It's Halloween time again and while for most people it means trick-or-treating with your kids, costume parties or possibly some sort of mild criminal behavior, for fundamentalists it means a time of hand-wringing proselytizing about how we're all going to go to hell. In recent years the killjoy fundies have raised their virtuous angst to a fever pitch. "Hell houses" have sprung up in church basements and back lots all over, parents are urged to give out biblically oriented candy (gives new meaning to the phrase 'sweet jesus') and self-appointed guardians of culture have launched a full out attack on the "devil's holiday."read more »

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