Link: https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-says-antichrist-wants-a-nobel-peace-prize/

Earlier this week, I obtained transcripts of four private lectures Peter Thiel delivered to San Francisco tech elites about the coming of the Antichrist...Yes, really.

I reviewed audio recordings to confirm authenticity, though I agreed not to publish them for security reasons. I’m always cautious about materials obtained this way. But Reuters, The Guardian, and The Washington Post also obtained transcripts and published stories confirming their authenticity. I also reached out to Thiel’s organization for comment but received no reply.

Thiel’s main argument is that politics should be framed apocalyptically, and that Silicon Valley—potentially an agent of the Antichrist—should be empowered to do whatever it wishes because it alone can save (or destroy) the world. Here are some quick highlights from his bizarre and disjointed secret lectures, which combine intellectual grandiosity with a pronounced sense of unresolved existential terror.

Thiel regularly claims the Antichrist will be someone or something with the slogan of “peace and safety.” This is based on a very specific and disputed interpretation of scripture. In his San Francisco talk, Thiel got even more specific. He says the Antichrist will be someone who longs for a Nobel Peace Prize:

Certainly, of course, there are a lot of people who are wannabe Antichrists. Want peace and safety, definitely wants a Nobel Peace Prize, would give his soul for that, no question about it.

As with all of Thiel’s DIY theology, this has zero basis in scripture. But this is a stunning declaration at a moment when President Donald Trump has been openly begging and pining for the Nobel Peace Prize.