Part I: All in the Bible -- Up from heaven -- The great exterminator -- The great abominator -- The other face of our sweet Savior -- Who killed Jesus and all those other Jews? -- Part II: Divine design -- Working his blunders in mysterious ways -- Jiffy creation, dubious design -- Part III: When the ethereal becomes material -- Mother Teresa, John Paul, and the fast-track saints -- Cashing in on heaven -- Moneyed gurus and cults -- Part (...) IV: Hypocrites, reactionaries, and vipers -- God, left and right -- The pious predators -- Politicos and other Pharisees -- Part V: Theocracy, past, present, and future -- Church in state -- The return of totalitarian theocracy -- For Lords and Lamas -- Goodbye Shangri-la -- Secular tolerance rising. (shrink)