Christianity is 'much worse than Islam or Judaism' regarding the problem of violence because it involves the murder of God in person (Christ), which is inconceivable in those other traditions where claiming to be God while being killed would simply prove you are not God.

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Peter Thiel

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I think Christianity probably it is much worse than Islam or Judaism on this because, uh, I don't know, you know, Islam and Judaism it would be inconceivable that you could murder God, you know, in the form of a person. If if someone claimed to be God and and and got killed, that would just prove that he's not God. Um, and so, uh, so yeah, so so the the original sin, the violence in some sense is is is is is far greater in a Christian context

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Peter Thiel on Political Theology | Conversations with TylerMercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:18:46 AM

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