“Christians debated these prophecies for millennia. Who was the Antichrist? When would he arrive? What would he preach?”

Maybe that we all need to surrender all our data to an intransparent global surveillance tool, that gets more and more connected to automatic killer drones?

Oh and also despise democracy of course. Jesus Christ was on the side if the poor, so the antichrist would be on the side of the rich.

Any ideas who the new antichrist might be?

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mattkevan 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Greta Thunberg, according to Thiel (seriously).

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Nuzzerino 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I personally think that when he mentioned her name during that interview, it was intended to be used as an archetypal proxy in place of someone else (another public figure) that he had personal dealings with. Yudkowsky checks those same boxes (mission focused on specific existential risk, gets a cult following) for example.

That being said, I don’t care much for Christian prophecies. Better to talk why than who.

	▲	mattkevan 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There’s nothing Christian about what Thiel is talking about here, even if he does wrap it up in the bible. Whether you believe in Christianity or not, his views are deeply, deeply heretical. He’s so far out of pocket he’s in a completely different pair of trousers.