Do Believers Even Need “Faith?”
Answering the question Richard Dawkins just asked but Jordan Peterson couldn’t answer.
Recently, I watched a interview-style debate featuring the cultural firebrand Jordan Peterson and inarguably the world’s most prolific atheist, and “cultural Christian” (his term), Richard Dawkins.
In the conversation, Peterson asked Dawkins about his claim of being a “Cultural Christian,” to which Dawkins clarified that he believes he lives in a “Christian culture,” but finds little of the actual religion to be of benefit to him, let alone anyone else on this planet.
Dawkins then asked Peterson a question, “Do you believe that Jesus was actually born to a Virgin Mary?”
Now, it seems like an easy answer to a Christian. It’s right there as a statement in the Nicene Creed. Rich Mullins sang it in the song “Creed,” putting lyrics to the Nicene Council’s conclusion for us all to understand.
But Peterson couldn’t fully answer the question. He ducked and dodged it numerous times.
I understand why.
Speaking to an empiricist, Peterson’s answer to the question requires faith to believe and assert it.
It does with any believer.
