Click on photo to read the actual comic at their website.
Again, is this necessary? Do you need to scare the ***t out of someone needlessly to get him/her to conform?
Showing posts with label The Truth for Youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Truth for Youth. Show all posts
Friday, September 11, 2009
Yet Another Depiction of Hell
Here's a new typical depiction of Hell from The Truth for Youth.
Click on photo to read the actual comic at their website.
Again, is this necessary? Do you need to scare the ***t out of someone needlessly to get him/her to conform?
Click on photo to read the actual comic at their website.
Again, is this necessary? Do you need to scare the ***t out of someone needlessly to get him/her to conform?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Truth for Youth has Arrived!
Today I received my copy of The Truth For Youth in the mail. TTFY is a New Testament Bible (God's Word Version) plus almost 100 pages of manga style comics dealing with subjects like sex, rock music, evolution, and more. It's interspersed with ads for other Revival Fires* products and a coupon that you can send in if you decide to get saved. At first glance this book seems to be the ultimate commercialization of the bible, geared specifically for teenagers. At second glance? I agree with my first glance.
The comics are of special interest to me. When I was young my parents bought Chick comics for me in lieu of more worldly comic books. The artistic style of comics in TTFY is a little better than Alberto, but not much.
The first story in the comic section was about safe sex and condoms in particular. The story is about a cheerleader (stereotypical skinny blonde) who is looking to have sex with the football quarterback (stereotypical beefcake white teen). The condom factoids are told by a high school nerd named Stats (stereotypical asian intellectual). The quaterback is being proselytized by the running back (stereotypical black high school athlete), and the cheerleader is also being hounded by another cheerleader (a steretypical stereotype of a stereotype).
The asian intellectual in the story has these statistics to consider.
The problem I have with these statistics is that they're not true. The 15% failure rate is typical use. IOW, this is the failure rate if the condoms are not used properly or consistantly. Same with the 13% pregnancy rate. What would you think the pregnancy rate would be if condoms weren't used at all? I don't know, but I'm sure it's much worse than 13% - 15%. The perfect use failure and pregnancy rate for condoms is 2%. That's a big difference! If a condom is used properly and every time, only 2 in 100 girls will get pregnant! Talk about twisting statistics.Click here for condom statistics.
At the end of the story we see a copy of TTFY get passed around the football field (pun intended).
The first comic is so full of stereotypes that I had a hard time finishing it. Just leafing through the rest revealed all kinds of stereotypes.
This book is basically a new testament bible (translated into very simple modern english) pasted in the back of a badly written 100 page Chick Tract wannabe. Revival Fires ministries are trying to recruit teenagers to pass this book out at public schools. I hope the kids do pass this thing out because it is ridiculous. I have three teen age nephews and I can imagine every one of them laughing at the caricarture of teen life that's depicted in this book.
A parting question for my christian detractors to think about. Do you like it that your holy book is included in the back of a second rate comic book?
* Warning: loud gospel music plays when page is loaded.
The comics are of special interest to me. When I was young my parents bought Chick comics for me in lieu of more worldly comic books. The artistic style of comics in TTFY is a little better than Alberto, but not much.
The first story in the comic section was about safe sex and condoms in particular. The story is about a cheerleader (stereotypical skinny blonde) who is looking to have sex with the football quarterback (stereotypical beefcake white teen). The condom factoids are told by a high school nerd named Stats (stereotypical asian intellectual). The quaterback is being proselytized by the running back (stereotypical black high school athlete), and the cheerleader is also being hounded by another cheerleader (a steretypical stereotype of a stereotype).
The asian intellectual in the story has these statistics to consider.
Er -- Yes -- Well, Actually condoms have a 15% failure rate and 13% of unmarried teens get pregnant in the first year they use condoms for contraception!
The problem I have with these statistics is that they're not true. The 15% failure rate is typical use. IOW, this is the failure rate if the condoms are not used properly or consistantly. Same with the 13% pregnancy rate. What would you think the pregnancy rate would be if condoms weren't used at all? I don't know, but I'm sure it's much worse than 13% - 15%. The perfect use failure and pregnancy rate for condoms is 2%. That's a big difference! If a condom is used properly and every time, only 2 in 100 girls will get pregnant! Talk about twisting statistics.Click here for condom statistics.
At the end of the story we see a copy of TTFY get passed around the football field (pun intended).
The first comic is so full of stereotypes that I had a hard time finishing it. Just leafing through the rest revealed all kinds of stereotypes.
This book is basically a new testament bible (translated into very simple modern english) pasted in the back of a badly written 100 page Chick Tract wannabe. Revival Fires ministries are trying to recruit teenagers to pass this book out at public schools. I hope the kids do pass this thing out because it is ridiculous. I have three teen age nephews and I can imagine every one of them laughing at the caricarture of teen life that's depicted in this book.
A parting question for my christian detractors to think about. Do you like it that your holy book is included in the back of a second rate comic book?
* Warning: loud gospel music plays when page is loaded.
Friday, August 28, 2009
I've got to get me one of these!
Today, I got an AFA action alert in my mail. I signed up for them a while back hoping to get some ideas to write about. AFA has delivered in the past and they delivered today.
Dear Robert,Because, I am a bit of a packrat and a collector of useless unusual items, I really want one of these things. I want to read it and write about it. Thing is, I can buy one of them for the small price of $3. But is $3 too much to give to the AFA and Revival Fires? Should I get my nephew to get one for free so he can give it to me? Is that unethical? I'm at a crossroads here.
American Family Association / American Family Radio is partnering with Revival Fires International, the ministry of Evangelist Tim Todd, this week (Aug. 24-28) to place a Truth for Youth Bible into the hands of teenagers who will distribute them to lost students in our public schools. Teenagers are urged to participate in this vital campaign by going to: http://thetruthforyouth.com/tfy_bibles_2009.asp or calling toll free 1-800-733-4737 (8:00am - 6:00pm CST) and ordering a FREE BIBLE for a teenager to distribute at school. Tim Todd has underwritten the costs of making this Bible available free of charge.
During this designated week, in a very effective and unique evangelism outreach, "The Truth For Youth" will be given to all teenagers who commit to give the Bibles to their unsaved friends in school. Limit: One Bible per teenager in each home. Additional copies may be purchased for a special discounted price of only $3.00 each by going to: http://www.thetruthforyouth.com/truth_bible.html#HELPTHECAUSE.
"The Truth For Youth" consists of the entire New Testament in the God's Word version, along with 100 pages of powerful full color comics that are packed with "absolute truths" regarding issues young people are faced with, such as: Evolution, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Abortion, Pornography, Drugs, Drunkenness, Peer Pressure, School Violence, Secular Rock Music, Sorcery and Witchcraft. God's wonderful plan of salvation is incorporated into each of the stories.
Request A Free Bible Today
Teenagers, or parents of teenagers, are urged to participate in this vital campaign by going to: http://thetruthforyouth.com/tfy_bibles_2009.asp or calling the toll free 1-800-733-4737 (8:00am - 6:00pm CST) and ordering a FREE BIBLE to distribute at school.
In the past seven years, a partnership with American Family Association in these evangelistic efforts has resulted in more than 350,000 Bibles being given away in school and more than 2500 young people sending decision coupons, emails or letters confirming they have surrendered their hearts to Christ. A total of more than 1.25 million Truth for Youth Bibles have been distributed since the conception of the Truth for Youth Bible for teens.
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
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