Those crazy religious people

Paul over at Basically Nonsense likes to regularly review Jack Van Impe (or something to that effect). It amuses one and all because, well, some religious people simply don't make any sense at all. However, I think I have found somebody who takes religious dogma to new heights. Our winner is...

Jack T. Chick

Mr. Chick is an evangelical Christian, who, among other things, thinks that Roman Catholics, JW's, Muslims and pretty much everyone else is going to hell. Nothing too special there. However, he spices it up with a number of "tracts" that are drawn in a cartoon format, many of them designed for children.

I will excerpt a bit from two of the tracts. The first one is called "That Crazy Guy" and it discusses AIDS and HIV. Susan, the heroine of the story, has decided to meet up with Craig for a bit of premarital sex. Sure enough, he treats her like crap, but since she used a condom she is happy to discover that she is not actually pregnant... but then, she finds out that she has AIDS. The doctor starts off by giving Suzy a bit of medical advice:

Researchers have found holes in surgical gloves big enough to allow 10 AIDS viruses to pass through side by side, and most condoms are made of the same latex rubber!

And, now that we know that condoms can't possibly stop AIDS, the doctor decides to be a bit comforting

Suzi: So now that I've got AIDS, all I've got to look forward to is death, right?
Doctor: Wrong Susan! You'll soon face something far worse than AIDS...

Any guesses?

Doctor: If you were a true Christian, God's angels would be by your bedside... unfortunately, most people die in their sins, and their screaming souls are taken and thrown into that dark and uspeakably horrible place

Yup, not only is Suzi going to die young because of AIDS (that presumably pushed it's way through the leaky condom) but she is going to burn in hell because of it.

Ouch.

Later tonight, I will review one of my other favourites: Apes, Lies and Ms. Henn