[lif]

Why would anyone accept Thiel of all people as an arbiter of what is Christian/Anti-christian?

[DaveZale]

ever looked at the Gnostic scriptures, discovered in the late 1940s? Not even close to understanding them completely, but neither have organized religions. The well established stories of certain faiths we were raised with may need revision.

you can find some in archive.org - I won't supply a specific link because what's freely available changes over time

[dmos62]

Say more.

[felineflock]

Silicon Valley apparently does.

[skybrian]

Maybe a small part, but it seems like most people in Silicon Valley dislike him?

[mrangle]

One of Thiel's intellectual mentors was Rene Girard.

Thiel has a Girardian worldview, at least in part.

Say what you want about Thiel, but Girard is one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the modern era.

[Yeul]

Fascinating I live in a country were nobody has been thinking about Christianity since the 1960s. It's like Americans speak an entirely different language.