Issue 101
News: Christianity is not a religion: Film at 11. Or Not.
Earlier in the week, Halloween happened. This meant that I'd reread selected Chick Tracts. One of those tracts was What's wrong with this picture? Upon rereading the tract I realized how much Jack seemed to be undermining all his work over the past half-century. Naturally there was some special pleading for Christianity. His argument for leaving his brand of Christianity alone was that it, in fact, was not a religion, but a "living relationship with Jesus". The next day, I read one of his newly released tracts and a similar claim was made. I decided to investigate his claim. As it turns out, the idea that Christianity is not a religion is a more common one than I thought, but seemed to be almost entirely confined to Evangelicals. Their claim wasn't entirely on the level, as it depended on a redefinition of religion, which they took to mean "anything which keeps one from getting eternal life in Jesus Christ". Curiously, Answers.com has several definitions, virtually all of them being covered by the definition "An ideology built around the worship of a deity." Clearly, mainstream science isn't the only mainstream source seen as a threat to their belief system. Now they're targeting Webster's. Since when did the Religious Right become PeTA?
Band Name of the Day: The Curse of Cain, from a fictional novel within a novel I'm writing.
Film Idea of the Day: To Myself and Others. A novel in short stories which I have already begun to write. A college-aged novelist has to put up with his idiotic roommates: His Highness Herb, King of all Stoners, and obnoxious pansexual dwarfboy Duke.
Film Review of the Day: The Usual Suspects. Who is Keyser Soze? This film attempts to answer this question, through the eyes of a man with cerebral palsy who may or may not be Soze. This film gets big points from me if only for the fact that my hometown of Skokie is mentioned twice in the movie.
Quote of the Day: "I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around."
___________Holden Caulfield.
Link of the Day: None this week.
Tract Reviews: Where Did They Go? Jack talks about the Rapture.
Unforgiven. The first original Black Tract, a man gets into prison and becomes a muslim. His grandma decides to deconvert him, and fails. He gets burned into a pit of fire. Featuring Jack's most bizarre claim yet: "Muhammad was a Cracka!"
Earlier in the week, Halloween happened. This meant that I'd reread selected Chick Tracts. One of those tracts was What's wrong with this picture? Upon rereading the tract I realized how much Jack seemed to be undermining all his work over the past half-century. Naturally there was some special pleading for Christianity. His argument for leaving his brand of Christianity alone was that it, in fact, was not a religion, but a "living relationship with Jesus". The next day, I read one of his newly released tracts and a similar claim was made. I decided to investigate his claim. As it turns out, the idea that Christianity is not a religion is a more common one than I thought, but seemed to be almost entirely confined to Evangelicals. Their claim wasn't entirely on the level, as it depended on a redefinition of religion, which they took to mean "anything which keeps one from getting eternal life in Jesus Christ". Curiously, Answers.com has several definitions, virtually all of them being covered by the definition "An ideology built around the worship of a deity." Clearly, mainstream science isn't the only mainstream source seen as a threat to their belief system. Now they're targeting Webster's. Since when did the Religious Right become PeTA?
Band Name of the Day: The Curse of Cain, from a fictional novel within a novel I'm writing.
Film Idea of the Day: To Myself and Others. A novel in short stories which I have already begun to write. A college-aged novelist has to put up with his idiotic roommates: His Highness Herb, King of all Stoners, and obnoxious pansexual dwarfboy Duke.
Film Review of the Day: The Usual Suspects. Who is Keyser Soze? This film attempts to answer this question, through the eyes of a man with cerebral palsy who may or may not be Soze. This film gets big points from me if only for the fact that my hometown of Skokie is mentioned twice in the movie.
Quote of the Day: "I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around."
___________Holden Caulfield.
Link of the Day: None this week.
Tract Reviews: Where Did They Go? Jack talks about the Rapture.
Unforgiven. The first original Black Tract, a man gets into prison and becomes a muslim. His grandma decides to deconvert him, and fails. He gets burned into a pit of fire. Featuring Jack's most bizarre claim yet: "Muhammad was a Cracka!"
Labels: Jack is Whack, Tract Reviews
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