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We deliver Teddy Bears FREE bouquet of balloons with local deliveries 624 S.W. 13th (between Morrison A Alder) Portland, Oregon Into? 224-CITY K A M I L A A L - N A J J A R hy Kingdom Come . . . Thy Will Be Done is a documentary film directed, written and produced by Antony Thomas about the rise of the born-again Christian fundamentalist move ment and its parallels with the right-wing political machine in the United States. Since 1967 Thomas has directed 18 films and is well-known for his Death o f a Princess (1980), which nearly caused diplomatic rela tions between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia to be severed. Bom in India, raised in South Africa and educated in England, Thomas was censured by South African authorities in 1964 and forced to emigrate to England in 1967. Thomas’s film takes the viewer into specific individuals’ lives as they tell their stories of disillusionment — from personal dissatisfaction Church in Dallas, Texas, which with a mem with their lives to extreme drug and alcohol use. bership of 26,000 is the wealthiest Protestant The one thing all these people had in common church in America. Thomas shows the segrega was that they had been bom again and had tion of the ministry, which has separate given their lives to Jesus Christ, their lord and churches in Dallas for Hispanics and blacks. savior. W. A. Criswell, minister and leader of the Thy Kingdom Come . . . Thy Will Be Done church, when asked why there are segregated was broadcast throughout Europe and England churches, said, “ Birds of a feather flock last spring and received rave reviews. The con together. . . they, minorities, don’t mix very troversial film, co-financed and originally pro duced as two hour-long segments by the PBS well.’’ documentary series Frontline, was scheduled to While viewing the schools within the First be shown in May 1987 but was canceled after Baptist Church’s ministry, which range from the Jim and Tammy Bakker scandal broke. The preschool to college, I got the eerie feeling that I film gives the viewer an inside look at the pre was watching a fim about Hitler’s Nazi youth. scandal Praise the Lord Ministry and Heritage There was no questioning of authority, but USA, a 350-acre sprawl of what is described by instead just conformity to rules and regulations born-again Christians as the ‘ ‘ideal city.’ ’ There of the church and Bible. are no realities there, no crime, no homeless In an interview with the San Francisco roaming the streets, no alcohol, nothing but a Chronicle in January, Thomas said, “ I found Christian fairytale city. the solution in some ways analogous to Hitler, Heritage USA offers its inhabitants a 500- please don’t take this the wrong way, but I think room luxury hotel and even a Main Street USA Hitler’s power came from the complete Christian shopping mall with stores such as the demoralization of the German people in the Heavenly Fudge Shop, Bakker’s Bakery and ’20s and 30s. It’s the philosophy of having all Deli, and everything else one can imagine in a the answers and giving severely dislocated “ perfect city.” people a doctrine that promises a better time. In The streets of Heritage USA also contain a terms of the fundamentalists it’s this: ‘I promise visionary house built for disabled children. The you a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. only resident of the house is Kevin Whittum, Once you have this you are guaranteed a place who stands 28 inches tall, weighs 20 pounds in heaven. I will also give you a Bible, which and has osteogenesis (brittle-bone disease). will give you answers to any problem you ever “ Kevin’s House’’ was built from $1,000 encounter. I will direct you to the chapter and donations to PTL after viewers watched Jim and verse.’ It’s a powerful formula for people in Tammy Bakker plead, cry and beg for money to crisis.” help Kevin. Kevin was the main visual used by Thy Kingdom Come. . . 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