These pamphlets are from Chick Publications (http://www.chick.com/default.asp) and have been around for years. If it weren’t for the fact that so many people actually believe them, they would be laughable.

I was raised Southern Baptist, and this gives Baptists a bad name. While I don’t agree with the majority of Catholic beliefs, to say hateful things like this is uncalled for. As Christians, we both worship Jesus as Lord. We need to find common ground so that He won’t be disgraced by actions such as these.

And you thought the atheists were tough on Catholics!

The track by Chick Pub titled “This Was Your Life” is definately one of my favorites.

This is pure hate and intolerance towards another Christian faith. It is disgusting, and definately not spreading any gospel that I’m aware of. Apparently people who believe this way, have made up their own verses and printed their own Bible. This pamphlet, and other hateful language proves it.

I’m sorry. The question is, is it Biblical? Is there salvation in it? What was the inquisition about in Spain? Is doctrine important–or just “love?” Where is the “love” for Christ’s accomplishment on the cross?

First off, there is no crime, so it can’t be a “hate crime.” Second, no one should take Jack Chick too serious, even non-Catholics (such as myself) see him as a bit off.
It is tough to find that balance between being too soft and failing to spread the truth, and being unloving. Being too soft can cause people to not take it serious, and being harsh makes people ignore you outright. Jack Chick means well, as do many of the churches uses his tracts, but he is completely blind to the effects of his methods.

Do we worship the same “Christ?” The Bible says no, that there are many false Christs We are supposed to study and show ourselves approved of God. Worshiping a false Christ is death because we show no repect to the Bible, the Word, which Christ, Himself, held even higher than His own Name!

Father Jay Flaherty is a very interesting character. A couple summers back, we ended up stranded in the awful tourist trap that is Pigeon Forge, and we decided to go to mass at his parish–expecting, at best, a quick way to keep our Sunday obligation. Instead, the mass was a beautiful worship experience, and Fr. Jay’s homily was very moving and memorable. When we discovered that the gift shop had copies of his homilies available on CD, we bought one to play during our trip. Jack Chick is no match for Father Flaherty!

Is there salvation in the Catholic Church? Is it OK to mix works and grace for salvation? Romans 11:6 “And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.”
Do you care about your brother?
Is it “love” to ignore the Scriptures in favor of “love” for your brother?
What about “love” for God, Who is the “Author and Finisher of our Faith?”

Oh great, more Jack Chick Tracts. And I can’t believe Baptists even believe in this kind of bogus. I’ve debated with Baptists and I can’t believe they would even use this kind of stuff in their “apologetics.” If they want to know what the Catholic Church truly teaches, they need to get right to the source….catholic.com is a good one. But no…they won’t..they keep debating you with another question instead of sticking to one question. Gets tiring and pretty pathetic, if you ask me. The Early Church Fathers were Catholic, who wrote about the true body and blood of Christ. St. Paul the Apostle in 1 Corinthians 11:28-29 “he who eats the bread and drinks the cup without discerning the body and blood of Christ eats and drinks judgment upon himself.”

Ahhh. . .good ol’ Chick Publications!
When I taught High School religion, I used to hand them out as an assignment. The students had to respond to the pamphlet. It was a real eye-opener for the students, who where always shocked that people could be so anti-Catholic.
I look at Chick Publications as a sign of their overall insecurities with Catholicism. They FEAR the truths of Catholicism, and use these pamphlets to convince weak Catholics to leave the Church. They are successful, sad-to-say!

Original Chick Tract.  Knowing that St.’s Polycarp, Ignatius of Antioch, and Justin Martyr all preached on the Real Presence, the Devil apparently corrupted the Church Fathers in the early going, didn’t he? (2+ Centuries B4 the official Canon of the Bible was compiled, according to my calculations); yet somehow they call themselves “Bible Christians”; rather amazing how God’s Word stemmed from such a “corrupt” organization, proving yet again that imbiciles (like Chick & Conner Heights Baptist Church) don’t grow on trees.
 

I’m sure I’ll find it in me to be a little upset after I stop chuckling.

Hatcher seems to be more than a little scrambled.

