I know. I know. I said I was never going to talk about Jordan Peterson again. But sometimes I can't help myself. I'm fascinated by the disconnect between his cult-like status as a great intellectual on the one hand, and the utter nonsensical garbage that comes out of his mouth on the other hand. Go ahead and watch the video and see for yourself. The man isn't making any sense.
But I guess that raises the question: If the man isn't making any sense, then why are we still paying attention to him? Why are all these guys even bothering to debate him?
Jordan Peterson's infamous debate with Sam Harris, in which Jordan Peterson spent two hours refusing to give a straight answer as to what he meant by "true", was 8 years ago now. Since that time, Peterson has continued this schtick in numerous interviews, conversations and debates, all of which are available on Youtube. He keeps refusing say whether or not he's a Christian, he keeps refusing to say whether or not he believes in God, and he keeps refusing to give straight answers and engages in semantic quibbling.
So why are people still trying to pin him down on this? You know he's not going to give a straight answer, just give up and move on with your life.
To be perfectly fair to the 20 atheists who appear in this video, it sounds like they were originally told the title of the video would be "One Christian versus 20 atheists" (which was apparently the original title of this video for the first 4 hours it was posted, until Jubilee changed it), and thus they can claim they were given some expectation Jordan Peterson would play the part of the Christian. (But still, though, they really should have known better. It's Jordan Peterson.)
And one wonders: what did Jubilee tell Jordan Peterson to get him to come? He's so grumpy and angry in this video, and he gets upset every time someone tries to pin him down and clarify what he believes. If he didn't want to answer these questions, then what was his motivation in showing up for this? What did he expect to get out of it?
See also here:
I was the guy that made Jordan Peterson look silly on @Jubilee. Here’s the background: pic.twitter.com/HslDO425sa
— Danny (@dannyphiltalk) May 27, 2025
It's 2025. Why do these guys think they're going to get a straight answer out of Jordan Peterson? What are they even doing here? For that matter, what is Jordan Peterson doing? He just acts annoyed when they try to pin him down make him give a straight answer. What did he think was going to happen at this event?
...okay, I'm sorry. I just had to get that out of my system. I'm going to go back to trying not to complain about Jordan Peterson again for the next year or so. We'll see how long I make it this time.
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