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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/m9Njk8vpToQ" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity with Word on Fire | The JBP Podcast - S4: E69" /></p>This episode was recorded on September 6, 2021.<br /><br />Dr. Christopher Kaczor, Dr. Matthew Petrusek, and I discuss their new book “Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity”—the first systematic analysis of 12 Rules for Life and my biblical series from a Christian perspective. We also cover—just to name a few—truth in fiction, time before consciousness, faith, evolution, love, and acting as if God exists.<br /><br />Dr. Christopher Kaczor is a Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He was appointed a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, is a fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and won a Templeton Grant for his work. He has written many scholarly articles and books.<br /><br />Dr. Matthew R. Petrusek is an associate professor at Loyola Marymount University in LA. He holds an MA from Yale and a PhD from the University of Chicago. Dr. Petrusek specializes in Christian ethics and moral theology and lectures on a range of topics surrounding philosophy, theology, and Catholicism.<br /><br />Find more Dr. Christopher Kaczor on Twitter @Prof_Kaczor:<br />https://twitter.com/prof_kaczor<br /><br />And more Dr. Matthew Petrusek @MattPetrusek:<br />https://twitter.com/MattPetrusek<br /><br />Get their book at<br />https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B095J3SB9M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0<br /><br />[00:00] Intro<br />[02:26] The motivation behind "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity"<br />[09:34] Genesis, the literal sense in scripture and the truth in fiction<br />[10:21] "The Atheist types miss that fiction isn't false" Jordan Peterson<br />[11:45] "A story that can change your life has a power that is best described as religious" JP<br />[12:23] Truth in fiction and religious text<br />[14:00] "I think truth is broader [than the empirically verifiable]"<br />[18:44] The problem with the empirical approach and replacing God<br />[22:07] "[When] Ceasar becomes inflated to God, all hell breaks loose" JP<br />[22:35] "If we don't segregate off the religious instinct and give it its proper attention, [everything] starts becoming inappropriately contaminated with religious longing. That's why you see [division and] the rise in powerful political ideologies" JP<br />[23:32] On the perversion of the religious instinct<br />[25:41] The Bible's warning in Noah and the tower of Babel<br />[30:43] Time before consciousness<br />[36:43] "Matter at the quantum level makes it difficult to think of a universe without conscious observers" JP <br />[40:45] Are science and religion at odds? <br />[44:00] Dr. Petrusek on science/religion<br />[46:31] On Faith<br />[54:52] Imitating the spirit of the Father<br />[54:56] "You can conceptualize Christ as the representation of all things admirable." JP<br />[57:53] "Faith is the willingness to act that out in the world" JP<br />[01:00:27] Why we must strive to be good<br />[01:01:12] "I am loved and I wish to love, and I recognize that I wil<br />...<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Njk8vpToQ |