Jordan Peterson Scolds The Christian Churches
Right now, as far as I can tell, there are two people running for king of the world, Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson. As I noted yesterday, Musk recently visited Pope Francis to talk about his ideas on improving the world and humanity. Jordan Peterson has occasionally done the same with Bp Barron, but yesterday he scolded NATO, the EU, and the whole Western alliance for wanting to start World War III if they don't appease Putin in Ukraine. Today he turns to the Christian churches. His heavy-lidded pose at the start of his video above verges on self-satire. Indeed, I wonder if he isn't just running for king of the world; he must be running instead for philosopher-king of the world. What intrigues me about Peterson and Christians -- whether he is a Chrstian of any identifiable type has been, and continues to be, open to debate -- is that his arguments for Christianity, or for that matter any religion, track mainly with Jonathan Swift's An Argument Against Abolishing Chr...