I just found a video on chick tracts that explains part of this evil doing, I don't think I found it as a coincidence, and thus, I'm putting the user's name, so that you can check it out. god Bless., Nonetheless, even though I was not looking for a video that spoke about it I found it nonetheless, in something not even close to, or related to this topic.User is "Button36"
we are not, as Catholics, responsible for how people live out their own salvation, just as parents are not responsible on how their children live out their life once they get married, but we are responsible, to show them or point them to the right direction, that way we become participants of salvation, but we don't try to become the savior. Parents can advice and be part of the solution but not the solution, hope you understand what I mean. and God Bless you and enlightened you. :)
One more thing, We as catholics do have the obligation to collaborate in the salvation of others, just as parents have tthe obligation to teach the right way of living and faith to their children, and they also have the obligation to care for their needs, and to always supervised them until the day of their death, although once they are grown ups parents are not accountable for their mistakes or bad choices made, but yet it is their duty to talk to them, advice them, and help them, same with us
Personally, I said before that I do not agrre on other teaching's of "God" regarding other creeds, just as Paul did not sympathize with the way other people viewed God, but centered himself in God alone, and on that center he spoke and evangelize . He came to people in a friendly way, not arguing. Chick tracts are evangelical and they talk a lot vs our Catholic Church NO thumbs up for me at all. Furthermore, I would never recommend it to any catholic especially those who don't know our faith.
Good video. Glad to know another Christian's thoughts. I use these Tracts regularly. I'm an artist, too, and I love the Illustrations. The Black Comics and the Bible Story ones have GREAT Artwork. Passing them out doesn't guarantee that the recipient will "be Saved" as a result. For, each person has free-will and must choose themselves, before GOD. But, I see them as Invitations to GOD's Kingdom. A Seed planted. A reminder to them that GOD loves them and desires that they not perish in Hell.
I'm inspired by Chick Tracts to draw cartoons from the bible perspective thanks for sharing your opinion. I think personally his tracts are a bit heavy-handed and make God look worse than the devil, sorry, but his drawings a brilliant and inspiring.
I don't understand how someone can give these comics a thumbs up, for the following reasons. The author references the Taxil HOAX as truth bashing a certain group of people. The author has used stories from a convicted rapist. The author makes witchcraft seem everywhere, making people peranoid of their neighbors. People forget that this author has made millions telling partial truths, then referencing the bible as back up, for his misinformation, and no knowledge of history.
Principal critics like MrBrent123t have no point, because, if you look at it, they generally reject the Gospel itself. I would say that a very large part of the criticism of chick tracks stems from that reason. So the whole thing is mainly a discussion about the truth of the Gospel than about a successful variant of evangelization, i.e. Chick tracts. God bless you, pennylaneproductions, and keep on!
Soul winning tracts, the truth is people don't want to hear the truth, they want to believe that God loves them no matter what and don't want to change their lives or don't want to crack open the Bible and read it!! It has too many pages and zero pictures....well I suggest you read it brother and sisters and base your life upon it, it is truly life changing :)
The Chick tracts are horribly written and display very poor artwork. That's from a purely aesthetic standpoint. Now I also think they are full of hate speech, and a desperate desire to see people burning in hell. I think anyone who finds motivation in Chick tracts has a repulsive set of morals, and I would despise them on principle.
@pennylaneproductions I never mentioned god, I was talking about Christians. And according to the bible almost everyone will go to hell, and that is a recurring theme in many chic tracts. If a god really loved his creations he would NEVER set up EITHER an eternal punishment or and eternal reward both sentences are unjust as we couldn't do enough to deserve on or the other. I think think the state after death is the state before birth, as no awareness exists in either state.
@MrBrent123t Amen to that! Here in Canada, where I live, these tracts have been banned as hate literature, and rightfully so. The overall tone of the tracts is hateful, dark and humourless, and the mentality behind them is straight out of the Dark Ages - much like evangelical Christianity itself.
@NonDramaZone OF course I wouldn't know but I have heard that she a) relied on the 'Blessed Mother' to save her and b) relied on her works IN ADDITION to what Christ did. If I had to guess, I would say she was definitely in hell (along with JP II and the other popes).
@pennylaneproductions Do you think she did all those 'good works' because she thought they were going to save her, or because she genuinely believed she was spreading the gospel by living a Christ-like life?
Jack T. Chick's "God" is NOT a God: According to Chicks's gospel, if a soul whose name cannot be found in the "Book of Life", this "God" has NO OTHER CHOICE but to condemn this soul to hell. Yes, he MUST condemn him. But God is per definition OMNIPOTENT. Therefore, if Chick's "God" MUST do something, he cannot change the rule he himself created, or act on his will. Therefore, he is not omnipotent and therefore NO GOD.
A theology which demonises any religion or POV is not based on grace, but on works. If CCism is as bad as alleged, by Chick, & in the video, it is more likely than those right-thinking Baptists/Fundamentalists to receive grace from Christ - not less.
Fundies don't believe in grace, but in salvation by works; the work of not being a Catholic, or a Muslim, or whatever. Muslims don't do the work of believing in Christ - but a lot of them behave in a gracious way, thanks be to God.
These are disgusting brainwashing idiocy, for children and overgrown children like you. You can have nightmares about satan and hell until you finally become wormfood.
But to show these and give these to children is disgusting. And I'll just bet most of the chumps like you who think these are perfectly acceptable for kids, are also the kind of people who are moaning and groaning about kids watching horror films, or video games.
@martiangrundy watching horror movies and playing violent games desensitizes young people to the suffering of others. They are fantasies and sick ones at that. Being made aware of the reality of God and what He expects of man is necessary. BTW I don't have nightmares, nor do I live in fear, nor guilt nor any other thing you people imagine.
because YOU just happen to have chosen the right way to appease this "all loving" god.
BUT how can you be so sure that YOU have chosen correctly? How many different sects/denominations of christian are there? How many different religions are there, and have there been through time.
How do you know that you've been listening to the right people all this time?
Or are you one of those who's convinced that god has actually spoken to him personally?
@martiangrundy He certainly hasn't spoken to me personally. Objective analyses of various religions always lead to the conclusion that the Jewish/Christian scriptures are the only credible ones. And you believe in...no God, I assume? Time, chance and the impersonal?
How much of that have you actually done on your own religion? The VAST majority of christians I've ever encountered who actually have done any real honest unbiased research into religions and especially the bible, history and the historicity of jesus are EX christians.
Most however are incapable of honestly researching though, as they have been frightened witless from an early age into belief, unquestioning belief. And FAITH.
@martiangrundy I wan't taught to believe anything. I came to believe when I was 28. You don;t believe in deities? Any? So a bunch of stuff that was just there somehow got itself together and became rational, aesthetic, moral, creative beings? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! How can you look at yourself in the mirror and not laugh?
How old are you? You seem a little too old to be this ignorant.
You've obviously never bothered in the slightest with an education, preferring instead to read from a book of fairy tales.
So you obviously think it's far more sensible to assume that a magic man in the sky blinked everything into existence, than the SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE would suggest that modern people have endeavoured to learn.
Just as a matter of interest. You say you were not taught to believe.
Where did you learn about this deity that you believe in? What is it? How do you know it even exists? Why is your particular flavour of deity the correct one, yet the THOUSANDS of other deities dreamt up by man are merely fictions?
Please don't answer with the pathetic usual canards of the bible, and faith.
@pennylaneproductions Enjoyed your commentary here brother. However, as someone who found out the truth about high-level freemasonry, witchcraft and the hierarchy of the pagan church of Rome in a very personal way BEFORE being turned on to the work of Jack Chick, I can only assure you as a sincere brother in Christ that his "weird" ideas on these subjects are spot-on from what I've read of them. My question is: Have you read his 32-page comic books, and if so, what do you make of "Sabotage?"
@salmagnum I have read the Alberto series. Actually I have amended my views since doing this vid. Having had lunch with David W. Daniels, author and chick's researcher have come to believe the claims as well. The appendix of Daniels' book Babylon Religion' is priceless. Thanks for your comment!
Thank you mr Chick for making it so clear how much Jesus loves all of us.....well, all of us except catholics, jews, blacks, gays, geologists, archeaologists, astronomers or really just about everyone with a brain that isn't easily duped by delusion.
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Jack chick is a charlatan. His "tracts" are nothing more than blatant, bold faced lies, whos purpose is to do nothing more than to incite fear, and mistrust about oneself and the world around us.
The fact that anyone would ACTUALLY read these leaflets of black propaganda, and think to themselves..."Now that was a good read" is ignorant to the point of recklessness. People whom think that they can save themselves while by damning others with words "from god" are only running from there own hell
As darkness follows sunset and awakens the creatures of the night, infidels--particularly inveterate atheists--are rather bizarre aliens to the realm of truth and light.
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@jjpetkusiii Yes indeed, what I WROTE sounded strange. You think that someone not having a religion is living in the dark, yet you have religions with doctrine based on social & "moral" ethical codes from up to almost 5000 years ago? All people involved in this discussion think that they are the ones living "in the realm of truth and light". and that the opposing side are "creatures of the night,-infidels". The major religions of the world will bring about the end of us ALL!
The word "Christian" is found exactly three times in the Holy Bible, and that term does not refer to "religions." According to the Scriptures, Christianity is the relationship that a man or woman who is saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone has with his or her Savious as His disciple.
