You know the little cartoon booklets called "Chick Tracts"? Are they good evangelism tools?
2006-11-17 06:11:40 · 16 answers · asked by 5solas 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think they're terrible evangelism tools--I think all tracts are, a friend of mine who's a pastor calls them "drive-by witnessing", but Chick tracts may be the worst.
Aside from that, I collect them. I love them. I'm still trying for a Dark Dungeons, totally my favorite--"I don't want to be Elfstar anymore! I want to be Debbie!" That line never fails to put me into gales of laughter.
2006-11-17 06:14:18 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They are foul, they are produced completely without fact or any decent research (and I'm not even a Roman Catholic!)
Alberto Rivera (aka "Jack Chick") is a liar, a charlatan, and a wacko that should be condemned by all of the Body of Christ - not just Roman Catholics
Evangelical Protestant author Gary Metz wrote two powerful articles on the poison called the "Chick Tracts" - and Metz himself even used to pass them out - until he discovered the truth.
1) "The Alberto Story," Cornerstone, vol. 9, no. 53, 1981, pp. 29-31.
2) Christianity Today, March 13, 1981.
2006-11-17 06:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jack Chick was a severly disturbed man who poured out his hate in cartoons to try and defame everybody he didn't agree with. He didn't even draw most of them. He claimed credit for the artwork long after he hired someone else to do the drawing for him. Most of the information he conveys is either misleading or outright lies.
His work ranks right up there with "Mein Keimpf" as far as evanglization tools goes.
2006-11-17 06:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chick tracts do best when all they do is stick to the Gospel. If they try for condemnation of ANY group, they start to fall to pieces because the information is all based on hearsay.
2006-11-17 12:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by Krys Tamar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dislike the tactic of trying to scare people into Christianity. I'm a Christian and they used to sell the tracts and comics at a bookstore I helped out in. I don't like them at all, I think they're too negative, narrow and try too hard to frighten people.
2006-11-17 06:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by anna 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're both humorous and sad. At face value, they are funny, but then you start thinking that people actually believe that crap and it is depressing.
The link below has some Chick Tract spoofs that are actually funny:
2006-11-17 06:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when i was a kid i used to encounter these in the library & on the bus quite frequently. I haven't seen a real one in a while. I was not swayed...here it is 20 years later & I am still a heathen. I love the who killed Jr? and the one about D&D (dungeons & dragons) they strike me as funny. there is a spoof of the d&d one out there at: http://www.epsilonminus.com/darquedungeon/
2006-11-17 07:27:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, I have to look these up. They sound scary.
Woof. They're actually a relief. I thought "chick" meant girls, and I was scared about what they could possibly have to say.
My only other comment is YIKES!
2006-11-17 06:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like "This was Your Life!" I think they are effective. I even know a man who was saved after reading one of the more controversial tracts, "Why is Mary Crying?"
2006-11-17 06:17:04 · answer #9 · answered by higherground_pastor 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no, they are extremely inappropraite and offensive, and full of lies. i work at a christian daycare, and this kid walks up and says look what i found mr. Matt. i open it up, and its got a guy being raped by another guy in prison, and then doing drugs, and committing suicide. i hardly find this sort of comic at all appropriate.
ya'll think thats appropriate for a 7yr old to find?
2006-11-17 06:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