Onward, Christian Cyclists

Open just two weeks, the brand new Joseph's Bikes and Books on Chatsworth (near Encino Ave.) offers an interesting combination of wares: Bicycles and Evangelical Christian literature.



The bike selection is mostly second-tier -- not high end, but not Wal-Mart, either -- and the book selection is 99% for children and 100% Christian. Titles like Bedtime Bible Stores and Good Manners For Christian Children share the shelf with a glossy coffee table celebration of Mel Gibson's bloody Passion of the Christ.


Also provided free for the taking was a plentiful selection of Jack Chick tracts, those irresistible mini-comics that explain how to achieve salvation through graphic black-and-white illustrations.



Among the store's selection of Chick tracts was "Bewitched," which describes for readers the ways in which reruns of the popular Elizabeth Montgomery/Dick York/Dick Sargent sitcom lead young people to drug abuse, and "The Sissy" which follows a hunky, muscular truck driver who enjoys meeting other men in truck stops and inviting them to "prayer meetings."


I think more people should ride bikes.

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2009 at 4:53 AM

    You have a misspelling in the subject (Onward Christian Cylists)

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  2. L.J. WilliamsonSeptember 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Um, no I don't. You can't prove that. The dog ate my homework.

    Seriously, though, tanks. Ooops, I mean thnaks.

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  3. Brad LanerSeptember 11, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Giving Jack Chick tracts to kids is tantamount to child abuse. That's some sick, hateful shit.

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