I can’t believe people are acting like these tracts are new. Chick tracts have been around for decades. And I can’t believe it’s coming to this. Hate crimes? Please. It’s a shame the Baptist pastor chose to remain ignorant about both Catholicism and the tracts he gives out. It certainly doesn’t help matters. The tracts are published by Chick tracts (Jack Chick), and they are based on sound Biblical doctrine and an in-depth understanding of Catholicism. I was raised Catholic. My grandmother was almost a nun. Her sister WAS a nun for a number of years. Her brother was a Jesuit brother. Her other brother and sister-in-law are Catholic missionaries/teachers. So suffice it to say that when I ACTUALLY STARTED READING THE BIBLE FOR MYSELF and found that what the Catholic church teaches is just simply WRONG on many things, my family did not take it well. Also suffice it to say that I had a very good grasp on what the Catholic church teaches. So I can tell you from experience with both (Catholicism and reading Chick tracts), that the tracts in question are TOTALLY accurate, DO NOT accuse Catholics of worshiping Satan (not conscientiously, anyway), and are NOT hateful. The purpose of the tracts (as is the case in ALL of Chick’s tracts) is to win sinners (in this case Catholics) to the Christ of the Bible, whom they have all been taught that they already worship. If it were simply to tell them they were all going to hell and laugh at that, that would be one thing. To try to save their souls from a false doctrine? That’s anything but hateful. The priest in this article is the one who is ignorant.

Goooooooood morning Catholics!
Angry with this religious pamphlet? So am I! So is the rest of the world! However, we’re also tired of all the others, including yours!
http://www.hardtolive.com/2010/03/fun-with-religious-pamphlets.html

Too Bad…I am almost willing to place a ‘bet’ (illegal in the State of Alabama, might I add) that Jack Chick doesn’t publish the same thing about the Church of Christ does he? Aren’t they a branch from the Same Tree Trunk as the Mormons or is that just a Wikipedia fantasy or the Demagoguery of Democracy?

I’ll never forget the time I wandered into a christian bookstore and while standing next to a display of Jack Chick tracts, had the audacity to ask the salesclerk if they sold rosaries. That happened many ignorant years ago.

The comments on the article’s site are hilarious if not disturbing — and blissfully free of any rational thought. I strongly recommend “Dueling Banjos” as background music while reading them.
Lord, I miss the old “Bench.”

Momof5brla–you obviously do NOT have any kind of grasp on Catholicism if you feel this way. Anyone who did would not have answered this way. These tracts look to be very polarizing and maybe the two pastors could have a friendly debate? Clear up some misunderstandings? People have short tempers nowadays so it couldn’t hurt.

I don’t pay Protestants any attention. Dealing with stuff like this is just bad for my blood pressure.

The Catholic Church (the Universal Church) is the One True Church founded by Jesus Christ and carried on by the Apostles and their successors.
Sorry to all who think otherwise, but the Church is the Church and is holy and Christ is present in it. All others, while they may have a seed or truth, or even a big chunk of the truth (such as our Orthodox brethren), are living in error.
The Church has withstood centuries despite attacks from outside and inside and it will be here when the Lord comes back. Protestant sects are heresies developed after the 16th century and while we can look at them with the affection of those who grope in the dark while the light is right there, we can’t accept them as true.
If you read the bible by yourself, fine, but that does not make you supreme ruler of the universe and maker of you own rules. It does not matter what you believe or not, the Church is the ONE TRUE CHURCH. Period.
As for Cheek Publications, they are deluded by the same devil they so much use in their trashy pamphlets. They are truly evil in a sense and completely ignorant of true doctrine. Those who believe what the infantile tracts say live in a complete ignorance and their brains are surely dried out.

The above comment is mine.

Reminds me of Bishop Sheen’s old line: There are not more than 100 people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church.