Believe the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ today, and be saved by grace through faith in the Son of God alone.
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@jjpetkusiii Y'know, the king james version of the bible is the holy text that you christians doctored up. The world that which you live in, is a shared one. Not simply christian, nor, muslim, nor jew. Therefor you and other religious zealots preaching your dusty old doctrines to the rest of the world as if are obligated to you and your ways is nothing more than religious and spiritual empiricism. If god so gave man the yitzhara "gift of free will" then its up to the individual to follow it.
Perhaps you should do literate humanity a favor and read the King James Bible before commenting on it in the future.
The canon rules as set forth in the Scriptures themselves are evidence enough of corruption in the modern mistranslations which carnal, worldly and devilish apostates and infidels continue to advocate just as they been pushing their vile counterfeits of the word of God since the days of the Apostles themselves.
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@jjpetkusiii Its foolish to go out and use YOUR free will to subject and damn others for doing/ thinking/ saying/ living as you do not. Keep your ego out of your doctrine, and then your doctrine wont become your dogma. What do you care if this or that person is damned to hell? For if you DID care about the salvation of others one would think that you would be much less haughty about proselytizing such a truly benevolent message. Propagation without humility is nothing more than noise.
You fail exegesis, by the way, but no error, addition, or omission to the Scriptural text of the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible (KJV) has ever been proven.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again" (John 3:7).
Obviously, the accuracy of the Holy Bible and a sort of empiricism are extremely significant to you, but when were you born again?
@jjpetkusiii Oh for gods sake I was "born again" and again and YET AGAIN in the years 1993,& 1994 ANNO DOMINI. Yet my free will leads to places of self realization and understanding. All you Modern Day "theologians" can do is regurgitate your scriptures like verbal vomit from a parrots beak. The only thing I "fail" at is keeping in time with your dated and backwards ways of looking at the world as a spiritual battlefield separate from our own being. Yet what YOU fail at is understanding that....
Neither Moslems, nor atheists, nor Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, tribal animists, Eskimos, etc., accept the Holy Bible, and it was not received by Roman pagans AT ANY TIME--unless they were saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Sinful men have free will, and the problem of idolators receiving the Biblical truth in faith has not abated over the centuries: "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" (2Timothy 3:13).
@jjpetkusiii WE ARE ALL GODS CHILDREN! A good shepherd tends to the WHOLE flock, not just the white and fluffy. So go ahead and spit more bible babble at me, thinking its going to set in like the sea across the shore. And while your at it, go ahead and hold your breath too. d^_^b
Conflicting, false, or wildly fictionalized accounts of the assassination of John F. Kennedy do not legitimately refute the reality of his murder in Dallas several decades ago, nor do the myths of idolaters disprove the existence of the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Is there anything about the Lord Jesus Christ that you still need to know?
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Taking any kind of pleasure or delight in the idea of your brothers and sisters being tortured for all of eternity is not the kind of love Jesus himself preached.
The con about chick tracts you missed is his very subtle FALSE Lordship Salvation (works salvation) present in the end of every tract. See youtube video: Jack Chick's false gospel: works salvation. for this. Also read the article "When Gospel Tracts Kill". It is very subtle and dangerous and left me confused and lost for some time. A better tract I recommend is "You Need HIS Righteousness!" by David J Stewart.
I like the Jesus-Is-Savior site and Mr. Stewart BUUUUUT...he made an amazing statement once that salvation doesn't come from repentance from sin. Au contrere. 'Repent' was the first message out of John's mouth, followed by Jesus and the rest of the apostles.
Yes, I totally agree 100% with what this video said about Chick tracts. Sure, some of the claims made in them are out there in left field but they do a most excellent job in putting forth the fact that Jesus & Jesus alone is your only hope in getting saved. When reading them, keep what this video said in mind.
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these things are hysterical in just how divorced from reality they can get. or at least they would be, if only they were parody. clearly, however, they are meant to be taken seriously, and there are plenty of lunatics who buy into them.
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You can buy a complete new set of Chick tracts from his website--a sample set. I think all are still available--not that I'm trying to promote Chicks materials or personal wealth--I thought you might like to know.
Jack Chick is a moron. Christians are morons. Anyone who believes in ANY religion is a moron. Religion has done NOTHING to better the world in over 2000 years - technology and science on the other hand have. It's a fact that:
Adam & Eve = bullshit!
Noah's Ark - bullshit!
Genesis = bullshit!
Creationism = bullshit!
Etc., etc. How much more proof do you need?
Religion is evil and has caused of most wars including the war on terror! How can you live in the 21st century and support any religion?
Well, your screen name is truth in advertising, that was quiet a rant. Since you are sentien enough to know how to communicate, there is NO possible way you are stupid enough to believe that all things came into being by time, chance, and the impersonal. Have you checked out any intelligent, scientific answers (see the John Ankerberg Show,, for example)? If you are an honest person, you will ee there IS a creator and He has revealed Himself.
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@pennylaneproductions ever heard of emergence? look it up dumbass. why are christians so deliberately ignorant? all your claims have been refuted ad nauseum yet you continue to spew.
Your above post reminds me of a person in the woods complaining they can't see the forest for all trees.
In post-earthquake ravaged Haiti I see evidence of many organizations selflessly providing relief that are either connected directly to the The Church or were created by Christians as an expression of their faith in God. The Red Cross is one example of that.
What I've not seen is any atheist response--aside from the usual "survival of the fittest" brush-off.
Ask God to open up your eyes my friend. Obviously you are a person that is really searching. You would not be looking at these particular videos if you weren't.
Religion was created by man. What you need is a personal walk with the Lord. Just talk to him just like you would anybody else and he would show you that he is real, if you let him.
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Searching? I'm not sure if your post is addressing mine but some people, perhaps lots, are attracted to Chick tracts in the same way they're tempted to look at horrible car accidents when passing.
Awesome! I agree Chick Tracts are great. I think illistrated tracts are best for this video, tv, gaming, generation. Also see Ron Wheeler & Ray Comfort Tracts for some more good ones. GOD bless you brother!
hey thanks for posting iheard some of what you were saying pretty cool
anyway kjv is a touchy subject, and i dont agree to fight over it
i think chistians should win the world and then discuss their theology , anyway i dont see why jack chick needs to do a interview its pretty clear where he is coing from
but yeah that would be fun
anyway God Bless You all ! hope you like my puppet show above
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Even assuming hell existed in the first place, and that all of your Christian beliefs are correct, chick tracts do a horrible job of converting people. You aren't going to scare anyone in to becoming Christian. The non believer will simply laugh at your empty threats and the people sitting on the fence will be pushed further away. The only true way to convert a reasonably intelligent nonbeliever is to show them some overwhelming evidence. Chick Tracts, needless to say, do not do this.
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I'm not trying to stomp on your beliefs, by the way. I just don't think that these offensive, and disturbingly stupid comic strips are a good thing. I'm sure you can agree they have their negative aspects.
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For Heaven's sake, fellas, you already obliterated most of my comments 'cause they don't agree Chick (so-
called) "theology"- although it does w/ the majority of Christians alive today or who ever have lived. You're just worshipping a narrow, latter day theology which sowed the seeds of modernist disbelief. From "We have a responsibility to God" to "I determine know the Truth (according to the Spirit)" to "I know the truth (according to Me)" to "Me". Objectivism is replaced by subjectivism.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty" (Revelation 1:8).
"John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne" (Rev. 1:4).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1).
Chick Publications has produced over 700 million Gospel tracts, videos, books, posters, et al. Chick Tracts are also very popular around the globe, Romney, and they have been translated into more than 100 languages.
Jack Chick is regarded very warmly by many people who are also grateful to God for his ministry of evangelism in print form.
Jack Chick began writing and illustrating Gospel tracts in 1960, and Chick Publications (which he founded in 1970) adheres to Scriptural doctrine in its statement of faith. For example, "Salvation is the gift of God and includes the forgiveness of sins, the imputation of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, and the gift of eternal life. Union with the triune God provides all blessings in this life and the life hereafter. Salvation is received by faith alone, apart from all good works and merit..."
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I know all about JTC, that's why I do not respect him. Catholic Answers and Christianity Today have good materials on him. I write again- HE DOES NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED! HE DOES NOT GIVE INTERVIEWS! HE IS IN HIS OWN, INSULATED WORLD! What does that say about him? Those are FACTS!
Why should anyone be expected to submit to unsolicited interviews or have his photos and statements caricatured, Romney? Jack Chick is a writer and illustrator of easy-to-understand evangelistic literature; he is not a candidate for public office or a criminal defendant!
There is absolutely no need for any American voluntarily to deprive himself of what little privacy he may still have--despite the jaded musings of wannabe Andy Warhols or the whims of partisan paparazzo "journalists."
Um, back in '80 he got suckered by the late Alberto Rivera and published the "Alberto" series. Everyone wanted to talk to him, etc, but he was "mumm". Take a step back and THINK about it.
For more historical details about the information on jesuitism and the Papacy found in much of the "Alberto" series, Romney, I would recommend Lord Macaulay's Essays on Ranke's History of the Popes and Edmond Paris's The
Vatican Against Europe.
Although the Alberto series came out in the 1980s, it remains popular today.
I suppose that Jack Chick and Chick Publications are better known for the publication of illustrated Gospel tracts like The Accident, available in many languages today.
