FT389 37to corrupt people onabespoke, individual
basis .Theylikenothingbetter than
encouragingsin,and theyworkwith the
Catholics to createand sustain all the cults
and newreligionsoft he world. InTheCurse
of Baphomet(updated asThat’s Baphomet?)
aChristian tells hisFreemason friendAlex
thathe’snot part ofafriendlyorder of
brothersafter all –he’sactuallyworshipping
the goat-headed demon,Baphomet! (See
FT365:28-35formoreonBaphomet.)Alex
justisn’t high enough in the order to be
privy to this knowledge. InGood Old Boys
Chick has aSouth American Masonicclan
machine-gunachurch fullofC hristians,and
inTheVisitorshe reve alsthat the Mormons
serve the demonic god of Baal, while their
founderJosephSmithiss hown to have
wors hippedJupiter .IntheCrusaderscomic
Exorcistswe learn that thereare 300million
Hindu deitiesand,naturally, “alloft hem
areSatanic!”
As well as theundercoverdemons hiding
behindthe maskof‘religion’, Chicktook
particular delight in depictingthe more
overt worksofSatan. Hiscartoons arefilled
withhorror-filmsketche sofr obedfigures
stabbingvictim sonaltar sand undressing
forgrim, orgiastic rituals.Chicklay much
of the blameforSatanism at the door of
pop culture, which he sa wasaprime tool
forusheringinanage in whichdemons
were acceptableand even desirable.Akey
figureint he hellish propaganda machine
wasthe 1960s showBewitched,which Chick
sawasagateway drug into Devilwors hip.
Subseqently,his tract sboth reflected, and
helped fuel,muchoft he SatanicPanicof
the 1980sand 1990s.Inanopen letter dated
23 December 1996,hesingl ed out Saturdaymorning cartoons asarecruiting toolfor
Satan’sarmy. Dungeonsand Dragonswas
anotherparticularly insi dious threat. His
infamous1984 tractDarkDungeonsshowed
howD&D could onlyeverleadtodespair
and suicideand helped turn thetideof
public opinion againstroleplayinggames in
the1980s.
He kept this upfordecades,claiming
thatour cultureisn ow littered with such
doorwaystoe vil. InTheNervousWitch,
Samantha(apotentialnod to–ors neer
at –Elizabeth Mongomery’scharacter in
Bewitched)supports her witch friend –
whoshoutsthings like“Godisd ead!” and
“Witches rule!”–until aChristianconfronts
Samantha,explaining thather mind hasbeenwarped...byHarryPotter.
Most dangerous of all, however,was
Hallowe’en, whichbecame the target of
much of Chick’sire.InTheDevil’s Night,he
claimedHallowe’en wasinventedby ancient
pagan priests in England; the tradition of
trick or treating isareminder of howthey
usedtogofromdoortod oordemanding
sacrificesfortheir false god.If th efamilies
had nothing to give,the priests tookachild
and slaughterediti nstead.This, he claimed,
wasthe ‘true’ origin of the ‘sick’ custom.
Kidsint he modernworldwerestill at risk.
InTheTrick,Druids give outHallowe’en
candylaced with pins,razorblades, crushed
glass and poison.
Hallowe’enremainsaregular target
forChick Publications,and not just
because it’s supp osedlythe principalnight
fordemonichi-jinks; it alsoprovides a
perfectopportunityforthe Chickmodel
of evangelism.Believersare encouraged
to stockupontracts,particularlythe ones
withHallowe’en themes,becauseaready
audience of potentialbelievers is going to
comeknocking atyour door. What could be
better thantogivethem arealtreat –abag
of candywith alittle comic tuckedinside.
After all, according tothelatest issue of
theirnewsletter,TheBattleCry,“KidsLove
ChickTracts!”
Hallowe’enwasn’t the onlytime Satan
cameout to play. He andhis cronieswere
working allyear roundand, according to
Chick,had infiltratedeverywalk of life.
Even theChristianmusic industrywasn’t
safe. In hiscomic‘Spellbound’Chick warns
thatthe growing popularity of Christian
rock bands washardl yawholesome
alternativetos ecular actslikeACDC.ForHTTPS://WWW.CHICK.COM/PRODUCTS/TRACT?STK=0058HTTPS:/
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ABOVE:Chick’swar onHallowe’eninspiredanumberof tracts such asBoo.BELOW:Thefull-colour Exorcists comicrevealedtheSatanicnatureofvariousdeities.