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Proof that not even stories full of [[TheWarOnStraw Strawmen]] are immune to [[NightmareFuel giving people nightmares]].

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Proof The world as according to Chick Tracts is borderline ReligiousHorror, where ''so'' much more than unrepentant blasphemy is unforgivable. The rules of the game aren't just fate-of-the-unlearned, but fate-of-the-''unprepared''; and the fickle, indifferent attitude of God towards even slight transgressions that aren't recanted before death lands firmly in GodAndSatanAreBothJerks territory. It's standalone proof that not even [[{{Narm}} narm-y]] stories full of [[TheWarOnStraw Strawmen]] are immune to [[NightmareFuel giving people nightmares]].
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* The young man at the center of "[[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0025/0025_01.asp Trust Me]]" when, upon going to prison following his arrest for selling drugs to an undercover cop, he is very strongly implied to have been gang raped, resulting in his contracting [[spoiler:and eventually dying from]] AIDS. Worse yet, not only do the guards refuse to intervene, the panel where one inmate grabs him while saying "[[FridgeHorror This sweet thing is mine tonight"]] - the prison guards is actually smiling as he's about to witness a prisoner being raped.

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* The young man at the center of "[[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0025/0025_01.asp Trust Me]]" when, upon going to prison following his arrest for selling drugs to an undercover cop, he is very strongly implied to have been gang raped, resulting in his contracting [[spoiler:and eventually dying from]] AIDS. Worse yet, not only do the guards refuse to intervene, the panel where one inmate grabs him while saying "[[FridgeHorror This sweet thing is mine tonight"]] - the prison guards guard is actually smiling as he's about to witness a prisoner being raped. raped.
* In "[[https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=1056 Going Down?]]" a couple get into a car accident and, before the husband dies, he tells their reverend that he and his wife are doomed to Hell because the reverend told them it wasn't real. The reverend then has nightmares of Hell and worms with the heads of his parishioners saying that they're waiting for him and that he'll be joining them soon.
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* The atrocious art means that even totally innocent things (kids' faces, pets, etc) frequently lapse into UnintentionalUncannyValley territory without meaning to. And don't even get started on the actual ''demons''...

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* The atrocious art means that even totally innocent things (kids' faces, pets, etc) frequently lapse into UnintentionalUncannyValley territory without meaning to.territory. And don't even get started on the actual ''demons''...
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* In "No Fear?":

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* In "No Fear?": "[[https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=52 No Fear?]]":
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* Some of the tracts are a little jarring, like "The Thing", especially the final.

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* Some of the tracts are a little jarring, like "The Thing", especially the final.final panel.
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** Because they don't want to be forgiven.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* The atrocious art means that even totally innocent things (kids' faces, pets, etc) frequently lapse into UncannyValley territory without meaning to. And don't even get started on the actual ''demons''...

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* The atrocious art means that even totally innocent things (kids' faces, pets, etc) frequently lapse into UncannyValley UnintentionalUncannyValley territory without meaning to. And don't even get started on the actual ''demons''...



* The UncannyValley animation of "Tiny Shoes".

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* The UncannyValley UnintentionalUncannyValley animation of "Tiny Shoes".
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* Seriously, ''[[FridgeHorror living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. [[IllegalReligion Christians]] are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a totalitarian world government that's like a mix of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] and a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos cult]].

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* Seriously, ''[[FridgeHorror imagine living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. [[IllegalReligion Christians]] are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a totalitarian world government that's like a mix of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] and a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos cult]].
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* Seriously, ''[[FridgeHorror imagine]] [[FridgeHorror living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. [[IllegalReligion Christians]] are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a totalitarian world government that's like a mix of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] and a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos cult]].

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* Seriously, ''[[FridgeHorror imagine]] [[FridgeHorror living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. [[IllegalReligion Christians]] are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a totalitarian world government that's like a mix of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] and a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos cult]].
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** While the demons in the same tract are little more than mouthpieces for Jack Chick's bizarre views and conspiracy theories, their appearances are distinctly discomfiting. With faces like melting wax, they look like they could fit in well on a trippy [[psychological horror]] movie, if they would just stop ranting about ecumenism.

