I used to hand these out when I was like 10. cringe
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How did they get you into it?
We all did dumb stuff we regret when we were kids.
Haven't seen one in many years, but used to find them on the car in the 70s and 80s.
I literally found one (or something similar? I don't recall exactly) on my doorstep earlier this year. They're very much still a thing.
Someone tucked one in every car door handle down the block a few years ago in my apartment complex.
I did my public service and put them all into the trash.
Good man
They're pretty fun. Except for the sexism, homophobia, and various other forms of bigotry. My favorite ones are those in which there's some Satanic conspiracy to steal a soul by tempting them with a good time.
- archive of all chick tracts - need to log in to see them
- official site
- dark dungeons - independent movie that is a near-faithful yet ironic adaptation of one of the more infamous tracts
My favorite one is the "My Ancestor" one
I want that shirt, unintentionally goes hard.
Which one? My Ancestor, or Drugs?
My ancestor!
Which one? 😂
I like “Drugs ☠️” but “SeX” is a close second.

😭😭😭
I remember these stupid things as a kid.
I did just go down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and the history of Tijuana Bibles is pretty interesting!

I've seen them in the wild twice in my life. Once in a packet left on my door. They know I'm Jewish so that was 'fun'. The second time someone (not the people at the office) left an entire stack of random ones at my gyno's office and I took every single fucking one.
I was sad the D&D one wasn't among the stack. We did get an amazing Thanksgiving one though.
I remember there was a movie that showed what was going to happen in the apocalypse. I just remember the disturbing imagery about a guy dying from a motorcycle accident, people rotting in hell, demons whipping people, crazy stuff.
Maybe it was in Spanish?
I've seen that one, and many many others.
I found one at a gas station once
There's also at least two Cthulhu mythos ones! These are parodies, not official tracts!
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2009/06/26/lovecraft-chick-tract/hpl1jpg/
I think there was also a fantastic four one...