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jlroberson (jlroberson) wrote in scans_daily,

Ah, Christian comics. Al Hartley being GONE WITH THE WIND to Jack Chick & Fred Carter's BIRTH OF A NATION. (or a different analogy, John Hughes vs. 70s Wes Craven)

Although nothing, nothing at all, can touch CRUSADERS for sheer psychotic creepiness, the fact these look the way they do in some ways makes them even scarier, as this is reflective of the self-image of the paranoid evangelical--who thinks that the sinners have time to waste bothering to tempt them in the first place. My experience is that hardcore Christians have much more of a problem interesting people in them.

And I do love the absolute lack of human compassion Betty shows here. She's lying there, bleeding to death, and Earth-Spire Betty sees a perfect moment for conversion. Meet your Ezekiel quota* yet, Betty?

*My own term. The book of Ezekiel is in many ways the basis of the missionary compulsion--God tells Ezekiel to go down into a "sinful" town and warn them of His impending wrath if they do not convert. If he does this and they do not convert, he still will be saved. But if he doesn't bother, he will suffer with them. Look closely at that and see the selfless motivations therein. The motivation is not to help others, primarily. It's to assure your own reservation in Heaven.