'NIETZSCHE'S CRITICISM of CHRISTIANITY!'- Jordan Peterson #shorts

Serving Motivation
------------------------------
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard. He spent fifteen years writing Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999; released in June 2018 as a now bestselling author-read audiobook). Maps of Meaning is a scholarly investigation into the nature of narrative and religious thought, the structure of perception, the regulation of emotion, and the motivation for atrocity in the service of ideology. Dr. Peterson also penned the popular global bestsellers Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life & 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, #1 for nonfiction in 2018 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, Brazil and Norway, both translated into some 50 languages. The latter book has sold more than five million copies; the former, released in mid 2021, 750,000.
------------------------------
Connect with Dr. Peterson:
------------------------------
--------------------------------
Subscribe for more!
--------------------------------
#shorts #motivation
---------------------------------

[joeschmoe]

"Faith without works is dead"

[amostake]

The sad part here is that Jordan Peterson is a better preacher of God’s word than many easy-belief Preachers.

[joshuaim]

This sounds more like Kierkegaard's critique of Christianity. Both though are existentialists (or at least lay the foundation for it if you consider existentialism as being post Sartre). Nietzsche I think had problems with the faith itself, rather than how Christians were practicing it. Kierkegaard was a Christian though, so mot of his existentialism was rooted in how to be a good Christian through the leap of faith, which he didn't see Christians as embodying at the time.

[rubricatusseneca]

Nietzsches criticism of Christianity wasn't towards how Christians act out thier faith, his criticism was towards the faith of Christianity itself. He believed that the dread caused by existential uncertainty and the fear caused by ignorance to what happens after death propelled people to identify the existential value for themselves and make the most of life due to there being no afterlife and Christianity defining existential value and providing life after death made people complacent and content with lives of mediocrity.

[them]

In other words, it's not good enough to think that being good is good. You have to actually BE good. Very deep. >.>

[AA-bntf]

Um… that’s not what Nietzsche disliked about Christianity. Peterson is simply lying here.

[HunnidTheTrapper]

That was NOT Nietzsche's critique of Christianity.

[ssmot]

Nietzsche hated Christianity in its core beliefs, not because people "weren't real Christians."

[andrewwilliams]

No Peterson, Nietzsche thought there only one Christian and he died on the cross, all else from then self-serving and (so) misrepresentative. Nietzsche argued that Christianity, as presented in the New Testament, promoted values that he considered slave morality—emphasizing humility, meekness, and other-worldliness. He contrasted this with what he saw as noble morality, which involved the pursuit of power, self-expression, and individual flourishing.

[nicka]

How many claim they believe, but behave like their god is blind?

[Exiled]

In addition to others’ comments correcting JP, Nietzsche criticized Christianity for being the main cause of restricting the free expression of “letting go” and the “will to power.” It was to him a feminine religion of the southern type that held back the manly expression of achievement and prowess of the northern type. The super man. The concern for the poor was a pathetic restriction of power. It was Jewish in that sense, but more so and, therefore, worse. Christianity’s moral restraints were a hypocritical means of discipline that expanded its own power (see also Foucault for stealing this idea from N). But in doing so, it killed human senses and desires, etc. IOW, Christians hold the world back from its true potential

[graham]

Lmao. Nietzsche’s criticism of Christianity wasn’t just that many Christians didn’t “act out their faith, ” he literally hated Jesus and everything about Christianity.

Peterson has never addressed how he can simultaneously believe in Christianity but also maintain that Nietzsche, the biggest Christianity hater in history, was a genius. LMAO.

[derivativegal]

This is such a great conversation to watch. This is good, constructive dialogue.

[bobom]

slave morality like humility, obedience, being meek, are values opposing master morality (intelligence, will to power, ruthlessness, strong, ambitious) categorizing them evil, while the slave morality is god-like

[nervili]

He didn't hate Christianity, he even admired Jesus. He disliked everything that came after. Even said "last christian died on cross". He despised following morality of christianity, without truly believing in god.

[bobom]

Nietzsche on christianity was all about the slave morality that it entails, which weaken men leading to nhilism

[timtauber]

Satan believes Jesus exists, this will not save Satan. Faith is an action verb, through faith in Jesus/God all things are possible.

[lukeleonard]

The broad road is a scary scary thought. Lord God please bring bright light to the narrow path and humble me to stay on it for your glory!

[daniellevy]

Ben said that while Christianity is a faih-based religion, meaning accepting Jesus is enough, Judaism is an action-based religion because we have all of these commendments (613 of them) that we're ought to keep. Obviously no one is a complete saint and everyone struggles, and that's kind of the point isn't it?

[taraldomland]

Nietzche meant like Marx and made a parallel with alcohol, that it keeps your mind blurred, and that it is a comforter that hinders your true potential