First Jimmy writes about Nine Things To Know About Jack Chick, and second he wrote of his meeting with Chick. You can read that story below. Jimmy wrote,
Anti-Catholic comic book writer/artist Jack Chick passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016.
Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.
Below is an account of that meeting, originally published in the March, 2004 issue of This Rock (now Catholic Answers Magazine).
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For decades the cartoon tracts of Jack T. Chick have fascinated and horrified. Their pages contain the most extreme, paranoid conspiracy theories imaginable. Among other things, Chick publications will tell you that:
- the Catholic Church keeps “the name of every Protestant church member in the world” in a “big computer” in the Vatican for use in future persecutions (see his tract My Name . . . In the Vatican? );
- through the Jesuits, the Vatican runs an extensive conspiracy that includes the Illuminati, the Council on Foreign Relations, international bankers, the Mafia, the Club of Rome, the Masons, and the New Age movement, among others (Four Horsemen);
- the Catholic conspiracy also includes creating venomously anti-Catholic movements such as Communism, the Ku Klux Klan, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormonism, and Islam (The Big Betrayal, The Godfathers: Alberto Part Three, The Force: Alberto Part Four, The Prophet: Alberto Part Six).
Yet little is known of him. The seventy-nine-year-old Chick is a recluse. His office does not give tours, he never allows his photo to be taken, and he never, ever gives interviews. Little is known about him beyond what is revealed in the biography on his web site, www.chick.com.
For the rest of Jimmy’s story, click here.
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I guess that he knows better now!
For the life of me, I could never figure out why some enterprising Catholic never retaliated with 'Mic Tracts" … 😉 It would have been an instant winner.
STEVE RAY HERE: A friend of mine has made tract and similar cartoon fashion for Catholics. Check here http://grottopress.org/collections/cartoon-tracts
Dear Steve,
I'd like to know what your take is on some of the alleged testimonials given by some of those who claim to be former priests, nuns, etc, left the Church and now on a traveling tour of spewing out slanderous allegations against the Catholic Church, writing slanderous books, etc? Surely you've come across some of these people yourself either through their books and/or met them in person or online? How do you deal with such people? Have any of them returned to the Church after hearing you speak to them? Have any other anti-Catholic Protestants came forward to thank you and/or apologize? I keep praying the likes of John Ankerberg, Jimmy Swaggart and others to also come clean like the Prodigal Son
Gina-Maria
STEVE RAY HERE: Gina, there are a lot of anti-Catholics and many of them are scams. Some of them are in it for the money and some just to prove they really are “real christians” now. It is like a boy changing competing clubs. When he leaves one club he has to really downplay and speak evil of the old club to convince the new club he is really “all in.”
Most of these people refuse to carry on a civil discussion. I have had a few and been involved in others. Unhappily, they tend to more want to argue than to learn.
Steve,
You won’t get an argument from me either. I run into some of them during various biker functions where some are vehemently and venomously anti-Catholic or Orthodox and others are fairly tolerant and even open-minded to the idea of inter-church dialogue and even learning and practicing a few Catholic devotionals like the Way of the Cross and even the rosary. Imagine my surprise when I’ve heard of some Protestant churches engage in some of the practices we as Catholic and Orthodox Christians practice, such as the Rite of Reconciliation, making sick calls to shut-ins and the terminally ill, just to name a few. I’ve even told some Protestants about reading some of the Apocryphal books from both the Old and New Testaments, plus introducing them to a few lives of the Saints, which they also enjoy and makes me feel good all over. Shame some of these radical evangelicals don’t see it that way and bad mouth those who do…Father, forgive! On a humorous note, did you hear the one about the Italian who refused to become a Jehovah’s Witness? He claimed he didn’t see the accident! In the words of St Teresa of Avila, “Deliver me from sullen-faced saints, O Lord!” LOL I could see the likes of her making even make John Calvin and/or John Knox crack up a smile with some of her acerbic wit. Here’s one courtesy of Milton Berle (I hope you don’t find too offensive.) Did you hear about the cross-dresser who showed up at Mass and, upon catching sight of one priest, richly clad in his vestments, swinging his censer back and forth, filling the sanctuary with incense smoke. The cross-dresser called out to him and said, “Hey, that dress of yours is a real knockout, honey, but you better be careful…I think your purse is on fire!” 😉 LOL Gina-Maria
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