Feminist ATTACKS Jordan Peterson on the Bible, IMMEDIATE Regret...

and this is another thing you know I've talked to feminists who say well you know the Old Testament particular is a patriarchal document and I think you're completely out of your mind it's so anti-patriarchal that it really is a kind of Miracle because the notion that there was a fundamental equality between men and women and that that was grounded in in equal access or equal characterization by the Divine there isn't a more radical claim than that on the on the gender or sex front and the the notion in the in the New Testament that each person is a locust of divinity and intrinsic worth is a reflection of that initial statement and that that's established it's like the fifth thing that happens in the biblical Corpus it's a fundamental Proclamation Jordan Peterson takes on a feminist ounce again and puts the feminist to shame in a famous debate he had with a feminist the feminist claims that the Bible portrays women as subservient Peterson rightly refutes this emphasizing the equal worth of men and women in God God's Kingdom in Genesis both are made in God's image reflecting a Divine balance and maybe the most you know what's the proclamation human beings are created in two forms and that's something that of course we're questioning like Matt at the moment to our great Chagrin because it might be the most fundamental perceptual Axiom you know the distinction between the sex and the second one is that men and women alike are created in the image of God and you know that's quite that's a ridiculously radical proposition and it is I I do think it is the right it is the essence of the uh this the Christian stance against slavery in particular and so one of the things that strikes me as problematic let's say with projects like the 1619 project or the leftist insistence in the United States that America pers SE say was founded on let's say slavery and oppression the reason it really bothers me is because I think it's an anti-truth I don't think it's just a lie cuz a lie is sort of like a deviation from the truth but an anti-truth is something that's exactly the opposite of what's true and this is how I look at it so the first question might be well is slavery a universal human proclivity or not and the answer to me to that as far as I can tell and I've done some research into the topic is yes it's the default mode of operation for human cultures has been slavery and that might be a consequence of our proclivity to engage in war because my suspicions are that the institution of slavery arose as a consequence of capturing enemy combatants deciding not to kill them which would be the simple thing to do and then us utilizing them and also feeling justified in doing that because well after all they were trying to kill you or there was a reason you were at War and so we could say well slavery is the default condition for social organization so then what emerges out of that is a kind of miracle and the Miracle to me is that any society ever decided that that was a bad idea and as far as I can tell the society that decided that most particularly and explicitly was Great Britain and that was particularly Wilbur Force and he was an Evangelical Christian and the reason that he opposed slavery 100% the reason that he opposed slavery was because he was steeped in the biblical tradition and so and then the Brits fought slavery on the high seas for 175 years and basically eradicated it as at least a morally acceptable um Enterprise and the American tradition comes out of that tradition and even if the US like other cultures is contaminated by the desire for power it's the anti-slavery ethos that's actually Central to the entire project and so when the radical types are making the claim that Western culture is essentially slaveholding in its Essence as far as I can tell they are opposing the only strain of culture which also wasn't Western by the way because it's not like the Bible is a western book exactly it's not European it's an import and so they're opposing the only strain of thought that's ever existed that made an both a powerful implicit and explicit anti-slavery case and so that's seems to be entirely counterproductive if they actually care about slavery and then one one more Twist on that historically speaking well I don't think that it's debatable the enlightenment types like Steven Pinker would debate this I I think but I think he's wrong I think all the Societies in the world that are free and productive and generous and those would be the societies that people would flee to if they had their choice all of those are are offshoots of the biblical tradition every single one of them and I can't see that I can't see that as chance and I also think the same thing about literacy is that without the biblical tradition it was the biblical tradition and the invention of the printing press that brought literacy to the world and it needed both of those the Chinese had the printing press but they didn't have that Evangelical fervor to elect to to uh to bring everyone up to the Pinnacle of self-governance and self-realization the Bloody Brits they wanted to do that even to their colonies you know and wilburforce talked a lot about that too is that it was the obligation of the Brits as as the colonial uh administrators say to inculcate in the people who they had colonized the spirit of Independence and freedom that would enable them to be self-governing citizens and I also think that the British Empire managed that to agre great degree you know there's plenty of terrible mess and catastrophe along the way but the US and Canada are both and Australia New Zealand these are great countries and you can say the same about many of the other commonwealth countries including India they're beneficiaries of that tradition and it's English but it's also more more deeply biblical so I think you can make an extremely strong historical case for this Jordan Peterson touches on two things the biblical worth of women and slavery two critical topics that are often used against the Bible by people who have never even read the book contrary to the popular belief of women being portrayed as subservient the scripture presents a far more nuanced and balanced view Jordan Peterson's reputation of this misconception is just the tip of the iceberg in the Book of Genesis both man and woman are created in God's image this fundamental truth sets a tone of equality and mutual respect the term helper used for Eve in Genesis 2:18 is often interpreted in Hebrew eer canotes strength and support and is used elsewhere in the Bible to describe God himself suggesting a role of significant strength and partnership the Bible is replete with examples of strong influential women who played pivotal roles Deborah a prophetess and a judge LED Israel to Victory Esther's courage saved her people from Annihilation proverbs 31 describes a woman of noble character as someone who is industrious wise and capable far from being merely subservient in the New Testament jesus' interactions with women were revolutionary for his time Jordan Peterson also dismantles the idea that the Bible supports slavery by pointing to figures like wilburforce who actively fought slavery in the name of Christianity once again Jordan Peterson educates an arrogant feminist who knows nothing about the Bible

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Length: 7min 54sec (474 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 18 2024