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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis was left in my mailbox today...
My snailmail box, that is.
https://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp
BTW, I'm not Catholic.
I'm atheist.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)to see this.
This is classic propaganda actually, going back a long time. Something about the reformation. And it is still quite big in the United States.
Archae
(46,379 posts)And laugh our asses off.
Especially the ones about Dungeons and Dragons, or Evolution.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)It was hilarious
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)lady almost lost it when I told her I was well on my way, since I am Jewish. She had no idea what to do with that information. I swear she was looking for the hidden tail and horns.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)They believe Catholics venerate Mary more than Jesus or God. It bothers them that Mary is so popular in Catholicism.
TBH I was never exposed to it as a child. Thought it was a relic of the early 20th century. Didn't realize the whole "Catholics aren't Christians" was still a thing in the US.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)Archae
(46,379 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)"I don't want to be Elfstar anymore! I want to be Debbie!"
zappaman
(20,606 posts)And then they bring in the guys in robes to lay down the satanic backwards masking tracks!
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)I found TWO copies of "The Great Controversy" or whatever it's called in my mailbox recently. I wondered what I did wrong to deserve two
jwirr
(39,215 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)left it in high school after 12 years of Catholic education.
This is a big steaming load of right-wing "Christian" bigoted crapola. Which is what they do so well so I guess they get an A in Ignorance.
Warpy
(111,480 posts)That's all Chick tracts are good for.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)We used to pick them up and then read them while seriously zonked back in the Seventies. Damn near laughed myself into a hernia.
rurallib
(62,492 posts)Were you once catholic?
I had some fun the other day. Had a jehovah's witness come by. He kind of ran out after @ 10 minutes then sat in his car for about 15 minutes. Think he was praying up a storm. BTW, I join you in the atheism.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)For some reason, they always change their mind about talking to me and move on.
rurallib
(62,492 posts)no - Mrs. Lib would have had a fit
Archae
(46,379 posts)But I gave it up for lent.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,207 posts)They don't seem to have the mindless haters up here like there were in VA to pass them out.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)It must be since the Pope isn't really a Christian!
It all makes sense now.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)Seems apropos.
Actually, my mother used to leave them around the house where I'd find them. Scared the fuck out of me.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Catholics Christina.
The local Southern Baptists preached that Catholics worshiped statues of Mary.
This is not knew.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)The first Pope was tasked by Jesus himself to build his church.
Game. Set. Match.
I love Chick Tracts. I've had many left on my car and on my door.
My favorite:
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP
On edit, I see this one was discussed upthread. It is a hoot!
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)I was raised Catholic but have never see a communion paten
Any ex or current Catholics have you seen a paten in use?
Someone in your area or the USPS loves you and wants to warn you of evil
Laxman
(2,419 posts)you used to have to rely on finding random booklets left on urinals at highway rest stops. For a long time I thought the only one was the guy who has a heart attack in church and has to watch the movie of his life with God (just before he's cast into the pit of hell). That's a classic.Although I do remember the Halloween one where the local witches are poisoning candy and a couple about Catholics. Oh and the one about the devil giving little Johnny a doll to play with and "turning him gay". I've always wondered who left these things around. Better yet, who writes these? Some of the best comedy ever written. Did you know that the dinosaurs died out because of lower oxygen levels after "The Great Flood" slowed them down and made it easier for humans to hunt and eat them? http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1038/1038_01.asp That's astounding. I've got to go dig out my shortwave radio and listen to Unshackled! now. http://www.unshackled.org/listen_home.html