[sauropod]

I’ll watch it!

[RoosterRedux]

BTW, I put this in "news" because Peterson attacks politically correct thinking as part of an ideology which seeks to replace TRUTH.

That is a small part of his presentation so far...but it has profound significance for what is going on in America today.

[TexasKamaAina]

Thank you for posting this. I like Free Republic for the multi-faceted interests of fellow Freepers and the way they share concerns that go beyond electoral politics.

[Safrguns]

I have watched 10 minutes so far...

So far, it seems as though this guy is simply trying to figure out how man actually wrote this book. (presuming there is no God)

Just my impression so far.

[Jamestown1630]

I remember reading Jaynes when the book first came out. I didn’t buy-into all of it at the time, but it has remained with me, and become an influence upon what I believe.

I have never had any problem reconciling God, First Cause, with a concept of evolution - and I’ve never understood why others do.

It makes sense to me that at some point, Man - as Man - was ‘inserted’ into the animal, when the animal was ready to receive the “spark”, according to God’s plan.

Sometimes people who call themselves ‘atheist’ are just not able to accept organized religion and all of the mess in much of it.

It doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t accept a concept of God, if it were presented to them in a different, less dogmatic form.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Bkmk

[TomMore]

Rooster!

1. Other things can help with understanding the Word. Therefore, working through this series and some of Dr. Peterson’s other videos.

2. His material stretches and challenges in big ways, including just actually considering what the text itself says (Anon, avert your eyes if need be, but consider the reaction if you came to all the adult man in your clan, and told them that God just said that you are to circumcise them, and so you are personally going to do so . . .).

3. He titled these lectures as the “Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories.” So it would be off to evaluate them as something other than the application of psychology to scripture, and particularly to evaluate them only as to whether they are orthodox/bible-believing sermons. While it’s an interesting question as to how much he ducks revealing his true beliefs, that question seems unseemly unless one is as engaged in the sort of very public and dangerous battles that he is.

3. He grounds some of what he’s says in a multi-million year evolutionary view. While that’s not for everyone, who knew that rats laugh? Or that lobsters have a dominance hierarchy involving serotonin? Not me.

4. In any event, he is firmly on the side of western civilization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE9JNMgsazc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_tyAduoJo

Peace, and out for now.

[colorcountry]

I like Peterson and have watched 13 in his series of Biblical studies. He states firmly that this is a Psychological study of the Bible, and also states FIRMLY that religion and religious studies are outside of his realm of knowledge.

I value his input as a psychologist period. He is leading hundreds of thousands of atheist to reexamine God's word. That is in no way a bad thing.