I own the Alberto series. I own The prophet. I own the latest one about Joseph Smith. I've spent 20 years studying Church history. As i wrote, start w/ the apostolic fathers. Have a nice day.
You may (or may not) therefore qualify as something of a Chick Publications' aficionado, Romney, in your own way, and I sincerely hope that the Alberto series will edify you. Neither Chick's comics nor the theories of ancient apologists, however, constitute the text of the Old and New Testament.
For the English-speaking peoples, the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible (KJV) is the final authority in all matters, because it is the flawless preservation of the Holy Scriptures in our language.
Well, you're free to like the KJV and, no, the apostolic fathers were not "ancient apologists" for the Church or theoriticians. They were the disciples of the Apostles (or people who knew them).
For the English-speaking peoples, the King James Bible is authoritative because it is the Scriptures, the inspired words of God which He Himself has preserved in their entirety.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away" (Mark 13:31).
Ancient texts which are not the Holy Bible, however, may or may not have valid historic significance and can be questioned for their accuracy, internal consistency, and the motive of their human authors.
I suppose it's not a good comparison. However, back in '80 he caused a huge stink by backing the con artist Alberto Rivera/Romero and his unsubstantiated claims against the Church. He would not give interviews or allowed himself to be photographed and still does not. there are 2 known pictures of him- one from his high school yearbook and a drawing of him by the Catholic apologist Jimmy Aiken. Ask yourself- what does this say about him?
Jack Chick's sense of history is not so shallow as to ignore the Hitlerzeit, or the Vatican's support of Nazism in Germany during Hitler's rise to power. Der Fuehrer, by the way, was a great admirer or the Jesuit order, and one of its members edited Mein Kampf.
Que viva Alberto Rivera! At great personal risk, he told the truth. Kudos to Chick Publications for its courage to publish the "Alberto" series.
Yes, Romney, the Cold War is over, but the Great Commission is still in effect.
Then, PLEASE, tell us why he won't let himself be photographed or interviewed? His VIEWS are obvious- but his BEHAVIOR is another matter. Even Jesus was interviewed by Nicodemus!
@RomneyGack, He allows himself to be interviewed by friends and photographed with friends. He did give only one interview to a local paper some years back. He loves to give the status quo a bad time. Yes, I'm familiar also with Jimmy Aiken and told him once that we beat him to the punch with a video documentary of our own. I chuckled "Haw haw haw!" in response! I can imagine the cartoon demons coming out and mocking him.
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So, you fellas love yourselves more than souls? PS Nothing in "The Two Babylons" (which JTC has driven into the ground like a rental car) is in the Bible- so much for being a "Bible Believer".
@RomneyGack I read "The Two Babylons" years ago, and its historical references are accurate. Just as Foxes Book of Martyrs is not a Scriptural text per se, such historical works--although not inerrant like the Holy Bible--are properly instructive. Similarly, no commentary on the Scripture can properly claim plenary verbal inerrancy, but such works may very edifying.
Just as there was more than one Cleopatra or Ptolemy in the ancient world, Romney, Nimrod and Semiramis may well be repeated names from antiquity. "The Two Babylons" (which was published by Chick Publications) was very well researched, but I would not insist on its infallibility any more than I would on texts by Woodrow or Parsons since none of them are the Holy Scriptures.
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"...since none of them are the Holy Scriptures"? Uh, am the only one who sees the elephant in the room? "The 2 babylons" has been discredited from here to next month with a couple of extra Sundays thrown in. I actually sat down (years ago) and TRIED to find the "story" of Seth, Nimrod, and Semiramis as told by JTC. It wasn't there! Please, what pages in the book? Tell us! There is, just as an aside, a long standing belief that Noah had a 4th son and that HE taught Nimrod about astrology.
Read the Book that God Himself preserved as a matter of historical fact because you will not find an error, addition, or omission in it.
For the English-speaking peoples, the King James Version (AV) of the Holy Bible is the fully reliable final authority in all matters because it is the divinely inspired, inerrant, infallible and preserved words of God in written form.
In short, the King James Bible is the Holy Scripture in English.
I have a New American Bible myself. I mentioned Ralph Woodrow because he had written a book like "The 2 Babylons" but later retracted his views in another book because he came to understand that it was all bunk. I do have to admit that I flubbed up earlier when I wrote "Seth" instead of "Shem". Oops.
@RomneyGack I presumed that you meant "Shem," and earlier I made a typo as well which I should correct: "The Two Babylons" was NOT published by Chick Publications.
For its accuracy, the King James Bible (AV) is unrivallled in English: often other version actually wind up mistranslating the Koine Greek and Hebrew into inferior, misleading, or incorrect English. I hope that you will use the fully reliable KJV for your future studies.
After having luch with David W. Daniels, Chick's researcher and right-hand apparently, I feel more confident about his facts. Also, his (Daniels') book, 'Babylon Religion' is exquisitely documented and I HIGHLY recommend it.
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I must have ticked somebody off fierce to get so many negative comments! "When they persecute you in one town go to another"- Mt 10. PS Jack Chick is a theological twinkie.
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matthew 10:30).
"And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you" (Acts 27:33).
"Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat" (Acts 27:36).
Interesting, and sad, that when you present the "down side" you couple that thought with God's Word. I would say that you should 'rethink' your opinion but that would be just as much in error as where you already stand. Rather you should pray about what you consider to be a "baseless opinion" and keep your own baseless opinion to yourself lest you cause more stumbling amongst the brethren than there already is.
I've had a full day. Thank you for writing me so much. However, everything you are writing me about I know. In fact, I am here at the library trying to put together my own literature- but that you for thinking of me. PS Jack Chick is the theological equivalant of a corndog.
Jack Chick's tracts are clear presentations of the sound Biblical doctrine of Salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone, Romney.
Chick makes no pretense of being a "theologian" (nor has he done so in the past) but he cannot be described as any sort of religious charlatan with any validity. Moreover, his tracts are demonstrably cogent statements of evangelism--and well-done from a graphic designer's perspective.
I sincerely hope this helps, my friend. Have a nice day!
To be honest, I think his best tract is "This is Your Life". He could have stopped there. So much else of what he touches on requires ... something. I frst "bumped into" JTC in a used bookstore when i found some old comics way back in 1983 (or was it '84?) so I have known all about Mr.Wonderful for some time. There was an old website (gone now) by Dwayne Somebodyorother where he met JTC, desscribed his offices, talked to him, etc. I wrote that he was a corndog because there a little meat there.
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" (1Peter 2).
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
We may also recall Paul's admontion to the Corinthians that "when I was a child I spoke as a child" and in Hebrews, "Let us put aside elementary things" JTC can be very clever but he still scratches the surface. This then asks the question: why should the Christian even bother to "grow". Why treat salvation as a "once for all" if a sould must mature and thrive? This points to the sacramental life of the Church and the exercise of holy charity.
Knowing and observing "sacraments" is of no value to you, me, or anyone else, Romney, because they are (a) based on jesuitical sophistry like all modern Papist dogma, and more significantly (b) have absolutely no relationship to Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, the Messiah, the "Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." For such reasons, the revived Roman pagan rituals that the Vatican calls "sacraments" are not the "works" of James 2, but devilish frauds which the Bible opposes.
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Now you've just shot yourself in the foot. Please, tell me, all cyberspace, (1) what are the Jesuits? (2) when did the sacraments come about? (3) when did the Jesuits come into being?
Like popish Romanism itself, the revived pagan rituals that the Vatican calls sacraments are the fictions of charlatans and idolators, Romney. For a more complete dissertation on jesuitism, you might wish to refer to books on Inigo de Loyola and his views about Domingo de Guzman, his ideological predecessor. Mysticism coupled to Papist fanaticism have characterized jesuitical thought and practice since its onset in the XVI Century--and were almost passe when one considers the Inquisition's age.
Um, so, that means you don't have an answer for me? (1 & 3) The Jesuits were founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1533 as priests in the service of the Pope Paul III in whatever capacity he may wish- be it as teachers or missionaries (in which thousands have lost their lives- even at the hands of Protestants). (2) The 7 sacraments are from Christ and the Apostles. "Without Me you can do nothing" John 15:5. More next time.
PS St. Dominic founded the Dominicans in the same time as S. Francis of Assisi.
Human mortality is a fact of life, Romney, but the Roman curia and its agents like the Italian (and French) Medicis, the Borgias, and the promoters of the Spanish Inquisition--notably followers of Domingo de Guzman and later Loyola--were murderous butchers.
By the way, Romney, Inigo de Loyola is the real name of "Ignatius Loyala," in Spanish--but not in Basque (which may or may not seem even more arcane to you). In no way did he preach salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ.
What's this "human mortality" stuff? (1) The Medicis were Italian. (2) The 2 Borgia popes were Spaniards (3) The average reader KNOWS Ignatius Loyola but NOT Inigo (4) The Inquisition helped save the West thru combating dualist and anti-social heresies (see Nickerson's "The Inquisition" and Walsh's "Characters of the Inquisition") (5) The Spanish Inq. was an arm of the Spanish gov used to combat subversive elements and Judaizers (who received moral support from Alexander VI after their exile).
Nickerson and Walsh, Romney!!! You wrote that you think Jack Chick has a screw loose, but you would assert that the "Inquisition helped save the West..." and "...combat subversive elements and Judaizers"
Both Marie and Cahterine de Medici(s) were Queens of France: the latter connived at the infamous St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre.
