First of all, I apologize for my absence. I know it’s been a while, but I’ll try to get more work into this blog. In the meantime, Jack Chick is a racist nutjob! Just wanted to remind you guys. And for those of you who were mislead by the title, no, we are not in Las Vegas! We are in that warped world of Jack Chick’s mind where all LGTB people look like gypsies and all Muslims are psychotic extremists! So, without further ado, Sin City!
Ah, yes, it’s a BEAUTIFUL day here in Sin City! The Festival of Offensive Stereotypes is in full swing, and… what’s this? A single guy standing in the middle of the street, holding a sign? Why, it couldn’t POSSIBLY be a Christian who either gets someone to repent/gets persecuted for his beliefs/all of the above? That would just be ABSURD!
It’s only the second panel, and already I get to do some legal nitpicking. Technically, protesting ISN’T a hate crime. Now, if you threw bricks at the parade float or beat some people up, that would be a hate crime. But protesting? No.
Um, no, he didn’t act in hatred against you. He was merely expressing his beliefs, albeit in a disruptive and somewhat offensive way. Maybe you could get him on disturbing the peace, but even that would be unlikely.
Oh, great, Jack is trying to be poetic now.
Zanah is actually a pretty cool demon name. It sounds like some sort of magic word! When I wave my magic wand and say “Zanah!”, an annoying character will appear!
Zanah! It’s Uncle Bob, a recurring Hitler-like guy who for some reason can’t grasp the concept of people having their own opinions, and instead uses half-baked arguments that come FROM THE BIBLE instead of a scientifically verified, peer-reviewed source.
Again with the hate crime nonsense! HE WAS A PROTESTER! Nobody said Occupy was a hate crime, nobody said the civil rights movement or the women’s suffrage movement was a hate crime! IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!
Um… the guy is near-paralyzed in a hospital bed. You could probably say anything you like, provided the guy doesn’t scream “Nurse! There’s a pudgy, annoying guy who’s probably going to repent in ten panels standing in my room!”
Ray makes a good point. Christians constantly say that God loves everyone. So if that’s the case, A) why does everyone who doesn’t repent have to go to Hell, and B) why does Jack apparently NOT love everyone? I mean, he’s downright racist a lot of times.
Zanah! Uncle Bob’s back! And he apparently needs God to find Malcom’s room. [Insert obvious GPS joke here]
Wait… Malcom is apparently a minister or something. Couldn’t he quote from the Bible and shoot Ray’s arguments down? I wouldn’t buy it, but at least it would make sense, considering Malcom’s occupation.
Okay, yes, technically Bob is right. According to a random Bible website, Jude 1:7 does in fact say that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of the cities’ abundant homosexuality. This does not, however, excuse God from being a bigoted extremist who just won’t let people be who they want to be.
All right, God. Here’s a little suggestion. Next time you want an entire city to change their ways, do it yourself! Instead of sending one person who people probably won’t believe was sent by God, go down yourself! Or shout something from Heaven! There are easier ways of doing things!
Ladies and gentlemen, the coolest thing in the Bible has just happened. Two angels and four people just barely escaping the destruction of an entire city. That is actually kind of epic. But not in this tract!
And the children, and the babies, and everything inside this city, anything that could be of any historical significance, were burned to a crisp! But God loves you!
*sigh* I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Uncle Bob is being rational for once. The Rocky Horror dropouts DID in fact commit a hate crime. But, again, that’s no excuse to be a bigoted extremist! Very few people act like this in real lie!
Can anyone name any point in the Bible where Jesus talks about homosexuality? Other than the whole Jesus/God thing?
Um, apparently God is willing to banish millions of people to eternal torment. That’s actually worse than wiping out a city. If anything, God has done far worse.
“I’ve had my own opinions! I’ve been an individual, with my own personality and beliefs! I’m going to Hell!”
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Bob, do you have any evidence for Jesus rising from the dead other than “the Bible says so”? I mean, all you’re saying is “No!”. Just denying everything your opponent says without real proof is NOT a good way to win an argument!
Again, proof? You’re saying that all religions except Christianity are false. Where is your evidence? Don’t say that those religions are immoral, don’t use offensive stereotypes, don’t quote the Bible, just give me some evidence to support your claim that actually makes sense!
Yes, let us reason together. What reasoning? You just quoted the Bible and said because it’s the word of God (which you didn’t prove), that it’s true. WHAT REASONING?!
“It happened! I just became another stupid character who, for no logical reason, just repented, and will probably lose most of my social life!”
And that’s Sin City, and… okay, it’s not the worst tract I’ve ever reviewed. The first few panels about hate crimes and LGBT stereotypes are probably the worst parts of it, but other than that, it’s just stupid and cliched. So, is it bad? Yes. Is it worse than The Last Generation? No, not by a long shot.
Confronting Creation 