Momof5BRLA, I think if you actually read the bible you would understand where Catholic teaching comes from. And if you are going to talk about finding the Jesus of the Bible, I am sure you realize that Jesus was a Jew, and was preaching to Jews, and lived with Jews. Not Catholics, not Baptists, not other Protestants. If you are reading from the Bible and coming up with anything other than Catholic, then you are really taking the Gospel out of its place in history. The Catholic Church was the first fully formed Church after Christ’s ascension. It assembled the Canon of Scripture. So the Book that tells you the Catholic Church is wrong was put together by the Church. Who do you think is wrong? The person who reads the book or the person who assembled it? Think about that one.

i agree that the cookie pamplete is judgemental of the catholic church but it doesnt say anything hateful towards any one just trys to get out info to the lost and the misguided catholic members who belive some lies they are being told
in the bible it says not to call no man on earth father yet the preachers go by this name it says to pray to god in a closet where no man can hear yet they have boths to here confessions its true that you are to confess sins thats when you are baptized and afterwards when you pray to god not to man all so the ten commandents says not to make graven idols to worship too but the catholic church has them in their buildings i recently visited one in franklin tn it had a statue of a woman nun and a pamplet beside it it said to pray to the woman and she would ask god to help im sorrry im not praying to a dead girl we die we sleep when jesus comes we will awake those of us who are dead and we are to pray to god not a nun.

my website http://www.totaltestament.com

So, Chris, what do you call the lucky fellow who was canoodling with your mom nine months before you were born?
Do you have an pictures (graven images) of that man anywhere?
Have you ever asked that man to pray for you over this or that difficulty you were facing?

I feel so bad for the FOOL’s that will buy into this garbage.
Christ love’s us all – with out HIM we are NOTHING.
HEED THE WORD you fools…….

You cannot committ a hate crime against the Catholic Church in Tennesee or elsewhere in this country…it’s the last” acceptable
prejudice” still allowed. Chick Publications have been sending converts to the Catholic Church for all the decades of their existence. They make questions arise in hearts of seekers and when confronted with the reality of Catholicism a large number convert to
the Truth. So keep doing the Devil’s work …and he’ll just keep getting tangled up in his own lies…and the Church that Christ established, the Church that the gates of hell shall not prevail
against, will continue to grow.

I use to read these tracts when I was younger. I thought as much for many years when I was an Evangelical Protestant. I have since studied the writings of the Fathers, the men who were trained by the apostles long before Justin and there you will find the Catholic Church. through actually reading the whole bible, and some books such as Scott Hahn ‘The Lambs Supper’ and ‘A Father Who Keeps His Promises’,'The Everlasting Man’ by Chesterton, I have slowly come to know what the Church actually is and became a Catholic. In the Old Testament, God kept his family through Covenants with him, the Church is the New and Everlasting Covenant. It is the family of God. “The Death Cookie” is Really the “Bread of Life” once you read the WHOLE Bible, not just selected parts. I fear it will be Mr. Chick and many Modernistic, Quasi Christians who may see some of the Demons that Mr. Chick loves to draw…
Read Jimmy Akin’s Book On Line About These Tracts..
http://www.catholic.com/library/sr_chick_tracts_p1.asp

Your name, you asked: Where is the “love” for Christ’s accomplishment on the cross?
The simple answer: In the EUCHARIST!
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Momof5: Being that the Bible came FROM the Catholic Church (often unknown to many Protestants due to Satan worshipers like Jack Chick of “Chick Tracks”), it would be impossible to declare it “incorrect” as it would have to mean that Christ was not Christ. You might be best to study REAL biblical history. Furthermore, your “Protestant Bible didn’t even come about until the printing press in the 1500′s. By that logic alone, even if ingorant of early Christian History, it would make the WORD, i.e., Sacred Tradition, including the apostles,frauds. You and many might be shocked to learn that the bible actually came not only FROM the Catholics, but from the Catholic Mass, (yes, the one with the Eucharist), and even that wasn’t until 400 years after the death of Christ.
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Paul, I miss the “old bench” too; convinced this is well needed penance, at least for me. I know the old bench was too good to be true, or at least last.

For anyone who dares to seek real Truth, here are the Eucharist Miracles to ponder!
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/a3.html

Jack Chick tracts have occasionally been left on my desk in the public school where I teach. I read them and laugh.
How sad that a congregation purporting to be Christian defines itself by being against thing.

