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"The BBC has dismissed complaints that EastEnders&amp;#039; current storyline featuring Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet) is offensive to Christians. Viewers have seen Johnson murder his wife&amp;#039;s ex-husband and leave his own ex-wife to die following an accident. Most recent scenes aired appeared to show the preacher strangle wife Denise (Diane Parish). The BBC said in a statement: &amp;quot;Lucas is certainly not intended to be representative of Christians. He is a very damaged and dangerous individual who has created a twisted version of the Christian &amp;#039;faith&amp;#039; in his mind to hide behind and to convince himself that his actions are acceptable. As the story unfolds, we will see other characters questioning Lucas&amp;#039;s claim to be a Christian. &amp;quot;As Lucas has become increasingly unhinged, his obsession and reliance on the Bible and the scriptures has become increasingly frantic and desperate. This represents this character&amp;#039;s emotional breakdown, and it is very clear that this is absolutely not normal behaviour.&amp;quot; It was also confirmed that future scenes will see other characters question Lucas&amp;#039;s behaviour. &amp;quot;In episodes yet to broadcast, we will see the characters Grace, Mercy and Dot - all three of whom are Christians - question and discuss Lucas&amp;#039;s frame of mind,&amp;quot; the statement concluded.  A BBC Three special, EastEnders: The Murders of Lucas Johnson, will air at the end of the month.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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