Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

Everyone has that feeling anyways, you know?

My answer to that always is, you know, I act as if God exists and people don't like that because they say, well, what do you believe? What do you think is true? It's like, well... It's perfectly reasonable to have a debate about what constitutes the basis of faith. As far as I'm concerned, and it's an existential claim, what you believe to be true is what you stake your life on.

My answer to that always is, you know, I act as if God exists and people don't like that because they say, well, what do you believe? What do you think is true? It's like, well... It's perfectly reasonable to have a debate about what constitutes the basis of faith. As far as I'm concerned, and it's an existential claim, what you believe to be true is what you stake your life on.

My answer to that always is, you know, I act as if God exists and people don't like that because they say, well, what do you believe? What do you think is true? It's like, well... It's perfectly reasonable to have a debate about what constitutes the basis of faith. As far as I'm concerned, and it's an existential claim, what you believe to be true is what you stake your life on.

It's what you act out. And it isn't... See, I think that's really a hangover in some ways from... a Protestant view of belief. And I'm not trying to single the Protestants out here. The Protestants did more than anyone else, arguably, although you got to give credit to the Jews on this front too, to bring literacy to the world, right?

It's what you act out. And it isn't... See, I think that's really a hangover in some ways from... a Protestant view of belief. And I'm not trying to single the Protestants out here. The Protestants did more than anyone else, arguably, although you got to give credit to the Jews on this front too, to bring literacy to the world, right?

It's what you act out. And it isn't... See, I think that's really a hangover in some ways from... a Protestant view of belief. And I'm not trying to single the Protestants out here. The Protestants did more than anyone else, arguably, although you got to give credit to the Jews on this front too, to bring literacy to the world, right?

It was the combination of the printing press and the Protestant insistence that everyone could have direct contact with the word of God that made the whole world literate. And that is not an overstatement. That's a historical fact.

It was the combination of the printing press and the Protestant insistence that everyone could have direct contact with the word of God that made the whole world literate. And that is not an overstatement. That's a historical fact.

It was the combination of the printing press and the Protestant insistence that everyone could have direct contact with the word of God that made the whole world literate. And that is not an overstatement. That's a historical fact.

But the problem with the Protestant approach in some ways, because it's so hyper-linguistic, is that belief gets transformed into something like the willingness to mouth a set of propositions. And I just don't think, like, that's true in a way, but it's not fundamentally true. You know, and Christ himself says in the Gospels that not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.

But the problem with the Protestant approach in some ways, because it's so hyper-linguistic, is that belief gets transformed into something like the willingness to mouth a set of propositions. And I just don't think, like, that's true in a way, but it's not fundamentally true. You know, and Christ himself says in the Gospels that not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.

But the problem with the Protestant approach in some ways, because it's so hyper-linguistic, is that belief gets transformed into something like the willingness to mouth a set of propositions. And I just don't think, like, that's true in a way, but it's not fundamentally true. You know, and Christ himself says in the Gospels that not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.

Like, the mere... mere verbal assent to a statement of belief is not sufficient to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. It's a matter of commitment and action. It's a matter of actual sacrifice. And then I would say to people who want to know what I believe is, well, first of all, it's not like I'm hiding anything. Here's a book. It explains what I believe. That's why I wrote the book.

Like, the mere... mere verbal assent to a statement of belief is not sufficient to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. It's a matter of commitment and action. It's a matter of actual sacrifice. And then I would say to people who want to know what I believe is, well, first of all, it's not like I'm hiding anything. Here's a book. It explains what I believe. That's why I wrote the book.

Like, the mere... mere verbal assent to a statement of belief is not sufficient to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. It's a matter of commitment and action. It's a matter of actual sacrifice. And then I would say to people who want to know what I believe is, well, first of all, it's not like I'm hiding anything. Here's a book. It explains what I believe. That's why I wrote the book.

And it's one of four books. And all of those books are my attempts to make what I believe to be the case as clear as possible. People seem to assume that there's some secret hidden underneath that. Maybe there is, but if there is, I don't know what the hell it is. But it's even more like there's, look, I get trolled online a fair bit, as you do, no doubt, and of course.

And it's one of four books. And all of those books are my attempts to make what I believe to be the case as clear as possible. People seem to assume that there's some secret hidden underneath that. Maybe there is, but if there is, I don't know what the hell it is. But it's even more like there's, look, I get trolled online a fair bit, as you do, no doubt, and of course.

And it's one of four books. And all of those books are my attempts to make what I believe to be the case as clear as possible. People seem to assume that there's some secret hidden underneath that. Maybe there is, but if there is, I don't know what the hell it is. But it's even more like there's, look, I get trolled online a fair bit, as you do, no doubt, and of course.

And the worst trolls are two types. The atheistic reductionist materialists, they're Luciferian beyond belief. And every time I interview a scientist, the Simpsons comic book guys come out of the bloody, out from underneath their rocks and whine about how the fact that they're smart hasn't made them king of the world in their bitter and resentful troll demon world.