Jack Chick's 'Doom Town'

"It's that time again!", as Jack is fond of saying to the kids in his local park as he wanders through handing out his creepy tracts.  Doom Town is described on Chick's website as "Story of Sodom. Delivers a compassionate plea to repent of homosexuality.", but not only is that a pretty anemic description, it's completely false.  If they wanted to be a little more accurate, here's what it'd read:
"Homosexuals are terrorists who will give you AIDS if you don't let them convert your children.  Instills fear and loathing in the heterosexual, and attempts to scare homosexuals into turning straight."

Yeah!  Not sure what "OUR CHILDREN" has to do with "AIDS: What You Haven't Been Told", but I assume that it...uh...nope, not a clue.  What the shit?  Also, say hello and goodbye to the first sign you might actually see at a homosexual rights rally.

"Man, dude, blood terrorism!  That shit is whack, yo!"
There's a 'reference' to another video by the "AIDS: WYHBT" people, but I imagine it presents no evidence that gay males are really threatening to do this.  Probably because it's a stupid plan that only stupid people would come up with, and completely incongruous with the whole 'love and not hate' message these people seem to be supporting.  Which I guess is Jack's point, that homosexuals talk about love and acceptance and then go and bomb churches to get attention.
So far as infecting the blood supply with AIDS, though...they actually do checks for that sort of thing, you know?  And not just asking if someone has AIDS, they actually use their science (gasp!) to look at the blood and see if there's anything infectious in there.  If there is, it gets chucked out.  So again, a stupid plan for stupid people that would never work.
Who carries a sign that says 'Celebrate sodomy!'? Really?  Are there Christians at anti-gay marches with signs that say 'Celebrate vaginal intercourse!'?  Just seems kinda stupid, like the rest of this panel.

Yeah, 'hate is not a family value' and 'so filled with hate' go together like vanilla and icecream.  God, these fags are so fucking intolerant!
"Lord, let me at least tell one person they're evil sinning assholes who are going to hell, to prove I love them."

"What?  Is this a Bible thing?  And why is it so dark all of a sudden?"
"Hey, I watched your disgusting sinner rally for three hours, commenting on your lack of morals the whole time.  At least let me tell you you're going to burn forever!"
"Okay, but don't try to convert me."  Well, this young homsexual seems set in his beliefs, so even if this fellow (who has only been referred to as 'man' the whole tract) does try to convert him contrary to his wishes, he won't fall for it, right?  Right?
Love the gay stereotype in the corner, there. 

"God chose a man to change world history.  His name was Abraham.  But this story isn't actually about him, so you can just forget him for now."

"I want the plains of Jordan!"  What is with that emphasis?  Was he worried Abraham would get confused and think he meant he didn't want it?
"I want the plains of Jordan!  Look at that fucking awesome lizard thing, that beast is huge!  Screw cattle, I'm gonna herd those sweet ass things." 

Lot is getting older with every passing panel.
It certainly doesn't look like the worse mistake he ever made.  I mean, Abraham is living in some tent with crappy rags for clothes, and Lot has a proper house and fruit and awesome clothes and a shiny cup, and judging by his age he's obviously been living this sweet life for some time...sounds like a good decision to me!

Ah, I see why it was such a bad decision.  That woman in the kissing pair has hirsutism, that's pretty gross.  Also they have cool statues that give you high fives and, uh, monks chasing children.

Wait a second, that's not a woman at all!

That passage actually says Lot was distressed by their filthy conversation, which is a bit different. Also, I read all the passages Chick gives as reference, and some more besides, and actually considered them all in context (gasp!), and there is nothing about pedophilia, or even homosexuality in Sodom at all.

Jack Chick, fabricating information?  Say it isn't so!

Abraham begs God to spare the city, but does a terrible job of it.

Seriously, the whole conversation he has with God goes "Spare it for fifty?"
"Sure."
"How about forty?"
"Sure."
"Twenty?"
"Why not."
"Ten?"
"You bet!"
God obviously wasn't fussed, you'd think Abraham could have bargained him down to say, four righteous people, which would be fulfilled by Lot and his family.  Then hey, maybe an entire city wouldn't have had to be destroyed, and thousands killed!  Good going, Abraham!
Two angels, appearing as men.  Not as angels, which would be much more convincing all around, but as men, because God is oblique in His ways.

No, first the angels said they'd stay in the street all night!  Jack, have you even read the Bible?  Obviously not, because then you'd know there was no mention of rape either!  Ha ha, oh the hilarious misunderstandings that come from not even reading your own religious book.

Straight from Chick's favorite version, Genesis 19:4-5
"But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them."
Which is where all the confusion comes from.  Some theologians take 'know' to mean 'totally sex up' and some of them take 'know' to mean 'interrogate in an inhospitable manner', but it definitely doesn't say 'bring them out unto us, that we may rape them'.
Lot does perform the incredibly dick move of offering up his virgin daughters to placate the angry mob, which I've got to say would be enough to make me want to leave home, if I was them.

I'm not sure if that's a turban or a hairstyle on the one second from the right, but whatever it is made me choke on my drink when I spotted it.  Also damn, the Sodom people are an ugly bunch.  Yet another reason not to live there - ugly people and future ugly children.

BLINDED the lust-filled mob.  And then they got tired...so they left.  Seems a bit anticlimactic.

Now this is something that is interesting - why doesn't God do this any more?  Not blow up cities, since we're all total sinning assholes that would end poorly, but forcibly intervene in people's lives? Where are the angels that enter soon-to-be-bombed embassies and shove people out?  It wasn't a problem in the past, so why not any more?

Poor Sodomites are still blind, so now they're wearying themselves trying to find the fire extinguisher.
Then after that, Lot's wife turns into a pillar of salt, and his two daughters get him drunk and raped him, presumably in return for trying to hand them over to a mob.(Genesis 19:31-38)

God is an asshole slave lord, and if you rebel he will torture you forever.  Although...witchcraft, like Christianity, isn't true either, so I guess no one can be guilty of the sin of witchcraft, and thus you can't be guilty of rebellion either?  Sounds like the sort of logic Chick would use, so it must be right!

Hey, Leviticus!
18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Of course, no Christian observes all or even most of the Leviticus laws, and they'll give you neat examples of how 'they don't apply'...except for the gay bashing ones, of course. 

Man, you aren't even listening to the Bible passages you're quoting to back you up!  It says right there to kill all male homosexuals, so I don't see how you could possibly care about them.  Not to mention that your 'caring' is telling them they'll be tortured eternally unless they follow your religion!
Hey, gotta say that this Christian guy maybe shouldn't be hanging out around gay rallies - he's looking pretty rugged right there.  Surprised his victim hasn't hit on him yet.

God loved homosexuals so much that he destroyed an entire city to get rid of some of them!  And he wrote that you should kill them!  And he defaults to torturing them forever!  What a loving God!
There's Jesus, curing homosexuality up on the cross there.  Not sure where those two other guys are, but whatever.  And hey, he can cure lying and hypocrisy!  Chick, maybe you should trust in Jesus, then you'd finally stop writing these disgusting tracts!

"Lord Jesus, I've had enough of these disgusting homosexual orgies!  From now on, the only person I want coming into me is you!"
I like to read this one as 'The ONLY way to escape the sin of homosexuality is through Jesus Christ...therefore everyone who hasn't accepted Jesus Christ is a homosexual.".

That's it for today!