Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian?
Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian?
JP recently appeared on "Jubilee", the YouTube channel known for having "debate-ish" videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwk5MPE_6zE
The setup here is they will take some person and surround them with tens of their opponents, so you have "Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists".
In this exact video, one of the people asks JP if he's a Christian and he replies "Don't be a smartass!"
I haven't seen someone that espouses so many Christian values and philosophy while trying to hold it at arm's length. Is this just part of the usual JP tactic where you call into question any terms used in a discussion to sound deeply philosophical?
He seems to have an atypical relationship with Christianity and I can't decide if that's some genuine crisis he has OR if he just pretends to hold this stance just to add one more slippery facet to his behavior.
If nothing else, it's very odd.
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JP is an atheist, but he recognizes the value in other people believing in Christianity. This is because the myths and symbols reinforce his worldview to people who (he views) aren't smart enough to get there with reasoning.
Also, like all Western Chauvinists, he can't let go of the idea of "Christendom".
JP expresses a belief in a deity.
That makes him a theist, even if that deity isn’t how we would typically conceive of god.
“God is conscience <that exists beyond the ideal as a social construct>”
"What do you mean 'belief?' What do you mean by 'in?' What does 'a' mean?"
That’s just his go to when he realizes he’s going to be mocked. Or he’s about to be proven stupid.
Guarantee you his definition of “god” would have changed had someone called him on his bullshit about Elisha or Jonah. (They expressed a view that one’s conscience is “the voice of god”… not god…)
"Oh, you're really something aren't you?"
"I am, and you're nothing, aren't you?"
Mr Smarty Pants got destroyed.
“I don’t want to talk with this guy!”
Fuck Peterson…. He’s a white supremacist.
"I don't like that question. I don't LIKE that question. I don't like THAT question...!"
Reading "god is conscience" in Kermit's voice was surprisingly hilarious
JP is an atheist
He won't readily admit to that either. He somehow sits in the void between atheists and theists.
Agnosticism is a thing. He might be off in his own weird non-declarative void-like corner but the whole intermedium isn't like that.
He literally wanted to open a church and deliver servons every Sunday. He is not an atheist, he is just a charlatan.
Highly recommend anyone interested in him read this article / open letter written by an (ex) close friend and colleague, back in 2018.