But Did It "Really" Happen? | Alex O'Connor

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  • Here is a clip from our most recent podcast with Alex O'Connor. In it, he and Dr. Peterson discuss the Bible through a historic and mythological lens, exploring how both are deeply intertwined.
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  • @Phantom_madman
    @Phantom_madman Місяць тому +1233

    Alex: but did it actually happen?
    Jordan: Yesn't

    • @ErnestRamaj
      @ErnestRamaj Місяць тому +20

      Lol

    • @natanaellizama6559
      @natanaellizama6559 Місяць тому +12

      Maybe an example that is illuminating would be a psychological trip in psychedelics whereby a person sees a snake squishing a person and removing what is symbolic "dark energy", and then the person being free of addiction. Did that really happen? Yesn't. One doesn't need to say that in the everyday sense there was a snake who did that or provide scientific compatibility with literal snakes in our everyday sense, and yet it wasn't merely a symbolic representation of a nothingness, it was the symbolic representation of an actuality which as lived in and had "real" effects. It would be odd to say nothing happened(lack of reality), or that because the snake was not like the biological snakes that it either wasn't a snake, or it wasn't. If asked, the person would probably say it did happen but not in the sense you are asking. Peterson probably sees the burning bush in such a matter.

    • @jesus_built_my_hotrod
      @jesus_built_my_hotrod Місяць тому +2

      @Phantom_madman Hahaha😂

    • @attackhelicopter-up3dh
      @attackhelicopter-up3dh Місяць тому +19

      As a lobster what do you mean by 'jordan'?

    • @fitprotunes
      @fitprotunes Місяць тому +2

      😅😅😅

  • @someguy4405
    @someguy4405 Місяць тому +676

    *THERE IS A HIERARCHY OF MEMES*

    • @micahmendoza3737
      @micahmendoza3737 Місяць тому +9

      Was looking for this comment lol

    • @Bloogly89
      @Bloogly89 Місяць тому +13

      Philosoraptor memes are S tier

    • @nietzschescodes
      @nietzschescodes Місяць тому +10

      The ones on the top are Cat Memes.

    • @leevin7546
      @leevin7546 Місяць тому +8

      I think it's called a "Tierlist"

    • @carollen5633
      @carollen5633 Місяць тому +1

      @someguy4405/// yes indeed.

  • @toddwasson3355
    @toddwasson3355 Місяць тому +397

    I live for the day when JP asks "what do you mean by "mean", EXACTLY?"

  • @thomaskoller8282
    @thomaskoller8282 7 днів тому +10

    The phrase 'Did it really happen?' has a meaning that is immediately obvious to anyone who uses language as a means of communicating thoughts to others. This is what language is all about. And for this to work, people need to agree on how thoughts in your head correspond to language constructs. If you deliberately ignore this, as J. P. seems to do, confusion arises.

    • @MarkusGhambari
      @MarkusGhambari 22 години тому

      Was Alex really born 25 years ago? Did it really happen? Or was he made an hour ago with fake memories about his past? There is no such a thing as really happened in the godless world of Alex. He can't even know if he's real or just a brain in a jar. Anything is possible. Alex is welcome to ask such questions after he solves the problem of solipsism in his worldview. Good luck with that!

    • @thomaskoller8282
      @thomaskoller8282 18 годин тому

      @@MarkusGhambari Hm, my comment was about language as a means of communication and the fact that parties using it have to agree on how to do so. I fail to see how your response relates to that.

  • @PianoMyHeart
    @PianoMyHeart Місяць тому +207

    “Christians have a metaphysics that’s not Christian.” You can’t end the clip there!!

    • @hreedwork
      @hreedwork Місяць тому +22

      I agree. By far the most important utterance of the video...

    • @jonathanstensberg
      @jonathanstensberg Місяць тому +16

      In the full interview, that line of think doesn’t go any further. The point is merely that the Christians who are saying such things are not actually operating on Christian metaphysics when they do.

    • @ezpzlemonsqueezy90
      @ezpzlemonsqueezy90 Місяць тому +21

      Don't worry, it didn't get any better.
      He basically just throws Christians under the bus for a minute and then word salads back to lobster town.

    • @nathanketsdever3150
      @nathanketsdever3150 Місяць тому +11

      Just for clarification, I think Peterson says: "Christians **who ask that** have a metaphysics that's not Christian." But yes....point still stands. You are correct.

    • @thegrunbeld6876
      @thegrunbeld6876 Місяць тому +4

      Oh you mean bcs it is intrinsically of greco-roman origin? or avestan? or even vedic? or sumerian pagan? and on and on until we realize they all were just products of human imaginations.

  • @bonesNstones
    @bonesNstones Місяць тому +292

    3:55 “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

    • @Isabelle64449
      @Isabelle64449 Місяць тому +15

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @DestinyAwaits19
      @DestinyAwaits19 Місяць тому +25

      "I have... things to do...." Puts hand in pocket.

    • @Frodo1000000
      @Frodo1000000 Місяць тому +10

      @@Isabelle64449 can you explain that expression to my below 70 IQ brain

    • @MrD3000
      @MrD3000 Місяць тому +22

      @@Frodo1000000 Peterson doesn't know Dawkins as much as he would like, but the little bit Peterson does know about Dawkins, Peterson (sort of) likes more than Dawkins deserves.
      Not sure if that is what Peterson was trying to say there. I believe he's pointing out that he's more aware of Dawkins knowing things that he doesn't than the other way around. In other, blunter words, Dawkins could use some more humility.

    • @cyano741
      @cyano741 Місяць тому +12

      @@MrD3000 Peterson knows about, how little he knows about Dawkins, more than how little Dawkins knows, how little he knows about Peterson. And so Dawkins assumes he knows everything about Peterson, while Peterson understands, he knows only a fraction of the underlying thought processes that Dawkins has, to accumulate his knowledge and worldviews. Which is not a good basis for an open conversation.

  • @kamikazeshrub
    @kamikazeshrub Місяць тому +213

    Appreciate Alex asking him this.

    • @sametheremuircroft5975
      @sametheremuircroft5975 Місяць тому +25

      I'd appreciate it more if Jordan gave him a straight answer

    • @romulus3345
      @romulus3345 Місяць тому +11

      @@sametheremuircroft5975
      It doesn't matter what answer he gives. That atheist doesn't want to hear the answers to his questions.
      "Professing to be wise they became fools."

    • @sametheremuircroft5975
      @sametheremuircroft5975 Місяць тому +23

      @@romulus3345 but he hasn't really answered the question. As a Christian, I can at least tell people what I believe without resorting to semantics, did it happen or not?

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +3

      @@sametheremuircroft5975why? why would you assume Peterson should answer the way you do?

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому

      why? its a dumb question

  • @hypergraphic
    @hypergraphic Місяць тому +198

    Ok, as a former evangelical I’m floored by JP saying “well I don’t think it really matters to people”. Excuse me? It definitely mattered to me. I really believed that all of the clearly non-symbolic stuff actually happened. And those beliefs had a huge impact on my life because I took it seriously.
    I went into the ministry and later moved overseas to start a ministry because I believed the events in the Bible actually happened as described and it stoked my zeal to serve God. I sacrificed a lot, and I mean a lot, because I believed everything the Bible said actually happened. If I had believed that some of the most theologically pivotal events are symbolism, or archetypes, or what have you, I would have never ever done that.
    But that’s the point, I used to believe while salvation is a free gift, being a real disciple of Christ is meant to cost a lot. You are supposed to pick up your cross, die to yourself every day, crucify the flesh, and be a servant (slave) to Christ. You have to love Jesus so much that you are ready to die for him. Why would anyone do that if they didn’t believe the events in the Bible actually happened? THAT is why it matters if it actually happened.
    If you are just a Sunday Christian you have the luxury of this approach, but if you actually want to be the real deal and live like the early disciples, it demands everything of you. Again I speak from experience. People who've never been in the ministry just don't understand the load you carry.
    When I was losing my faith I looked into this symbolic approach and progressive Christianity but it just seemed like more make believe than fundamentalism. Either shit or get off the pot. So I got off the pot. I had too much respect for that way of thinking to dull it down just because I wanted to cling to something I could no longer believe in.
    Now I know that a lot of the church fathers interpreted lots of passages symbolically, but growing up as an evangelical it was drummed into me that unless it actually happened, it doesn’t really matter.
    Anyways, people can believe what and how they want, but I guess still in my mind “real” Christianity actually means believing that when it says something happened, you believe it actually did. That’s why I find JP's saying "I don't think it matters to people" so staggering. Yes it matters a whole hell of a lot of people.

    • @paulbracken6216
      @paulbracken6216 Місяць тому +8

      Myth became fact.

    • @jakeschwartz2514
      @jakeschwartz2514 Місяць тому +10

      So you went from “im a sinner” to “im not a sinner”… i wonder why? It’s obvious why people deconstruct their faith, one is you never had the Holy Spirit and knew Jesus rose from the dead because if you did.. that doesnt change yesterday today and forever.
      So it’s completely fair to say you never knew Jesus was risen 100% as a real believer. I hope you do..

    • @jamesmeldrum4563
      @jamesmeldrum4563 Місяць тому +27

      @@jakeschwartz2514 It's certainly not fair to say that if you read what this man said, On the other hand, it's perfectly fair to say that you're just stuck in a delusion.

    • @hypergraphic
      @hypergraphic Місяць тому +9

      @@wildomegamusic Yes indeed. For as much as religious conservatives in the US talk about how much they love the Constitution and they love freedom, they often want to take away freedom from others because they can't stand other people "sinning".

