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Those Tracts went beyond that. They really did go after Catholics, Mormons, and even evangelicals. They don't resemble the actual teachings of any of the main
by protomyth 5y ago
Those Tracts went beyond that. They really did go after Catholics, Mormons, and even evangelicals. They don't resemble the actual teachings of any of the mainline US Christian faiths. Sadly, a lot of people are not exactly familiar with what their church teaches and at a cursory glance the Tracts seem to be inline with their beliefs.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> They really did go after Catholics, Mormons, and even evangelicals. Yes, none of those were uncommon for fundamentalists of the time (the fundamentalist/evangelical split is perhaps the most opaque to outsiders because they seem very similar from the outside, but fundamentalism was a theological reaction against theological trends within evangelicalism.) All of them have subsided, at least in visible terms, because of political convenience in the last couple decades, but even in the early 90s I saw a lot of it, quite openly, from large fundamentalist-aligned organizations. Chick tracts were notable in their presentation, but not do much their ideas.
- aidenn0 5y agoI think there is a geographic component as well. I am Roman Catholic. I grew up in the North East US and DC suburbs and while I was aware of anti-catholic sentiment among certain denominations, I didn't really encounter it until I went to college in the Midwest, where it was impossible to miss.