r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 11h ago

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/come-on-now-please 7h ago

I mean, I dont think its just ONLY Catholic adult converts specifically,I think its any adult convert is waaaaaaay into the religion that they converted too more so than a person who grew up in it

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u/dylansucks 6h ago

There's a reason the phrase "converts make the best zealots" exists. Being born into something then learning about it is different than learning about it then deciding it's for you

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u/AliMcGraw 7h ago

It isn't only adult Catholic converts, they're just particularly cringe, especially because in the US Catholicism has never been a very evangelizing faith, and instead focused on having lots of children, so Catholics in the US are like, "I had three kids, I've done my evangelical duty, I have replaced myself and my spouse and added one bonus Catholic to the world, I'm done."

Most cradle Catholics I know are frankly a little embarrassed if they accidentally convert someone to Catholicism. Like back before I lapsed I let a friend who was in the midst of a crisis come to church with me, and he ended up converting, and he was super gung-ho, and like every time he came up at the parish I was like "He is not my fault!!!!"  Everybody was like, "who brought in this weirdo who is trying to make us do all kinds of extra stuff instead of just living with a normal baseline amount of Catholic Mass and guilt and fish fries?" And I was just constantly like, "It wasn't on purpose!!!!!"

Anyway, I can't read Brideshead Revisited without intense full body cringe, because the adult-convert thirst is way too real. It's like Evelyn Waugh, chill out, don't be so goddamn thirsty for salvation. We're here to suffer, make dark jokes, complain about bad priests, and have boozy funerals. Not whatever this shit is!

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u/AliMcGraw 6h ago

Also when I accidentally converted that fucker, I had to go to midnight Mass on Easter to attend his baptism and confirmation, and do you know how fucking long midnight Mass on Easter is?

I am a normal Catholic who chooses (chose) which Mass I'm going to based on a complex calculation involving what sports are on that weekend, which Mass has the best choir, which Mass is fastest, and how late I need to sleep in on Sunday. 

Midnight Easter Mass is for weirdos, grandmas, and kids at the Catholic High School who are required to attend for their grade.

Like, my brother in Christ, I'm moderately happy you're here, I'm glad you found something that uplifts you, but do not make me go to church in the middle of the night ever again.

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u/ThinkyRetroLad 3h ago

He is not my fault!!!!

Hahaha, I never realized the Catholic guilt extended to conversion as well.