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Index
abortion, 109, 122, 139
condemnation of, 23, 40–43, 47, 61, 85, 92, 138–39, 144, 146, 195
of converts, 42, 43–44, 137
death penalty for, 23, 85, 155
illegalization of, 21, 23, 43
legalized, 22, 138–39
sin of, 71
Adam and Eve, 12, 116, 117, 120–21, 123, 124, 129, 175
Adams, James Luther, 197–204, 205, 206, 207
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (Twain), 207–9
Afghanistan, 30
Africa, 156
African-Americans, 4, 25, 27, 28, 73, 140, 146–47, 157, 161, 203–4
AIDS research, assault on, 126
Air Force, U.S., 32
Alabama Supreme Court, 28–29
American Humanist Association (AHA), 27
America’s Providential History (Beliles and McDowell), 15, 182–83
Amos, Book of, 37, 148
Ampt, Jean, 117
Anatomy of Fascism (Paxton), 18
Anatomy of Revolution, The (Brinton), 19–20
Angels in America (Kushner), 98
Antichrist, 5, 28, 91, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194
anti-intellectualism, xvi, 13, 14
apocalyptic violence, 9, 24, 28–33, 38, 47–48, 82, 86–87, 203
Antichrist in, 5, 28, 91, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194
believers protected from, 33, 36, 48, 121, 179, 186
biblical justification of, 3–5, 6–7, 35, 37
as biblical prophecy, 187, 188–89, 190–92
in Book of Revelation, 4–5, 27, 143, 147, 188–89
collective suicide produced by, 35–36
genocidal killers inspired by, 9, 34–35, 87
and historical empires, 190–92
Islamic terrorism in, 192–94