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Stranger Capital retweeted
Traditional Horror is a deeply Christian genre.
I mean, "Dracula" might be the most overtly Christian novel we have.
"Frankenstein" is less overt, but it is a story about a man aiming above his station and trying to become God, as well as the repercussions of that.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is about the consequences of sin and the soul's corruption.
Horror in it's correct form treats evil as real, our choices are meaningful, and transgression against the natural (or divine) order catastrophic.
There are many other examples.
As with anything, use wisdom. The enemy loves to twist what is good.
Christians shouldn’t be a fan of horror.
You shouldn’t be reading books, or watching movies, or listening to true crime podcasts that make you scared.
How many times do we read throughout Scripture: “Do not fear.”
And yet, we purposefully consume content that makes us scared. This is a direct contradiction of Jesus’ commands to not be fearful or be anxious about anything.
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I have never seen or even heard of a horror film thar “glorifies” demonic possession. The whole point is that it’s scary and bad. The whole thing that makes a horror movie evoke horror is that you are scared of the evil thing. This idea that horror movies generally “glorify” evil is really just incoherent and silly. The worst thing a horror movie can do, morally, is not glorify evil but rather depict evil in a bleak and upsetting way and then just leave you there without any kind of resolution or the faintest triumph of good. That’s the criticism you should be making — the “glorification” charge is just not true and makes you seem totally out of touch with the genre you’re critiquing. And as for the valid critique I just mentioned: it does apply to some films in the genre but not all or even most. I’m thinking of a movie like Funny Games (don’t watch it), for example, that is specifically designed to be one of the most depressing and demoralizing viewing experiences you can ever have. I agree that kind of stuff is worse than worthless. But again, that is not how the horror genre typically works. In most cases, the bad guy is bad, you’re supposed to be scared, and then he’s defeated and the good guys win. That’s the classic form these stories take.
If a movies purpose is to show the biblical reality of darkness and point to how Christ overcomes it all, the yes that is good. I’m thinking of something like Nefarious by @SteveDeaceShow.
But the majority of horror films about possessions or the demonic often just glorify it, teach unbiblical ideas, and do not point to Christ.
They leave the person watching with no real answers as to why this stuff happens or with them thinking it is so far fetched that the demonic isn’t real at all and it’s just a fantasy movie. So it ends up desensitizing us to the spiritual realm, which is why we see so many dabbling in dangerous witchcraft practices.
Its a structurally damaged bottleneck. The long-term price of oil is permanently higher, all things considered.
Oil traders are increasingly pricing the battle over the Strait of Hormuz as the new normal. Futures contracts for brent crude in December 2027 are now close to $90 a barrel, the highest ever and a sharp departure from even a month ago.
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Halloween is the Eve of Saints! The costumes and Trick or Treating stem from Christian traditions.
Also "do not fear" is not talking about being scared or watching horror.
This is just Evangelical legalism. Stuckey is ridiculous and needs to read 1 Cor. 14:34-35 & Tim. 2:11-12!
Christians shouldn’t be a fan of horror.
You shouldn’t be reading books, or watching movies, or listening to true crime podcasts that make you scared.
How many times do we read throughout Scripture: “Do not fear.”
And yet, we purposefully consume content that makes us scared. This is a direct contradiction of Jesus’ commands to not be fearful or be anxious about anything.
Stranger Capital retweeted
French GDP is something like 60% government spending on welfare programs.
It feels to me more every day there are now two paths for western nations. Watch your country dismantle onto 3rd world chaos (France) or be governed by strong man dictatorial figures (El Salvador).
I know which one I’d choose
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you can either look at a mortgage as a bank letting you long real estate against a perpetual devaluing dollar for a carry cost slightly above the risk free rate of return, or you can choose to be ignorant of how money works, if you spiritually have the mind of a medieval peasant
Stranger Capital retweeted
It's easier to build a nuclear reactor than a uranium mine.
New ep with @uraniuminsider just dropped.
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me as a cuttlefish annoying my cuttlefish wife with my classic spinning around bit
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Bessent has absolutely no idea what he's doing.
Blew up his fund.
Now he's blowing up the Treasury.
Stranger Capital retweeted
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵.”
— 𝘍𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺
Misleading tweet about extremely volatile flows. It's pathetic to see a seemingly serious research platform tweet like engagement bait. Think it's time to block.
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Stranger Capital retweeted
I've worked with Saudis on Saudi projects. If they can't get their own defense under control there's a non zero chance these refineries never operate again. They are, for the most part, a useless decadent civilization with no hard skills whatsoever.
