Dr. Peterson on His Belief in God

Simply put Jordan does not feel worthy to be a Christian and id assume that he doesn’t think anyone is. Thankfully, Jesus knows we are not perfect. Missing the mark for the Lord may make us feel very guilty but God forgives. I think when people ask Jordan if he believes in God they really just want to know if Jordan thinks that god is real or not.

He is dancing around the generational of what it means to believe in God. For good reason, someone like him with an incredible intellect is embarrassed of his belief. He dresses his belief up in a complicated philosophical needed answer. There is a standard, and his confusion merely shows his reluctance to commit fully. Sorry, I'm not convinced by any of his arguments.

wow of all the people in the world I wish I could meet and talk with Dr Peterson. I'm no where near his level of articulation and education but I have some things to share with him that I believe he would find interesting.

Jordan Peterson is one of the greatest thinkers in earths history as far as i am concerned, though i do believe that he gets a bit caught up in reason.
It would be great to think that humans would do what is in their best interest all the time but we simply don't. Perhaps this is because of laziness, or lack of training, or ignorance, or the degree of tasks done in a day, but the truth of that statement remains.

One of my favorite lines in the new testament is the man saying to Jesus that he believes but is asking for help with his unbelief. Even paul said that he doesn't do what he wants to do and does do the things he doesn't want to do.
I struggle with my broken and disjointed behavior on a daily basis but i trust in Jesus to bridge the gap, wide as it may be. That is to say, living towards a goal even one that is impossible doesn't devalue it nor you by making the attempt, it can only seek to teach you how to do well and humility to the one who did it perfectly.

James addressed the nature of true belief in chapter three of his New Testament letter.

Am I the only person to think he’s Hunter Bidens twin?

How did noah fit 16m fertile land animals on a boat and feed them, how did he get x2 polar bears to middle east,  over 8m estimated land species in earth, and this excludes and the flora. Someone please explain this to me  the logistics of 16 million creatures and their food, did noah do it alone? To survive a genocidal event, in, that's nice, men women and children all executed, er, oh, great.

Dr Peterson, love your deep thoughts on the topic of beliefts of God ALMIGHTY. Easy for me. I look into a baby eyes and I see the face of God spirit. I look at nature and the leafs changing and only God in all his amazing talent could do this. Dont get me on the stars and the sun and moon. Wow. I see God every day. I pray with all my heart you my friend find this incredible maker of the universe and mankind. Much respect to you.

You don't like that question because you can't put all your logics and arguments to this topic.

He does exist

Yes Jordan does believe in god. Save the word salad

You should fear God dear Jordan Peterson because he is not comfortable with you spreading lies about his Word.
Next year everyone who is still in Babylon - like you - will be judged.

Bro just answer the question 🙄

I'm reading between the lines here. Jordan seems a God-fearing man.

Not a single woman has been named a prophet. If so, she’s labeled a witch.

That alone is proof that religion is a sham.

Do jesus exist? This is science,..

Ordinarily I find your inability to answer simple questions a little frustrating. However, I completely agree with you on this one. "Do you believe in God" is a nothing-question, as it's meaning is subjective to the person asking it, and therefore my answer has no meaning. "Yes" could mean anything, just as well as "no" could mean anything. This is an issue that extends beyond this question, as well. It's why I find conversations on religion ad God tend to be so lopsided and argumentative. No one is really debating on the same playing field as everyone has independent definitions for the elements they're debating over.

Well explained, Jewdan Peterstein...

I find that man irritating and boring , God is not to be feared , Jesus was his voice in person , Jesus was not to be feared , god may be an invisible energy a universal power, of positive good , He can vent his wrath but not in a nasty way , All Jesus spoke about was good , kind love honesty loyalty respect, mindfulness , We will be hearing from the devine power in the near future, because humans are out of control

He’s not a believer who will be “caught up to meet him in the air” and he needs to use the word of God to clarify his goofy position James 2:19 “You surely believe there is only one God. That's fine. Even demons believe this, and it makes them shake with fear”

HATE/LOVE... he decides on how you get recycled. He's better than Satan and gives half his work to him. He let's you fail or succeed. It all reports to 1 source

Watch pastor Gino Jennings Mr Peterson he's really good

Amen amen, the fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

I'm disappointed. You've been logical and knowledgeable until now. Do you really believe in an external intelligence that is the cause of everything and listens to everyone and is alltruistically good? In this world!? And don't come dragging the Bible as a source, it's a creed. Not a historical source.

You should probably ask yourself if you know US. He and she, Elohim, plural. Thats why you dont like the question...it's because you have bought into into the delusion. "I will send a spirit of delusion 9n them so that they believe the lie. The words are true, but until you understand the poetry of the Bible, you cannot know the truth...and so, will not understand Gad.

It seems some people don't want to say they believe in God because they can easily be contradicted, especially if they love money and fame more than God ... and that's not hard to prove.

Only a fool says in their heart there is no God but strength in faith and dedication to love is a different matter. I think this is the closest answer. It shouldn’t feel like a burden to know that you are loved in fact surely you want to honour those who love you and who you love even among ourselves as humans. Honour isn’t a burden it’s the strength to carry what would buckle others who would see it as a burden. I feel like just shifting perspective from consequentialism to virtue ethics can help, some people only understand consequence but if you don’t then understand virtue.