These days, however, the pompous prelates of the Vatican seem to prefer protecting pedophiles and financial criminals. Vanitas vanitatum...O Roma nobilis.
Well, the Inq DID help save the West. You also took two separate statements and put them together- naughty controversialist! The Sp. Inq. was different than other Inqs. It existed when diff. nations were becoming modern and centralized and it was an intsrument of that centralization. Again, read Walsh. Also, the Vatican did not "defend pedophiles". John Paul II spoke against the liberal morals of many American clerics but no one paid any attention because he wasn't scary.
What's next, Romney, the Marxist Dialectic? The Inquisition--with a history that precedes Marco Polo and survives Napoleon Buonaparte--is not going to be remembered as a "savior of the west," but rather as the bloody, Antisemitic atrocity of Caesar-Pope Idol Shepherds on an internationally grand scale that it truly was as a matter of historical fact.
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience"(Ephesians 5:6).
I never wrote that it was the "savior" of the West. It helped stem the tide of Oriental dualism and despair that arose in Europe after the Crusades. I have to say, though, I am wondering where you are getting your sources from. You use too many archaic spellings. Again, feel free to read up on everything I've mentioned- apostolic succession, the apostlic fathers, that sort of thing.
Historical sources reflect the orthography of the time, Romney. After all, serious history isn't "lite beer," but relatively few Americans care enough ever to learn about it. Such ignorance makes America easy prey to ideologues when our enfranchised fellow citizens cast a vote.
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things" (Romans 1:22).
"I thank you, Father, for what You have hidden from the learned and wise You have revealed to the merest children... Come to Me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take My yoke upon your shoulders and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for My yoke is easy and My burden light." Matthew 11:25 & 28-30
"But to as many as received Him [the Lord Jesus Christ] to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:12-13)
"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
"Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24).
When I pray, I remind myself that i believe in God because HE IS, that I follow Jesus because only He showed His love for us, and I am Catholic so that I will never be alone. The living God became a living man and has left a living people, a living kingdom, a living bride in the world. I understand the ease with which one can take the written Word of God and become satisfied but I'm afraid you may never appreciate what it is to step out into that journey of faith. The Faith is alive!
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." (John 3:7-8).
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life" (John 6:47).
Well, I'm back but I need to hit the road. It occured to me that pennylaneproductions is sitting there, laughing his tail off at all this drama. You certainly know your Bible, so take care of yourself and don't take JTC too seriously.
Earlier you wrote that the "The 7 sacraments are from Christ and the Apostles," but the Scriptures record nothing of the sort, Romney. According to the Holy Bible, there is no reason to suppose that any or the Apostles ever preached "sacramentalism." Certainly the Lord Jesus Christ had no part of such a fiction.
"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" (John 6:35).
The reason I wrotethat I'm hitting the road is because (1) you are insulting in asking if I need to "know more about Jesus" and (2) you are not open to reason. "They have ears but they do not hear", "If they do not receive you shake the dust off your feet as you leave". I was trying to be polite and discreet. Someone has spoonfed you a bunch of nonsense about anybody other than your particular sect. However, next time I will pick up with the 7 sacraments.
Wrong again, Romney. First of all, I am quite capable of feeding myself by God's grace and have been for decades. Moreover, the Lord God has spoken through the prophets according to the Scriptures. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2Peter 1:21).
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2Timothy 3:16).
You really like your non sequiters. I didn't write anything about prophecy, the Bible. However, when paul wrote Timothy, he was talking about the Scriptures of the Hebrews, not what was to become the New Testament. Also, there is nothing there about the Bible as a final authority. If one wants the check out FIRST Timothy"... the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth" (3:15 and opposed to 2 Tim 3:16). The Church is His Body, His Flock, His Bride and our Mother. :)
The church is our mother? I beg to differ. The ONLY time anything/anyone is referred to as the mother of us all is the New Jerusalem (Ga 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.) The phrase 'Holy Mother Church' is about as biblical as 'Holy Toldeo, Batman!"
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Huh? You exist! I hope I have been providing some good entertainment for you. I didn't write "Holy Mother Church" ( though she is) but the word "Bible" isn't Biblical, either- nor is Rapture, evangelize, pulpit, choir (I guess choir may be). The Kingdom is Heaven is among us.
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Well, the Church is inthe words of the Nicene Creed One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The image of the Bride (used in Ephesians and Hosea) is key here. She is the Bride of Christ- very feminine if you consider her love of pretty things, nice clothes, and holidays. She is also tolerant of every ten penny flake who shows up saying that our Lady or an angel said this or that and takes time to sort out messes.
Every Thomas, Ruchard, and Henry who reads it automatically sees the Assumption of Mary. You may also want to look at Rev 11:19. John sees the ark of the covenant THEN sees the Woman. Then, compare 2 Sam 6 (David brings the ark to Jerusalem and dances for joy) with the Annunciation in Lk 1, when Mary ("the mother of my Lord", "all generations shall call me blessed"- do you?) gets a grand reception from the unborn John the Baptiser. The OT prefigures the New.
Revelation 11:19 refers to no single person male or female currently living or dead with the exceptions of St. John the Evangelist and the Lord Jesus Christ. Confusion about a reference to the ark is clarifiied in Revelation 15:5 ff: "And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles."
That a political cabal like the Roman curia would even attempt by flimsy sophistries to masquerade as the chuch built by the Lord Jesus Christ upon Himself often defies description. Its forays into exegesis tres manque are no less laughable than "Catholic Theology" itself an oxymoron.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters (Rev. 17:1).
"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication" (Rev 17:1ff).
"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (Rev 17:18).
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "...I am the way, the truth,and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me" John 14:6
"For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16.
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" 1Peter 1:23
Amen, BrotherMark. Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd; How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd! The Lord has promis'd good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures.
I just found a video on chick tracts that explains part of this evil doing, I don't think I found it as a coincidence, and thus, I'm putting the user's name, so that you can check it out. god Bless., Nonetheless, even though I was not looking for a video that spoke about it I found it nonetheless, in something not even close to, or related to this topic.User is "Button36"
Natasha1233211 1 week ago
we are not, as Catholics, responsible for how people live out their own salvation, just as parents are not responsible on how their children live out their life once they get married, but we are responsible, to show them or point them to the right direction, that way we become participants of salvation, but we don't try to become the savior. Parents can advice and be part of the solution but not the solution, hope you understand what I mean. and God Bless you and enlightened you. :)
Natasha1233211 1 week ago
One more thing, We as catholics do have the obligation to collaborate in the salvation of others, just as parents have tthe obligation to teach the right way of living and faith to their children, and they also have the obligation to care for their needs, and to always supervised them until the day of their death, although once they are grown ups parents are not accountable for their mistakes or bad choices made, but yet it is their duty to talk to them, advice them, and help them, same with us
Natasha1233211 1 week ago
Personally, I said before that I do not agrre on other teaching's of "God" regarding other creeds, just as Paul did not sympathize with the way other people viewed God, but centered himself in God alone, and on that center he spoke and evangelize . He came to people in a friendly way, not arguing. Chick tracts are evangelical and they talk a lot vs our Catholic Church NO thumbs up for me at all. Furthermore, I would never recommend it to any catholic especially those who don't know our faith.
Natasha1233211 1 week ago
my goal is to give out 10'000 tracts this year....so far Im at about 350!
hpnc 1 month ago
@hpnc His word never returns void. Profitable work you are doing. God bless.
pennylaneproductions 1 month ago
Good video. Glad to know another Christian's thoughts. I use these Tracts regularly. I'm an artist, too, and I love the Illustrations. The Black Comics and the Bible Story ones have GREAT Artwork. Passing them out doesn't guarantee that the recipient will "be Saved" as a result. For, each person has free-will and must choose themselves, before GOD. But, I see them as Invitations to GOD's Kingdom. A Seed planted. A reminder to them that GOD loves them and desires that they not perish in Hell.
gdg1963 2 months ago
@gdg1963 Thanks very much. There are some I won't use but I definitely like most of them and admire JTC a great deal.
pennylaneproductions 1 month ago
I'm inspired by Chick Tracts to draw cartoons from the bible perspective thanks for sharing your opinion. I think personally his tracts are a bit heavy-handed and make God look worse than the devil, sorry, but his drawings a brilliant and inspiring.
LanguageInAMinute 3 months ago
Is this a parody?
Also, HAIL SATAN!
Only9x9rabbit 4 months ago
I don't understand how someone can give these comics a thumbs up, for the following reasons. The author references the Taxil HOAX as truth bashing a certain group of people. The author has used stories from a convicted rapist. The author makes witchcraft seem everywhere, making people peranoid of their neighbors. People forget that this author has made millions telling partial truths, then referencing the bible as back up, for his misinformation, and no knowledge of history.
Jwciraq 4 months ago
Principal critics like MrBrent123t have no point, because, if you look at it, they generally reject the Gospel itself. I would say that a very large part of the criticism of chick tracks stems from that reason. So the whole thing is mainly a discussion about the truth of the Gospel than about a successful variant of evangelization, i.e. Chick tracts. God bless you, pennylaneproductions, and keep on!
tubi333 5 months ago
Soul winning tracts, the truth is people don't want to hear the truth, they want to believe that God loves them no matter what and don't want to change their lives or don't want to crack open the Bible and read it!! It has too many pages and zero pictures....well I suggest you read it brother and sisters and base your life upon it, it is truly life changing :)
TruthPiper 5 months ago
The Chick tracts are horribly written and display very poor artwork. That's from a purely aesthetic standpoint. Now I also think they are full of hate speech, and a desperate desire to see people burning in hell. I think anyone who finds motivation in Chick tracts has a repulsive set of morals, and I would despise them on principle.
