Mention Christian religious nuts, and thoughts immediately turn to Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. However, America does not have a monopoly on religious nuts. as a branch of Dutch protestant church is cautioning its followers against the pagan American import of Halloween. Supermarkets are now decorated with pumpkins with scary faces, as the American tradition of Halloween makes new converts around the world. Yet P. Vergunst warns that "evil spiritual powers" lurk behind the apparently innocent facade of Halloween, and urges Christians to oppose them with prayer.

I think I'll go buy a large stockpile of chocolatey snacks. I've never had anyone trick-or-treating here, so I may be forced to finish the stockpile myself. Ah, the horror of pagan rituals.