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Posted on 05/26/2026 6:59:40 PM PDT by Libloather
A cold war has broken out between Silicon Valley and the Vatican, as they accuse one another of jeopardizing humanity’s future.
In a Monday encyclical letter, Pope Leo XIV warned mankind is facing the “risk of being misled by deceitful goals” in the age of AI and called on regulators to stand up to its creators.
The 42,000 word manifesto comes after Peter Thiel has repeatedly argued in a global speaking tour — including in Rome, right outside Vatican City — that a powerful figure trying to stymy technological progress will turn out to be the antichrist predicted by the New Testament.
It’s a frankly bizarre standoff between two very different Christian predictions about the future of AI: one in which AI delivers us to our maximal human potential, and the other in which AI represents an existential risk to our very humanity.
While the pope warns AI’s creators are playing god and flirting with disaster, Thiel has been arguing that anyone who stands in their way is a “legionnaire” of the antichrist.
The New Testament predicts that a seemingly compassionate false prophet will seduce humanity with false promises of peace and prosperity but ultimately cause suffering before the true Messiah returns.
Thiel, a protestant, believes that this biblical moment is imminent. In his view, AI is on the precipice of delivering humanity to its pinnacle, and an antichrist figure will soon rise up to oppose this techno-utopia.
“In the 21st century, the antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science,” he warned in an October lecture. “In late modernity, where science has become scary and apocalyptic… the antichrist has somehow become anti-science.”
Thiel has been delivering his message about the antichrist in speeches since at least 2023.
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So says a sodomite? “I am proud to be gay” —Peter Thiel.
Which one will conclude that gay marriage is wrong?
Maybe the Pope can serve on some EU committee to get his regulations passed.
Turf war!
Silicone Valley has a ways to go to catchup with the Vatican in regards to suppressing Scripture and burning heretics.
Well, Pope Leo IS a Cubs Fan. That’s evidence enough for me! *SMIRK*
Saw the headline. Thought it was going to be another great article from the Bee.
Thiel certainly has a novel interpretation of the biblical texts.
Two homos arguing over who is the anti-christ. I’ve seen it all.
The google AI gives pretty straight answers about the bible for the most part, so far. It knows how to “rightly divide” the word far more than most preachers are capable of.
Sorry I almost puked when I realized I put both Aristotle and Fauci in a sentence that had respect for either, let alone any regard of science.
One man regarded science as a pursuit of truth and knowledge for the greater good, the other regarded general truth and knowledge as a threat to his personal financial fortune.
Lord, citizens, anyone, please rid us of these fraudsters.
Back when I had a Dispensationalist interpretation of Revelation, Thiel was my top pick on Anti-Christ. He checked all the boxes.
Anybody who serves the devil’s agenda is antichrist.
CC
They are both serving the real anti-Christ — Satan.
The real antiChrist is supposed to be wildly popular.
Mad Moe was the Anti-Christ. His minions continue to kill Christians to this very day. 14 in Congo just yesterday.
Bfl
The one that can be traced back to the 2nd Century. The rules for interpreting apocalyptic literature is every vision is a symbol, including numbers.
- The Old Testament must be used to interpret the visions.
- The book holds relevance to every church in every age.
- The book reveals Christ ruling from 1st advent to 2nd advent through 7 visions.
- The 7 visions are parallel to each other, not necessarily chronological because it isn’t written as a historical narrative. This is called parallel symbolism, and is the interpretation used by Reformed churches.
- Its primary purpose is to warn the church on the need for repentance and to comfort the church during its tribulation, with the assurance Christ wins.
It certainly isn’t intended for people to track where we are in history, in order to determine when they need to get serious about killing sin because of the imminent return of Christ.
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