to the conclusion that it was impossible to come by all the ingredients and to do the rituals in said book. The readers went on to say that if a person could even try to follow the instructions and bring things together they would be able to become rich without going to the trouble.
 
Cainkane1 said:
I read somewhere long ago that there was actually discovered a book of spells during the medieval period. After reading this grimoire the readers came to the conclusion that it was impossible to come by all the ingredients and to do the rituals in said book. The readers went on to say that if a person could even try to follow the instructions and bring things together they would be able to become rich without going to the trouble.
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There are actual books of spells out there. In high school I was able to check one out through interlibrary loan.
The ingredients were perfectly reasonable to come by, but the time and energy involved for results that were admittedly vague (charming people, influencing fortune, etc) just weren't worth the effort. Even if it weren't against my religion to call upon foreign gods to change the universe, anyway. :p
 
Cainkane1 said:
I read somewhere long ago that there was actually discovered a book of spells during the medieval period. After reading this grimoire the readers came to the conclusion that it was impossible to come by all the ingredients and to do the rituals in said book. The readers went on to say that if a person could even try to follow the instructions and bring things together they would be able to become rich without going to the trouble.
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Isn't this what modern spell shops do these days? Maybe I should go into this business. Sounds like a great deal of fun.
 
caniswalensis said:
They do have spells and ingredients in them, but the spells are in colorful made-up pseudo-Latin, while the ingredients are imaginary things like phoenix feathers and such.
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And the books also clearly state that it only works if you have the magical talent in the first place, which is a very rare trait; a non-magical person even in the same books could say the same words but would never get any results from it, and wouldn't even be able to see/hear/perceive some of the magical ingredients for what they were at all.
 
Chick Tracts were helpful in turning me completely against Christianity. When you read that sick twisted view of Christian beliefs, it's impossible to believe in it. And it made me wonder why anyone is stupid enough to believe such complete and utter crap.
 
Cainkane1 said:
I've never read a Harry Potter book. Do these books actually have ingredients and instructions for spell castings? Do kids who read these books try these spells?
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No, not really, unless you consider one word, pseudo-Latin, spell instructions. There may be some description of ingredients for potions, but half of them are made-up anyway.
 
caniswalensis said:
I feel quite sure that many children have played at being characters in these books and tried casting spells and doing magic. My nephew does the same sort of thing with Star Wars and Jedi powers. I am also quite sure that there is no harm in it.
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Christians need to revamp the New Testament. You just don't find many kids trying to turn water in to wine, casting out demons, or walking on water. The dialog in the Bible is fairly trite, Lucas could handle the rewrite for them.
 
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