Thoughts on Jordan Peterson's Jubilee Debate: More Aristotelian Than Meets the Eye
Jordan Peterson's Jubilee debate has generated intense online controversy and discussion over why Jordan Peterson, famous psychologist and lecturer, won't commit to Christianity--despite the majority of his recent content focusing on what he calls "the biblical corpus." The question everyone continues to ask--and that Dr. Peterson finds hard to answer--is "Do you believe in God?" But, "What does it mean to believe?" In the Jubilee debate, Peterson defines belief as action, such that one's risks his/her life for it. To believe something as true is to embody and act the piece of truth out, not merely say it is so. He regards lies as the chief enemy of truth, and the foundation for totalitarian states. Peterson often tells people to "aim up," likening it to an archer seeking to hit the target (sin, he points out, literally means 'to miss the target'). Upward aim guides one's beliefs (actions) for the better. Yet, this idea a...