Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot
This helps protect our community. Learn more

Deconstructing Jordan Peterson on Religion

Alex O'Connor
1.54M subscribers
1.7M views 2 years ago
Sign up to Morning Brew for free today: https://morningbrewdaily.com/comicske... (Sponsored by Morning Brew) To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / alexoc   To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic To purchase Cosmic Skeptic merchandise: https://cosmicskeptic.teemill.com/ ------------------------- VIDEO NOTES ------------------------- Jordan Peterson is famously vague when asked about his views on the existence of God. He's more enthusiastic about discussing religion and scripture broadly, but still then leaves some mystery about his actual views. In this video, I try my best to identify and unpack Peterson's religious philosophy, before offering some objections. ------------------------------- LINKS -------------------------------- Peterson's podcast with Jonathan Pageau and Douglas Murray:    • Douglas Murray and Jonathan Pageau | EP 290   Peterson on the Lex Fridman Podcast:    • Jordan Peterson: Life …...more
...more
Deconstructing Jordan Peterson on Religion
63KLikes
1,721,487Views
2022Nov 15
Sign up to Morning Brew for free today: https://morningbrewdaily.com/comicske... (Sponsored by Morning Brew) To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / alexoc   To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic To purchase Cosmic Skeptic merchandise: https://cosmicskeptic.teemill.com/ ------------------------- VIDEO NOTES ------------------------- Jordan Peterson is famously vague when asked about his views on the existence of God. He's more enthusiastic about discussing religion and scripture broadly, but still then leaves some mystery about his actual views. In this video, I try my best to identify and unpack Peterson's religious philosophy, before offering some objections. ------------------------------- LINKS -------------------------------- Peterson's podcast with Jonathan Pageau and Douglas Murray:    • Douglas Murray and Jonathan Pageau | EP 290   Peterson on the Lex Fridman Podcast:    • Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame,...   Peterson's podcast with Jonathan Pageau and Mohammed Hijab:    • Talking to Muslims About Christ | Mohammed...   Peterson on the divinity of Christ, from "Transliminal", via "Bite-sized Philosophy":    • Jordan Peterson - I Act As If God Exists   ------------------------ TIMESTAMPS -------------------------- 0:00 Introduction 4:02 What is God? 14:15 Did the events of the Bible really happen? 23:04 "Science presupposes deism" 32:50 Peterson misuses religious language 42:49 Summary and conclusion --------------------- SPECIAL THANKS ----------------------- As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: Itamar Lev Evan Allen Faraz Harsini John Early Sveline Teymour Beydoun Adam Gray Joe Dowling Dmitry C. Nolan Kent Seth Balodi Citizens of Civilization James Davis g8speedy James Davis Fuu Harahap ---------------------------- CONNECT ----------------------------- My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... --------------------------- CONTACT ------------------------------ Business email: contact@cosmicskeptic.com Or send me something: Alex O'Connor Po Box 1610 OXFORD OX4 9LL ENGLAND ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Follow along using the transcript.

Alex O'Connor

1.54M subscribers