www.chick.com | Jack Chick is a —–

I remember these tracts from my youth. No idea how they ended up in my hands, but I remember reading them over and over again until I was filled with evangelical dread and horror at the terrible forces of darkness at loose in the world, the utter inevitability of evil and the (almost) certain danger of going to Hell for eternity.

Angels following people around with cameras to record every moment of a person’s life (especially the naughty bits), demons crouching around every corner, sinners dropping dead when the Grim Reaper comes creeping up on them to deliver God’s judgement, Hell welcoming the newly dead with gleeful chuckles and brimstone for everyone…

Yeah. Great stuff for growing young minds headed towards developing a utterly debilitating Protestant guilt complex by the time they turn ten years old.

But Jack’s got more than melodrama to share. He’s educational too. All sorts of important, tolerant, Christ-like lessons including:
…Why Catholics aren’t Christians
…Why the Future Sucks
…How The Devil Already Owns Your Ass (and Your Soul)
…How Halloween Kills Kids and Sends them to Hell
…Why Homosexuals are Going to Hell (presumably with the trick or treaters)
…and so much more!

Jack Chick, ladies and gentlemen: The Rod Serling of the Religious Right.

For what it’s worth: Twenty-five years later, I’m still a Christian and I still have all the guilt. Looks like Jack did his job after all . . . prick.

(I bet that URL is worth a bundle, though.)