I slam, you slam, we all slam for Islam
Nov. 13th, 2007 01:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatThere's a new Chick Tract, and it's talking about Islam again. Man, can't Chick get any new topics? The interesting thing about this one is that it's part of the "black tract series," the idea behind which seems to be that black people aren't going to accept tracts starring poorly-drawn white people, so instead they'll get ones with black characters drafted by someone who can actually draw. That's not to say that there aren't still some weird-looking characters, though. Like, in that first panel, I think the guy way on the left might be Poseidon, which would explain why he's saying "fresh fish" instead of "fresh meat." And is that Medusa on the right in the second panel? I think this guy somehow ended up in a prison full of being from Greek mythology. And what is with the loving attention paid to drawing the muscles on these guys?
Panel 3: Should that guy's arm be able to twist that way? Or is it supposed to be an indication that it was broken in a prison riot?
Panel 14: Hey, I used to have a hat kind of like that. My grandparents bought it in Turkey. But I digress.
Panel 19: "I Spit on Your Religion"? Yeah, I remember that movie. And here we see Chick perpetuating the stereotype that all non-Christians (especially Muslims) are angry and belligerent pretty much all the time.
Panel 20: So the belief in and relation with a deity doesn't count as a religion? This isn't the first time Chick has put forth this argument, but I haven't heard it even from other fundamentalists (who generally seem more likely to do pretty much the opposite, and claim that atheism and evolution ARE religions). And that Bible verse he cites doesn't really relate to the issue. Perhaps he feels that, if Christianity isn't classed as a religion but simply as The Truth, it wouldn't be subject to the "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" bit in the First Amendment?
Panel 21: Ah, the moon god again! Can't have an Islam-bashing tract without that! I love how Chick is more than willing to point out the pagan roots of a competing religion, but ignores them in his own. And is this grandmother a Smiths fan? "In my life, why do I give valuable time to moon gods who don't care if I live or die?"
Panel 23: Someday I need to actually read the Qu'ran, and see how much of what Chick claims is in there actually is. I also should finish reading the Bible, but I KNOW a lot of the verses he takes from there are totally out of context.
Panels 24-25: The Bible might not have said Jesus was white, but that doesn't stop people, including Chick, from drawing him with Caucasian features. Really, I don't think I would be going out on a limb in assuming that both Jesus and Muhammad were semitic, which is considered white for the purpose of those affirmative action forms that they want you to fill out when applying for a job.
Panel 26: Hey, Jack is citing something he publishes as a source! I'm sure THAT'S trustworthy! And aren't there quite a few passages in the Bible that say it's okay to own slaves?
Panel 28: So it's documented somewhere that Muhammad's child bride played with dolls? And isn't this insulting to anyone who plays with dolls and ISN'T a little kid?
Panel 32: I do remember hearing back in college that Muslims believe Jesus was taken off the cross and replaced with a body double, sort of like when you save Crono from Lavos in Chrono Trigger. But I also learned that Islam considers Jesus to be one of the three most important prophets, which is a pretty far cry from denial.
Panel 35: Yes, you saw it here! People who convert from Christianity to Islam try to strangle their own grandmothers, while their wives look on helplessly!
Panel 39: He dies six months later? Was there even any sign anything was wrong with him? I guess it might have been a stress-related death, considering how angry he's been for the past several panels.
Panel 41: So he shows up before God dressed only in his Speedos? No wonder the Lord wasn't impressed!
Panel 3: Should that guy's arm be able to twist that way? Or is it supposed to be an indication that it was broken in a prison riot?
Panel 14: Hey, I used to have a hat kind of like that. My grandparents bought it in Turkey. But I digress.
Panel 19: "I Spit on Your Religion"? Yeah, I remember that movie. And here we see Chick perpetuating the stereotype that all non-Christians (especially Muslims) are angry and belligerent pretty much all the time.
Panel 20: So the belief in and relation with a deity doesn't count as a religion? This isn't the first time Chick has put forth this argument, but I haven't heard it even from other fundamentalists (who generally seem more likely to do pretty much the opposite, and claim that atheism and evolution ARE religions). And that Bible verse he cites doesn't really relate to the issue. Perhaps he feels that, if Christianity isn't classed as a religion but simply as The Truth, it wouldn't be subject to the "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" bit in the First Amendment?
Panel 21: Ah, the moon god again! Can't have an Islam-bashing tract without that! I love how Chick is more than willing to point out the pagan roots of a competing religion, but ignores them in his own. And is this grandmother a Smiths fan? "In my life, why do I give valuable time to moon gods who don't care if I live or die?"
Panel 23: Someday I need to actually read the Qu'ran, and see how much of what Chick claims is in there actually is. I also should finish reading the Bible, but I KNOW a lot of the verses he takes from there are totally out of context.
Panels 24-25: The Bible might not have said Jesus was white, but that doesn't stop people, including Chick, from drawing him with Caucasian features. Really, I don't think I would be going out on a limb in assuming that both Jesus and Muhammad were semitic, which is considered white for the purpose of those affirmative action forms that they want you to fill out when applying for a job.
Panel 26: Hey, Jack is citing something he publishes as a source! I'm sure THAT'S trustworthy! And aren't there quite a few passages in the Bible that say it's okay to own slaves?
Panel 28: So it's documented somewhere that Muhammad's child bride played with dolls? And isn't this insulting to anyone who plays with dolls and ISN'T a little kid?
Panel 32: I do remember hearing back in college that Muslims believe Jesus was taken off the cross and replaced with a body double, sort of like when you save Crono from Lavos in Chrono Trigger. But I also learned that Islam considers Jesus to be one of the three most important prophets, which is a pretty far cry from denial.
Panel 35: Yes, you saw it here! People who convert from Christianity to Islam try to strangle their own grandmothers, while their wives look on helplessly!
Panel 39: He dies six months later? Was there even any sign anything was wrong with him? I guess it might have been a stress-related death, considering how angry he's been for the past several panels.
Panel 41: So he shows up before God dressed only in his Speedos? No wonder the Lord wasn't impressed!
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Date: 2007-11-13 05:01 pm (UTC)...but she doesn't care enough about her own grandson to do more than drag him to church as a kid (no follow through to make sure he becomes a Christian), and she doesn't even bother to talk to her grandson once while he was in prison for 8 years, even though the Bible encourages believers to visit those in jail and reach out to them.
I can't imagine why he sided with people who were there for him in his time of need over those that ignored and abandoned him. Go fig.
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Date: 2007-11-13 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-13 07:24 pm (UTC)When he's released from jail, I don't get who the guy waiting at the car is supposed to be. I thought Lamont would have already converted by this point. Is this person taking him to the final stage of Chick's imagined Islamic brainwashing that can only be done outside of jail? Or is that person just his wife in a bald cap and he has to ask where they're going because she bought a new house?
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Date: 2007-11-13 07:56 pm (UTC)When he's released from jail, I don't get who the guy waiting at the car is supposed to be. I thought Lamont would have already converted by this point.
Yeah, I wondered about that as well. There seem to be some gaps in the story, both there and when Lamont dies within six months for no apparent reason. Maybe the artist didn't feel like drawing the extra panels that would have been necessary for it to make sense (well, as much sense as these tracts ever make, anyway).