MrBrent123t 9 months ago
@MrBrent123t You have just judged God as being lacking in morals. Not wise. Also, desire to see people attain eternal life and joy is not 'hate'
pennylaneproductions 9 months ago
@pennylaneproductions I never mentioned god, I was talking about Christians. And according to the bible almost everyone will go to hell, and that is a recurring theme in many chic tracts. If a god really loved his creations he would NEVER set up EITHER an eternal punishment or and eternal reward both sentences are unjust as we couldn't do enough to deserve on or the other. I think think the state after death is the state before birth, as no awareness exists in either state.
MrBrent123t 9 months ago
@MrBrent123t Amen to that! Here in Canada, where I live, these tracts have been banned as hate literature, and rightfully so. The overall tone of the tracts is hateful, dark and humourless, and the mentality behind them is straight out of the Dark Ages - much like evangelical Christianity itself.
russallert 6 months ago
the one big pro for the Chick tracts is they are so off the wall they are almost self-parodying. It has been hard to satirise for this reason.
scarletharlot69 9 months ago
Curious about something, is Mother Theresa in hell? I mean, presumably she died a Catholic, right?
NonDramaZone 9 months ago
@NonDramaZone OF course I wouldn't know but I have heard that she a) relied on the 'Blessed Mother' to save her and b) relied on her works IN ADDITION to what Christ did. If I had to guess, I would say she was definitely in hell (along with JP II and the other popes).
pennylaneproductions 9 months ago
@pennylaneproductions Do you think she did all those 'good works' because she thought they were going to save her, or because she genuinely believed she was spreading the gospel by living a Christ-like life?
NonDramaZone 9 months ago
@pennylaneproductions I agree 100%
southernsales777 9 months ago
Reality is rude and crude, and running around with rose-tinted lenses is not going to make the outcome feel any better!
I like them a lot and use them a lot for soul-winning!
RainhadoCanto4 10 months ago
@NeoLibsSuck Yes think for yourself, and realize there's a void deep inside
14greg14 11 months ago
@NeoLibsSuck They aren't so evil, just blind spiritually is a better assessment
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Jack T. Chick's "God" is NOT a God: According to Chicks's gospel, if a soul whose name cannot be found in the "Book of Life", this "God" has NO OTHER CHOICE but to condemn this soul to hell. Yes, he MUST condemn him. But God is per definition OMNIPOTENT. Therefore, if Chick's "God" MUST do something, he cannot change the rule he himself created, or act on his will. Therefore, he is not omnipotent and therefore NO GOD.
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A theology which demonises any religion or POV is not based on grace, but on works. If CCism is as bad as alleged, by Chick, & in the video, it is more likely than those right-thinking Baptists/Fundamentalists to receive grace from Christ - not less.
Fundies don't believe in grace, but in salvation by works; the work of not being a Catholic, or a Muslim, or whatever. Muslims don't do the work of believing in Christ - but a lot of them behave in a gracious way, thanks be to God.
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5355vbxjbj76rvn 1 year ago
You are a deluded clown, how old are you?
These are disgusting brainwashing idiocy, for children and overgrown children like you. You can have nightmares about satan and hell until you finally become wormfood.
But to show these and give these to children is disgusting. And I'll just bet most of the chumps like you who think these are perfectly acceptable for kids, are also the kind of people who are moaning and groaning about kids watching horror films, or video games.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
martiangrundy 1 year ago
@martiangrundy watching horror movies and playing violent games desensitizes young people to the suffering of others. They are fantasies and sick ones at that. Being made aware of the reality of God and what He expects of man is necessary. BTW I don't have nightmares, nor do I live in fear, nor guilt nor any other thing you people imagine.
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions NO, of course you don't.
because YOU just happen to have chosen the right way to appease this "all loving" god.
BUT how can you be so sure that YOU have chosen correctly? How many different sects/denominations of christian are there? How many different religions are there, and have there been through time.
How do you know that you've been listening to the right people all this time?
Or are you one of those who's convinced that god has actually spoken to him personally?
martiangrundy 1 year ago
@martiangrundy He certainly hasn't spoken to me personally. Objective analyses of various religions always lead to the conclusion that the Jewish/Christian scriptures are the only credible ones. And you believe in...no God, I assume? Time, chance and the impersonal?
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions
"Objective analysis". REALLY?
How much of that have you actually done on your own religion? The VAST majority of christians I've ever encountered who actually have done any real honest unbiased research into religions and especially the bible, history and the historicity of jesus are EX christians.
Most however are incapable of honestly researching though, as they have been frightened witless from an early age into belief, unquestioning belief. And FAITH.
Deities are myths.
martiangrundy 1 year ago
@martiangrundy I wan't taught to believe anything. I came to believe when I was 28. You don;t believe in deities? Any? So a bunch of stuff that was just there somehow got itself together and became rational, aesthetic, moral, creative beings? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! How can you look at yourself in the mirror and not laugh?
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions
HA HA HA HA!!!
How old are you? You seem a little too old to be this ignorant.
You've obviously never bothered in the slightest with an education, preferring instead to read from a book of fairy tales.
So you obviously think it's far more sensible to assume that a magic man in the sky blinked everything into existence, than the SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE would suggest that modern people have endeavoured to learn.
And you have the brass neck to laugh.
HA HA HA HA.
Grow up you fool.
martiangrundy 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions
Just as a matter of interest. You say you were not taught to believe.
Where did you learn about this deity that you believe in? What is it? How do you know it even exists? Why is your particular flavour of deity the correct one, yet the THOUSANDS of other deities dreamt up by man are merely fictions?
Please don't answer with the pathetic usual canards of the bible, and faith.
Let's have something a little better than those.
martiangrundy 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions Enjoyed your commentary here brother. However, as someone who found out the truth about high-level freemasonry, witchcraft and the hierarchy of the pagan church of Rome in a very personal way BEFORE being turned on to the work of Jack Chick, I can only assure you as a sincere brother in Christ that his "weird" ideas on these subjects are spot-on from what I've read of them. My question is: Have you read his 32-page comic books, and if so, what do you make of "Sabotage?"
salmagnum 1 year ago
@salmagnum I have read the Alberto series. Actually I have amended my views since doing this vid. Having had lunch with David W. Daniels, author and chick's researcher have come to believe the claims as well. The appendix of Daniels' book Babylon Religion' is priceless. Thanks for your comment!
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago
Thank you mr Chick for making it so clear how much Jesus loves all of us.....well, all of us except catholics, jews, blacks, gays, geologists, archeaologists, astronomers or really just about everyone with a brain that isn't easily duped by delusion.
morgan4xl 1 year ago 3
Some God, he gives a choice of obey or suffer which is not really much of a choice
TheMuninn 1 year ago 2
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Jack chick is a charlatan. His "tracts" are nothing more than blatant, bold faced lies, whos purpose is to do nothing more than to incite fear, and mistrust about oneself and the world around us.
The fact that anyone would ACTUALLY read these leaflets of black propaganda, and think to themselves..."Now that was a good read" is ignorant to the point of recklessness. People whom think that they can save themselves while by damning others with words "from god" are only running from there own hell
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
@TonyPstunts
What you wrote sounds really strange.
As darkness follows sunset and awakens the creatures of the night, infidels--particularly inveterate atheists--are rather bizarre aliens to the realm of truth and light.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 3
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@jjpetkusiii Yes indeed, what I WROTE sounded strange. You think that someone not having a religion is living in the dark, yet you have religions with doctrine based on social & "moral" ethical codes from up to almost 5000 years ago? All people involved in this discussion think that they are the ones living "in the realm of truth and light". and that the opposing side are "creatures of the night,-infidels". The major religions of the world will bring about the end of us ALL!
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
@TonyPstunts
The word "Christian" is found exactly three times in the Holy Bible, and that term does not refer to "religions." According to the Scriptures, Christianity is the relationship that a man or woman who is saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone has with his or her Savious as His disciple.
Believe the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ today, and be saved by grace through faith in the Son of God alone.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 6
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@jjpetkusiii Y'know, the king james version of the bible is the holy text that you christians doctored up. The world that which you live in, is a shared one. Not simply christian, nor, muslim, nor jew. Therefor you and other religious zealots preaching your dusty old doctrines to the rest of the world as if are obligated to you and your ways is nothing more than religious and spiritual empiricism. If god so gave man the yitzhara "gift of free will" then its up to the individual to follow it.
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
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@TonyPstunts
Perhaps you should do literate humanity a favor and read the King James Bible before commenting on it in the future.
The canon rules as set forth in the Scriptures themselves are evidence enough of corruption in the modern mistranslations which carnal, worldly and devilish apostates and infidels continue to advocate just as they been pushing their vile counterfeits of the word of God since the days of the Apostles themselves.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 5
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@jjpetkusiii Its foolish to go out and use YOUR free will to subject and damn others for doing/ thinking/ saying/ living as you do not. Keep your ego out of your doctrine, and then your doctrine wont become your dogma. What do you care if this or that person is damned to hell? For if you DID care about the salvation of others one would think that you would be much less haughty about proselytizing such a truly benevolent message. Propagation without humility is nothing more than noise.
