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Extra! Right Wing Wins Danish Election

BT, June 19, 2015

"The Losers' Triumph," Friday's headline in the Danish tabloid BT reads. Yesterday's elections demonstrate a shift to the right in the Scandinavian country. While the Social Democratic Party of current Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt won the most seats, her center-left coalition lost to the right-wing opposition.

She conceded defeat, as the right-wing nationalists of the Danish People's Party (DPP) shocked observers by winning the second highest number of seats, ahead of their possible coalition partners the Liberals, led by former — and possibly future — Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Rasmussen, the "triumphant loser," was punished by the electorate but saved by his coalition "friends", as BT reports today. Despite his disappointing third-place finish, it's likely that he'll have the opportunity to form a government, with or without the DPP.

ABOUT THE SOURCE: BT is a daily tabloid based in Copenhagen. It was founded in 1916.

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Should Christians Be Scared Of Horror Movies?

Horror films have a complicated and rich history with christian themes and influences, but how healthy is it for audiences watching?

Should Christians Be Scared Of Horror Movies?

"The Nun II" was released on Sept. 2023.

Joseph Holmes

“The Nun II” has little to show for itself except for its repetitive jump scares — but could it also be a danger to your soul?

Christians have a complicated relationship with the horror genre. On the one hand, horror movies are one of the few types of Hollywood films that unapologetically treat Christianity (particularly Catholicism) as good.

“The Exorcist” remains one of the most successful and acclaimed movies of all time. More recently, “The Conjuring” franchise — about a wholesome husband and wife duo who fight demons for the Catholic Church in the 1970s and related spinoffs about the monsters they’ve fought — has more reverent references to Jesus than almost any movie I can think of in recent memory (even more than many faith-based films).

The Catholic film critic Deacon Steven Greydanus once mentioned that one of the few places where you can find substantial positive Catholic representation was inhorror films.

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