Religious Right activists and organizations are up in arms over a new Fox television program called “Lucifer” which, as its name would suggest, is about the Devil, who in this case happens to be running a night club in Los Angeles.

Southern Evangelical Seminary president Richard Land, a former leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s political arm, appeared on the “Newsmax Prime” program yesterday to voice his concerns about the program, the mere existence of which, he said, proves the extent to which Fox is “being influenced by satanic forces.”

Calling the program “obscene” and “blasphemous,” Land warned that “we live in a world that is racked with spiritual warfare, incessant spiritual warfare between good and evil and the Devil is the one that is fomenting evil. He’s the source of evil in the world and he not only likes to take part in evil, but he delights in those who take part in evil with him and he enjoys and cackles with glee at all the pain and suffering he causes.”

“He hates us and he hates God,” Land continued, “and to portray him as some kind of romantic figure is not only tragic, it’s wicked, and it just proves the truth of the Bible. The Bible says the he’s the god of this age and the prince of the power of the air, which means that the Devil has some input into all worldly philosophy and all worldly activity. And Fox Entertainment is just showing the extent to which it’s being influenced by satanic forces.”