Beware evil satanic elves this Christmas
Every now and again I have to post an article simply for the freakishness element, and what follows is a prime example.
Jon Knudsen, the pastor of the Løkken Free Church in the Jutland town of Vendsyssel, loves Christmas, but he hates elves.
This weekend, Knudsen’s hatred for the creature he says “comes from the devil” manifested itself in the form of a mock execution by hanging of a Christmas elf outside his church.
Around the elf’s neck was a sign reading “we reject Satan and all his works and all his empty promises”, a reference to the Christian baptism rite.
Knudsen said decorating with elves at Christmas was “comparable to decorating with Nazi flags”, and described elves of all sorts as “poltergeists that come from the devil and make children sick”.
You have been warned. Be afraid…..very afraid….
Hat-tip Dr Jim West.
Tags: Church Life
December 10th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
You have to love a nutter in holy orders, like I love idiots with guns and toddlers with razor blades.
I wonder what compels some people to rise in the morning, think something is a good idea, do it, and sit back and regard it as a good day’s work.
Methinks this fruit-loop hath issues that requireth a physician.
December 10th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Elves of course are slightly different in Scandinavia, representing the primeaval pre-Christian spirits of the land, a little bit like faeries before the Victorians turned them into Tinkerbell.
Not that I’m recommending anyone hangs a fairy outside their church, mind you.