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PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel is embarking on an unusual intellectual journey this fall—delivering a sold-out four-part lecture series on the biblical figure of the Antichrist. The private lectures, which will be held at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, represent the latest evolution in Thiel’s increasingly public theological interests that intertwine his Christian faith with his concerns about technology’s potential to enable authoritarian control.

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 80 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

People are seriously paying money to have the devil himself (Peter Thiel of PayPal, Palantir, and Pal of Epstein) teach them about religion.

I don't like having to do this, but this shit is literally blasphemy. It's all there in the book y'all have been using like an all powerful shield against modernization. Now this evil tech bro is going to tell you all about the anti-christ, and the path to eternal life through technology?! Come the fuck on:

Matthew 15-20: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."

San Francisco you have a very important job to do: I feel like people should go with megaphones and, warn everyone attending that they're being deceived by a false prophet and going to hell.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

There are 4 horses.

3 have already rode (ridden?) in.

(The image is real)

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

They flew in, on their private jets.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Ridden is correct. They rode in or they have ridden in.

Omg chat, real!?

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The guy is just another edgelord like musk.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah, theil is a deeper evil. He's been putting his paypal and facebook billions to spin up the altright pipeline for literal decades.

He quietly funds all sorts of institutes and influencers and silicon valley wonks and founders that gin up most of the nasty shit we interact with now, all to feed his dream of libertarian kingdoms where ownership is governance, where the only right people have is to leave. He is literally a monarchist, and views himself as a king in waiting.

Hes not just a loudmouth idiot like Musk, who splashes money around wildly. Hes more of a Rasputin, the power behind the crown, and hes been very successful at it. Hes someone who coordinates evil, sets it in motion and keeps it building.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You used to need more social skills to get rich. You had schmooze, negotiate, coordinate, intimidate. Now, any psychopath who can whip a few software developers can make billions.

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Thiel must be hewn down and cast into fire. I like it.