Are You a Sovereign Citizen Anti Government Guy?

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Sovereign citizens are really just another, another level that they put your preservation. The pandemic really helped accelerate the Seven Mountains mandate because you had these very politicised guys that are broadcasting about it constantly on social media. It's not something you might see preach so much in churches, some people certainly will, but it's one of those just ideas that's in the ecosystem online and growing at a rapid pace.

Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.