    • @hypergraphic
      @hypergraphic Місяць тому

      @@paulbracken6216 Yes and it took me a long time to see that. I have a banger of a quote from Paul Tillich saved in my notes:
      "Fundamentalism has demonic aspects, in that it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents and forces them to repress knowledge of which they are secretly aware. "

  • @elyxtenfer5236
    @elyxtenfer5236 Місяць тому +298

    Me, the intellectual thinking for the first seconds of the video that they are discussing the culture of memes😅

    • @chickenmonger123
      @chickenmonger123 Місяць тому +12

      They are. It’s just that the candified version is what is happening online and currently.

    • @3vil3lvis
      @3vil3lvis Місяць тому +2

      "Intellectual" is actually an insult, because they were despicable people. Reference "The Intellectuals" by Paul Johnson.

    • @Hacker1o1
      @Hacker1o1 Місяць тому +1

      @@3vil3lvis who was despicable?

    • @annallen654
      @annallen654 Місяць тому

      Me too.

    • @TarotThrones
      @TarotThrones Місяць тому

      me three.

  • @mitchstacey34
    @mitchstacey34 Місяць тому +255

    This kid must be certified brilliant. 25 years old and he's the first one to get JP to give an answer on this?? Crazy.

    • @buddatobi
      @buddatobi 29 днів тому +16

      He’s a great UA-camr

    • @whynot1548
      @whynot1548 29 днів тому +27

      Nope. He's an artificially propped up atheist activist. No different than most "famous" people who push ideas most people dont buy

    • @whynot1548
      @whynot1548 29 днів тому

      Uh, how so?..
      He spews the same lazy technocratic, materialistic and fatalistic BS Dawkins and others do. He wants to be the next big smug atheist bullshitter that just says:
      "No,"
      "No"
      "No" and
      "No some more."

    • @buddatobi
      @buddatobi 29 днів тому +34

      @@whynot1548 I was watching him before this

    • @TheSethOlson
      @TheSethOlson 29 днів тому +18

      He’s one of the only ones who is genuinely willing to get JP to answer the question clearly and not mask it in the vague mystery that he has in the past

  • @pattysayssew3609
    @pattysayssew3609 Місяць тому +31

    Love that Jordan has found his favorite jacket for all of his religious chats. He's all in.

  • @bobcatpnw9123
    @bobcatpnw9123 Місяць тому +37

    Yes it did really happen. -Paul

    • @johnjameson6751
      @johnjameson6751 11 днів тому +1

      Citation needed

    • @bobcatpnw9123
      @bobcatpnw9123 11 днів тому

      @@johnjameson6751
      APA Style (4th ed.)
      The Holy Bible: King James Version. 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
      Сору

    • @kevinbateman9929
      @kevinbateman9929 8 днів тому

      If the poster is St Paul, my response is Paul you were not there and are relying on a hallucination that you had which is an extremely unreliable source, in fact nowadays if people have hallucinations and keep insisting they are true they tend to be locked up.

  • @andrewwabik5125
    @andrewwabik5125 Місяць тому +675

    Alex is right. Dr.Peterson has a tendency to extrapolate to an extreme degree. When most people ask if he thinks something literally happened, they want to know if it really happened. If he doesn’t know, then just say I don’t know. Dr. Peterson is extrapolating to an extreme degree. It’s useful, and has opened me up religion long after I threw it out. Because he’s talking about it analogously and symbolically, it strikes a chord with me. But his intelligence is a barrier when being asked a simple question by simple people. He sort of answers, no one knows here, at least.

    • @andrewwabik5125
      @andrewwabik5125 Місяць тому +40

      @@CarportCarl maybe. Maybe that plus 30-45 iq points. They’re certainly using their time more wisely than me right now.

    • @O_ohuh
      @O_ohuh Місяць тому +15

      @andrewwabik5125 I literally just said this in another video in a way less articulate way. As much as I love JP he can sometimes seem to over think or analyze things, and there comes a time where things become black and white enough for "you" to make a choice about what you "believe" (put faith in) and "trust" to be true. At some point even the greatest minds, like JP, have glossed over information for ages and came to different conclusions...

    • @boooshes
      @boooshes Місяць тому +63

      Dr Peterson, have you had lunch today? "Well that depends on what you mean by lunch"

    • @andrewwabik5125
      @andrewwabik5125 Місяць тому +8

      @@CarportCarl I generally use my own discretion. I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school for 12 years. Anything horrible you can personally imagine is maybe a fraction of what that experience was for me.
      In terms of religion in general, I see no proof (what I consider proof) in any of the religions I’ve looked into. Now, admittedly, I haven’t looked as hard as I probably should. I came to believe in God as “love”, in the entire sense of the word. I don’t see God as a man in the sky, or a law giver. I believe in God as the “spirit of truth”, as God says. I worship the god that I believe in by trying to follow my conscience, however hard that is. I do believe in an afterlife, but I don’t think God cares what your religion is. In my view, God cares what you’ve learned and how you treat others, as well as yourself. Another thing I believe in that’ll likely piss Christians off is that we get to come back until lessons are learned. I believe we set them ourselves.

    • @andrewwabik5125
      @andrewwabik5125 Місяць тому +1

      @@O_ohuh that’s your truth. Just don’t stop questioning.

  • @MrRuumi1
    @MrRuumi1 Місяць тому +122

    Finally Alex is the only person who challenged Peterson's question where he says "What do you mean if it happened?". It's a straight forward question that implies whether what Bible claims historycally to happen actually happened!

    • @reeb9016
      @reeb9016 Місяць тому +7

      But did he get an answer?😂

    • @MrRuumi1
      @MrRuumi1 Місяць тому +18

      @@reeb9016 Yes he said "No, I don't believe it was real".

    • @Jaymastia
      @Jaymastia Місяць тому +1

      No. Thats wasn't an answer because he was contradicting what is in the word as he doesn't see it as real.

    • @TracyWerner4Prez
      @TracyWerner4Prez Місяць тому +15

      He answered these questions many times. But you don't hear his answer you just want to trap him in his words. If you BELIEVE it's real but do the sins they did in your life, you don't believe it's real. If you take them as an example of what will happen to those who live ungodly and repent then you believe it and you will be blessed. Is it real? You have to answer that for yourself. Jordan knows who he is.

    • @flvflv4712
      @flvflv4712 Місяць тому +6

      It's a dumb question

  • @lukas4235
    @lukas4235 Місяць тому +114

    I'm more aware of the things he knows that I don't know that he is of the things that I know that he doesn't know.-JP

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 Місяць тому +11

      a puzzle for the ages

    • @Jake-dx8pt
      @Jake-dx8pt Місяць тому +34

      I mean...it's not a puzzle...it's a tongue twister but makes perfect sense lol @MsElke11

    • @mateuscrevelin3394
      @mateuscrevelin3394 Місяць тому +6

      What a sentence, my people... What a sentence...

    • @attackhelicopter-up3dh
      @attackhelicopter-up3dh Місяць тому +10

      As a lobster i demand adequate representation in this discussion!

    • @desnerger6346
      @desnerger6346 Місяць тому +1

      s/that he is/than he is/

  • @ds1genesis
    @ds1genesis Місяць тому +93

    I think Alex was patient in trying to get Jordan to talk about historical plausibility behind the exodus, and I think Jordan needed to realize he was asking that, not asking about how exodus story survived and can be related today. I think alex was very patient to try to get Jordan to talk about the history specifically.

    • @johnsmithers8913
      @johnsmithers8913 Місяць тому +9

      The issue is anything occurring thousands of years ago can rarely be considered "true", at least not in the scientific concept of truth. JP obviously cannot say, "yes it definitely happened". It's kinda stupid to even ask the question and it's obviously a gotcha question.

    • @Peterdeskater100
      @Peterdeskater100 Місяць тому +13

      @@johnsmithers8913 No, it is him trying to understand if Jordan Peterson sees the story as something that is helpful and meaningful or if he really believes that the exodus as described in the bible is a true historic event.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +4

      or maybe Peterson was patient with Alex’s dumbass pigeon-holing irrelevant question - and was politely trying to love the conversation back to the relevant points he IS making rather than feed into Alex’s distraction

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +2

      @@Peterdeskater100But Peterson doesnt discuss things for that purpose - so isnt Alex being a bit of a jerk?

    • @toddwasson3355
      @toddwasson3355 Місяць тому +16

      I'm getting increasingly frustrated listening to JP as time goes on. I imagine sitting in a room with him when we hear a loud crash in the kitchen. I'd ask him if a dish fell and broke. I imagine he'd go on at length about how it's a pointless question as he tries to deeply analyze my motivation for asking such a thing, eventually terminating in me having no real answer. Dammit, it's MY question. It's not pointless to me or I wouldn't be asking. Why doesn't he understand the question the way I'm asking it?
      "Did X really happen?" is akin to "did a glass break on the floor just now?" He doesn't seem to process the question properly, a question a kid would understand immediately, which is frustrating. Alex isn't being a jerk. Quite the opposite: He's very patiently trying to illustrate this problem of JPs to him, to get him to answer what just about anyone else would immediately recognize as a very simple yes or no question. JP is just not getting it. It's the very thing Dawkins complains about too.
      Geeze, JP, just tell me if a glass broke in the kitchen. A kid would instantly know what's really being asked there. Why doesn't JP? If instead you ask me what I mean by "glass" or "floor" or what I mean by "broke" and launch into a several minute long thing about anything other than what I'm asking instead, ugh... Next thing you know he'll be asking what I mean by "mean." It's frustrating.

