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Is Peter Thiel Afraid to
Debate Me on the Anti-Christ? By Matthew Fox 10/28/2025 |
After I read the transcripts of Peter Thiel’s four lectures on the antichrist at the Commonweal Club in San Francisco, I invited him to a debate on the topic. |
I have some credentials for such an exchange, as a theologian who published a book on the Antichrist 14 months ago. That book included two major artists over the centuries: Hildegard of Bingen, now a saint and doctor of the church. And Luca Signorelli, who painted a giant fresco on the antichrist in 1501 in the stunning Cathedral in Orvieto, Italy. |
“Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist.” Fresco by Luca Signorelli, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Orvieto. Wikimedia Commons. |
Sigmund Freud visited this very fresco three separate times to study it—a unique story since Freud was not a regular visitor to churches or synagogues, to put it mildly, being an atheist by choice. I invoke Carl Jung as well, who discoursed at some length on the attraction and dangers of the
antichrist archetype. It seems to me that Peter Thiel and I have a lot to discuss about the antichrist. So I extended my invitation to do so in two DMs two weeks ago, and in a private letter I sent him. Many people have asked me when the debates are happening. Perhaps he has not received any of these communications. In
which case, I reiterate my offer here. I do wonder why he has not responded to my invitation. Perhaps, being a protected billionaire, he only talks to
people who don’t challenge him. |
Washington Post Podcasts examines Peter Thiel’s arguments regarding the
antichrist, and what they say about an emerging mindset in Silicon Valley. | Or, being a maker of “kings,” i.e.,
vice-presidents, he has no need to learn from others. Perhaps he fears he could not control the truth, as other billionaires are busy doing these days by buying up media such as CBS, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, X, Facebook, |
etc. And he
serves a president devoted to shutting down PBS and NPR altogether—with, of course, the complete acquiescence and silence of the entire Republican Congress. Maybe because the truth about the antichrist might point to himself—a reality he himself actually hints at. Or to his allies in MAGA, including the president, vice president, and many Republican senators and congresspeople who seem to have sold their consciences years ago. (Note: See the current movie, Truth and Treason! The best movie on conscience ever.) Or perhaps Mr. Thiel does not want to be reminded of the real message of Jesus that a world and “kingdom/queendom” of peace and justice, and compassion is actually possible for humanity to create. |
Or, having declared he is “religious and not spiritual,” Mr. Thiel is not interested in learning about a spirituality that calls for developing Gratitude and Justice and Compassion toward self and other creatures, including Mother Earth herself. Or perhaps he has
suffered |
Truth & Treason: When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German. Angel |
such abuse at the hands of his father that a religion of punitive fatherhood, i.e., fascism, owns him. Maybe it is because he has his own religion, which he and certain other Silicon Valley billionaires are busy promulgating. Maybe he fears all of MAGA will be exposed for bearing antichrist energies and values contrary to those of Jesus. Such as hatred vs love; revenge vs forgiveness; greed vs sharing; fatalistic self-hatred vs community building; control vs. wisdom. Values such as “young republicans” were talked about in leaked conversations recently, with language such as “I love Hitler”
and “I have a streak of Nazis in me” (the latter from a Trump nominee for a high post at the DOJ). Or maybe he just doesn’t want to waste time with a Christian priest—though he does seem to call himself a Christian and cites Christian philosophers and theologians and gives advice freely on such topics as popes—“pray for
them, but you don’t have to listen to them.” He has called Pope Francis a “communist” and criticized Pope Benedict for not having the courage to speak publicly about the antichrist. Well, I have had the courage. And you, Peter? |
The New York Times reports that the
Trump regime has expanded Palantir’s government work, potentially merging Americans’ data throughout agencies, creating a surveillance state. FIVE MINUTE NEWS | Maybe he is embarrassed for having held up Greta Thunberg and Bill Gates as candidates for antichrist. Or for adopting Nazi Carl Schmidt as one of his mentors. (Again, see Truth and Treason.) Maybe he is too busy to take time off to debate a priest and theologian (though he has spent |
many hours discoursing on the antichrist at Harvard, Oxford, Innsbruck, San Francisco, etc.) If any of these reasons explain his silence, then I understand. And I don’t want to berate him for his lack of courage. I wish him well. But I also pray that he will look in the mirror and examine his conscience and motives and what he is doing with the billions of dollars he is making, arming ICE and spying on other human beings via his company Palantir. I hope he does not ignore his potential for doing some genuine good in the world with his obvious talents and his hard-earned money. It is never too late to repent and start over. Just as Jesus advised the young man who approached him looking for salvation. |
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Matthew Fox and the debate partner who wasn’t there. Background photo of Peter Thiel by Gage Skidmore on Wikimedia Commons. Matthew Fox, photo by Michael
Conti. |
Queries for Contemplation Why do you think Peter Thiel has not responded to my invitation to a public
debate or to a private sit down to discuss the antichrist? Do some of my proposals hit home? |
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