Weird Tract Number 108: "Survival Instructions" by Leon Bates

Troy Davis writes:

Many fundies who focus on The Rapture and the Great Tribulation have created tracts as well as videotapes, DVDs, and flash-drives giving instructions to those poor souls who were "left behind." This 1983 four-page pamphlet by the inimitable Leon Bates is one of the many examples in the museum's collection.

Leon Bates is one of my favorites. As I pointed out previously, it was Bates' radio show that first gave me an appreciation for fringe religions when I was a kid. Bates' incorporation of UFOs in his theology intrigued me. I always enjoyed the outsider art in his Tribulation Map and his book Projection for Survival.

Here's what Bates advises the hapless unsaved people facing The Great Tributlation: 1) Prepare for global war and famine; 2) Leave the cities; 3) Avoid mountains and islands because those geographic features will be destroyed; 4) Avoid the oceans; 5) Make provisions for seven years; 6) Establish security from hungry people and animals; 7) Create a secure earthquake-proof dwelling; 8) Beware of demon-controlled people; 9) Don't take the number of The Beast; 10) Avoid public exposure; 11) Warn others of the coming events.

In case you missed it, when I featured Bates' Tribulation Map, I included a link for a merciless and priceless lampoon of Bates' Projection for Survival by cartoonist Daniel Clowes.

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