  • @SiriusDogStar369
    @SiriusDogStar369 Місяць тому +68

    Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.
    ~ Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"

    • @jerimyers7201
      @jerimyers7201 Місяць тому +6

      the Velveteen Rabbit. Love it

    • @jq8974
      @jq8974 Місяць тому +5

      Beautiful 🌿

    • @johnsmith-pm1qe
      @johnsmith-pm1qe Місяць тому +8

      good god that's profound for a childrens book

    • @BananaBabys
      @BananaBabys Місяць тому +7

      Real recognize real

    • @jq8974
      @jq8974 Місяць тому +8

      Jesus said that unless you change and become like a child, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. I love how God hides the most beautiful gems in the small, unassuming places. As the saying goes, he uses fools and little children. 🌿🐇

  • @ChrisSaad
    @ChrisSaad Місяць тому +14

    Alex is the brightest person I’ve seen amongst all these communicators

  • @Enhancedlies
    @Enhancedlies Місяць тому +9

    Alex and Petersen go very well together, Alex pushes back with proper vigour and doesn't let him get away with little oversteps, (as we all do) But it's just really great lines of thought well executed

  • @kittentacticalwarfare1140
    @kittentacticalwarfare1140 Місяць тому +193

    Like Norm Mcdonald said: "these stories may not be factual, but they are true"

    • @lonergraphics4087
      @lonergraphics4087 Місяць тому +13

      Smart guy our Norm.

    • @kittentacticalwarfare1140
      @kittentacticalwarfare1140 Місяць тому +4

      @@lonergraphics4087 R.I.P.

    • @alancooper5009
      @alancooper5009 Місяць тому +7

      I would love to have seen a Norm Jordan conversation

    • @lonergraphics4087
      @lonergraphics4087 Місяць тому +5

      @@alancooper5009 Norm has given Jordan Peterson a shoutout on Twitter. That's as far as I know of their interactions.

    • @OliverGrace7
      @OliverGrace7 Місяць тому +2

      Oh this one is factual just do a little digging and you'll see.

  • @braydenweese1407
    @braydenweese1407 Місяць тому +4

    I honestly knew this was Jordan’s position months ago, but he articulated it better than I could.
    I appreciate his honesty and humility to say he doesn’t know but also challenge believers. I hope he finds a more conclusive someday soon.

  • @SpartanLawyer
    @SpartanLawyer Місяць тому +14

    Please do a part 2, if you think it'd be productive and useful! I'm 26, and I've been watching Alex O'Connor's content since I was 16 and still in high school. You two clearly have synergy and rapport, despite your differing beliefs on religion. I think it'd be a great service for those of us who, in the words of your latest book, "wrestle with God." I never would've considered Catholicism or religious apologetics had it not been for the content that you both produce. Thank you both very much.

    • @whynot1548
      @whynot1548 29 днів тому

      Really?
      Alex O'Conner......that's ur guy? 😐

    • @edurodriguesigues
      @edurodriguesigues 28 днів тому

      Now you know that you can be much more smart than the GREAT, the GOAT Jordan. Because YOU can feel and believe in Jesus and in your resurrection, and Jordan didn't believe yet. You are more smart than Jordan Peterson, what a beautiful life.

    • @liesiontheir
      @liesiontheir 20 днів тому +2

      He seems to be very intelligent, polite, open to discussion.... if you're looking for a young person to admire, I can't think of anyone better than Alex.

    • @Baronnax
      @Baronnax 19 днів тому +1

      @@edurodriguesigues if you can recognise that Jordan is really smart, why not stop to question WHY a smart man like him doesn't believe in the historicity of Jesus, or in the idea of resurrection?

    • @cjbungis
      @cjbungis 7 днів тому

      ​@@edurodriguesiguesits not very hard

  • @jlolson53
    @jlolson53 4 дні тому +2

    There's an old saying: "He who wants to obscure the truth muddies the water."

  • @dreez28
    @dreez28 Місяць тому +143

    The Word became flesh, and dwelt amount us. We got our metaphysics figured out just fine. It’s both and… really not as complicated a you want it to be, but at the same time completely mysterious to us and beyond our comprehension… miraculous. The relationship between God and man bridges the gap between the physical and the spiritual. It also transcends time and space. They are both true, and happen in concert with one another. You can’t have one without the other. Past, present and future.

    • @glnset-apart
      @glnset-apart Місяць тому +2

      yes, I Am became man, Hym- expressed outward. hallal u YaH and Ahmyn 💜

    • @Rydonattelo
      @Rydonattelo Місяць тому +6

      Bang on . Couldn't have said it better myself.

    • @askmeif
      @askmeif Місяць тому +1

      Someday dreez28, you might know yourself as the world having become flesh and dwelling amongst us.

    • @glnset-apart
      @glnset-apart Місяць тому

      @@askmeif Word

    • @beyamoth
      @beyamoth Місяць тому +11

      Exactly the problem with imprecise language. Anyone gets to create their own "correct" word salad

  • @Escape.Velocity
    @Escape.Velocity Місяць тому +26

    This has been my one hang up with Dr Peterson for years, and I mostly ignore it bc so much of what he says is brilliant. I have to think either he deliberately doesn’t give a straight answer to this because he doesn’t believe it actually happened and that would eliminate part of his religious audience, or he does believe it actually happened and that would eliminate a portion of his non-religious audience. He probably feels that giving a straight answer to these questions is a lose-lose either way and would distract from his core messages. My gut feeling is that he doesn’t believe most of the biblical accounts are historically accurate and I highly doubt he believes in the supernatural aspects such as resurrection and virgin birth. The Pangburn talks with Sam Harris were basically 9 hours of Sam trying to get Jordan to answer these questions directly and he wouldn’t do it. Honestly I don’t think it really matters what his private views are but it is a bit frustrating.

    • @Jordy_NL
      @Jordy_NL Місяць тому +4

      He answers the question all the time, even just in this clip.
      The problem seems to be that it doesn't fit people's binary resolution. It's not either this or that. It's probabilities. Also it depends on the which part of the text you're reffering to. He's just far beyond most people. Must be frustrating for him as well.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +4

      or maybe he wants to keep bringing a message or powerful Biblical meaning to a broad and wide audience of people who have abandoned seeing any value in it. And such shallow questions only exist to reduce his message and purpose. Why would he want to be pigeonholed as a Christian author or thinker when that is not his goal for his work? The expectation he should pin this down when it is irrelevant to the points hes making is stupid

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому

      @@user-kt7rs4wf6uyeah, you’re a genius. good lord

    • @boxer12350
      @boxer12350 Місяць тому +1

      Agreed

    • @yesenia3816
      @yesenia3816 Місяць тому +4

      Can't bring a powerful Biblical meaning to anything if he doesn't have a biblical belief.

  • @omnialive
    @omnialive Місяць тому +12

    The layers and depth of assumed meaning that allows us to flow effortlessly through our daily lives is astounding. Which is why we need deep thinkers like Dr. Peterson and Mr. O’Connor to hit pause on assumptions and dive down to first principles. Would be too inefficient and exhausting to do all the time but worth examining still.

    • @Man-of-God
      @Man-of-God Місяць тому +4

      Diving down is the only way to be sure that what you are standing upon is unshakable. It must be done fervently, consistently, and openly. Otherwise you build upon shifting sand and could waste your life and the lives of those you lead from some future clarification that destroys all you strive for.

    • @C_R_O_M________
      @C_R_O_M________ Місяць тому

      Mr. O'Connor is still a shallow thinker. He's a Left hemisphere powerhouse (which means analysis and then more analysis about details and then some more details!). That IS exhausting and at the end of the day futile. Kierkegaard had done the same but with the philosophical freedom (open mindedness) to arrive to his "leap of faith" conclusion. O'Connor just isn't comfortable with surrendering control. That's a psychopathology I'm quite familiar with.

  • @aidantwa5929
    @aidantwa5929 Місяць тому +5

    I so badly want J Peterson to listen to R.C. Sproul's "The Consequences of Ideas." Not for discussion, not for content but just for his own personal enjoyment. I really found Sproul's treatment of philosophy helpful for my own understanding of reality.

  • @danmor2349
    @danmor2349 Місяць тому +4

    Loved this....a good bridge between a skeptic and Dr Peterson's thinking and manner of speaking

  • @symbolicmeta1942
    @symbolicmeta1942 Місяць тому +20

    He actually gave a very clear answer it’s just he went into other things when finished. He fairly clearly said, “probably according to the historical evidence.”

    • @bkorodi1797
      @bkorodi1797 10 днів тому +2

      Then why cant he just f*cking say that?

    • @freedomextremist7215
      @freedomextremist7215 10 днів тому +2

      @@bkorodi1797 He literally said it, and he added important context. Wanting short answers to complex questions is shortsided.

    • @jacobstamm
      @jacobstamm 2 дні тому

      @@bkorodi1797Peterson explains his reasons for not just saying that in this video. But even after hearing his reasons, I still think it’s been a bad call for him to refuse to do so for all these years. I’m glad we’re finally getting some clarity.

  • @AmadaHabla
    @AmadaHabla Місяць тому +46

    Great discussion! Appreciate the distinction between memes and archetypes. Finally articulated what felt like it was missing. Also, the truth vs survival!

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 Місяць тому +2

      Why do I feel as if people who enjoy discussing whether there is truth in religion are wildly being taken over by those who are fanatically FOLLOWING their actual RELIGIONS!

    • @Saunajallu
      @Saunajallu Місяць тому +2

      What distinction? They were equivocated

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH 26 днів тому

      Peterson has needed to be called to task on a few things. "Really happened" has definitely been one of those. Hehehe. I thought Fry might've done this when he was on, but I suspect he was being polite to his host. He would be another guest I would love to have back.

  • @young_dan_kee
    @young_dan_kee Місяць тому +2

    The world needs more conversations between these two.

  • @Xhayl
    @Xhayl Місяць тому +2

    Such an enjoyable watch. Thank you!

