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South Carolina Mayor ''Just Curious'' If Obama Is The Antichrist

South Carolina Mayor ''Just Curious'' If Obama Is The Antichrist
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Fort Hill, SC Mayor Danny Funderburk said he forwarded a chain email suggesting Barack Obama is the antichrist because he was "just curious" if it was true:

I was just curious if there was any validity to it," Funderburk said in a telephone interview. "I was trying to get documentation if there was any scripture to back it up."

The e-mail, which has circulated in the last six months, claims the biblical book of Revelation says the antichrist will be in his 40s and of Muslim ancestry. The Charlotte Observer reports, "There is no such scripture. And Obama is not a Muslim. But that hasn't stopped the e-mail." In March, CNN's Glenn Beck wondered aloud "Is Obama the antichrist?"

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