Scarier than clowns: Chick tracts

[galateus]

And now, a holiday classic, showing the true face of that eeevil heathen holiday called Halloween, or as Chick tracts call it...

Satan's birthday!

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[sinisterlink]

Oh hey, at work today one of the servers met a little girl who is probably a huge Chick fan. My server friend was telling me how she hadn't been saying "Happy Halloween" to anyone, just to avoid any sort of weirdness about it. But she decided to say it to one little girl who looked about ten and she said that after she said "Happy Halloween" the little girl just kind of stared at her and was like, "I DO NOT celebrate Halloween. It is of the Devil." Yep.

As a Christian myself, I love it when other Christians (or those who claim to be Christian) go on and on about how Pagan and horrible Halloween is because of its origins all while ignoring the fact that the majority of holidays (including Christmas and Easter) have Pagan origins. Silly people.

Anyhoo, as for the strip itself, boy, I sure remember all of those times when I went to Halloween parties and we sacrificed things to Satan. Oh wait, that never happened. I kind of love the panels with Satan bothering the kid who is praying. Like how hilarious would that be, everytime you start praying, he just pops up all, "Ooga Booga!" and then you just throw a Bible verse at him and he runs off like, "Curses, foiled again!" On a final note, someone totally needs to icon that, "@!!!**! I forgot my chain saw" line.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Oh, that is SAD. It reminds me of one time at my elementary school where they had a book fair that partially involved students displaying 'books' they'd made and written themselves. Among the entries from kindergarten and first grade was one talking about how Easter was NOT about the Easter Bunny and eggs and having a good time, Easter was about Jesus dying and how we should all feel bad about thinking otherwise. I swear, I almost wept. Just what kind of life is that kid going to have?

[halialkers]

Actually the concept of the holiday as Christians have it is *Jewish* in origin. Sukkot, the High Holy Days, and suchlike were a great influence on proto-Christianity. The way the festivals happened later were indisputably influenced in both timing and the means of celebrating them by the pre-Christian festivals though the very first Christians, as Shabbataens of the 1st Century were hardly the types to rip off Roman festivals. They were more the types to disrupt things with the 1st Century equivalent of protesting funerals.

[chaobell]

Did you notice the snake on a leash in the "forgot my chainsaw" panel?

Snake. ON A LEASH. I lol'd hard.

[karunya]

Snakes don't have necks. But they DO have hips, so I guess it wouldn't fall all the way off. @#$%, here I am dissecting Jack Chick's drawings, when I ought to be telling you (as a Methodist minister) that the vast majority of Christians are NOT like that. When I get as mellow as that pastor, a large amount of chocolate is usually involved.