Comrade Gorley
7th May 2003, 04:44
Jack T. Chick is the conservative creator of thousands of those pesky little anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim, anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist, anti-Jewish, and as I've just found out anti-Communist animated tracts that keep popping up everywhere. Some topics (Roman Catholicsm, salvation by faith) are frequently covered, while others (Communism, the Jewish faith) are covered only once. "Fat Cats" pulls off both. It's set in some sort of Third World country ruled by an oppresive dictator, and a dude with a Protestant girlfriend is enticed by some revolutionary's speeches. His g/f's father, a minister, tries to convince him not to join, using the cliche capitalist arguements (it'll only bring more unrest, dictators always turn on their advocates, etc.) but he joins anyhow and finds that a Catholic priest is a main leader of the Communist party. The "People's Army" goes to work, waving a Russian flag and slaying the government as well as the Protestant minister's family. (It doesn't actually say why, though. You could say it was because they were following Russia's example and banning religion, but why would a Catholic priest be part of this?) So then they shoot the guy and he's judged and goes to Hell, yadda yadda.
Anyway, you can read it here: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0053/0053_01.asp. Just about all the tracts on that side are entertaining, although hardly deliberately. I'd like to make it clear that I am a Christian, but red-necked idiots like this ALMOST make me ashamed. It does contain the priest's interesting sketch of his idea of Jesus:
http://www.chick.com/tractimages53906/0053/0053_12.gif
Here's another pic (from elsewhere on the net):
http://www.dorkclub.com/art/CommunistJesus.jpg
To be honest, I have no idea what that furry thing is, but a couple of Marxist friends said it may have been a Communist Sheep (you know, since Jesus is "the Good Shepherd", see John 10).
(Edited by Comrade Gorley at 5:55 pm on May 8, 2003)
Anyway, you can read it here: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0053/0053_01.asp. Just about all the tracts on that side are entertaining, although hardly deliberately. I'd like to make it clear that I am a Christian, but red-necked idiots like this ALMOST make me ashamed. It does contain the priest's interesting sketch of his idea of Jesus:
http://www.chick.com/tractimages53906/0053/0053_12.gif
Here's another pic (from elsewhere on the net):
http://www.dorkclub.com/art/CommunistJesus.jpg
To be honest, I have no idea what that furry thing is, but a couple of Marxist friends said it may have been a Communist Sheep (you know, since Jesus is "the Good Shepherd", see John 10).
(Edited by Comrade Gorley at 5:55 pm on May 8, 2003)