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Margaret Morgan ✒📚 🎬 Profile picture
@Monocotyledon
Apr 28, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
In order to understand Morrison’s theology and goals, it’s essential to delve into the Seven Mountains mandate – to which he, his church and a number of his key political allies subscribe.

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The image above comes from this organisation, which meets annually. Speakers have included Martien Iles (ACL), Senators Matt Canavan, Eric Abetz and Amanda Stoker, and George Christensen.

churchandstate.com.au
Scriptural authority for the “seven mountains” comes from Isaiah 2:2: “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains.”

theoutline.com/post/8856/seve…
In a nutshell, it is the belief that before Jesus can return to Earth, God’s kingdom must be imposed. The seven spheres of influence (“mountains”) that the adherents want their religion to control are: Family, Religion, Education, Government/Military, Media, Arts and Economics.
Its goal is to impose theocracy globally through infiltrating all these aspects of culture. It will claim to be “non-denominational” (Catholics George Pell & Miranda Devine have spoken at the Church and State conference) but is exclusively Christian – Muslims, Jews, Hindus? No.
Looking at Morrison’s policies since he came to power is instructive in this context. One of the first things he did – with a curious haste that surprised some – as PM was to recognise East Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Evangelical dispensationalist doctrine states that the world's Jews need to return to Jerusalem before Jesus can return. Strengthening Jerusalem as Jewish is also why Morrison (unsuccessfully) tried to move the Australian embassy there from Tel Aviv.

theguardian.com/world/2018/dec…
It’s easy to see the influence of the Seven Mountains mandate on Morrison’s attitude to social security. “Prosperity gospel” is a key belief with the explicit implication that if you’re poor, it because of your own individual failing.

“If you have a go, you’ll get a go.”
Morrison’s lack of concern about climate change doesn’t just come from his alliance with the fossil fuel industry. It's a result of his apocalyptic conviction that what we do to the planet doesn’t matter.

“I can’t change the world... but [I] believe in someone who can.”
Speaking of his election being “a miracle” and of being chosen by God to be PM, he is not speaking metaphorically. He is speaking literally. His belief imbues everything he does - as when he "lays on hands" on disaster survivors.

theguardian.com/australia-news…
Some equate his religion with that of previous PMs, suggesting that raising concerns about his particular sect is bigotry.

But Morrison believes that it is his God-given task to replace Australian secularism with a Pentecostal theocracy.

patreon.com/posts/god-only…

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*Martin.
Addendum. Another addition to the elected representatives who unapologetically promote theocracy.

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Republicanism cannot be dissociated from decolonisation. And decolonisation depends on education.

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I'm reminded of the piece @timdunlop wrote before the election, about the intentional, ideologically-driven undermining by Morrison & his ilk of democratic trust through apparent incompetence & neglect.

Now we see that Morrison's destruction of process ran even deeper.

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"We as a society, are being railroaded into a diminished understanding and practice of government by a political class who are ideologically opposed to the very idea of government as a bulwark against the risks inherent in a complex society."

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Bravo, Crikey!

Its open letter to Lachlan Murdoch, calling his bluff on his threat to sue Crikey over comments about enabling Trump.

"We await your writ so that we can test this important issue of freedom of public interest journalism in a courtroom."

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I am seeing a lot of my Australian pals here laid low by coughs and colds and flu and COVID. So I am going to share something my old GP taught me. She is Sri Lankan, and this is a Sri Lankan remedy she swears by - and so do I, having used it many times.

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It is a concoction which you first use as a steam inhalant, and then afterwards as a tea. I promise it will help you breathe so much better!

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1 cup of coriander seeds (which you can buy in bulk in Indian groceries and some supermarkets)
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a couple of litres of boiling water

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May 14, 2022
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Been thinking about the new right-wing talking point (straight out of the PMO?) that Labor voters should vote against their instincts & for the Liberal candidate in Liberal seats threatened by climate independents endorsed by @climate200 .

I call horseshit.

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The argument goes that if the alleged "moderates" lose their seats, and especially if Frydenberg does, their absence in the parliamentary Liberal Party will skew to the right. Possibly to the extent that Peter Dutton (ugh) will become Leader of the Opposition.

2/10
And that's true. Dutton could well become leader if the L-NP loses and Morrison resigns & if Frydenberg's out.

But somehow, that's supposed to be Labor's problem and progressive voters are now meant to panic and do what the Libs can't & won't do.

Save the "moderates".

3/10
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May 14, 2022
All of this episode of the Below the Line podcast is worth listening to (they all are), but this is particularly crucial - political scientist @SimonJackman talking about the long road to conservatism that the Liberal Party has been taking.

From 13:31

theconversation.com/below-the-line…
The Liberal Party has ignored the warning signs for years as it has shed its moderates. If the Teals demolish them in seats like Goldstein, Kooyong or Wentworth, it's part of a long process.

In the context of compulsory voting, the extremism that leads to will be fatal.
How electable will a Coalition with Dutton as the leader of the Libs and Canavan as leader of the Nats be?

It won't.
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