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<div>'''Jack Thomas Chick''' (b. 1924) is a controversial [[American]] [[Evangelical]] [[Christian]] cartoonist who produces religious tracts. According to the Jack Chick publications website, hundreds of millions of copies of Chick tracts have been read worldwide.<ref>http://www.chick.com/information/authors/chick.asp</ref><br />
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==Chick Tracts==<br />
His works are featured in "Chick Tracts," inexpensive [[comic book]]s designed to be left in public places and to reach out to people who might be passing by. A major theme in his tracts are emotionally wrought portrayals of [[God| God's]] perfect love for his children alongside somewhat more violent images, like [[homosexuality| homosexuals]] writhing in agony while being burned alive in the streets of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp</ref>. Chick tracts take a Fundamentalist approach to the Bible, with an emphasis on the act of becoming [[salvation|saved]]. Also, Chick tracts emphasize that becoming saved is something that can be done at any time during one's life, whether that person is a small child or a death row inmate minutes from execution. He is also a member of the King James Only movement. This movement rejects all other versions of the Bible.<br />
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Some recurring themes include non-Christian characters being converted at the end of the tract, Chick's belief that the Roman Catholic Church is a tool of Satan, battles over human salvation between [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s, arguments for evolution being presented by old, aggressive and quick to anger teachers, the use of an 'accept Christ' form at the end of tracts and suggestions of demonic influence in even comparatively minor events such as the creation of TV series [[Bewitched (TV Show)|Bewitched]]. <br />
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[[Jews]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0014/0014_01.asp</ref>, [[Islam| Muslims]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0042/0042_01.asp</ref>, [[Freemasons]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0093/0093_01.asp</ref>, [[Buddhism| Buddhists]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0016/0016_01.asp</ref>, [[Hinduism| Hindus]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0070/0070_01.asp</ref>, people that practice witchcraft <ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp</ref>, [[homosexual]]s<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0084/0084_01.asp</ref>, [[evolution]]ists<ref>http://www.chick.com/catalog/comics/0106.asp</ref>, [[Dungeons and Dragons]] players<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp</ref>, and Rock n' Roll fans<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0034/0034_01.asp</ref> have all been portrayed. Many of Chick's tracts are theological and practical critiques of non-christian religions or of non-fundamentalist Christian denominations. These explain that [[Mormonism| Mormons]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0061/0061_01.asp</ref>, Roman [[Catholic| Catholics]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp</ref>, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0026/0026_01.asp</ref> and others have not achieved salvation, and go so far as to claim that these churches may be unwitting tools of [[Satan|the Devil]] to distract people from true [[christianity]].<br />
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Chick has responded that he does not hate these individuals, but hates the system they belong to that is feverishly working to win millions of [[soul|souls]] for Satan<ref>http://www.chick.com/bc/1999/hate.asp</ref>.<br />
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==Criticism==<br />
Critics have argued that Chick's tracts rely on stereotypes, faulty logic, exaggeration, and conspiracy theories,<ref>http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0007/0007_01.asp</ref> including suggesting that the [[Pope]] is the [[Antichrist]].<br />
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Many of his tracts have alternate versions designed for black audiences, which depict the characters within as black, including Jesus. Many believe this to be inherently racist and/or condescending.<br />
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Many Chick tracts depict unrealistic plots to help make their points. Often, Chick tracts depict children in elementary school who have never heard of Jesus, or purport that it is illegal to even discuss religion at all in school.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.chick.com Chick Publications]<br />
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