Elf abuse

If you're looking for evidence that religion detrimentally affects some people's mental health then look no further than the Danish pastor in this article, Jon Knudsen, the pastor of the Løkken Free Church in Jutland loves Christmas but hates Elves, so much so that he's strung one up outside his church, having first constructed a gallows specifically for this purpose.

At this point you may be wondering what the good Pastor has against innocent children's fantasy figures but apparently he claims that Elves come from the Devil and his (warped) logic dictates that anything of the Devil must be rejected as signified by a mock execution. Knudsen goes further describing elves of all sorts as “poltergeists that come from the devil and make children sick”.

I guess when you spend your whole life making stuff up then wacky nonsense like this spills out of your brain with relative ease; let's hope he doesn't incur the wrath of the (real) king of Christmas, our cosmic overseer and spiritual inspiration for millions, you  know, Santa Claus! 

No presents for Paster Knudsen then, naughty boy!