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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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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Autobiography?

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I noticed a lot more religious titles being added to Amazon Video as well, fuck is going on over in SF.

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

In support of the antichrist presumably

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just normal everyday stuff.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Said very calmly as a plague of locusts and frogs descends upon us.

"Why do you ask?" Said as I nonchalantly paint my doorframe in blood to keep the angel of death from crossing my threshold.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago

Oh God, even the puppet master is a crazy idiot?

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Loony techno-fascist going openly cult fan is an interesting move.

[–] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I like reading this every now and then, but haven't in 4ish years. It's probably scarier now...

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gay Peter Thiel is too busy with this shit to read about the night of the long knives.

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Huh, I didn't know he was planning on release a ghost written autobiography.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Didn't he fund the anti-christ?

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In a few year when he loses his hair, he'll achieve his goal of becoming the real Dr. Evil.

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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Ah, so he bought a mirror.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Let me guess, is the Antichrist “woke”?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

I really did not think he was ready to go public about it so soon.

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