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
@TonyPstunts
You fail exegesis, by the way, but no error, addition, or omission to the Scriptural text of the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible (KJV) has ever been proven.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again" (John 3:7).
Obviously, the accuracy of the Holy Bible and a sort of empiricism are extremely significant to you, but when were you born again?
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 4
@jjpetkusiii Oh for gods sake I was "born again" and again and YET AGAIN in the years 1993,& 1994 ANNO DOMINI. Yet my free will leads to places of self realization and understanding. All you Modern Day "theologians" can do is regurgitate your scriptures like verbal vomit from a parrots beak. The only thing I "fail" at is keeping in time with your dated and backwards ways of looking at the world as a spiritual battlefield separate from our own being. Yet what YOU fail at is understanding that....
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
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jjpetkusiii 1 year ago
@TonyPstunts
Neither Moslems, nor atheists, nor Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, tribal animists, Eskimos, etc., accept the Holy Bible, and it was not received by Roman pagans AT ANY TIME--unless they were saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Sinful men have free will, and the problem of idolators receiving the Biblical truth in faith has not abated over the centuries: "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" (2Timothy 3:13).
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 4
@jjpetkusiii WE ARE ALL GODS CHILDREN! A good shepherd tends to the WHOLE flock, not just the white and fluffy. So go ahead and spit more bible babble at me, thinking its going to set in like the sea across the shore. And while your at it, go ahead and hold your breath too. d^_^b
TonyPstunts 1 year ago
@TonyPstunts
Conflicting, false, or wildly fictionalized accounts of the assassination of John F. Kennedy do not legitimately refute the reality of his murder in Dallas several decades ago, nor do the myths of idolaters disprove the existence of the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Is there anything about the Lord Jesus Christ that you still need to know?
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 4
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Taking any kind of pleasure or delight in the idea of your brothers and sisters being tortured for all of eternity is not the kind of love Jesus himself preached.
eyepoo 1 year ago
The con about chick tracts you missed is his very subtle FALSE Lordship Salvation (works salvation) present in the end of every tract. See youtube video: Jack Chick's false gospel: works salvation. for this. Also read the article "When Gospel Tracts Kill". It is very subtle and dangerous and left me confused and lost for some time. A better tract I recommend is "You Need HIS Righteousness!" by David J Stewart.
kdkdieie 1 year ago 2
I like the Jesus-Is-Savior site and Mr. Stewart BUUUUUT...he made an amazing statement once that salvation doesn't come from repentance from sin. Au contrere. 'Repent' was the first message out of John's mouth, followed by Jesus and the rest of the apostles.
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago
@pennylaneproductions
Repentance is a change of heart and mind toward God, for you will always sin.
I suggest you read 50 years in the Church of Rome and The Suppressed Truth About The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, free to read on the net.
In fact, Jesuits were behind the assassination of Lincoln.
Furthermore, since there is obvious errors to be found in the New Perversions, then Chick is right to be KJV Only.
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago 4
Yes, I totally agree 100% with what this video said about Chick tracts. Sure, some of the claims made in them are out there in left field but they do a most excellent job in putting forth the fact that Jesus & Jesus alone is your only hope in getting saved. When reading them, keep what this video said in mind.
substentic 2 years ago
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these things are hysterical in just how divorced from reality they can get. or at least they would be, if only they were parody. clearly, however, they are meant to be taken seriously, and there are plenty of lunatics who buy into them.
psycher7 2 years ago
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You can buy a complete new set of Chick tracts from his website--a sample set. I think all are still available--not that I'm trying to promote Chicks materials or personal wealth--I thought you might like to know.
They certainly are 'over-the-top'.
gondolacrescent5 2 years ago
Thanks, good video!
aietes 2 years ago
Jack Chick is a moron. Christians are morons. Anyone who believes in ANY religion is a moron. Religion has done NOTHING to better the world in over 2000 years - technology and science on the other hand have. It's a fact that:
Adam & Eve = bullshit!
Noah's Ark - bullshit!
Genesis = bullshit!
Creationism = bullshit!
Etc., etc. How much more proof do you need?
Religion is evil and has caused of most wars including the war on terror! How can you live in the 21st century and support any religion?
oldfartrants 2 years ago
Well, your screen name is truth in advertising, that was quiet a rant. Since you are sentien enough to know how to communicate, there is NO possible way you are stupid enough to believe that all things came into being by time, chance, and the impersonal. Have you checked out any intelligent, scientific answers (see the John Ankerberg Show,, for example)? If you are an honest person, you will ee there IS a creator and He has revealed Himself.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago 2
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@pennylaneproductions ever heard of emergence? look it up dumbass. why are christians so deliberately ignorant? all your claims have been refuted ad nauseum yet you continue to spew.
mittROMNEY666 2 years ago
@oldfartrants
Your above post reminds me of a person in the woods complaining they can't see the forest for all trees.
In post-earthquake ravaged Haiti I see evidence of many organizations selflessly providing relief that are either connected directly to the The Church or were created by Christians as an expression of their faith in God. The Red Cross is one example of that.
What I've not seen is any atheist response--aside from the usual "survival of the fittest" brush-off.
gondolacrescent5 2 years ago 2
True, very true.. now come see my ETA,and IRA video =)
to hell(lol) with religions
condorlegion89 2 years ago
Ask God to open up your eyes my friend. Obviously you are a person that is really searching. You would not be looking at these particular videos if you weren't.
Religion was created by man. What you need is a personal walk with the Lord. Just talk to him just like you would anybody else and he would show you that he is real, if you let him.
psalms2327 2 years ago
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Searching? I'm not sure if your post is addressing mine but some people, perhaps lots, are attracted to Chick tracts in the same way they're tempted to look at horrible car accidents when passing.
Chick Tracting can be a form of voyeurism.
gondolacrescent5 2 years ago
Awesome! I agree Chick Tracts are great. I think illistrated tracts are best for this video, tv, gaming, generation. Also see Ron Wheeler & Ray Comfort Tracts for some more good ones. GOD bless you brother!
koronmays 2 years ago
hey thanks for posting iheard some of what you were saying pretty cool
anyway kjv is a touchy subject, and i dont agree to fight over it
i think chistians should win the world and then discuss their theology , anyway i dont see why jack chick needs to do a interview its pretty clear where he is coing from
but yeah that would be fun
anyway God Bless You all ! hope you like my puppet show above
peace
parisreidhead 2 years ago
It was cool, thanks!
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
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Cons - teach a false plan of works salvation that will take you straight to hell. Promote Satanic Zionism which is as wicked as the devil.
Pros - Make excellent toilet paper and fire starter
Proverbs1x26refurbed 2 years ago
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The only good thing about Chick Tracts is that they are hilarious. :\
Bandaids4ever 2 years ago
@Bandaids4ever tHEY SAVE PEOPLE FROM GOING TO HELL!
seka1986 2 years ago 3
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Even assuming hell existed in the first place, and that all of your Christian beliefs are correct, chick tracts do a horrible job of converting people. You aren't going to scare anyone in to becoming Christian. The non believer will simply laugh at your empty threats and the people sitting on the fence will be pushed further away. The only true way to convert a reasonably intelligent nonbeliever is to show them some overwhelming evidence. Chick Tracts, needless to say, do not do this.
Bandaids4ever 2 years ago
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I'm not trying to stomp on your beliefs, by the way. I just don't think that these offensive, and disturbingly stupid comic strips are a good thing. I'm sure you can agree they have their negative aspects.
: )
Bandaids4ever 2 years ago
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For Heaven's sake, fellas, you already obliterated most of my comments 'cause they don't agree Chick (so-
called) "theology"- although it does w/ the majority of Christians alive today or who ever have lived. You're just worshipping a narrow, latter day theology which sowed the seeds of modernist disbelief. From "We have a responsibility to God" to "I determine know the Truth (according to the Spirit)" to "I know the truth (according to Me)" to "Me". Objectivism is replaced by subjectivism.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty" (Revelation 1:8).
"John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne" (Rev. 1:4).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago 2
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So, how many varmits did you guys have to rustle up for this ambush?
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Chick Publications has produced over 700 million Gospel tracts, videos, books, posters, et al. Chick Tracts are also very popular around the globe, Romney, and they have been translated into more than 100 languages.
Jack Chick is regarded very warmly by many people who are also grateful to God for his ministry of evangelism in print form.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
I'm sure he is.
RomneyGack 2 years ago 2
Jack Chick began writing and illustrating Gospel tracts in 1960, and Chick Publications (which he founded in 1970) adheres to Scriptural doctrine in its statement of faith. For example, "Salvation is the gift of God and includes the forgiveness of sins, the imputation of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, and the gift of eternal life. Union with the triune God provides all blessings in this life and the life hereafter. Salvation is received by faith alone, apart from all good works and merit..."
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
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I know all about JTC, that's why I do not respect him. Catholic Answers and Christianity Today have good materials on him. I write again- HE DOES NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED! HE DOES NOT GIVE INTERVIEWS! HE IS IN HIS OWN, INSULATED WORLD! What does that say about him? Those are FACTS!
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Why should anyone be expected to submit to unsolicited interviews or have his photos and statements caricatured, Romney? Jack Chick is a writer and illustrator of easy-to-understand evangelistic literature; he is not a candidate for public office or a criminal defendant!
