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Silicon Valley’s “Scary Religion,”
Peter Thiel, et aliaBy Matthew Fox 9/13/2025 |
Monday marks a unique day in Silicon Valley and San Francisco history. It is the day that Silicon Valley billionaire and maker of presidents and vice presidents, Peter Thiel, begins his four-part series on the Antichrist at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. |
Not surprisingly, a number of persons have brought this event to my attention of late, since I actually wrote a book on the Antichrist that incidentally implicates people like Mr. Thiel and others of the MAGA tribe who are committed to killing democracy as we know it |
“Peter Thiel Freezes When Asked if He’s Antichrist.” Host Krystal Ball and political journalist Glenn Greenwald discuss the doublespeak of Peter Thiel’s antichrist theories. Breaking Points |
and replacing it with some new kind of religion. And I think it can be said that I have a bit more theological background to do so than does Mr. Thiel. Peter Thiel, who financed J.D. Vance with $13 million to render him a successful senatorial candidate in Ohio and whose company, Palantir, holds
multi-billion-dollar contracts with the defense department, is offering his four-part series to a closed-door audience. It is sold out, we are told. Following are some headlines apropos of this rather unique interest from a Silicon Valley tycoon. “Silicon Valley Holy War?”; “Comedians Roast Peter Thiel Antichrist
Obsession”; “Peter Thiel Antichrist Antics Continue”; “Peter Thiel Tries On the Antichrist for Size”; "Peter Thiel’s Apocalypse Dreams”; "Silicon Valley’s Scary New Religion: TESCREAL,” etc., etc. |
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| Gil Duran, in his Substack strikingly named “The Nerd Reich”, has been especially dogged in exposing the New Religion emanating from Silicon Valley, which is embarrassing to many but appealing to others–at least enough to fill a seminar room at the Commonwealth Club. |
(The latter, by the way, insist they are only renting the space for Thiel; the event is organized by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called "ACTS 17 Collective: Acknowledging Christ in Technology and Society."*) I was urged by some to offer an alternative seminar in the same venue on the Antichrist based
on my book on the topic, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Antichrist, but the several thousand-dollar rental fee effectively locked me out. Gil and I recently shared a conversation about it: see the interview on his Nerd Reich YouTube channel above. One claim from Peter Thiel is this: that Greta Thunberg is the
antichrist of our day (sic). I guess continuing to support fossil fuel companies as Earth burns, crops fail, seas rise, wildfires multiply, and droughts and floods overtake our world is Christ-like; while taking a stand against climate change and looking for ways to save the Earth is antichrist work. Thiel’s Christology seems quite off-beat indeed. Those billionaires who feel they are called to launch a new religion that can replace democracy don’t want the Greta Thunbergs of the world on their team. |
The big picture behind this story is this: That SCOTUS, in its infinite wisdom, in its Citizens United decision, has given people like Thiel—that is to say, billionaires—carte blanche to give as much dark money as they want to buy politicians, media, judges, and anything else to ensure they rule the world. And they are clearly succeeding. |
Antichrist, putting her life on the line against genocide? Greta Thunberg speaks at the launching of the Global Sumud Flotilla of aid to Gaza from the city of Barcelona, Spain on August 31, 2025. Wikimedia Commons. |
In his article called “Silicon Valley Holy War?”**, Gil Duran talks about how “Silicon Valley Seeks God” and asks: Why is Silicon Valley suddenly pivoting to religion?… Prominent tech figures keep talking about Antichrists, demons, and existential battles between good and evil. It’s definitely a vibe shift….Silicon Valley is suddenly bonkers for Christianity. But what kind of Christianity? A bonkers version that ignores Jesus’s actual teachings in favor of something altogether different, one that “orients them toward apocalypse themes and MAGA fascism,” notes Duran. The tech world is busy paying “homage” to Donald Trump. Is this the price of latter-day capitalism? |
* For more info on the ACTS 17 Collective, see Emma Goldberg, “Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley,” New York Times, February 11, 2025.
**See Gil Duran, “Silicon Valley Holy War?” on The Nerd Reich, September 10, 2025.
See Matthew Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ.
And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the World.
And Fox, Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality.
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul & Society.
And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice.
And Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox, Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation.
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Queries for Contemplation How do you interpret a
maker of vice-presidents and advisor to presidents and billionaire supporters of right-wing causes holding four seminars on the antichrist in Silicon Valley? What do you think of his opinion that Greta Thunberg is the antichrist of our day? And of SCOTUS’ decision that corporations are people and unlimited dark money in American politics is just fine and dandy? |
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Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election
Matthew Fox tells us that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to
spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity.
From the Foreword: If there was ever a time, a moment, for examining the archetype of the Antichrist, it is now…Read this book with an open mind. Good and evil
are real forces in our world. ~~ Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Conversations with the Divine.
For immediate access to Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE.
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Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South
American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality
and Practice.
“I am reading Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth by Matt Fox. He is one that fills my heart and mind for new life in spite of so much that is violent in our world.” ~ Sister Dorothy Stang. |
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Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality
Matthew Fox lays out a whole new direction for Christianity—a direction that is in fact very ancient and very grounded in
Jewish thinking (the fact that Jesus was a Jew is often neglected by Christian theology): the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality, the Vias Positiva, Negativa, Creativa and Transformativa in an extended and deeply developed way.
“Original Blessing makes available to the Christian world and to the human community a radical cure for all dark and derogatory views of the natural world wherever these may
have originated.” –Thomas Berry, author, The Dream of the Earth; The Great Work; co-author, The Universe Story
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling
author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics. |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register
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Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation
Authors Adam Bucko and Matthew Fox encourage us to use our talents in service of compassion and justice and to
move beyond our broken systems–economic, political, educational, and religious–discovering a spirituality that not only helps us to get along, but also encourages us to reevaluate our traditions, transforming them and in the process building a more sacred and just world. Incorporating the words of young activist leaders culled from interviews and surveys, the book provides a framework that is deliberately interfaith and speaks to our profound yearning for a life with spiritual purpose and for a
better world.
“Occupy Spirituality is a powerful, inspiring, and vital call to embodied awareness and enlightened actions.”
~~ Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist and author of The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods |
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UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Whee! We, Wee All the Way Home: A Guide to Sensual, Prophetic Spirituality, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, September 18, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox and 40 other wisdom teachers in the 2025 Contemplative Summit as they explore The Spacious Heart: Holding Suffering with Love, the theme of Spiritual Wanderlust: The 2025 Contemplative Summit. Thursday - Sunday, September 25-28 Register for free HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Meditations with Meister Eckhart in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, October 16, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. Join spiritual pioneers Dr. Matthew Fox and Rev. Cameron Trimble for “In Search of a New Story: Reimagining What Comes Next,” a timely and transformative 4-part series featuring conversations with some of the most compelling wisdom voices of our time: Carolyn Myss, Diana Butler Bass,
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In this 6-month immersion program with Matthew, you’ll explore what it means to be a modern mystic and prophet, integrating this sacred knowledge into your life through the authentic teachings of Jesus and other wisdom keepers. This journey births what Matthew calls Christianity 2.0 — based not on dogma, but on a spirituality that recovers the sacred sense of original goodness. By Application only - apply HERERegister for a free information session HERE |
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