And against things, too!

Back to the to the “Your not a Christian”; “yes I am, it’s you who isn’t a Christian” routine. Catholics should be disassociating from the morally ambiguous self-described “moral Majority”. Too many therein aren’t a reliable ally, and will turn against other Christians.

Stupid, misguided pamphlet that should never have seen the light of day, but protected religious speech under the First Amendment, not a “hate crime.” (Anybody ever hear of a love crime, BTW? But I digress.)
Christians are called to come together in the unity of our faith in Jesus Christ, not in the unity of our doctrine. If we come together in love, the God who is big enough raise us to eternal life from the grave is also big enough to sort out all our wrong doctrine, Catholic and Protestant alike. Both sides here need to grow up and abandon milk for spiritual meat.

The Eucharist is the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ, and as such, we shouldn’t be surprised that it is such a divisive point. It was Simeon who prophesied that Christ would be a sign that would be contradicted, so that the thoughts of many souls may be revealed. We see that a multitude of people abandoned Christ when he taught the Bread of Life discourse, and balked at his teaching that only when they eat his flesh and drink his blood will they have life. Why should it be any different today?
It isn’t surprising that they would think that the greatest miracle of the Eucharist is the devil’s work. For those who think that darkness is light, and light darkness, why shouldn’t they be so deficient of faith and intellect as to declare the very substance of God to be Satanic?
The final end of all heresies is the rejection of God and his Divine Plan, the repetition of Lucifer’s fall of pride. We’re seeing the fruits of such rebellion here.

Praise be to God and then our courageous priest Father Jay Flaherty and our noble Bishop Richard F. Stika for addressing this. Unfortunately this sort of thing happens to Catholics in this part of the country more than we care to admit. We’re fortunate this was brought to light and that our Catholic leaders were so well versed and loving as they handled this situation.
Does it not mean to be Christ-like when carrying the title of Christian? As we all should know who follow Him, Christ is love. I am not at all surprised that our Catholic leaders handled this with love. I, for one, will continue to pray for the strength and grace of our clergy and membership, here. It’s not an easy discipline to combat hate with love but how beautiful it is when it happens. What a wonderful example to follow.

“Preacher Jonathan Hatcher says the pamphlets are meant to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
“This is an isolated event where just one believer had an obligation to share with a Catholic friend, in a difference of what we believe,” Pastor Hatcher said”.
Sorry, but lying is a sin. It is evil. Wrong. Not something Christians should do. And that pamphlet is full of lies.
A pastor who can speak of a sin as an isolated event is not fit to be a pastor. Newman blew that excuse out of the water in a sermon he preached in 1847. Sin is serious;, it’s attempted Deicide.
And it is *not* “isolated” – our acts & omissions have consequences; they can have them for centuries into the future, on millions of people & hundreds of generations. If St. Gregory the Great had not met some English children, St. Augustine might never have been sent to England in 597. The latest sin we commit, may be tiny in itself – yet it may damn us for ever.
God help U.S. Protestantism, if that pastor’s outlook is at all widespread.

Oh this is just one of those old Chick tracts. They hate just about every other Protestant denomination as well, and would probably hate the Eastern Orthodox too if they had any idea who they were.
This is the kind of thing its just better to ignore, because they only want to feed off the attention. They’re like real-life trolls is all.
Something like that, you flip thru it like you’ve never seen it before, then laugh in their face, drop the silly dam thing on the ground, and walk away.

Excuse me, but the murders at Columbine were not commited by bible believing christians.
It’s funny how this man can bring Columbine up when his cult (The Catholic Church) were responsible for countless numbers of torturous murders throughout history (murders of anyone opposing their pagan, non-biblical beliefs).
The pamphlets you say offend you are full biblical truths while 90% of your Catholic practices have 0% Biblical basis.
Sorry buddy, but if these gospel bearing pamphlets lead one soul to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it’s worth every offense to you.

I believe that the Echarist is really God, and the best way to help those that dont believe in the Eucharist is to pray for them. Defending your faith is one thing but arguing with someone and putting down what they belive is another.