The Unholy Truth

The Unholy Truth

The Gospel According to Silicon Valley

How Big Tech turned poor evangelicals into digital soldiers of fear, rage, and divine conspiracy.

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Tanner the Humanist
Nov 10, 2025
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A rural American church glowing with blue digital light, a man illuminated by his smartphone as social-media icons shimmer like stained glass — symbolizing faith consumed by algorithms.
When faith meets the feed, belief becomes data

The New Holy War isn’t something with swords or sermons anymore. It’s fought with memes.

Poor white evangelicals, once shaped by local pastors and church gossip, now get their worldview from glowing rectangles. Their pulpits are Facebook feeds. Their preachers are YouTube prophets. Their faith isn’t just abou…

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