  • @magic_honey
    @magic_honey Місяць тому +23

    Haven't seen much of his content but from this it would seem Alex is really well-spoken. He knows what to push and he knows how to listen.

    • @Dionysus626
      @Dionysus626 Місяць тому +6

      Alex is the kind of interviewer who always brings out the best in the people that he interviews.

    • @davidnguyen4707
      @davidnguyen4707 29 днів тому +2

      As an enjoyer of his content, I highly recommend you checking him out. He gives excellent views and perspectives on important issues, and he always probe the opposition to give precise answers without coming off as condescending or confrontational. On this topic, you should watch his old critique of JP, a very interesting watch!

    • @whynot1548
      @whynot1548 29 днів тому

      I bet u think anyone with an accent is "well spoken."

    • @magic_honey
      @magic_honey 29 днів тому +5

      @@whynot1548 "i BeT u" listen to yourself. Can't even take someone else getting a compliment.

  • @masona.9875
    @masona.9875 Місяць тому +9

    There is much respect between these two and you can tell they are doing everything they can not to offend each other with their challenging questions.

    • @carldom1264
      @carldom1264 4 дні тому

      A true interaction of people of different thought.

  • @WarfareJournal
    @WarfareJournal 26 днів тому +2

    This is one of the most important questions to nail down with Dr. Peterson and Alex has done a fantastic job at it!

  • @acukaj
    @acukaj 16 днів тому +1

    I love the "Forrest Gump" analogy. The clearest and most relevent example, to relate and describe, the diversity of overlaping genres in any literary work.

  • @3420undertaker
    @3420undertaker Місяць тому +24

    I love conversations like this. Very fun.

    • @forexdissector9565
      @forexdissector9565 Місяць тому +5

      It was a simple yes or no. Do you think this happened is a pretty simple question.

    • @DarkRealmLink
      @DarkRealmLink Місяць тому +2

      it's true.

  • @Zevelyon
    @Zevelyon Місяць тому +20

    The answer is no. Jordan does not believe the literal claims to the supernatural of the Bible. He only believes in their psychological significance, their usefulness to society and MAYBE he believes in God, but certainly not in the claim that Yahweh is literally that God and Jesus is literally his incarnation.

    • @Cobbido
      @Cobbido 27 днів тому

      He might believe the kind of thing where God is the universe itself as such we are all "incarnations" or "avatars" of God seeing as we are made of the matter of the universe, Jesus included, he just happened to be a more enlightened incarnation of God more in tune with some specific aspect of an underlying greater will. Aspects that Jordan Peterson aligns with, greater good, certain morals and that type of jazz.

    • @Zevelyon
      @Zevelyon 27 днів тому +1

      @@Cobbido Yes, I suspect Peterson is a Pantheist as well. Specifically, a Gnostic.

    • @edumacha
      @edumacha 26 днів тому +1

      well, not so sure about the resurrection of Jesus, which is a supernatural event. He suspects that it is a historical event and that it literally was very possible to have happened, go and watch the whole video brother. Alex: "If there was a camera at the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, would we see a man walk out? JP: I suspect yes" Start at Minute 25 in the interview.

    • @bike4aday
      @bike4aday 18 днів тому +1

      The problem is that people are trying to understand spirituality through materialism because they don't actually know the difference. Supernatural does not mean magic and super powers. Those are Hollywood/materialist depictions of the supernatural.

    • @plotinus393
      @plotinus393 6 днів тому

      @@Zevelyon You know certain gnostic texts like the Gospel of Mary are written around the same time as The Gospel of John (100 AD)? According to most scholars, the gospel of john has as much historical relevancy as a gnostic text, which is why they reject it entirely and rely on the "Synoptic gospels." They also reject the notion it was written by John, just as they reject the notion that apostles were the authors of various gnostic gospels. So gnosticism has about as much historical validity to it as mainstream Christianity, which is to say, not allot.

  • @PatrickMageez
    @PatrickMageez Місяць тому +1

    I loved this episode so much more than I thought I would.

  • @danielberger3669
    @danielberger3669 Місяць тому +2

    Love this discussion

  • @cleftturnip7774
    @cleftturnip7774 Місяць тому +26

    The Atheist / religious debate is very repetitive.

    • @short207
      @short207 16 днів тому +2

      I agree.

    • @user-md3wm7vu1f
      @user-md3wm7vu1f 15 днів тому +2

      All debate subjects are repetitive past a certain point

  • @yvettelatham1318
    @yvettelatham1318 Місяць тому +51

    The thought process both of them are capable of, is amazing. I can see it in their eyes. They are way above my level.

    • @HIMMBelljuvo
      @HIMMBelljuvo Місяць тому +7

      You can reach their level if you put in the work

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 Місяць тому +1

      Same here.

    • @Drenwickification
      @Drenwickification Місяць тому +4

      @@HIMMBelljuvonot me lol. But I appreciate watching people like Alex. He has an amazing way of putting concepts across in a simple way for someone like me to understand!

    • @drunkargonaut3899
      @drunkargonaut3899 Місяць тому +6

      @@DrenwickificationAnd that’s really dangerous. And treacherous. Read my friend, the most you can, then nobody (not me that’s a fact), will need you to explain you something for you to understand it. And you will need nobody in the same sense.

    • @drunkargonaut3899
      @drunkargonaut3899 Місяць тому +1

      One of them is not that way above you, trust me. Peterson also had this “phase” and start to telling himself “shut the f up, that’s a lie” and he had to “burn” everything he believed it was true but knowing it wasn’t. 98% “of his thoughts”, he says. Not making this up.

  • @thugson1166
    @thugson1166 Місяць тому

    This is one of the best conversations I've ever seen with peterson... This needs to happen more.

  • @jonathanstatham88
    @jonathanstatham88 Місяць тому

    This has nothing to do with current video. Your truth, your honesty, has caused me to love you. It's undeniable. Thank you for guiding me through so much. I love you as a comrad, as a father, and as a friend. Thank you for everything.

  • @paulinevincent7596
    @paulinevincent7596 29 днів тому +4

    For we walk by Faith and not by sight

    • @kumagretiredaxer2183
      @kumagretiredaxer2183 26 днів тому

      Yeah These two needs literal miracle to believe that there is God

    • @Charles-ij1ow
      @Charles-ij1ow 20 днів тому

      @@kumagretiredaxer2183 Because it will never happen but I guess that's not the point.

  • @jamescoates3382
    @jamescoates3382 Місяць тому +4

    Hi Jordan

  • @ChadBedwell
    @ChadBedwell 24 хвилини тому

    Gotta Love Dr. Jordan Peterson his Intellect is beyond many imaginations unknown.

  • @Ykguyg
    @Ykguyg 29 днів тому

    This is the most helpful conversation in understanding Dr Peterson and as a matter of fact truth itself

  • @St33lStrife
    @St33lStrife Місяць тому +64

    'Do you think it really happened?'
    Yes.

    • @lemasteraustin12
      @lemasteraustin12 Місяць тому +21

      Okay, but what do you mean by “yes”?

    • @danieldornyo3041
      @danieldornyo3041 Місяць тому

      Thank you

    • @danieldornyo3041
      @danieldornyo3041 Місяць тому

      @@lemasteraustin12 what kinda d*mb question is that?

    • @glnset-apart
      @glnset-apart Місяць тому

      in what manner?

    • @Whereempathsgather
      @Whereempathsgather Місяць тому +3

      Jesus died on the cross...? The bible is history regardless of what anyone thinks about it. I rather know the bible then anything because it's a endless story that we need to revisit it often.

  • @silverfox8484
    @silverfox8484 Місяць тому +14

    Im sure JP had a blast talking to Alex. Hopefully the first of many talks 🙂

    • @markd3250
      @markd3250 Місяць тому +2

      I certainly hope so. This is the first time I think I've ever seen Jordan so apprehensive and defensive. He clearly had 'shields up' during this. I didn't see that kind of respect for who he's being confronted by for anyone else that I can think of. Alex is a very clear, articulate and focused speaker. This was almost like watching a chess match.

    • @C_R_O_M________
      @C_R_O_M________ Місяць тому +1

      O'Connor is still a very shallow thinker and I know his fatal flaw because it is exactly what I studied as a psychologist. It's the inability to surrender control so as to allow anything else besides his already shaped conclusions. It's an insurmountable confirmation bias which points to a very strong Left hemisphere in control. Just like Dawkins and Harris. They are both Left hemispheric dominant which makes them blind to the bigger picture (which Kierkegaard definitely nailed). Harris's case of Left hemispheric pathology is so profound that he stated that he'd preferred Biden over Trump even if the former had chopped children parts in his basement which is bonkers and got ridiculed for that absurd statement - as he should. It was ridiculous.

    • @silverfox8484
      @silverfox8484 Місяць тому

      @@markd3250 Not sure I saw shields up, I genuinely feel like he had loads of fun. Just look at how many times he actually smilled and laughed during the conversation. He was being pushed, pushed to think deeper and explain more clearly, and that is hard, but I think he enjoys that. I felt zero combativeness between both, and Im pretty sure JP will speak to Alex many many times in the future. They will become good friends for sure.

    • @markd3250
      @markd3250 Місяць тому

      @@silverfox8484 Combat? No. Competitiveness? Yes. It was like a tennis match between two very capable players. Jordan is always 'deep' thinking. What I saw was Alex trying to get him to prioritize meaning into one frame at a time instead of the whole movie. It was very entertaining to watch, and I hope they get together again.

  • @baltzarbonbeck3559
    @baltzarbonbeck3559 Місяць тому +1

    It's always suprising how much disagreement simply stems from a difference in defining words. I would argue close to the majority of disagreements overall have to do simply with differing definitions of words.

