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Jordan Peterson Embraces The Devil! - Final Draft
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Jordan Peterson doesn't recognize the mythological archetype that accurately represents his story arc. In ancient and modern myths, gods and prophets represent new orders and those who such order keeps in control. Peterson was recently depicted as the villain Red Skull in recent Marvel comics, an allegory for the Devil. Marvel heroes are one of the new pantheons in modern myths. Peterson often highlights the role of myths in the way societies are shaped, and individual roles are defined. Well, modern mythology has determined that Peterson is the Devil. We think this provides an opportunity for us rebels to highlight our place in these myths. We don't believe our stories as devils, demons, witches, and villains have been told fairly, given the bias those who would like to maintain control have towards rebels.
Jordan Peterson often refers to Pinocchio and Peter Pan to demonstrate popular tropes within myths and stories to find paths towards finding meaning in life. The fact that Peterson uses these stories more often than the story of Jesus is telling. Is this perhaps because modern stories better capture the essence of the human psyche and our attempt at finding meaning? Another issue with Jesus is that his story is not just an old myth; it is also a modern religion. This means that people today don't just treat it as myths that can reflect valuable truths about humanity and society but actively believe in the ideology's claims about the nature of objective reality. These beliefs include religious claims that are so obviously wrong. Wrong beliefs lead to bad conclusions. In turn, bad conclusions lead to unhelpful and sometimes dangerous behavior.
If gods can serve as metaphors for nature or structure within a society, then "knowing God" can be a symbol for understanding how nature and society work. Myths are not as objectively demonstrative of mind and nature as Peterson suggests. We believe that myths are much more flexible, and while it's true that they can teach us a lot about how humans find meaning, community, and awe, myths also show us the bias of those who were in the position to set the narrative.
The subjective nature of myth was perfectly demonstrated when author Ta-Nehisi Coates was selected by Marvel Comics, our modern myth-makers, to take part in setting the narrative. Peterson's portrayal as the fascist villain Red Skull in the modern mythology of our popular comics should be an eye-opening experience for Peterson. Are modern myth-makers somehow more biased than the people who decided Jesus's story? How much did politics, backstabbing, greed, and fights for power influence what made it into the canonized Bible?
Given the subjective nature of myth, we believe that we can be a lot more flexible with the stories these myths tell and put our own spin on it. We don't have to accept the stories that have been told about us, the godless, the rebels, the blasphemers, the heretics. We can tell our own stories. A better understanding of reality leads to better beliefs and breaking free from the limitations of nature. We can symbolize the fruit of knowledge and the Devil's invitation to "become like gods" as choosing our own destiny rather than letting God, nature, or tradition decide for us. For us, the fruit of knowledge represents science, and Prometheus's fire represents technology. Gods and their laws represent the limitation of nature and traditional norms. The best way to break free from the tyranny of gods would then be knowing gods, a science-based understanding of nature and society.
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Galen Thurber
Don't post that on r reddit
I love this. devil be thicc though
