It Took Me 40 Years To Think This Through

Ep.371

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[joemac]

Everyone faces that dilemma of Cain and the temptation to go down the path of bitterness, resentment, and rage. It feels like it protects us at first but ironically it always leads to destruction.. The only solution I’ve found is this: for each person to accept their suffering, deny themselves, and carry their own cross.. and that’s how we would actually save the world

[paradise]

Dr. Peterson is an absolute master at distilling extremely complex ideas into an easy to understand format. We’re so blessed to have access to the contents of his mind.

[EndoftheBlock]

I completely agree that the Socialist and their ideological spawn are another manifestation of Cane. I was raised as an aggressive athiest yet over the years my love of learning and curiosity have let me to god. The last couple years have proven my conclusions into midlife that god is truth. Thanks for what you and your team do

[andrewdeans]

That 40yrs was worth it, much respect to this man 💯

[DoctorWhat]

I love that Dr. Peterson's response to having someone point out his "irrelevant" interruption is to laugh it off like he's talking to an old friend. His humility is noteworthy.

[iskanderelmejbri]

Mr. Jordan's profound understanding, shaped by his vast experience and knowledge, undoubtedly surpasses mine. Surprisingly, thoughts I harbored privately for 15 years, often dismissed as products of a damaged mind, were not only echoed by him but substantiated with scientific evidence. What brings me joy is his extensive fan base, united in learning and agreement. As J.B.P advocates, courage lies in expressing one's thoughts openly. Imagine a world where everyone fearlessly engages in discussions about ideologies, religions, or traditions. Thank you, Mr. Jordan, for inspiring such bravery.

[zaidendubbel]

I love this, truly heartwarming hearing Dr Peterson making biblical examples of real world situations. Shining light on the good Lord 🙏

[JediSteele]

Wokeness is a religion.
It's wild.

[juliemauger]

Yes, finally one of Dr JPs guest said it: what is missing in my opinion from Dr JPs analysis of the Cain and Abel story is that innocent blood needed to be shed in the sacrifices both brothers made. Abel does this, he sacrifices an innocent lamb. Cain's sacrifice is fruit. Abel understood and obeyed God when God said that the wages of sin are death. Cain decided to bring his own preferred sacrifice, in the words of Sinatra "I did it my way ." The whole of the OT is an unfolding, progressive revelation, looking forward to the Messiah, the fully man / fully God figure who would be the fulfulment of what the OT sacrifices had been pointing to: the wages of sin is death, and Christ lived a perfect life that He may die in our place. I empathise with Cain: I cannot bear the thought of killing an innocent lamb, but the fact is that God told mankind that the only way to atone for our sins was through the shedding of innocent blood. And Cain disobeyed, hence his offering was not accepted by God. We have the same choice to make this side of the NT. We can choose to accept Christ's propitiatory death for us or can, like Cain, choose to make other sacrifices to God, but they are both disobedient & ineffective. Cain probably went to a great deal of trouble in preparing his sacrifice of fruit. Which can be seen as an attempt at salvation through good works. But no one can find salvation that way: we must find salvation in Christ's substitutionary death. Good works will be the fruit of that. Christianity is alone amongst all the worlds religions in that it insists that the way to heaven is not through good works, but through Christ's sacrifice at Calvary.

Of course, faith without deeds is dead, but putting our faith in the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world precedes any good deeds we may do.

[stendaalcartography]

Distillation of such truth will save lives. Thank you as always. Looking forward to his upcoming book.

[harpo]

6:58 Orwell got this well in 1984 with Hate Hour, when everyone had to scream their hate at the screen and if you didn't scream quite hard enough...

[derekk]

How is Jordan’s comment on a gig leaf not being a sufficient means of covering up “not relevant”, it was directly related to what they were talking about.

[lindam]

2 of my favourite people having a biblical discussion. Love it

[buckley]

One of my favorite verses pairs well with the concluding point of this video. James 2:

What profit is it, my brethren, for a man to say he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?

Yea, a man may say, I will show thee I have faith without works; but I say, Show me thy faith without works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.

[chesneytube]

Once Jordan said something to the effect of "if something bad happens to you, it means you did something wrong somewhere along the line". He also talks about Cain and Abel, and Abel was killed by his brother - so naturally I wondered what Abel did wrong for that to happen to him. All interpretations of the story seem to maintain that Abel was innocent and yet that is incommensurate with Jordans aforementioned point, a point which I agree with. So I think that Abel's mistake was to ignore his struggling brother and fail to get down in the mud with him so to speak and to help lift him up. Cain says "am I my brothers keeper?" and I think the implication is that we ARE supposed to be our brothers keepers to some degree, and not to be content to succeed while they fail. Therefore I think that the destructive struggling dispossessed left are actually in part due to the sins of the successful, not active sins but sins of omission, namely to be content to thrive whilst others fail. Jesus says in the bible “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” I don't believe in communism and the government taking from the rich by force and giving to the poor, but like Jesus I think that people should VOLUNTARILY give to the poor, and that by aiding the downtrodden in a spirit of charity the reason for the anger and vindictiveness of the left would be dissolved and the anger with it, and so too the turmoil caused thereby. To conclude I don't think we solve this problem by fighting the left but by helping them. A problem never goes away until it is solved and we will never have peace until this problem goes away. Thank you.

[RoadFromNowhere_SE]

This was so spot on, thank you for saying my thoughts I’ve had for a couple years now. Boom 💥

[ashleyskidmore]

I love that you are reading the bible more lately, Dr. Peterson. All of your lectures and studies have been so in-depth and thought-provoking! I truly pray for you and your family to continue and/or experience personal relationship, repenting, and submitting to Our Great Lord through Jesus Christ and by the power of His Holy Spirit! Your beautiful mind would have to let go of some logic because in spirit and faith is the only way to please God and He surpasses even the brightest combined and all understanding! Hehe He gave us these wonderful, creative, thinking minds and working, creating bodies in His image but with all thought and effort we never come close in the flesh. I hope you gain salvation and the amazing freedom, grace, and love of God and continue inspiring many in so many ways, as you do! Thank you for all your work!!! Love ya ❤️‍🔥✝️🤝💞🙏

[goodfty]

I liked how Jordan mentioned the fig leaves being a bad way to cover up. It shows that those doing bad and what wasn't created to do good will always be a pathetic and dishonest attempt from what is perfect. In the same way Cain offered fruit which was also pathetic and dishonest from what was needed, as a way to "cover up" from doing a real sacrifice. The guest obviously likes hearing himself talk and is extremely narcissistic, I appreciate your thought Mr. Peterson. You made a good point there. Through humility we can appreciate and learn, something the guest clearly can't do.

[mdainko]

Do you have any idea just how perfect it is it took 40 years?

[hunor]

"What do I have to not say to keep my job?" So true even in eastern European tech companies.