    • @blanktrigger8863
      @blanktrigger8863 9 днів тому

      But that's because worldviews differ. It's much more than just definition of words. It's a microcosm of trying to argue with someone crazy about a rock when the crazy person sees a tree.

  • @jacobstamm
    @jacobstamm 2 дні тому

    At a certain point, not answering the question in the way you know it’s being asked just becomes sophistry.

  • @acason4
    @acason4 Місяць тому +4

    “Why do you think it matters to people”??? 🤦🏼‍♂️
    Something either “actually happened in history” or it didn’t actually happen. There’s no middle ground. I’ve always been a fan of your work in Psychology, but this is just embarrassing for you JP. This is the type of postmodernists gibberish you so often rail against. I thought your conversation will Dillahunty made you look silly (God is real because some guy quit smoking) but this exchange in particular has really upped the ante. There’s no historical evidence outside of the Bible (which is the CLAIM) for the Jewish exodus. Props to Alex for trying to drag him back to clarity.

  • @thomasmusso1147
    @thomasmusso1147 Місяць тому +10

    Very interesting discussion .. thank you.
    However, respectfully, Dr Peterson should really make an effort to come down to our level, the rank and file and communicate (give and receive understsnding) at that level.
    Sometimes, simple questions require simple answers (no matter how complicated the subject may be) .. however onerous they may seem to them being asked to give a response.

    • @tammyschilling5362
      @tammyschilling5362 Місяць тому +16

      I'm afraid that I'm starting to think that the problem isn't that he needs to "come down to our level" but that he is being deliberately cagey and refusing to be nailed down to any position, almost to the point of dishonesty. I'm afraid he wants to have his cake and eat it, too.

    • @jaymkz3225
      @jaymkz3225 Місяць тому +5

      @@tammyschilling5362 This is my assessment as well as someone who has listened to him as well. I believe that he is a man who unwilling to truly take a hard stance on Christianity and truly come to Christ due to the implications (i.e., he can no longer idolize his intellect, he must give up control of his life, he may lose subscribers, etc.)

    • @chadnine3432
      @chadnine3432 Місяць тому +2

      And then we have the issue where simplyfying the answer causes people to misunderstand. "Peterson declares God isnt real!" "Peterson admits he believes in Jesus!"
      It solves nothing because then we have to get the clarification we removed in simplifying things.

    • @kimbronun6649
      @kimbronun6649 Місяць тому

      I'm a Christian and some of the most brutal people are Christian, Peterson doesn't want to take any leap and I get it.

    • @JahtotheRod
      @JahtotheRod Місяць тому +2

      Maybe he just has realized that you aren’t “owed” the kind of simple “hard stance” explanation you seem to want from him, and that no one else is owed that either.

  • @MrBlakeleyden
    @MrBlakeleyden Місяць тому +2

    To Alex’s point, you have a guy like L.A. Marzulli (known as one of the Godfathers of his niche with ancient biblical history) who actually goes to ancient historical sites and/or megaliths where he SEEMS to collect actual evidence of some of these biblical stories being true/historical. For example, he personally owns multiple elongated human skulls that have been professionally analyzed. It lines up with the giants in the biblical stories. Then he also visits the people groups and learns about the ancient histories around ancient architecture that would SEEM to be far more advanced than an ancient civilization with almost no technology would put that much effort into building/ is even possible for them to do so. Some people groups, like the Aztecs, admit that they didn’t build a number of ancient structures, but they just came across them and chose to inhabit them. Now whereas this doesn’t automatically prove everything, the correlations are ASTONISHING! (In my opinion). So to back Alex’s point here, if Jordan Peterson looked more into this kind of evidence that Marzulli presents in his channel and conferences in particular (which are both here on UA-cam), he might be able to make up his mind on this question for once! Whatever his decision was at that point is his alone to make, but he would be making a much more informed decision on the topic

  • @user-og2wt3le4j
    @user-og2wt3le4j Місяць тому +1

    At 4:46. I agree with Terry Eagleton's assessment of Dawkins. At least Hitchens was taught early in life by Anglican priests. He knew something of the Old Testament, however limited as it was.

  • @DJFLDJFL
    @DJFLDJFL Місяць тому +30

    Sam Harris said something like this to JBP: "I've been debating this with you for years now, and I *still* don't know what you actually believe..." And JBP still dodged on what he actually believes.
    And I don't even mind that at all. Call it belief. *Don't* call it truth.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      maybe you dont know what is meant by truth.

    • @MegaMerdeux
      @MegaMerdeux Місяць тому +3

      And yet JP has answered the question many times. Not understanding his answer doesn't give you ground to accuse him of not answering.

    • @thegrunbeld6876
      @thegrunbeld6876 Місяць тому +5

      @@ithurtsbecauseitstrue I can tell you have some obscure esoteric elusive definition of truth.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      @@thegrunbeld6876 how so?

    • @DJFLDJFL
      @DJFLDJFL Місяць тому +8

      @@MegaMerdeux Not directly he hasn't. And as we can see here, in his discussions with Harris, etc...he's almost delighting in not answering directly. He's being deliberately evasive. O'Connor does the best I've ever seen at not getting frustrated w JBP to the point of basically just giving up.
      JBP is really coming across as a guy who's done way too much acid, experienced way too much different stuff, expanded his brain too much in ways that we mortals just can't understand, etc that it's hard to have a conversation with him. Substitute "acid" with "decades of internalized intellectual rabbit holing", and I think here's where he's ended up.
      It's quite frustrating to try to follow him nowadays. He's not more brilliant. He doesn't have better insight. He just seemingly refuses to be direct on questions like these, insisting on stunning "so open minded your brain falls out" levels of open-mindedness. Except when he's being the exact opposite...incredibly direct and *closed*-minded. Climate change, Trudeau, and several other topics on which his mind is just made up and the venom is evidence of that. It's a really weird Jekyll and Hyde dichotomy. Too direct on some topics vs, whatever the polar opposite of direct is.

  • @olitonottero7620
    @olitonottero7620 Місяць тому

    great session

  • @vinvin4884
    @vinvin4884 11 днів тому +2

    Sometimes it boggles my mind that people so intelligent and verbose can spend so much time talking in circles.
    I'm at minute 13 and they've just arrived at the conclusion that truth can mean different things. I don't understand why Jordan can't just respond to questions about truth in the Bible like your typical everyday citizen would. He obviously knows what is meant by the question, but it's like he tries to be purposely obtuse.
    Maybe he should just respond to these questions with a deep explanation, rather than going on a rant that confuses everyone.
    He's making a very important and subtle distinction and then acting like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Dude. People are not going to pick up on that. That's why you're here to teach them.

  • @wrosebrock
    @wrosebrock Місяць тому +4

    if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins

  • @noesis.8051
    @noesis.8051 Місяць тому +5

    Alex is dangerously Brilliant, i'm glad my generation has a mind like his.

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH 26 днів тому

      He does seem to be quite an exception in being able to follow through on conversational prompts and queues. As well as following through on clarification.

    • @HMStar10
      @HMStar10 13 днів тому

      Also fortunate to discover his talent very early on and refine his verbal skills.

  • @flvflv4712
    @flvflv4712 Місяць тому +2

    Thank you dr Peterson to present religion and faith in a less trivial way...I've always been very detached from those simple dicothomies "historically true" "false" that believers (and christians in this case) seems have.

  • @WOLVES.EYE.
    @WOLVES.EYE. Місяць тому +2

    I appreciate Alex for this because he can't give us a clear answer to certain parts of the bible, when the text clearly stated what it means. I personally think he has a pride problem to not be able to execpt the extreems like the bush as what truthfully happend because for him it would make him sound dumb.

    • @pmaitrasm
      @pmaitrasm 29 днів тому

      Alex is not here to defend the bible.

  • @FarOutKidd
    @FarOutKidd Місяць тому +3

    Defining truth is important

    • @MFletch87
      @MFletch87 Місяць тому +2

      Truth by Definition is not a fact. I can tell the truth and be incorrect at the same time. Truth is based on Understanding.
      KJB is a book of good and evil, The Word of God etc, nowhere any time did someone say it was a fact.
      Therefore, Truth shouldn't matter when it comes to the crunch... what's the fact of the matter..

    • @FarOutKidd
      @FarOutKidd Місяць тому

      Are there genres of truth? I believe truths are proved evident by fact.
      Again, defining truth is important. If truth is a mountain we all have a different perspective and position.
      The absolute truth is that truth is relative 😅 ☯️ a belief, a construct of mind and matter agreed upon by our infinite species of consciousness and stuff 😊

    • @thetruthstrangerthanfictio954
      @thetruthstrangerthanfictio954 Місяць тому

      @@MFletch87 The only problem I have with that is it can devolve into relativism or the "my truth isn't your truth" kind of thing. We can see where that leads with some people's "truth" is 2 + 2 does not have to equal 4 because they claim there is no such thing as objective truth.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому

      @@FarOutKiddthe rules of logic are unrelated to facts and yet are true

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      @@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954truth and fact can be separate things (and are) and still have zero to do with moral relativism.
      Jesus himself taught truths with parables, which were not facts - they did not happen, they were fictional stories and not facts - but they were truths

  • @manguy01
    @manguy01 Місяць тому +6

    The reason a lot of Christians ask this question is because what they are trying to ask is, _"Is the Bible a verbatim account of past events?"_ Now, you might ask "Verbatim from whom?" You might say "verbatim from those who lived the events." You might say "verbatim from those to whom the events were recent history." But the "yes"es and "no"s to those questions are not what Christians are interested in.
    They want to know _"Is it a verbatim account from God?"_ Is it "God's Word"?
    This is also why people ask _"Do you believe in God?"_ or _"Does God exist?"_ Because it's a prerequisite assumption to the above questions. Now, you also might ask what people mean by "believe" or "exist." And what they are asking is "Do you believe that God is a person with whom you will be able to speak face to face some day, just as you and I are doing now?" Is He someone from whom there can be a verbatim account of His words? Because these are key tenets of Christian theology.
    They want to know how closely you relate to them. Mostly because they love and admire you, and want for you to go to heaven. But also because they think these beliefs will enrich you in this life.

