This is a rigorous, difficult, dramatic, and often humorous psychological inspection of what is arguably the most well-known book ever written. Dr. Jordan Peterson analyzes the first book of the Bible in a way many people have never encountered before, incorporating modern psychological understandings, citing specific studies, texts, and brilliant researchers, and offering his own intelligent interpretations that propel the lessons and warnings of this book into the modern world.
I have always been shaky with my faith, constantly teetering between a sense of apathetic nihilism and an inherent urge to believe in something greater than what can simply be measured and observed. But I had never come across anything that had convinced me that either of those stances were more worthwhile. I had even gotten to the point where I arrogantly thought the Bible was nothing but a violent and immoral book for weak-minded people.
Dr. Peterson, through this series and after multiple viewings, has thoroughly convinced me that despite what my ultimate beliefs may be about the existence of a god or the absolute truth of the Bible's writings, the path of apathetic nihilism is among the most dangerous and hopeless that one could possibly imagine. He has also convinced me that I was absolutely wrong about the Bible. I could go on about that, but that would take far more writing that I'm willing to commit in this review. You'll simply have to watch the series.
I am still not sure what my beliefs are, and it may take my entire life to figure them out, but Dr. Jordan Peterson has absolutely changed my view of the world, the Bible, and religious belief in general through these talks. I will be watching them again.
I have always been shaky with my faith, constantly teetering between a sense of apathetic nihilism and an inherent urge to believe in something greater than what can simply be measured and observed. But I had never come across anything that had convinced me that either of those stances were more worthwhile. I had even gotten to the point where I arrogantly thought the Bible was nothing but a violent and immoral book for weak-minded people.
Dr. Peterson, through this series and after multiple viewings, has thoroughly convinced me that despite what my ultimate beliefs may be about the existence of a god or the absolute truth of the Bible's writings, the path of apathetic nihilism is among the most dangerous and hopeless that one could possibly imagine. He has also convinced me that I was absolutely wrong about the Bible. I could go on about that, but that would take far more writing that I'm willing to commit in this review. You'll simply have to watch the series.
I am still not sure what my beliefs are, and it may take my entire life to figure them out, but Dr. Jordan Peterson has absolutely changed my view of the world, the Bible, and religious belief in general through these talks. I will be watching them again.
