The Seven Mountains
1) Family
Vows are hammered into hinges,
genders stapled to locked doors.
Obedient to the Bibles;
The cradles are nailed to the floors.
The dominion of the supreme
begins in the caucasian stables;
Penetrating the hearts of those
white-washed brains of Western fables.
2) Religion
All the steeples report to a single inbox,
apostles with Wi‑Fi, prophets push notification;
Every creed is poured into the same jar,
hymns auto-update to the latest revelation.
Bug fixes, patch notes for heresy.
Your faith, imported; kept in the cloud.
Mono-denomination default settings,
dual logins are disallowed.
3) Education
Orchards replanted in straight lines,
discipleship needs an iron fist.
Chromosome combinations unapproved
will be quickly dismissed.
Microscopes tilt toward Bethlehem;
Maths will subtract the deviations;
History will match the doctrine
of the chosen ones’ observations.
4) Media
Breaking news of the devils trending
as every headline lands baptised.
With commentary lighting every doubt
because evil is always disguised.
On camera confessions sung like hymns
single note songs of divine opinion;
Here’s John, making the weather
100% chance of dominion.
5) Entertainment
Scripts scrubbed until jokes stop sinning,
audience triggered by canned laughter
Donate now and pay salvation
to the never-ending hereafter.
Keep the sermons and cut the kissing,
rehearsed repentance on the count of four;
This is the Kingdom theology
that evangelised entertainment is made for.
6) Business
CFOs reassign the spreadsheet cells
so that the wealth flows like a river up the hill.
Coins are passed down as tidy miracles,
smaller pockets are easier to fill.
The market wears a crown of certainties,
the tides baptised and taught not to turn.
Forever and ever in expansion;
Quarter’s profits are the Kingdom’s concern.
7) Government
Every sermon is a filibuster,
committee meetings adjourn for prayer.
Laws paved with verses that do not bend
so that the illusion of choice seems fair.
The New Apostolic Reformation
writes the new biblical constitution,
to take control of the seven mountains
and be the singular institution.
Coda
They said, “Climb,” but meant, “Conquer.”
Said, “Kingdom,” but meant, “Yours, then ours.”
The mountains are moving without consent,
replaced with unattainable ivory towers.
The cathedrals make the most of the shadows;
The valleys must play a game of pretend;
These steeples demand your worship;
The gods are just around the bend.
Written after reading this concerning article by the ever-reliable Brian Dunning:
Don’t look now, but your church might be legitimately evil.
While you’ve been paying attention to other things, the New Apostolic Reformation has been rolling its tank tracks over the skulls of both secular democracy and traditional Christianity.
If you are from the USA and perhaps even more so, if you are also Christian, I recommend reading this, even if only to share your point of view.
16th Jan 2026 – shared with dVerse OLN, hoping to get a few more eyes on this.
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:

This line under education strikes me the most.”Maths will subtract the deviations”I used to say, “This is not my country” but sadly, it is.
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Thanks for reading and commenting Lillian 🙏
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This is actually a wonderful commentary how religion has been weaponized… it has happened time and time again and we see a new version being developed in the US… maybe it has always been there and it was a concern for the founding fathers (given that there were some harsh extremists among the population).
I grew up in a country that had a state-church when I was born, but has now changed into something different… I think the king (or queen) has to belong to the Swedish Church, but there is no power there)
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There is definitely a scary movement that’s been building for a while.
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What a wonderful kaleidoscope of life and religion. A joy (and a worry) to read.
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Thank you 🙏
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Shaun. Frightening times. Shaun. Frightening times.
And Maths—“Maths will subtract the deviations;” (a Math problem that multiplies on its own and divides whole countries.) no one to save us! Wow. 😱
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Cheers Selma 🙏 Stay well and safe.
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Cheers.
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There’s a school of biblical scholarship that teaches that this is what the prophets foretold: Should Europe ever manage to unite, the United States will defeat Europe by becoming more tyrannical than all the ten European tribes together. The beast that started out like a lamb will become a bloodthirsty dragon.
I never gave it much thought, since the prophet Daniel said that even he didn’t know what some of his texts meant. But who knows–it may happen.
Not much can be done to stop it happening except to live so that, if murdered for practicing your real beliefs, you’ll be seen as a martyr to the tyrant state, rather than a criminal (like Renee Good) or figure of ridicule (like the Kirk family) or merely unfortunate person (like Iryna Zarutska).
I’m not pleased about this! I’d rather go on living liberally and prosperously in the Modern World!
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The United States and Europe are in the Bible?! 😯
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