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Community => Religion and Philosophy => Topic started by: terri on April 17, 2013, 06:54:05 pm

Title: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: terri on April 17, 2013, 06:54:05 pm
I haven't been on these boards as often as I was on the old boards... I lost my job a few months ago, and I just lost my dad.  I hadn't seen him in a while because he had been hanging around with this parasitic trailer trash family that leeched off him ... he had only $4k in his bank account, I've been having to cancel his accounts (cable, Dish, cellphone, credit cards, etc.) and I can't keep his car because he owed nearly $9k on it and was paying $490 a month... I won't bore you with further details.

My aunt and uncle, who have been a huge help during this time, took me to lunch at their favorite restaurant the day after Dad died.  This establishment wears its Christianity on its sleeve with alacrity.  Their sign outside bears the fish symbol.  On the whiteboard near the front, instead of the day's special, are written Bible verses.  Jesus portraits, crucifixes, and more verses adorn the walls.  The Muzak plays contemporary Christian music.  I expected to see a dozen copies of one particular Chick tract near the cashier's stand. 
Oh no, I see ...
An entire freaking display of different Chick tracts!  In addition to other religious propaganda.  (The magazine below the display has the headline "The DNA of Faith.")

Oh, and the food?  Nothing special.  I had a hard time finding anything that wasn't fried or fatty/greasy.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 17, 2013, 06:59:17 pm
I have noticed a connection between fundamentalist Christian churches and food that's more grease than meat...

Guess that applies to fundamentalist Christian restaurants, too.

Also, that's a lot of Chick tracts.  Yikes.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: the_ignored on April 17, 2013, 07:35:51 pm
You know, I thought that I'd never hear of a place that stocks up on tracts like that.  If I may ask:  Where is it?

Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: terri on April 17, 2013, 07:51:23 pm
It's called Seminole Wind and there are a few of them in south Georgia.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 17, 2013, 08:04:12 pm
I... I don't think I've ever even seen a FRACTION of that many tracts in one place.  Holy crap!
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: ironbite on April 18, 2013, 12:33:36 am
You'd think all that stupid in one place would cause a singularity but no....

Ironbite-what do they do order 'em by the truck load?
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Rabbit of Caerbannog on April 18, 2013, 07:48:16 am
I... I don't think I've ever even seen a FRACTION of that many tracts in one place.  Holy crap!
I've never even encountered one in real life, let alone that many.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: SpaceProg on April 18, 2013, 10:01:22 am
You'd think all that stupid in one place would cause a singularity but no....

Ironbite-what do they do order 'em by the truck load?
You can order a helluva lot.  It's on the Chick.com website.  A crapload for like 10 bucks or so.  Something like that.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Meshakhad on April 18, 2013, 01:00:18 pm
You should have slipped in a few Cthulhu tracts (http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/pages/)...
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Old Viking on April 18, 2013, 03:36:54 pm
So that's not the restaurant with the topless waitresses, then?
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: R. U. Sirius on April 24, 2013, 09:41:15 pm
I would laugh my ass off if I found a Chick tract at a topless restaurant or any similar establishments.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: WarGoatHK417 on May 27, 2013, 04:39:46 am
You should have slipped in a few Cthulhu tracts (http://www.fredvanlente.com/cthulhutract/pages/)...
Considering that Jack Chick makes the KKK's position on Catholics (for one miniscule example) look reasoned and moderate*, hell yes. Someone needs do that!
It's called Seminole Wind and there are a few of them in south Georgia.
Correct.  Going by the reviews (http://local.yahoo.com/info-58860880-seminole-wind-rstrntthmsvll-thomasville),
t's in Thomasville (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-58860880R-seminole_wind_rstrntthmsvll-i?ajax=1&action=mobilereviews#r1):
"... the food itself was rather bland and flavorless. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between one part of my meal and another beyond texture.
Also, I found it somewhat disturbing to have to walk past a fixture of Jack T Chick religious tracts to enter and leave the establishment."

Sounds like our place, unless the specific rack of Chick tracts are a chain-wide phenomenon like the Insane Troll Logic Christianity is-- to the point that one location in Florida (http://Florida) closed.  Of course I mention this with great pleasure-- if a Chinese restaurant in Georgia issued tracts with titles like "No Jap is Fit to Associate with Human Beings" and "Foot binding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding) is God's Design for Women" we all know how long that would last, and yet stupidity of the same level is unthinkingly accepted enough that the restaurant has multiple locations.[/spoiler]

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Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 02, 2013, 12:42:30 pm
They're free to take? Take them all and take them home and burn them. Keep doing that so they have to spend more to refresh the stand.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: anti-nonsense on July 02, 2013, 01:14:16 pm
awwww they don't have the "Dark Dungeons" one? That's the bestest one!
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: WarGoatHK417 on July 02, 2013, 08:08:22 pm
They're free to take? Take them all and take them home and burn them. Keep doing that so they have to spend more to refresh the stand.
Good point.  At least the smell of burning paper isn't nearly as god-awful as the insane troll logic of said tracts.
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awwww they don't have the "Dark Dungeons" one? That's the bestest one!
Definitely.  While the "Catholic Church is responsible for Communism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Sicilian Mafia" stuff is pretty fundie in terms of batshit insanity, the tracts that argue along the lines of "No Black T-shirts, Long Hair, Metal, D&D, etc.-- otherwise you will get sodomized by Satan (http://fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=95026)" all have visceral punch in terms of ability to annoy. 
Case in point. (http://fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=95165&Page=1)
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Arctic Knight on July 02, 2013, 10:14:45 pm
That's a lot of toilet paper.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 03, 2013, 02:55:11 am
I like the smell of burning paper.  It's a sweet scent.
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Vypernight on July 03, 2013, 05:17:19 am
The only time I've seen them were in high school.  Our class had to do a pursuasive speech, with half the class doing abortion.  The class itself was already pretty rowdy, but every since abortion speech turned into religious arguments (I use the term 'argument' lightly).  Figuring I'd get otrn apart anyway, I chose Atheism as my topic.  Now at the time, I was a devout Catholic, so I did my research, quoted a few notable atheists at the time, and creatively filled in the blanks myself.

Now my friend really was an atheist and quite an outspoken one, but no one took his anti-religious spouts seriously.  I made one speech in favor of atheism (which I did just for the grade), and I suddenly learned about Mr. Chick really fast!
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: Søren on July 03, 2013, 06:01:08 am
God. If something like that was in view of the australian public...
Title: Re: You think finding one Chick tract is bad enough...
Post by: starseeker on July 03, 2013, 10:02:12 am
God. If something like that was in view of the australian public...

Chick tracts on the barbie?