It's just a wild guess, but I suspect there are some non-Catholics in the same camp.

https://www.themonastery.org/blog/why-some-catholics-want-peter-thiel-burned-at-the-stake

Why Some Catholics Want Peter Thiel Burned at the Stake

Peter Thiel took his Antichrist lectures to Rome recently, and the pope's AI adviser had a... strong reaction that included fire and a stake.

Universal Life Church Monastery

I'm agnostic but I'd be prepared to chip in for a guillotine.

@billbennett

Charlie Stross (@[email protected])

SF STORY PREMISE: SETI program decodes an alien signal clearly targeting us. Hi! We see you're still facing the Great Filter! We want to help! Based on your anatomy per broadcasts we decoded, here is a blueprint for a device that will solve your problem! Humans: decode blueprint. It's for an improved guillotine.

The Wandering Shop
@billbennett I've got lots of kindling. Just saying.
@billbennett atheist here, willing to provide matches.
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The pope has an AI adviser?