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** While the demons in the same tract are little more than mouthpieces for Jack Chick's bizarre views and conspiracy theories, their appearances are distinctly discomfiting. With faces like melting wax, they look like they could fit in well on a trippy [[psychological horror]] {{psychological horror}} movie, if they would just stop ranting about ecumenism.
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** While the demons in the same tract are little more than mouthpieces for Jack Chick's bizarre views and conspiracy theories, their appearances are distinctly discomfiting. With faces like melting wax, they look like they could fit in well on a trippy, psychological horror movie, if they would just stop ranting about ecumenism.

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** While the demons in the same tract are little more than mouthpieces for Jack Chick's bizarre views and conspiracy theories, their appearances are distinctly discomfiting. With faces like melting wax, they look like they could fit in well on a trippy, psychological horror trippy [[psychological horror]] movie, if they would just stop ranting about ecumenism.

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* Seriously, [[FridgeHorror imagine]] ''[[FridgeHorror living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. Christians are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a world government not unremniscient of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos]].

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* Seriously, [[FridgeHorror imagine]] ''[[FridgeHorror imagine]] [[FridgeHorror living]]'' in the CrapsackWorld depicted in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp The Last Generation]]. Christians [[IllegalReligion Christians]] are rounded up and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sent to "mental camps"]], natural disasters are all over the place, children are ''actively rewarded'' for snitching on Christians (up to and including ''their own parents''), and a new pagan-mashup state religion involving animal sacrifice [[AssimilationAcademy is enforced in schools]], in a totalitarian world government not unremniscient that's like a mix of the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] and a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos]].Chaos cult]].


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*** Not just that, if Bobby is to be trusted, simply saying "God help us" is enough to be sent to one.
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** God being depicted as a non-faced humanoid is also rather disturbing.
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** Alright, look. Watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBb3zqWBXc&t=1682s)at about the 25:25 mark, Paul Washer - who is one of the best preachers of REAL Christianity these days, seriously - talks about how just because you're not gonna be in the ministry (i.e. a missionary or a pastor) doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. The most godly people he's ever met aren't in the ministry; one of the holiest men he knows is a man in Iowa who owns a gravel company. Jack Chick isn't right about everything, although I'll say most of his tracts are theologically correct. But if you want to hear some really good Gospel preaching, go to IllBeHonest.com. Repent and believe the Gospel!
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**Alright, look. Watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBb3zqWBXc&t=1682s)at about the 25:25 mark, Paul Washer - who is one of the best preachers of REAL Christianity these days, seriously - talks about how just because you're not gonna be in the ministry (i.e. a missionary or a pastor) doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. The most godly people he's ever met aren't in the ministry; one of the holiest men he knows is a man in Iowa who owns a gravel company. Jack Chick isn't right about everything, although I'll say most of his tracts are theologically correct. But if you want to hear some really good Gospel preaching, go to IllBeHonest.com. Repent and believe the Gospel!
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* That photograph on the main page is [[TheUnsmile kind of unnerving]] too the longer you look at it...

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* That photograph on [[ComicBook/ChickTracts the main page page]] is [[TheUnsmile kind of unnerving]] too the longer you look at it...
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** Also... if the child goes to Heaven. She then has to spend ''all eternity'' in the same place as her abuser, who is there by virtue of his accepting Christ. Which from her point of view means it soon stops being her Heaven and takes on overtones of ''somewhere else''.
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* The whole concept of a {{God|IsEvil}} that tortures people forever if they do arbitrary things like celebrate Halloween or play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' or simply doing missionary work to help improve people's lives without forcing religion down their throats.

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* The whole concept of a {{God|IsEvil}} that tortures people forever if they do arbitrary things like celebrate Halloween or play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' or simply doing missionary work to help improve people's lives without ''without'' forcing religion down their throats.

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