Jesus was a jew. Not a christain.

I TRULY understand his struggle. Someone needs to tell JP that "NO, he does not have to be perfect". And yes Jesus was the ONLY PERFECT "Christian", no one else is - just God. If you have faith in Jesus, you don't go to heaven by YOUR WORKS, or TRYING to be perfect. Having Faith in Jesus, Jesus will show good works through you. That's how the bible reads.

He never can just answer any question about God in a simplistic way. He just ends up babbling a bunch of non sense everytime and you are supposed to think like...ooh He is so smart, I can't understand him. If you listen to Jorden enough, you find out that most of his theories are just garbage.

Some divine power that watches over us !? NO, there is no such thing. Why or how could that be ? Is that divine entity watching over all tiny babies beeing raped, tortured and killed RIGHT NOW all over the world ,ongoing every day , 24/7 !!! ? And that is just one example. That would mean that this divine thing sits there watching his horror of creation play out its evil things without taking responsibility for his horrible creation ! Well, IF that was truth, that is one sick evil psycopathic god in that case. I dont think you wanna believe in that shit ! That would be some fine creation, of the "allmighty" ! To me, religion is more like a mental disorder. People who choose blindly to believe and just adjust every "truth" so it fits theyr beliefs, its just crazy. I bet they have som way fitting the raping of tiny babies and all other sick shit that goes on into the creation. Hey, did he not create us in his own image ? ! BUT when it fits them, they experience divine interference, god or jesus reached out and dragged me out of my sinking car, or whatever ! So where is the allmighty all other times, off duty or what ? How can anyone believe in something so stupid ? Religion is evil. Just look at all bad religion does.

Yeah it could just be being a very open and spiritual person with regard to myself, but honestly there are some things we just don’t know and maybe never will, but nonetheless I think the principle he mentions of acting as if god were real is an incredibly powerful message that’s missing in todays western world predominantly. There’s just a depth to spirituality, be whatever religion you follow, that all enact a feeling or transcendence of some kind that I myself and everyone other human cannot explain but in a weird way makes so much sense inside. It could be evolutionary as a way of explaining the universe, but I think nonetheless the gratitude practise towards god(whatever it means) and mindfulness is an incredibly powerful thing for the world, morality wise speaking, and provided gods good, which I think in ways you can make arguments for and against to be fair, but the belief that gods real and good is the most powerful message and feeling at least for myself that I can elicit, and it’s power to make you do good and help others in the world is incredibly powerful. Also RFK jr mentions a quote by a famous philosopher or something rather and he recites that the way he came back from addiction or the best way to recover from addiction is to have a full spiritual transformation and the best way to do this is to act as if god were real from the present onwards as much as you can of course and within reason at least in my opinion for self care as well. Yeah, I love this dude, I only recently saw the other side more clearly, the possibility of god and honestly at least for people like RFK Jr, Jordan Peterson and many others how this practise of principle and belief is honestly in my opinion one of if not the most powerful practises you can benefit not only yourself but the most people in the world around you and everywhere.

No one really believes in a God, its really that people just hope there's a God.. mainly for selfish reasons.. to obtain immortality in a place in the sky that sounds like North Korea

You better be afraid that he exists.

The problem is for most people believing in God equals to believing some religious doctrine, and religions don't make sense so many people turn atheists because they don't agree with such religions.
But that's a trap, not because the explanation is wrong the thing being explained doesn't exist, some ancient cultures would say the sun was a god, others said the sun was a planet, their explanations were wrong, and who knows, maybe in the future will find out that the sun isn't a star either, but not because our explanation is wrong the sun doesn't exist.
It's the same with God, maybe all religions are wrong, but that doesn't mean God doesn't exist.

The Catholic church should allow their leaders to marry, and that would solve several issues. Their are verses in the Bible about church leaders marrying; unsure if they look into that. I forget the Catholic Bible may have extra books unlike the other brands of Christianity. Church leaders still have sex drives too. That drive can be fulfilled well if they could marry. It would prevent temptation in fulfilling it in wrongful ways in many cases I would assume. I don't think a life of Celibacy is ideal for any person. This thought includes church leaders of the Catholic church.

My answer to the question is in the form of a poster on the wall of agents Molder’s office from the famous show x-files.

What you believe and what you act out aren’t the same. There are many people who act out what goes against their beliefs. A drug addict for example, many I’ve met believe what they’re doing into themselves is wrong, but still do it

Peterson ego is stopping him from giving a straight answer to this very simple question. God exist and who ever ignore this fact will realize in the afterlife how bad his decision was.