There is absolutely no need for any American voluntarily to deprive himself of what little privacy he may still have--despite the jaded musings of wannabe Andy Warhols or the whims of partisan paparazzo "journalists."
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago 2
Um, back in '80 he got suckered by the late Alberto Rivera and published the "Alberto" series. Everyone wanted to talk to him, etc, but he was "mumm". Take a step back and THINK about it.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
For more historical details about the information on jesuitism and the Papacy found in much of the "Alberto" series, Romney, I would recommend Lord Macaulay's Essays on Ranke's History of the Popes and Edmond Paris's The
Vatican Against Europe.
Although the Alberto series came out in the 1980s, it remains popular today.
I suppose that Jack Chick and Chick Publications are better known for the publication of illustrated Gospel tracts like The Accident, available in many languages today.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
I own the Alberto series. I own The prophet. I own the latest one about Joseph Smith. I've spent 20 years studying Church history. As i wrote, start w/ the apostolic fathers. Have a nice day.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
You may (or may not) therefore qualify as something of a Chick Publications' aficionado, Romney, in your own way, and I sincerely hope that the Alberto series will edify you. Neither Chick's comics nor the theories of ancient apologists, however, constitute the text of the Old and New Testament.
For the English-speaking peoples, the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible (KJV) is the final authority in all matters, because it is the flawless preservation of the Holy Scriptures in our language.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago 2
Well, you're free to like the KJV and, no, the apostolic fathers were not "ancient apologists" for the Church or theoriticians. They were the disciples of the Apostles (or people who knew them).
RomneyGack 2 years ago
For the English-speaking peoples, the King James Bible is authoritative because it is the Scriptures, the inspired words of God which He Himself has preserved in their entirety.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away" (Mark 13:31).
Ancient texts which are not the Holy Bible, however, may or may not have valid historic significance and can be questioned for their accuracy, internal consistency, and the motive of their human authors.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago 2
@RomneyGack He doesn't have to give interviews or get his photo taken. He is a great cartoonist!
seka1986 2 years ago 3
My point is that he WON'T. He thinks that the world is after him. Charles Manson gives interviews but not Jack Chick.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
@RomneyGack so what? that's Jack's choice isn't it? Manson also killed many people but Jack didn't. Stupid analogy, try again.
seka1986 2 years ago 6
I suppose it's not a good comparison. However, back in '80 he caused a huge stink by backing the con artist Alberto Rivera/Romero and his unsubstantiated claims against the Church. He would not give interviews or allowed himself to be photographed and still does not. there are 2 known pictures of him- one from his high school yearbook and a drawing of him by the Catholic apologist Jimmy Aiken. Ask yourself- what does this say about him?
RomneyGack 2 years ago
@RomneyGack It says he is camera shy. I hope he keeps churning out the Chick Tracts because they save souls!
seka1986 2 years ago 9
Yes, JTC means well- and he still has a couple buttons loose.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
@RomneyGack maybe so but you have to admire his ability to get his message out with his unique tract format.
seka1986 2 years ago 3
He was inspired- back when- by the method used by Chinese communists. That is an insight into the times he came from (WW2 vet, the Cold War).
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Jack Chick's sense of history is not so shallow as to ignore the Hitlerzeit, or the Vatican's support of Nazism in Germany during Hitler's rise to power. Der Fuehrer, by the way, was a great admirer or the Jesuit order, and one of its members edited Mein Kampf.
Que viva Alberto Rivera! At great personal risk, he told the truth. Kudos to Chick Publications for its courage to publish the "Alberto" series.
Yes, Romney, the Cold War is over, but the Great Commission is still in effect.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago 4
As a personal friend of Jack Chick, he has told me face to face everything that I could ever want to know about his tracts and his views.
Bluesnaggs 2 years ago
Then, PLEASE, tell us why he won't let himself be photographed or interviewed? His VIEWS are obvious- but his BEHAVIOR is another matter. Even Jesus was interviewed by Nicodemus!
RomneyGack 1 year ago
@RomneyGack, He allows himself to be interviewed by friends and photographed with friends. He did give only one interview to a local paper some years back. He loves to give the status quo a bad time. Yes, I'm familiar also with Jimmy Aiken and told him once that we beat him to the punch with a video documentary of our own. I chuckled "Haw haw haw!" in response! I can imagine the cartoon demons coming out and mocking him.
Bluesnaggs 1 year ago
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So, you fellas love yourselves more than souls? PS Nothing in "The Two Babylons" (which JTC has driven into the ground like a rental car) is in the Bible- so much for being a "Bible Believer".
RomneyGack 1 year ago
@RomneyGack I read "The Two Babylons" years ago, and its historical references are accurate. Just as Foxes Book of Martyrs is not a Scriptural text per se, such historical works--although not inerrant like the Holy Bible--are properly instructive. Similarly, no commentary on the Scripture can properly claim plenary verbal inerrancy, but such works may very edifying.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 2
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Ralph Woodrow (1960s) and Father Robert Parsons (late 16th c). PS around 1000 years (more or less) separated Nimrod and Semiramis.
RomneyGack 1 year ago
Just as there was more than one Cleopatra or Ptolemy in the ancient world, Romney, Nimrod and Semiramis may well be repeated names from antiquity. "The Two Babylons" (which was published by Chick Publications) was very well researched, but I would not insist on its infallibility any more than I would on texts by Woodrow or Parsons since none of them are the Holy Scriptures.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 2
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"...since none of them are the Holy Scriptures"? Uh, am the only one who sees the elephant in the room? "The 2 babylons" has been discredited from here to next month with a couple of extra Sundays thrown in. I actually sat down (years ago) and TRIED to find the "story" of Seth, Nimrod, and Semiramis as told by JTC. It wasn't there! Please, what pages in the book? Tell us! There is, just as an aside, a long standing belief that Noah had a 4th son and that HE taught Nimrod about astrology.
RomneyGack 1 year ago
@RomneyGack
Read the Book that God Himself preserved as a matter of historical fact because you will not find an error, addition, or omission in it.
For the English-speaking peoples, the King James Version (AV) of the Holy Bible is the fully reliable final authority in all matters because it is the divinely inspired, inerrant, infallible and preserved words of God in written form.
In short, the King James Bible is the Holy Scripture in English.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 7
I have a New American Bible myself. I mentioned Ralph Woodrow because he had written a book like "The 2 Babylons" but later retracted his views in another book because he came to understand that it was all bunk. I do have to admit that I flubbed up earlier when I wrote "Seth" instead of "Shem". Oops.
RomneyGack 1 year ago
@RomneyGack I presumed that you meant "Shem," and earlier I made a typo as well which I should correct: "The Two Babylons" was NOT published by Chick Publications.
For its accuracy, the King James Bible (AV) is unrivallled in English: often other version actually wind up mistranslating the Koine Greek and Hebrew into inferior, misleading, or incorrect English. I hope that you will use the fully reliable KJV for your future studies.
jjpetkusiii 1 year ago 5
@Bluesnaggs
After having luch with David W. Daniels, Chick's researcher and right-hand apparently, I feel more confident about his facts. Also, his (Daniels') book, 'Babylon Religion' is exquisitely documented and I HIGHLY recommend it.
pennylaneproductions 1 year ago 3
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I must have ticked somebody off fierce to get so many negative comments! "When they persecute you in one town go to another"- Mt 10. PS Jack Chick is a theological twinkie.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matthew 10:30).
"And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you" (Acts 27:33).
"Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat" (Acts 27:36).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
Interesting, and sad, that when you present the "down side" you couple that thought with God's Word. I would say that you should 'rethink' your opinion but that would be just as much in error as where you already stand. Rather you should pray about what you consider to be a "baseless opinion" and keep your own baseless opinion to yourself lest you cause more stumbling amongst the brethren than there already is.
icartoon2 2 years ago
I've had a full day. Thank you for writing me so much. However, everything you are writing me about I know. In fact, I am here at the library trying to put together my own literature- but that you for thinking of me. PS Jack Chick is the theological equivalant of a corndog.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Jack Chick's tracts are clear presentations of the sound Biblical doctrine of Salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone, Romney.
Chick makes no pretense of being a "theologian" (nor has he done so in the past) but he cannot be described as any sort of religious charlatan with any validity. Moreover, his tracts are demonstrably cogent statements of evangelism--and well-done from a graphic designer's perspective.
I sincerely hope this helps, my friend. Have a nice day!
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
To be honest, I think his best tract is "This is Your Life". He could have stopped there. So much else of what he touches on requires ... something. I frst "bumped into" JTC in a used bookstore when i found some old comics way back in 1983 (or was it '84?) so I have known all about Mr.Wonderful for some time. There was an old website (gone now) by Dwayne Somebodyorother where he met JTC, desscribed his offices, talked to him, etc. I wrote that he was a corndog because there a little meat there.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" (1Peter 2).
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
We may also recall Paul's admontion to the Corinthians that "when I was a child I spoke as a child" and in Hebrews, "Let us put aside elementary things" JTC can be very clever but he still scratches the surface. This then asks the question: why should the Christian even bother to "grow". Why treat salvation as a "once for all" if a sould must mature and thrive? This points to the sacramental life of the Church and the exercise of holy charity.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Knowing and observing "sacraments" is of no value to you, me, or anyone else, Romney, because they are (a) based on jesuitical sophistry like all modern Papist dogma, and more significantly (b) have absolutely no relationship to Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, the Messiah, the "Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." For such reasons, the revived Roman pagan rituals that the Vatican calls "sacraments" are not the "works" of James 2, but devilish frauds which the Bible opposes.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
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Now you've just shot yourself in the foot. Please, tell me, all cyberspace, (1) what are the Jesuits? (2) when did the sacraments come about? (3) when did the Jesuits come into being?
