Armchair Philosophy #18 - Why Jordan Peterson is wrong about atheists

Rubin debunks Peterson's silly position that true atheists would be murderous savages.

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[hewasfuzzywuzzy]

Jordan Peterson: "An Atheist would be like Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment."

Yeeeaaah no. That's what Jordan Peterson wants or _needs_ to believe or at least say to sound provocative.

[handyhippie]

if you only do what is right out of a fear of divine retribution, you are not a good, moral person.

[acabramzach]

The garden of Eden and the apple and Eve, the flood and the crow who finds a branch, are stories found in the mythologies of the native americans. This means they brought them in America 15, 000 years ago. That's 10, 000 years before writing.

"The word" in the Bible, does not mean "writing". It means "talking". A word is a knowledge of time. Past present future. Only man has this ability that create the myth who is not true in form but is true in meaning.

[StarGazerJim]

The more I hear Jordan Peterson speak, the less impressed I am with his intellect.

[DBCisco]

I am surprised that Jordan can be sane and rational on many matters except when it comes to his religion. So sad.

[arkemiffo]

I don't understand this fascination with Jordan Peterson, to be honest. I don't deny he's got a great intellect. He has read a lot. He makes references to books all the time. He knows who said what and where.
Any time he expresses his own thoughts though, it shows that his intelligence is below the average bar. Everything he says that comes from his own mind is either weak or utterly ridiculous.
We would be a far better world if we stopped listening to people like him. He doesn't have the capability of forming an original idea that's not stupid.

Then again, I'm not following him, so he might be saying stuff all the time that's smart, but no one picks up on. I'm not crying though, and I'm certainly not going to waste my time trying to find out.

[andresacosta]

Those dislikes...

Holy shit, Lobster Man's fanboys are obsessive