‘Left Behind’ authors talk about Obama and the Antichrist

By many of his supporters, President Barack Obama has been hailed as nothing short of the American messiah—maybe even the Messiah. This is, obviously, ridiculous. So too are the claims that Obama is the Antichrist spoken of in the book of Revelation. Still, the canard pops up periodically, most recently when “Left Behind” series co-authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins appeared on “The Rachel Maddow Show” over the weekend.

The video of that interview is at the top. Religion Dispatches summarizes it after the jump: