Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel's Lectures About the Antichrist

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Peter Thiel has been giving lectures about the antichrist, sparking controversy and discussion about the tech billionaire's views on Christian eschatology and their implications.

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CurtHagenlocher

3 months ago

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Anything that prevents Peter Thiel from doing what he wants must be evil.

measurablefunc

3 months ago

I think Jesus would agree w/ that.

labrador

3 months ago

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I'm disappointed in The Guardian for taking Thiel seriously. I thought they were better than that.

measurablefunc

3 months ago

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Lots of people take him seriously. That's why he has so much money & can give lectures about how regulating AI is accelerating the arrival of the anti-christ (who is totally not Peter Thiel by the way).

labrador

3 months ago

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Financial acumen does not make one a prophet

measurablefunc

3 months ago

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It does for a significant portion of the general population.

labrador

3 months ago

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Yes, and that's a problem. People thought Bernie Madoff was a great man.

measurablefunc

3 months ago

I agree but that's how it is. People are mesmerized by financial wealth.

worik

3 months ago

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It would be folish not too

He is a highly funtioning lunatic who operates an arms company, has huge resources and is inserting himself into international politics

Take him seriously

labrador

3 months ago

What am I supposed to do with his musings on the Anti-Christ? What's his point even? Is he the new Marshall Applewhite so I should get some poison ready for when he gives the signal when it's time to leave Earth?

It's like Trump nonsense about windmills killing whales. Will The Gaurdian take that seriously and do an in depth article about windmills and whales? Oh wait they did [1] but they put "false claim" in the title. How about they call the Thiel article "Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's deranaged fantasies about the antichrist." Keep it real please, The Gaurdian.

[1] How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia "They have imported some of the absolute worst tactics of Donald Trump and others who use deliberate misinformation"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/12/how-a-fa...

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