Page 4, Portland Observer, November 5, 1986
Journalist Says
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Pray For Nuclear
War
Grace Halsell. noted journalist
author, claims that some well
known fundamentalist
Christian
evangelists are telling their followers
to pray for nuclear war as a prelude
to the second coming of Christ.
"Tens of millions of Americans
tune in to hear television evangelists
preach the gospel of the born again
Christian Right. Drawing from the
Bible, these evangelists warn of nu
clear war as Armageddon and
then exhort their listeners to pray
for that day as the sacred, inevitable
day of the second coming of
Christ." said Halsell
Halsell, who was in town to pro
mote her new book, "Prophecy and
Politics: Militant Evangelists on the
Road to Nuclear W ar," said during
an interview that the Christian
Right, le<1 by T V evangelists Jerry
Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jimmy
Swaggart and others preach the in­
evitability of nuclear was as a neces
sity for the second coming of Christ.
She said, to fundamentalists of
the far right, Armageddon means
nuclear war
Halsell said she has
studied the TV evangelists over the
past few years and has observed
them quoting from the Old Testa
merit Book of Revelations, and
saying we must fight a nuclear war
with Russia
"The thing that is
disturbing is that this is the fastest
growing segment of Christianity,
the ones who accept the Armaged
don theology " There are 40 million
evangelical
fundamentalists
in
America.
Halsell said not only are far right
evangelist leaders telling their fol
lowers to pray for nuclear war. she
states that they have major influ
ence on both the Democratic and
Republican political leaders, inclu
ding the President
"Many of the
Christian eloments vrith which Presi
dent Reagan associates believe in
the Armageddon theology. He told
them (fundamentalists!, you don't
have to endorse me, I endorse
you," said Halsell Halsell said this
type of thinking is dangerous and
disturbing To call these evangelists
fanatics is to ignore their fast grow
mg impact on American life and on
the future of the planet
Halsell, 53, was formerly a speech
writer for President Lyndon John­
son She is the author of 12 books,
including "Soul Sister".
"Soul Sister" is an account of
HalseH’s six months as a white
Texan turned black
This was
accomplished by taking drugs under
a doctor's care for three months.
Once her skin was darkened, she
lived as a black woman in Harlem
and Mississippi
Halsell was asked what was most
memorable about this experience.
She replied, "Living in Harlem; it
was hard to believe a ten minute
subway ride ended in downtown
Manhattan
It seemed a million
miles away The black people lived
so close, yet so far from opulence."
She said in Mississippi it was
pretty bad
"I knew I would be
alienated and lonely, but I had no
idea it would be so bad " Halsell
said as a black domestic, the master
of the house wanted to assault her
body "As a black, I was desirable,
not is spite of my body, but because
I was black To the white man, I
was a sex object, but even that
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wasn't as bad as being an Indian
To have one's mind assaulted is
worse " Halsell was referring to her
portrayal of a Navajo Indian
Grace Halsell speaking at P ortland State
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