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Like popish Romanism itself, the revived pagan rituals that the Vatican calls sacraments are the fictions of charlatans and idolators, Romney. For a more complete dissertation on jesuitism, you might wish to refer to books on Inigo de Loyola and his views about Domingo de Guzman, his ideological predecessor. Mysticism coupled to Papist fanaticism have characterized jesuitical thought and practice since its onset in the XVI Century--and were almost passe when one considers the Inquisition's age.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
Um, so, that means you don't have an answer for me? (1 & 3) The Jesuits were founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1533 as priests in the service of the Pope Paul III in whatever capacity he may wish- be it as teachers or missionaries (in which thousands have lost their lives- even at the hands of Protestants). (2) The 7 sacraments are from Christ and the Apostles. "Without Me you can do nothing" John 15:5. More next time.
PS St. Dominic founded the Dominicans in the same time as S. Francis of Assisi.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Human mortality is a fact of life, Romney, but the Roman curia and its agents like the Italian (and French) Medicis, the Borgias, and the promoters of the Spanish Inquisition--notably followers of Domingo de Guzman and later Loyola--were murderous butchers.
By the way, Romney, Inigo de Loyola is the real name of "Ignatius Loyala," in Spanish--but not in Basque (which may or may not seem even more arcane to you). In no way did he preach salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
What's this "human mortality" stuff? (1) The Medicis were Italian. (2) The 2 Borgia popes were Spaniards (3) The average reader KNOWS Ignatius Loyola but NOT Inigo (4) The Inquisition helped save the West thru combating dualist and anti-social heresies (see Nickerson's "The Inquisition" and Walsh's "Characters of the Inquisition") (5) The Spanish Inq. was an arm of the Spanish gov used to combat subversive elements and Judaizers (who received moral support from Alexander VI after their exile).
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Nickerson and Walsh, Romney!!! You wrote that you think Jack Chick has a screw loose, but you would assert that the "Inquisition helped save the West..." and "...combat subversive elements and Judaizers"
Both Marie and Cahterine de Medici(s) were Queens of France: the latter connived at the infamous St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre.
These days, however, the pompous prelates of the Vatican seem to prefer protecting pedophiles and financial criminals. Vanitas vanitatum...O Roma nobilis.
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
Well, the Inq DID help save the West. You also took two separate statements and put them together- naughty controversialist! The Sp. Inq. was different than other Inqs. It existed when diff. nations were becoming modern and centralized and it was an intsrument of that centralization. Again, read Walsh. Also, the Vatican did not "defend pedophiles". John Paul II spoke against the liberal morals of many American clerics but no one paid any attention because he wasn't scary.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
What's next, Romney, the Marxist Dialectic? The Inquisition--with a history that precedes Marco Polo and survives Napoleon Buonaparte--is not going to be remembered as a "savior of the west," but rather as the bloody, Antisemitic atrocity of Caesar-Pope Idol Shepherds on an internationally grand scale that it truly was as a matter of historical fact.
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience"(Ephesians 5:6).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
I never wrote that it was the "savior" of the West. It helped stem the tide of Oriental dualism and despair that arose in Europe after the Crusades. I have to say, though, I am wondering where you are getting your sources from. You use too many archaic spellings. Again, feel free to read up on everything I've mentioned- apostolic succession, the apostlic fathers, that sort of thing.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Historical sources reflect the orthography of the time, Romney. After all, serious history isn't "lite beer," but relatively few Americans care enough ever to learn about it. Such ignorance makes America easy prey to ideologues when our enfranchised fellow citizens cast a vote.
"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things" (Romans 1:22).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
Well, it's still okay to use modern spellings.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Personally, I prefer to shun neologism if possible, Romney, although I admit that at times it is necessary to make certain concessions.
Is there anything about the Lord Jesus Christ that you still need to know?
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
"I thank you, Father, for what You have hidden from the learned and wise You have revealed to the merest children... Come to Me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take My yoke upon your shoulders and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for My yoke is easy and My burden light." Matthew 11:25 & 28-30
RomneyGack 2 years ago
"But to as many as received Him [the Lord Jesus Christ] to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:12-13)
"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
"Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
When I pray, I remind myself that i believe in God because HE IS, that I follow Jesus because only He showed His love for us, and I am Catholic so that I will never be alone. The living God became a living man and has left a living people, a living kingdom, a living bride in the world. I understand the ease with which one can take the written Word of God and become satisfied but I'm afraid you may never appreciate what it is to step out into that journey of faith. The Faith is alive!
RomneyGack 2 years ago
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." (John 3:7-8).
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life" (John 6:47).
"I am that bread of life" (John 6:48).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
Well, I'm back but I need to hit the road. It occured to me that pennylaneproductions is sitting there, laughing his tail off at all this drama. You certainly know your Bible, so take care of yourself and don't take JTC too seriously.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Earlier you wrote that the "The 7 sacraments are from Christ and the Apostles," but the Scriptures record nothing of the sort, Romney. According to the Holy Bible, there is no reason to suppose that any or the Apostles ever preached "sacramentalism." Certainly the Lord Jesus Christ had no part of such a fiction.
"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" (John 6:35).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
The reason I wrotethat I'm hitting the road is because (1) you are insulting in asking if I need to "know more about Jesus" and (2) you are not open to reason. "They have ears but they do not hear", "If they do not receive you shake the dust off your feet as you leave". I was trying to be polite and discreet. Someone has spoonfed you a bunch of nonsense about anybody other than your particular sect. However, next time I will pick up with the 7 sacraments.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Wrong again, Romney. First of all, I am quite capable of feeding myself by God's grace and have been for decades. Moreover, the Lord God has spoken through the prophets according to the Scriptures. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2Peter 1:21).
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2Timothy 3:16).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
You really like your non sequiters. I didn't write anything about prophecy, the Bible. However, when paul wrote Timothy, he was talking about the Scriptures of the Hebrews, not what was to become the New Testament. Also, there is nothing there about the Bible as a final authority. If one wants the check out FIRST Timothy"... the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth" (3:15 and opposed to 2 Tim 3:16). The Church is His Body, His Flock, His Bride and our Mother. :)
RomneyGack 2 years ago
The church is our mother? I beg to differ. The ONLY time anything/anyone is referred to as the mother of us all is the New Jerusalem (Ga 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.) The phrase 'Holy Mother Church' is about as biblical as 'Holy Toldeo, Batman!"
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
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Huh? You exist! I hope I have been providing some good entertainment for you. I didn't write "Holy Mother Church" ( though she is) but the word "Bible" isn't Biblical, either- nor is Rapture, evangelize, pulpit, choir (I guess choir may be). The Kingdom is Heaven is among us.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
No but the Trinity, the rapture, the deity of Christ can be reasonably inferred. How does this church justify the title I just mentioned?
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
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Well, the Church is inthe words of the Nicene Creed One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The image of the Bride (used in Ephesians and Hosea) is key here. She is the Bride of Christ- very feminine if you consider her love of pretty things, nice clothes, and holidays. She is also tolerant of every ten penny flake who shows up saying that our Lady or an angel said this or that and takes time to sort out messes.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
In other words, there is no justification for it and you believe it because they SAY SO! The church (invisible) is the bride...there IS NO mother.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
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Of course, if you want to look at it from another angle we could just say that Mary is our Mother. See John 19
;27 and Rev 12:17.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Jesus said she was John's mother (in a worldly sense). The woman in Rev 12 is obviously not Mary.
pennylaneproductions 2 years ago
Every Thomas, Ruchard, and Henry who reads it automatically sees the Assumption of Mary. You may also want to look at Rev 11:19. John sees the ark of the covenant THEN sees the Woman. Then, compare 2 Sam 6 (David brings the ark to Jerusalem and dances for joy) with the Annunciation in Lk 1, when Mary ("the mother of my Lord", "all generations shall call me blessed"- do you?) gets a grand reception from the unborn John the Baptiser. The OT prefigures the New.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Revelation 11:19 refers to no single person male or female currently living or dead with the exceptions of St. John the Evangelist and the Lord Jesus Christ. Confusion about a reference to the ark is clarifiied in Revelation 15:5 ff: "And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles."
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
That a political cabal like the Roman curia would even attempt by flimsy sophistries to masquerade as the chuch built by the Lord Jesus Christ upon Himself often defies description. Its forays into exegesis tres manque are no less laughable than "Catholic Theology" itself an oxymoron.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters (Rev. 17:1).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
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I'm all done talking to you. Have a nice life and hear please try to God's Voice speaking to you. Good day.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication" (Rev 17:1ff).
"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (Rev 17:18).
jjpetkusiii 2 years ago
His tracts are very good and well done.
excatholics 2 years ago 8
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jjpetkusiii 16 minutes ago
The Lord Jesus Christ said, "...I am the way, the truth,and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me" John 14:6
"For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16.
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" 1Peter 1:23
I sincerely hope this helps, RomneyGack.
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jjpetkusiii 2 years ago