Chick Tracts Summary

For over 50 years, Jack T. Chick has been creating cartoons that convey his Fundamentalist Christian views. These “Chick Tracts” cover controversial topics such as abortion and gay marriage, scientific matters such as evolution and global warming, and even tracts geared more towards teenagers. With eBooks, audiobooks, apps, and having been translated into over 100 different languages, Chick Tracts have been made readily available in today’s technological world. No matter the topic, all of the tracts are related to how one can reach salvation; whether it is setting the guideline for what one should be doing, or should not be doing. Often times, when the tracts are specifying what one should not do, it is in relation to Catholicism or Catholic views. In the cartoon “Are Roman Catholics Christian?”, Jack T. Chick explores all the reasons why he believes that Catholicism is not a suitable means to reach salvation. Using scripture, amongst other sources, one can understand what the tract is saying, formulate a Catholic response, as well as understand why
However, according to the tract, “Are Roman Catholics Christian?”, the baptism of infants is not. Chick goes on to explain how infant baptism is not a viable means of salvation. Nowhere in the Bible does it state that baptizing infants is an adequate way of bringing new members into the faith. Being a Fundamentalist, Jack T. Chick takes the Bible literally. This leaves little to no room for interpretation of the written text on the Bible’s pages. Baptism is for the believers in Christ. How can an infant, unable to reason, believe in Him? Acts 8:35-38 is an account of, what seems to be, a rational man, wanting to be baptized after learning of the Good News about Jesus. Once he had learned about Christ, the man, Philip, was able to decide for himself that he desired