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Satan tempting Booth to murder President Abraham Lincoln, [Magee Portrait of Booth]. Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Why do the Bible’s bad guys always have dark skin?

Adelle M. Banks | Mar 28, 2013

(RNS) When some people recently started questioning whether the Satan character on “The Bible” mini-series resembled President Obama, others had a broader question: Why was Satan dark-skinned at all?

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Satan in the miniseries "The Bible." Photo courtesy of The History Channel.

‘The Bible’ producers deny their Satan resembles Obama

Caleb K. Bell | Mar 19, 2013

(RNS) The producers of History channel’s “The Bible” fended off claims Monday (March 18) that the actor who plays Satan in the miniseries resembles President Barack Obama.

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Antichrist with the devil, from the Deeds of the Antichrist circa 1501.  RNS photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signorelli-Antichrist_and_the_devil.jpg).

How the “Islamic Antichrist” reflects our era’s anxieties

Daniel Burke | Feb 6, 2013

Every age needs an Antichrist. For Protestant reformers, it was the papacy. For Cold War Christians, it was the Soviets. Now, a growing group of evangelicals say the Antichrist will be Muslim.

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