Girard says 'I see Satan fall like lightning' meaning to see Satan is to see Satan fall; the only time Satan appears in the Bible is at the very end of the world, never earlier, because to see Satan (the scapegoating mechanism) is to see it fall.

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Speaker

Peter Thiel

Evidence Quote

to see Satan is to see Satan fall...the only time Satan appears in the Bible is at the very end of the world...no human being ever sees Satan simply because to see Satan is um to see Satan fall.

Source

Peter Thiel on Political Theology | Conversations with TylerMercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:36:56 AM

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