WOF 289: Recapping the Jordan Peterson Dialogue

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bishop Barron recently joined Jordan Peterson for a second long discussion titled “Christianity and the Modern World,” which has been viewed over 780,000 times. On today's episode of “The Word on Fire Show,” we revisit and reflect on some of the key moments in the dialogue.

A listener asks, how can I answer my Protestant friend who claims that Catholics focus too much on Jesus' suffering and death, and not enough on his Resurrection?

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0:00.0	I like talking to Jordan Peterson because he's a very serious man and he doesn't let
0:07.0	you off the hook.
0:08.0	I mean that in a good way.
0:09.2	He'll really pursue a question and if he finds something puzzling, he'll want to know
0:12.8	more about it.
0:14.2	We talked about pretty deep themes.
0:23.8	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:25.9	I'm Brandon Vat, the senior publishing director at Word on Fire.
0:29.5	We've shuffled around our titles a little bit but it's good to be here with you.
0:32.9	We got a great discussion today about Bishop Aaron's recent conversation with Jordan Peterson.
0:38.5	We're going to recap that dialogue.
0:40.4	We're going to get Bishop Aaron's thoughts about it and we're going to revisit some of
0:43.7	the key moments and turning points from their conversation.
0:47.0	But before we get there, Bishop Aaron, good to see you.
0:49.4	I know you said it's kind of hot there in your new Santa Barbara studio, isn't it?
0:53.4	It's very rare to be hot in the studio.
0:55.4	Normally I'm really cold in here.
0:57.2	There's nowhere a conditioning in Santa Barbara that always surprises people because the weather
1:00.6	is usually so perfect out here.
1:02.8	No one needs it.
1:04.0	But occasionally in the summertime it gets a little warm.
1:07.3	For the first time ever, I'm a little warm in the studio.
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