"Even if the wrongdoers were to possess everything in the world twice over, they would certainly offer it to ransom themselves from the horrible punishment on Judgment Day, for they will see from Allah what they had never expected". Quran 39:47

My heart goes out to Mr. Peterson as I watch this. Being asked whether or not he believes in God triggers false guilt/shame for him. The examples he provides, like the Catholic Church, only serve to justify his shame. It's as if he is saying, "The very church cannot be worthy, so how in the world can I?" No wonder he doesn't like the question! When shame is triggered, none of us think we are worthy of calling ourselves "believers." After all, God is holy and loves unconditionally; we know we are neither holy nor do we love unconditionally. But that's the beauty of God and his love, right? He loves us, period. We don't have to earn it. But, alas, we struggle to receive it because we believe we must earn it, deserve it, and work at it. In light of this, I respect his refusal to answer the question. He is an integrous man who knows he cannot answer it based on his understanding.

Sometimes you don’t have to ask a lot of questions or questions yourself so many times. We just have to let God speak with silent prayer no words.
Detach everything from your minds and focus only to him and wait for his glorious divine present.

I can't speak for Jordan, i feel like he is on his journey to build a relationship and i think its absolutely beautiful ❤️

Believing in God in this life isn't about obeying him perfectly. You cant obey him perfectly thats why we go to hell if we dont believe. Everyone is a sinner you've already committed sins you cant undo the sins by starting to obey perfectly you're still accountable for those sins thats why the bible says jesus died for us so we don't have he lived the perfect life he obeyed God perfectly and if we believe in him alone for salvation and not on our own works as you do jordan peterson if we believe in jesus alone to pay for our sins we are saved. You haven't understood the bible at all if you for even one second believe that belief in God must result in perfect obedience. Read the book of romans it explains perfectly why all of us are doomed to go to hell and need Jesus.

Hey doc, what if the only way to confront your own malevolence is by destroying it yourself to leave only that which is good? Which was good... To make it whole again. Even if it will no longer exist.

By the grace of God, the only requirement he has for our salvation is to place all our faith in his son Jesus Christ to be saved. Jesus is the only one who lived out his belief in God perfectly, and that's exactly why trusting in him and his works can save us. Our performance before God can not save us because none of us can perfectly obey God or revere him except for the Holy Spirit which can be given to us upon placing our faith in Jesus Christ. What God did for us because he loves us is so incredible, that it's hard to believe.

Reading through these comments.. are people really this naive?

Omg he makes no sense, alotta talk about nothing., gawd doesn’t exist

"Do you believe in god"

Semantic question is obvious and deformed.

What God of what religion, and what version of that God am I being asked about believing in. Each religion has many denominations, and for the person asking the question, their understanding of God might still not be founded in any strict denominational definition.

"believe," in what sense or way does one believe in something. What does belief look like. Furthermore, the way in which someone practices their belief in any given god is subject to the aspects of that god itself. To say you believe in any one particular version of any particular god means that you practice the worship of that god in accordance with the tenants and traditions of that denomination.
You hear some people say that they are a Christian, but that they aren't "practicing." What does that even mean? Does this mean that they're not practicing the church traditions, or does this mean that they're not practicing biblical traditions, or does this mean that they're not practicing the moral standards presented in the religion?

When most denominations of Christianity ignore or don't even acknowledge half of the tenants and beliefs presented in the Bible, and override them with their own traditions and perspectives, what does having "a 'belief' in 'god' even mean.

Jordan unwittingly gave me an idea that helped me solve this question. I have come to understand the distinction between God and Man as the distinction between Logic and Intuition. He said "one of the biggest differences between men and women is that men tend to care more about things and women tend to care more about people". So, what if, with abstract ideas like Logic, Truth, and Love, that some people tend to view those as tools of power, and others believe that they are personalities to embody. Are you "using logic" or are you "being a logical person"?

When you view it through this lens, then at the beginning of Genesis 6 when it says "the Sons of God saw that the Daughters of Men were beautiful and took them as wives", this would mean that logical men saw intuitive women as beautiful. And when Jesus says that he is a "Son of Man", he's saying that he is an intuitive man, which is why his teachings often came in the form of parables. They were designed to stimulate our intuition instead of depending solely on logic.

Also, I think morality is a poor metric for determining if someone believes in God. In the very first story in the Bible, God commands them NOT to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (morality). He doesn't say "evil people will die, and good people will go to heaven". He says that death comes from making a distinction between Good and Evil, and living off of the fruit of that distinction. And when they DO eat from it, He alludes the idea that it's the fruit of the Tree of Life that gives us eternal life. So, I don't think that being a moral person is an indicator for whether or not someone believes in God or of whether or not someone will "go to heaven".

As somebody who usually agrees with Peterson this is probably his greatest weak spot. His arguments about transgenderism and woke culture focus on their constant attempts to break down reality and avoid tangible facts but then when it comes to his own beliefs he insists it can't be "defined" and that it doesn't have to be one way or the other which is exactly the same argument trans people could make about their gender. As for "it's none of your business" you can't say that while you make a living attacking other people's dumb beliefs. To attack you gotta have solid defense or to put it another way you shouldn't throw stones in glass houses.

I'd respect it if he just said "yes I believe in the Christian god" but if he did the woke crowd could point out that his unsubstantiated beliefs are no more valid than their own unsubstantiated beliefs.
Or he could say "No it's just symbolic or analogous" but then he's basically be an atheist with a love of Christian ideas rather than a true Christian.
Basically for all the good he does, this stuff does veer pretty close to hypocrisy.