    • @yesenia3816
      @yesenia3816 Місяць тому +1

      No. I would ask because I want to know what motivates his theology. If he's a believer, I am more likely to take his theological teachings seriously. Since he is not a believer, I take his theological teachings with a grain of salt.

    • @thegrunbeld6876
      @thegrunbeld6876 Місяць тому

      Christians should just read Qur'an then

    • @Youttubeuser20932
      @Youttubeuser20932 24 дні тому

      @@yesenia3816 I would want to know, because if he actually believes in the supernatural, I’d take his lectures about religious matters far less seriously, as I would with anyone who believes Zeus, fairies, Allah, etc..

  • @jesusisking455
    @jesusisking455 Місяць тому

    Would be amazing to see a podcast with Dr Peterson and George Farmer. Both are incredibly talented, please make it happen Jordan! Lots of love from 🇦🇺

  • @onehappydawg
    @onehappydawg 27 днів тому +1

    I really like Jordan and watching him struggle with these important questions but I think this quote from one of Bonhoeffer’s books accurately depicts where Jordan is right now. At least what I can see from the outside.
    “With an abstract idea, it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience.
    Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
    It remains an abstract idea, a myth which has a place for the fatherhood of God, but omits Christ as the living son.
    And a Christianity of that kind is nothing more or less than the end of discipleship.
    In such a religion there is trust in God, but no following of Christ.”
    ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    The Cost of Discipleship

  • @z3rocodes
    @z3rocodes Місяць тому +33

    Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.
    John 20:29

    • @Akillesursinne
      @Akillesursinne 8 днів тому +3

      Does that rule go for anything? Like, you should believe things without being critical? It sounds like madness.

    • @jacobstamm
      @jacobstamm 2 дні тому

      Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe, so long as by pure chance the thing you’re believing without evidence happens to be good and true, otherwise you’re really going to wish you had required evidence

  • @msanchez0125
    @msanchez0125 Місяць тому +4

    It can be hard to grasp why Jordan doesn't like questions like that, but I think he's right the way he responds.

    • @Jordy_NL
      @Jordy_NL Місяць тому +1

      Because the questions are too low in resolution.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      the question is designed to pigeon-hole and diminish his discussion. He in not talking about its historicity. So its an irrelevant question. Hes not your pastor

    • @toddwasson3355
      @toddwasson3355 Місяць тому +7

      @@ithurtsbecauseitstrue The question is designed to learn whether or not JP thinks certain biblical events are literally true or not. That's all. Alex explained that. For some reason this type of question isn't allowed and never gets a simple, straight answer that's comprehensible to simpletons like me.
      A question like "did Jesus literally come back to life?" shouldn't have to be phrased with any more careful precision than that for the question to be understood properly, and to get a quick, straight answer. That's a "yes" or "no" question when coming from Alex, Dawkins, or a zillion other atheists. Most Christians will also answer it immediately with a yes or no (or maybe an "I don't know"). This is what Alex was trying to explain to JP: JP appears to not understand what's really being asked when these kinds of questions come to him. I'm not the only one who finds it frustrating and off putting. Notice how Alex has to continuously rephrase his questions in more and more detail just to get JP to even understand what's being asked. These are questions any rando off the street would instantly recognize and be able to answer with one word. Not every question is deep or profound or has nuance requiring 15 minutes of analysis and disassembly.
      "Was there a burglar in the hallway?" A simple yes or no will do, thanks. 🙄
      If instead you ask what is meant by the question or what the "real question behind it all" really is, or you launch into a 15 minute lecture about what it means to be a burglar or what it means to be "in" a hallway, or otherwise require several minutes of clarification to make it clear what's even being asked there, there's a problem, and that problem isn't on the end of the person asking about the burglar.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      @@toddwasson3355 but nothing in Peterson’s mission or message is about history or historicity of the Bible.
      So the questions is really designed to be hostile, irrelevant and douchey.
      There are plenty of reasons to question motivation.
      1. Peterson isnt a pastor or teaching history or making any claim of historicity
      2. his message is ALWAYS about meaning.
      3. He freaking talks about meaning in Pinocchio. Is Alex gonna ask him if he thinks that’s real or not? of course not. Obviously the question is around Alex’s own obsession and mission to strawman the Bible and pigeonhole Christians than it has ANYTHING to do with any point Peterson HAS EVER MADE.
      4. Petersons message is about bringing meaning back to the Bible in a low-thought unserious culture that has lost in moral underpinnings - the largest of those underpinnings: Biblical respect, knowledge and meaning.
      5. He is not an evangelist and not trying to turn people into believers. He is trying to show the value and meaning of the Biblical text.
      So what good is the question than to distract from all the things Peterson talks about!!!
      He doesnt want to be an evangelist.
      Or a pastor.
      He doesnt want to be a Christian philosopher.
      He wants to bring the value of the Bible to the whole culture, even non-Christians. As they too can grow up, mature, and learn a little from the Bible, even without belief in the historical events or even religious importance of it.
      That Alex wants to be so reducing as to pigeonhole and diminish Petersons purpose by asking him the unrelated - is immaturity and maliciousness on Alexs part.
      Dude went from mid to low end with this one.
      And atheists create the largest problem.
      THEY are the ones that turn any belief in the event actually occurring into “but-God-not-real-doh” or “you-cant-prove-dat-doh.” So why would Peterson want to do the Dillahunty dive into “where-dah-evidence-doh.”
      Peterson doesnt address such things and never has. He is about MEANING.
      It is the atheist who say: do you have any non-religious texts that confirm the resurrection.
      But since they label any text that declares the resurrection happened as religious - they define away the possibility.
      If anything labeled as “believing” can be disregarded and pigeonholed in such a way - why would Peterson discuss this when that is not his point, his message, his expertise, his goal????
      Its just Alex’s goal to fallaciously disqualify him as a “believer.” So screw Alex.
      Its a dumb question, its stupid concern, its irrelevant to Petersons discussions, and it was douchy to focus on.
      Alex knows the cheap shot BS trap he was clumsily trying to lay. Which says a lot about the low-value fallacious audience Alex must cater to.
      Alex gets an F

    • @toddwasson3355
      @toddwasson3355 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue In other words, it's a question he won't answer. You said it yourself: Nobody is even allowed to ask the question unless they want to be an evangelist, a pastor, or a Christian philosopher. Look how defensive, hostile, and insulting (a low-value fallacious audience? Really?) your response to that was. The question itself is dumb, a stupid concern, and irrelevant. Alex wasn't being hostile. You are. You're actually angered by the question. 🤷‍♂

  • @terrorkf
    @terrorkf Місяць тому +1

    Pretty simple stuff, as your faith in Jesus strengthens, it becomes more difficult to deny that Exodus happened. But Dr. Peterson answers this perfectly. From a logical perspective, he mentioned that some parts are verifiable and others, not as much. But what most people tend to do is lean more on one side and completely disregard the other side. But he's clearly paying full attention to both sides, taking the texts for what it is and not forcing his beliefs on the texts. Definitely watching the full episode.

  • @mitchelldenny1966
    @mitchelldenny1966 Місяць тому +2

    I do like listening to both of these guys, but I have a big issue with how intellectually convoluted the discussion is. It is very straightforward to accept that there is a spiritual realm that we can’t “see” or feel, which is where God exists. Beings within the spiritual realm can act and reveal themselves in our so-called “material” realm because their realm includes ours but is so much more. This and the account of the Bible books is the best and most reasonable explanation of our existence and our being. If one wants to say that events in Genesis, Exodus etc did not actually happen then you have to be prepared to believe that Moses, David, all the prophets, Jesus and all the apostles were either deceived or deliberately lying. God is God and He is able to do what He will, where and when He will. I was, I am and I will be …

  • @samfayezawad
    @samfayezawad Місяць тому +6

    This made me an Alex O’Connor fan

  • @doctorpaul8138
    @doctorpaul8138 Місяць тому +40

    Nice jacket, Sir!

    • @MsElke11
      @MsElke11 Місяць тому +1

      I want that in a DRESS!!

    • @craighart9278
      @craighart9278 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@MsElke11His name is Jordan Peterson. 🤦‍♂️

    • @gismoogity
      @gismoogity Місяць тому +1

      ​@@craighart9278
      Nuh uh... it's Alex.

    • @craighart9278
      @craighart9278 Місяць тому

      @@gismoogity haha

    • @Meyer-gp7nq
      @Meyer-gp7nq Місяць тому +1

      JBP has the most insane wardrobe

  • @conversationcafe6674
    @conversationcafe6674 Місяць тому

    Way to go Mr. O'Connor. I like that you pushed Mr. Peterson to examine his beliefs.

  • @CristopherAugelli
    @CristopherAugelli 8 днів тому +1

    Alex I'm a huge fan here of all of your interviews and analyses. Would really love it if you had someone like Hugh Ross to debate on your channel, he makes some of the strongest points for a fine tuned universe from a astrophysiques perspective, but makes strong claims for God so would love to see that in the future. All the best for you and your quest for truth

  • @rispatha
    @rispatha Місяць тому +3

    How much of history can we truly know if it happened or not? We are told that it happened. We are shown literature that says it has happened. In some cases we have pictures that show that it has happened. In some cases we have video that says that it has happened. In some cases we have audio recordings saying that it has happened. But how do we really know that it has happened?

