@writingprompts Okay, so I did a semi-deep dive into this, and it seems like this is not a Chick Tract (different art style anyway), but from something called the "Truth for Youth Bible", however not the current one (which can be found here: https://revivalfires.org/ and is - compared to this - incredibly boring) but likely the third edition with entirely different illustrations. (see: https://x.com/abtnatural/status/1222721453373755394?lang=ar )

I am still trying to find a good scan of the whole thing. So far no luck, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm missing a few points about this from my cultural perspective: is this supposed to be an illustration of the 'bad' people?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

@bazzzzzzz It's an illustration of everything Christian extremists in the late 90's / early 2000's were afraid of: Tattoos, gangs in school, facial piercings, short hair on girls, short sleeves on girls, teenage sex, drugs and evolution ("my ancestor").

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks, those were the things that were completely normal to me in the 90s in my environment...so I couldn't understand that any of that would wave been horrible to anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@writingprompts Much better scan and more background here: https://bsky.app/profile/booleanunion.bsky.social/post/3lcj2ef2tbs2b

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That security guard seems woefully underarmed.