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In this look at doomsday madness--its history, leaders, followers, and dogma--Abanes cites historical antecedents from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and discusses in detail the myriad of popular doomsday prophets, including Japans Aum Shinrikyo, and other international movements.
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End of the world--History of doctrines, Christian sects--History, Cults--History.
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1998
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BT876.A22 1998eb
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291.2/3
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End of the world--History of doctrines, Christian sects--History, Cults--History.
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End-Time Visions
The Road to Armageddon?
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Other books by Richard Abanes
Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family
American Militias: Rebellion, Racism and Religion
Defending the Faith: A Beginner's Guide to Cults and New Religions
Journey into the Light: Exploring Near Death Experiences
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End-Time Visions
The Road To Armageddon?
By Richard Abanes
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1998 Richard Abanes
Published in the United States by: Four Walls Eight Windows 39 West 14th Street, room 503 New York, N.Y., 10011
U.K. offices: Four Walls Eight Windows/Turnaround Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate Coburg Road, Wood Green London N22 6TZ, England
Visit our website at http://www.fourwallseightwindows.com
First printing April 1998.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a data base or other retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Abanes, Richard. End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon?/by Richard Abanes. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-56858-104-1 1. End of the worldHistory of doctrines. 2. Christian sectsHistory. 3. Cults History. 4. End of the worldControversial literature. I. Tide. BT876.A22 1998 291.2'3dc21 97-44524 CIP
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CONTENTS
Introduction
vii
Part 1: Apocalypse Now
1. 1990s: Decade of Death
3
2. Seers, Sages, and Soothsayers
43
3. "Thus Saith The Lord".
81
4. Patriots and Militiamen
113
Part 2: The Annals of Armageddon
5. A Timeless Obsession
159
6. Nostradamus
187
7. Miller's Millennial Madness
209
8. Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon, Inc
229
Part 3: a Return to Sanity
9. Signs of the Times Revisited
255
10. The Bible Tells Me So ?
279
11. Millennial Mindsets
303
Appendix A: The NDE Mystery Solved
329
Appendix B: Calendar Confusion
335
Appendix C: Timeline of Doom
337
Appendix D: Inside Heaven's Gate.
343
Notes
349
Index
417
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INTRODUCTION
There is no common denominator in the worm today except religion. Billy Graham, American Evangelist1
Religion has fascinated me for most of my life. I was raised a Roman Catholic, dabbled in occultism as an adolescent (e.g., Edgar Cayce and ouija boards), and became an evangelical Christian at the age of seventeen. Then, in my twenties, I found myself involved with a cult known as The Way International. Upon leaving this group, I continued my search for spiritual fulfillment among hyper-Pentecostals who writhed on the floor during church services and wailed their praises to God in "tongues." Now, after more than thirty years of involvement with religion, it seems only natural that I would earn my living as an investigative reporter specializing in cults, the occult, world religions, and new religious movements.
There is no lack of work for someone in my field of interest. Since the 1980s a wave of spirituality has been steadily engulfing numerous countries, especially the United States. According to scholars in American religious thought, we are "witnessing a spiritual awakening unprecedented in modern times."2 Church historian and University of Chicago professor Martin Marty observes, "spirituality is back, almost with a vengeance.... I find myself treating the concern for spirituality as an event of our era."3
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