    • @michaelbuick6995
      @michaelbuick6995 Місяць тому

      We have archaeological evidence that corroborates historical accounts. But sure a lot of history, especially ancient history, is just scraps someone wrote down.
      The difference is I don't base my life on whether or not the Battle of Actium really happened on 31B.C. I don't really care if there was a Richard III (even though I enjoy reading about his life) because he's been dead for 800 years. If it turned out to all be nonsense, oh well.
      But people absolutely put the Bible and Jesus at the centre of their lives. Their lives revolve around it. The stakes are higher therefore it matters if it is real or not, and how good the supporting evidence is.

    • @jeremybrimmer1990
      @jeremybrimmer1990 Місяць тому

      Then "they" have a much bigger problem than obfuscation of other people's reality, and that is they are bored out of their own wits.

    • @ThePaull3d
      @ThePaull3d Місяць тому

      the only difference is that most other history does not claim anything supernatural happening. we see history repeating itself all the time so we can assume that the things that are reported are plausible. but nobody has ever been dead for 3 days and was resurrected

    • @rispatha
      @rispatha Місяць тому

      @@ThePaull3d ... You put a lot of faith in that assumption. Do you know for a FACT that nobody has been dead for 3 days and was resurrected? Were you alive in those times and witnessed anything from that time period? How do you know that we as humans have not lost a lot of knowledge over the centuries and are now dumber today than they were back then? Hell the top engineers still cannot figure out how the pyramids were built yet they were because we see them as structures that were built by somebody. But who and how?

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому

      @@ThePaull3dShouldnt that make the other history even easier to prove though?

  • @RohannvanRensburg
    @RohannvanRensburg 26 днів тому +5

    What I would love to *finally* see is Peterson, along with other "New Atheist" rehashes like O'Connor, grapple with the centuries old established metaphysics of the church and deal with church intellectual greats like Aquinas. There is no "Christian metaphysics", there is sound metaphysics.

  • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
    @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany Місяць тому

    As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know.

  • @jamessieker1712
    @jamessieker1712 Місяць тому +14

    I absolutely love that Dr. Peterson has chosen to "Wrestle with God". His study into the deep weeds of the text, has really helped me enjoy Christianity again. The world seems to be collapsing into dakness, and these types of talks, help me see that proverbial "Light at the end of the Tunnel"

  • @randumgaming
    @randumgaming Місяць тому +11

    My favorite part is when a man who can't even publicly state "I believe that Jesus is God" or "I believe in God" generally, then tells me as a Christian what is wrong with me asking a very straightforward question. If every single human conversation went as Jordan thinks it should in his mind, we'd all be standing there with our brains whirling like dial up modems trying to find the best way to ask if we're hungry or not until we all starve to death.
    It doesn't NEED to be this complicated. Did the Jews historically leave Egypt? Yes. Did the bush Moses heard God's voice through actually appear on fire? Yes. How do I know? The Bible tells me this happened and I have no reason to believe that: 1. it's not historically possible (because it hasn't been proven to be impossible, at the least) and 2. it's not metaphysically possible, because if I believe that God came into the world as a man through a virgin birth, performed miracles, suffered, died, went to Hell, came back, and rose to Heaven, I sure as hell can accept a burning bush.
    Like come on, man.

    • @thylabyrinth
      @thylabyrinth Місяць тому +5

      It needs to be complicated if you have any hopes of winning large numbers of new converts. JP’s psychological-evolutionary approach to Christianity is far more palatable to modern audiences than “It’s true because the Bible says so”.

    • @randumgaming
      @randumgaming Місяць тому +2

      @@thylabyrinth The only people who try to convince you of the truth of Christianity because "the Bible says so" alone are modern Protestant denominations. Catholicism is the fullness of the faith, intellectually rich, and the arguments for our faith abound. My point was I believe x simply because it's written, but in light of zero evidence to currently prove the contrary, having faith because the Bible says so - and I have ample reason to trust the Bible - is in fact good enough. What Jordan will bring is a bunch of converts to accept the abstract ideas of Christianity as "sort of" true, while rejecting them at the same time. Did the resurrection ACTUALLY happen, or "sort of" happen, for example? If we make everything into some abstract symbol that can be broken down into a "Jungian archetype" then we lose what God actually did for us behind some faux intellectual nonsense. God really and truly did die on the Cross and rise again for us. There needn't be more to it than that.

    • @gino2868
      @gino2868 12 днів тому

      He is a public figure. He can't just say yes I believe, because he understands that everyone is out to get a soundbite from him with a gotcha question. Besides, his questioning of the word belief is a legitimate one, since belief requires proof. A statement like I have faith in God, or I know God exist is a better statement than I believe.

  • @John_Hoover
    @John_Hoover Місяць тому +1

    Those chairs are very, very lovely.

  • @rugbycressard
    @rugbycressard Місяць тому

    where can i get this suite

  • @Paintit33
    @Paintit33 Місяць тому +7

    Sometimes knowledge isn’t power

    • @DJeMo
      @DJeMo Місяць тому +3

      Too much knowledge is insanity

    • @8888Funkytown
      @8888Funkytown Місяць тому

      Ok sheep 🐑

    • @comac2373
      @comac2373 Місяць тому +1

      1 Corinthians chapters 1+2

    • @deshon3523
      @deshon3523 Місяць тому

      ​@@DJeMoexplain more?

  • @BibleSongs
    @BibleSongs Місяць тому +4

    The question is not mere curiosity about what Peterson believes. It is a method of determining "are you one of us or one of them?"

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      right. Alex was maliciously trying to reduce Petersons purpose and message. Shameful

    • @S.D.323
      @S.D.323 29 днів тому +4

      @@ithurtsbecauseitstrue the dude cannot give a straight answer on whether or not God exists it is absurd

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue 29 днів тому

      @@S.D.323 Its absurd you think that its part of his message. Its absurd you think he owes you that, at the expense of his message - which is and always has been clearly stated: seeing meaning in the text. Why is that so hard to see?

    • @S.D.323
      @S.D.323 29 днів тому +2

      @@ithurtsbecauseitstrue eh its fine if he doesnt give a straight answer but it takes three seconds to say if God really exists

    • @bike4aday
      @bike4aday 18 днів тому

      @@S.D.323 It's because Peterson disagrees with a lot of people about WHAT God is and HOW it exists. Saying "God exists" doesn't add anything meaningful to the conversation. By forcing him into this, you're ignoring his actual message and what he really thinks.

  • @startrackertrax6493
    @startrackertrax6493 27 днів тому +1

    Jordan isnt being elusive he just has a clarity and precision most people cant grasp, so when people ask him a 'simple' question he looks at it from every possible angle and lens. Which is a credit to him and a burden, as it can be alienating and frustrating. So people should keep both sides of this in mind before dismissing him.

    • @boxer12350
      @boxer12350 26 днів тому

      It's interesting that I actually agree with all that accept the last sentence. The job of a communicator is to clarify, not confuse. Alex is right here that JP must know what someone means when they ask the question. The bit about going back to that area, would one see a bunch of people in a pilgrimage to the promised land was perfect. The problem is it can be dismissed if the answer feels to dwell too much on the side of obfuscation. JBP is brilliant but when it comes to religion, that is where he lives unfortunately. Which sucks, because I like he was he treats them as stories and the memes and so on he pulls out of it

    • @startrackertrax6493
      @startrackertrax6493 26 днів тому +1

      ​@@boxer12350 i completely agree with you bud, especially with the clarify not confuse. I think that is the burden part, he (Jordan) is tying himself up in knots overthinking things, and therefore making it incomprehensible and so pointless (if noone can get it except you what is the point of going on about it)

  • @chillreznov0227
    @chillreznov0227 Місяць тому

    Ond of the tags for this video is "Jordan perterson" hahahah 😂😂❤️❤️

  • @DEC3TheWokeProject
    @DEC3TheWokeProject Місяць тому +10

    Christ died and was put in the tomb, after 3 days he raised from the dead. To deny the divinity in Christ is to deny god, and all that is of the highest order.

    • @JaniceThompson228
      @JaniceThompson228 Місяць тому

      Amen! ❤

    • @dreamingmusic3299
      @dreamingmusic3299 Місяць тому +6

      Only if you unquestionably believe every word in the bible.

    • @davidjanbaz7728
      @davidjanbaz7728 Місяць тому

      ​@@dreamingmusic3299do you believe everything Science says is true today when Science keeps changing by new Data.
      Prove Paul is lying when he says over 500 people have seen the Risen Christ and Paul says He saw Him also.

    • @jagpro91
      @jagpro91 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@davidjanbaz7728Paul was quoting second or thirdhand hearsay and we have zero evidence that 500 people saw anything, and it also doesn't match the Gospel accounts written decades later. The burden of proof is on you to prove that the hearsay creed Paul is quoting actually happened, not for others to disprove it.

    • @dreamingmusic3299
      @dreamingmusic3299 Місяць тому +1

      @@davidjanbaz7728 - Show me the evidence that it happened.

  • @neiloychaudhuri
    @neiloychaudhuri Місяць тому +5

    "They existed as a Pattern."
    💯

  • @WakingReality
    @WakingReality Місяць тому

    LOVE THIS!

  • @jimgold2550
    @jimgold2550 28 днів тому +1

    It’s like Jordan doesn’t realise that Christian philosophers like William Lane Craig argue for the historicity of the events in the New Testament, and that the fact they occurred means we should believe in God and follow his commandments. He seems to find the idea people would actually believe these things happened quaint and eccentric.

