There’s nothing here about the lectures themselves just constantly repeating that Thiel is a bad guy who founded Palantir and works with republicans to the backdrop of a ton of ads.

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kibibu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Almost the entire article is about the response to the proposed delivery of his, frankly unhinged, antichrist lectures in Italy.

There's some context at the end about Thiels connections to the Trump administration. This is normal for reputable news agencies line AP, not everybody is as keenly aware of Thiel's influence as hn readers.

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m000 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't you find it problematic that the only reason Thiel can organize these lectures is because he is a billionaire? Is he a bona fide scholar on the subject? Would any tenured theology scholar be welcome to hold the same lectures at the Vatican?

I guess that's what you get for electing an American as the Pope. /s

	▲	graemep 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The lectures were not given in the Vatican but somewhere nearby, and if you read the article you would see that all the Catholic institutions names denied involved with the lectures.
	▲	clarionbell 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		He didn't give lectures at Vatican, not even at the Catholic university close to Vatican, and even Catholic University of America didn't have anything to do with it.
	▲	ZiiS 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I am very much not a billionaire; but I can hire a village hall and give a lecture on the antichrist. I may have to work a little harder to get as much press coverage but that is not what is stopping me.

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pknerd 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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