Chick Publications
PO Box 622, Chino, CA 91710
Learn to HATE for GOD. These are those tiny, rectangular "Christian"
comic books that grinning zombies hand you on the street -- the ones with
atrocious art and an almost prehuman level of sheer, unbridled hate,
manipulating the lowest human religious instincts. Not exactly a "turn the
other cheek" philosophy. These have probably turned more people *off* to
Jesus than any other Christian publication. If the Devil has been looking for
something to make Jesus look bad, this is it. Chick depicts, with all too
revealing glee, the eternal suffering that awaits Jews, Catholics, unbaptized
babies, people who cuss, and anyone else slightly less consumed with hate and
fear than he is. These rank right down there with the craziest Nazi UFO
rantings, yet to many ignorant racists these are Truth. Terrifying. $5 for
a sample assortment of comics, and price list. But if you pretend you're
the dumbest jackass in the world, he may well identify with you and send
you many freebies.
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Bad news for any of you with "High Weirdness by Mail", Spire Christian comics
are no longer being printed. (Not affiliated with Chick Publications, but
these guys will definitely share a cell in the Xist reprogramming camps.)
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 11:16:21 est
From: Eric Haines <eye!erich@wrath.cs.cornell.edu>
Message-Id: <9001041616.AA18135@spruce>
Subject: Allah changes his tactics
Another one from the "In the Name of God" column in "Free Inquiry", Vol 10,
No 1:
Minister Louise Farrakhan recently told a Washington news conference that
President Bush and the FBI were out to get him, and then threatened a UFO
invasion if they didn't stop.
The Black Muslim leader said Bush was planning a "war" against the nation's
blacks, adding that FBI agents were "working night and day...with the purpose
of discrediting [me] and ultimately causing [my] death."
In a "warning" to Bush "to leave me alone," Farrakhan said, "The moment you
attempt to lay your hands upon me, the fullness of Allah's wrath will descend
upon you and America" in the form of UFOs appearing "in abundance" over
American cities, followed by "an increase in number and intensities" of the
"calamities that America is presently experiencing."
After reading his statement, Farrakhan left, allowing no questions.
(Knight-Ridder)
--Eric Haines
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 11:10:26 est
From: Eric Haines <eye!erich@wrath.cs.cornell.edu>
Message-Id: <9001041610.AA18131@spruce>
Subject: Like, Jesus is rilly gnarly, dude
>From the "In the Name of God" column in "Free Inquiry", Vol 10 No 1, the
secular humanist mag (Box 5, Buffalo, NY 14215-0005):
Surfing is being used by some young Christians to spread the gospel. "We like
to call it surfing for Jesus," said James Gould, a youth counselor at a
Christian ministry in Fort Lauderdale. "I'm sure the Lord approves."
The idea began in the mid-1980s in a Calvary Chapel church in Costa Mesa,
California, and soon spread to other areas. The Calvary Chapel Surfing
Association, to which Gould belongs, now has about seventy members throughout
South Florida.
For the past year, the group has met once a month on a beach for Bible readings
and prayer, including a prayer for a good set of waves and protection from
sharks.
"I don't think it's God's will that anyone be attacked by a shark, but if it
is, then it is," said Gould, 33. Gould believes that if Jesus were alive today
he would be a surfer or a rock musician, and would take part in other
youth-oriented activities to help teens with problems of drugs and alienation.
He added, "Jesus would probably get out there and ride the waves in his bare
feet." (Associated Press)
--Eric Haines
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 14:49:47 EST
From: "joel s. kollin" <joel@media-lab.media.mit.edu>
Message-Id: <9001041949.AA12517@media-lab>
Subject: RetroCulture Flash!!!
(From the Detroit Free Press 1/3/90)
"Thank Goodness FM radio waves don't project very far. A Florida radio station has switched to what it claims
has switched to what it claims - and who would doubt them? - is the world's
only all-Led Zeppelin radio format. WKRL-FM in Clearwater made the cutover
Jan. 1 after spending New Year's Eve repeatedly playing the 1971 hit,
"Stairway to Heaven".
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 90 18:06 MST
From: LIPPARD%UACCIT@telcom.arizona.edu
Subject: a visit to the supermarket
Message-id: <FB5A27791CDF2004A7@telcom.arizona.edu>
Today I went to Safeway to buy some groceries and in the process
observed two things of possible interest. First, outside the store
were a bunch of the machines selling bubble gum, plastic monsters,
cheapo rings, and so forth. One of the machines was selling stickers.
One of the stickers you could get, which was a bit too prominently
displayed, read "OUT OF ORDER". Talk about a bad sales technique.
That's about on a par with selling "NOT FOR SALE" signs.
Anyway, once inside I looked through the tabloid racks and was
shocked to see (on the Enquirer) that Jim Bakker's teenage daughter
wants to (or is going to) pose nude for Playboy to raise money for
dad. She's a little better looking than mom, but that's not saying
much. Eek!
Rev. Jim
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