  • @shanigoldblatt1957
    @shanigoldblatt1957 Місяць тому +6

    The stories are the truth. That's it. That's everything

    • @Erik-op2hy
      @Erik-op2hy Місяць тому +3

      And that’s what they are.. just stories.. not facts

    • @SA-be1bn
      @SA-be1bn Місяць тому

      @@Erik-op2hy some of the stories in the bible are based on fact and historians & archaelogist agree that they did happen. While others are fabrication. The bible represents a spectrum and real to not.

    • @karstengraham5044
      @karstengraham5044 Місяць тому

      Well the problem with that argument is that if they are just stories then there is no substance behind them. If it is just “stories” and not facts, then why should I take them more seriously than any other fiction. Without God and the facts that are presented than all of these stories are just theories and principles that some portion of society thinks is attractive. However, TRUTH is then subjective.

    • @agreyf
      @agreyf Місяць тому

      Yes , 100% perfect truth. Every letter , every jot , every tittle

    • @johnwayne6082
      @johnwayne6082 Місяць тому

      The Whole Bible Is One Big Allegorical Metaphor.
      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
      Those Who Take Any Of The Stories Within Quite Literally Will Be Driven To The Edge Of Insanity.
      Point In Case Most If Not All Bible Thumpers
      Especially Those Under The Cult Of Christianity.

  • @clevernamehere
    @clevernamehere Місяць тому +5

    I don't understand the issue with having multiple levels of depth of understanding within the same story. Exodus happened. Literally. AND its also very psychologically descriptive of the human experience. BOTH are true

    • @michaelbuick6995
      @michaelbuick6995 Місяць тому +7

      There's nothing wrong with that. The issue is what if it's not true? What if it never happened? Even as an atheist, I'd still admit you can extract meaning from the story, even if it is just a story.
      But that doesn't seem to be what Peterson is doing he's really blurring the line between the two here to the point it's very ambiguous as to what he believes.

    • @clevernamehere
      @clevernamehere Місяць тому

      @@michaelbuick6995 I think anytime you aren't very specific about whether you're referring to the historical value of a story versus the relatability of it presently the lines get blurred. It's why personal belief is so powerful. You discuss a story on various different levels of understanding and still extrapolate meaning

    • @sametheremuircroft5975
      @sametheremuircroft5975 Місяць тому +1

      But Jordan can't seem to acknowledge the pure literal

    • @clevernamehere
      @clevernamehere Місяць тому

      @@sametheremuircroft5975 I agree. I do think his philosophy oriented mindset doesn't allow for it.

    • @JahtotheRod
      @JahtotheRod Місяць тому

      There is “literally” zero archeological or historical evidence outside of “the Bible” that indicates that there were any kind of Jewish, Hebrew, or pre- Israelite people who were held as slaves in ancient Egypt, just as there’s zero evidence that those people migrated through the desert en masse after being freed from their non-existent slavery.

  • @EdwardAshdown
    @EdwardAshdown 28 днів тому +1

    Peterson has previously spoken about how 'afraid' he is of his own belief and what it would mean to admit to himself that he believed. It seems to me after this conversation, that got very close, that Peterson feels he does believe in a deep and feeling sense but is afraid to embrace that in a propositional sense because both he is not sure what the ramifications of that are and he is not sure what it would mean for him as an agent in his own life (as opposed to being fully given over as a servant of the Creator).
    In a sense there is the spirit of pride and fear operating. That's not unsurprising from a Christian perspective as this is expected in someone who has had an intellectual but not spiritual conversion and has not yet been "reborn in the Spirit". That he hasn't experienced that is also unsurprising as Peterson doesn't seem to give credence to 'the Spirit' as anything beyond the mythological with the exception of his own religious experience that seems to be fading in his memory but that he refused as 'not for him' (which comes from a deep root of perhaps a feeling of inadequacy, but he needs to explore more where that refusal came from).
    His response to that might be that we shouldn't understate the significance of the mythological. That's quite right - and it has been understated - but to ignore the 'physical'/'real' in the sense of the realness of the physical resurrection *is* ignoring the very part of the Spirit that has the capacity to interact with and breathe life into *our* Spirits. This ultimately is the experience that will 'open the eyes of the blind' and bring the clarity he seems to seek through intellectual wisdom.

  • @jameygleason
    @jameygleason Місяць тому

    Anyone know where I can find the Boger center for the performing arts?

  • @Dmidnightmachine
    @Dmidnightmachine 26 днів тому +4

    As much of a JP fan as I am, this was very frustrating when he got tangled in his own intellect. You know pretty well what someone means lol

  • @Skybosh
    @Skybosh Місяць тому +18

    Trying to get a straight answer from him is like trying to “grab” water with one hand.

    • @victorguimaraes3305
      @victorguimaraes3305 Місяць тому +9

      I think he answered. He doesn`t know what historically happened and it actually doesn`t matter, it doesn`t decrease the value of the message.

    • @Jordy_NL
      @Jordy_NL Місяць тому +4

      The irony is that his answers are probably in the top 0.1% of the most straight answers, but people can't see it because they don't have his high level of resolution.

    • @ithurtsbecauseitstrue
      @ithurtsbecauseitstrue Місяць тому +1

      perhaps you’re demanding he hand you water when thats not the offer to begin with

    • @chilldude5456
      @chilldude5456 Місяць тому +8

      ​@@Jordy_NL No they are not. Why can't to the question "Do you believe resurrection happened?" respond "I don't know but i still think that the bible is the right way to seek patterns to live your life" and instead starts questioning the definition of truth. He just doesn't want admit to the public that he doesn't believe because a lot of his audience is religious

    • @Jordy_NL
      @Jordy_NL Місяць тому +1

      @@chilldude5456 That souds like a fine answer to me if that would be your answer.
      But dr. Peterson has his own answer.
      The point was if his answers were straight forward, which in my opinion they are. Wheter you agree or not is a different question.

  • @yesenia3816
    @yesenia3816 Місяць тому +2

    Some of us ask because we want to know his motivation. If he's a believer, I am more likely to take his theological teachings seriously because I am a believer and therefore have an eternal (spiritual) worldview. Since he is not a believer, I take his theological teachings with a grain of salt.

  • @lm58142
    @lm58142 22 дні тому

    3:51 "I am more aware of the things he knows that I don't know than he is of the things I know that he doesn't know." 💥

  • @gaspingfortruth
    @gaspingfortruth Місяць тому +7

    Having videographic record is not equivalent to 100% forensic account of truth! We should know this now more than ever considering AI generated videos. There were people who witnessed the resurrection and still didn’t believe. Seeing isn’t believing. BELIEVING IS SEEING.

    • @colindooley4422
      @colindooley4422 Місяць тому +1

      Did physical matter occupy the space outside the tomb where no one was prior ?

    • @tex959
      @tex959 Місяць тому +4

      This was hypothetical in which it can be assumed that the video was not tampered with. The hypothetical was simply trying to separate some metaphorical symbolism from actual objective reality

    • @chilldude5456
      @chilldude5456 Місяць тому +1

      @gaspingfortruth Then by this reasoning you can't have proof of anything. A 100% proof doesn't exist even if you saw it with your eyes. That's how science works once something has a chance high enough then we consider it truth otherwise you shouldn't trust your sense in your every day life because like everything they have a probability of being flawed and no progress would be ever made

    • @gaspingfortruth
      @gaspingfortruth Місяць тому

      @@tex959 can you explain how it does that without using any symbols or metaphors?

    • @Andy_Arkadata
      @Andy_Arkadata Місяць тому +2

      I mean - he’s asking did it physically happen ?

  • @danny_perez
    @danny_perez Місяць тому +7

    The reason this question matters for Christians is because Christians feel concern for the salvation of big celebrities. That’s “point blank” why the question matters to them.
    And it’s not a bad desire, since it’s born out of desiring goodwill for the celebrity, but often I wish Christians could simply appreciate Jordan for this new branch of psychological theology that he has blessed us with. Peterson has single-handedly expanded our understanding of the Bible from angles we hadn’t noticed before.
    As a Christian myself, Peterson’s work causes me to praise God even more; to me, it’s a visible synchronicity of God working across time, sort of like leaving His fingerprint on the Bible. And for non-believers it causes them to become very intrigued with the Bible.
    And Peterson understands that he functions best when he stays in that lane, unpacking the psychological significance.
    Whether Peterson will ever “believe”, Peterson has made it very clear that it is none of our business, because it detracts from what he’s meaning to tell us. Any orderly Christian should respect him by no longer annoying him with that question and simply pray for him privately.
    Peterson is already aware of all the reasons to believe; he’s even surrounded by believers within his own immediate family. So, now just simply pray for him, Christians.
    If Christians want the historical veracity of the Bible to be widely known, there are already many great Christian apologists and also Bible archaeologists. You can make them famous by watching and commenting on their content, and then the UA-cam algorithm will push their content more. But Peterson won’t be that person for you, at least that’s what it looks like to me.

    • @pomtubes1205
      @pomtubes1205 Місяць тому +2

      most sane Peterson commenter

    • @surfinalien
      @surfinalien 29 днів тому +3

      I would argue that the “did that really happen” question matters so much to people is because THESE STORIES ARE TOLD TO TINY LITTLE CHILDREN AS IF THEY WERE UNDENIABLE HISTORICAL FACT.

    • @zachkarls5061
      @zachkarls5061 29 днів тому +1

      To pay the devil his due, the Christians concerned with his salvation are concerned because they already appreciate what he has brought to the table. It's why they pay attention to him at all.

    • @pmaitrasm
      @pmaitrasm 29 днів тому

      People worship God for their own selfish reasons. Everybody wants to go to Heaven. Humans are selfish by nature. Self preservation is a natural trait in humans.

    • @jacobstamm
      @jacobstamm 2 дні тому

      What the heck does anything in this discussion have anything to do with celebrities? Do you seriously think Peterson has celebrities in mind while answering questions about God?