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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
 Posted - 11/01/2011 : 08:16:20 [Permalink]
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I used to get them all the time when I was a kid. I always thought they were a lot of fun, and I looked forward to finding them in my trick-or-treat bag. Certainly more than the Milk Duds.
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 14:50:42 [Permalink]
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So a lesson to take from the comic tract is to help cause bad things to happen to people so that they'll convert to Christianity. Got it. 
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2011 : 06:24:33 [Permalink]
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| And her three sons would have gone to hell, so I guess God was cool ensuring that they all went to hell so mom could be saved. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2011 : 06:25:36 [Permalink]
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| Makes sense that they give them to kids. You'd have to have a child's mentality to actually be persuaded by Chick tracts. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2011 : 07:09:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
Makes sense that they give them to kids. You'd have to have a child's mentality to actually be persuaded by Chick tracts.
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I guess I was "fortunate" that, even as a young child, I was never able to really connect with the spiritual/metaphysical/irrational aspects of the religion I was brought up in. My wife, for example, tells me how all the Armageddon talk used to terrify her. I honestly don't recall ever feeling that way - I actually thought it was pretty fun stuff, but it was about as real to me as a comic book. It wasn't until I was a teen that I began to realize that other people did take this stuff seriously; that they really did believe in a literal Heaven/Hell, Judgement Day, etc.
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 11/02/2011 : 17:29:19 [Permalink]
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| Wow, does their god look like a complete asshole in that one, eh? |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Chick Tracks on Halloween
