/lit/ - Literature

>>9821821
It's my first post about him, I usually filter his threads out.

>>9821822
>He's just not prepared to throw out the Bible like many scholars are today. He simply thinks it's worth reading and analyzing because, with something that's been edited for so long, it can't all be wrong.
This has nothing to do with what I've said: my point is that this choice is rooted in the research for well-being. At all moments Peterson is fully aware that religion is merely a narrative, and that he is not choosing to believe in God out of sheer faith, instead he does it for necessity (he is very explicit about how intimately linked is his mental health with his religiosity).
And, as I've said earlier, not only he is aware of the volatility of narratives (and he reduces everything to narratives), but he is also very conscious of what are the mental processes that go into the creation of an idea, and how these mental process can be influenced by behaviours and routines. In this sense he is basically a complete materialist.

>>9821833
I've checked on the passage you've quoted. I don't think it is incoherent, chances are that you are simply not familiar with the concepts I'm referring to.

>>9812391
>All axioms are arbitrary.
>If Jordan Peterson uses God as an axiom he can delude himself into thinking that he is now actually getting closer to Truth and Good with the capital t and g.
>since this is a systematic yet vague super-imposition, having God as your axiom does not really change the nature of most of those thoughts that ought to be verified
>the illusion remains that: an illusion

>said illusion still gives him the nerve to publish shit like pic related

His insight has absolutely zero moral and epistemological value, all it shows you is how to be Jordan Peterson without going manic. Apparently to do so you have to convince yourself that what you are doing is in the name of God. Draw your own conclusions.