691: The Antichrist, Illiberalism, & Why Gen Z Accepts Political Violence with Elizabeth Neumann
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
In a series of invitation-only, off-the-record lectures about Christianity, technology billionaire Peter Thiel said the antichrist is trying to regulate technology and billionaires. Which raises the question—Why do we always remake Christ in our image and the antichrist in our enemies'? Gen Z is making conservative Christianity more angry, intolerant, and illiberal. What's fueling the younger generation's interest in religious fundamentalism? Counter-terrorism expert Elizabeth Neumann is back to discuss the rising acceptance of political violence among young adults and why she expects things to get worse before they get better. Also this week—the fishy origin of fingers.
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5:45 - Fingers are Fish Butts?
9:23 Peter Thiel's Antichrist Fixation
23:51 - Conservative Christian Gen Z
39:24 - Black-and-White Internet Narratives
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53:15 - Interview
55:29 - Belief Systems and Violence
1:03:24 - Young People and Violence
1:11:16 - Is Violence a Reflection of Lack of Power?
1:17:15 - Trusting Jesus Instead of Violence
1:26:04 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in News Segment:
Peter Thiel and the Antichrist:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/13/antichrist-peter-thiel-michigan
Are Fingers Just Long Butts?
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/human-finger-regulatory-genes-originally-fish-cloaca-butt
Gen Z Conservatives:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/opinion/gen-z-conservative-christianity.html
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. In a series of invitation only off-the-record lectures about his faith, |
| 0:06.4 | technology billionaire Peter Thiel said that the Antichrist is trying to regulate technology and billionaires, |
| 0:12.9 | which raises the question, why do we always remake Christ in our image and the Antichrist in our enemies? |
| 0:20.1 | Then Gen Z is making conservative Christianity |
| 0:22.4 | more angry, more intolerant, and more illiberal. What's fueling the young adult interest |
| 0:28.1 | in religious fundamentalism? Then counterterrorism expert Elizabeth Newman is back to discuss |
| 0:33.7 | the rising political violence among progressives and why young adults seem to be more |
| 0:38.8 | okay with political violence. She expects things to get worse before they get better. Also this week, |
| 0:45.4 | the fishy origin of fingers. Quick update and announcement. Our next live show recording is coming |
| 0:51.7 | in just a few weeks featuring all four Holy Post media hosts. |
| 0:55.7 | That's Phil Visher, Caitlin Chess, Esau McCauley, and me. |
| 0:59.6 | The show is October 25th in Lombard, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago. |
| 1:04.5 | Tickets are now on sale for the event, so if you want to meet us and participate in a live recording of the show, |
| 1:10.7 | along with connecting with other |
| 1:11.8 | holyposter, this is your chance. Go to holypost.com slash events for details and to get your |
| 1:18.3 | tickets before they're gone. That's holypost.com slash events. Here is episode 691. |
| 1:26.0 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. |
| 1:27.8 | My name's Phil Vischer. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm back. |
| 1:30.1 | I was gone, but now I'm back. |
| 1:33.0 | Like Gandalf, I'm now Phil the white. |
| 1:35.8 | I think you were pretty white before, Phil. |
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