Jordan Peterson stuns atheist debaters by refusing to identify as Christian in viral exchange

Famed Canadian scientist and talker Jordan Peterson debated 20 atheists successful a video posted Sunday that rapidly went viral aft Peterson shocked the radical by refusing to clarify whether he's a Christian.

The world appeared connected the YouTube transmission Jubilee successful a video presently titled, "Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists" connected Sunday. The video was primitively titled, "1 Christian vs 20 atheists," according to Newsweek.

The fashionable YouTube transmission often publishes videos wherever 1 idiosyncratic debates 20-25 different radical who clasp a contrary presumption connected politics, religion oregon different polarizing issues.

In the roughly-90-minute video, Peterson debated respective atheists connected claims astir content successful God, Christianity and atheism. About halfway done the video, 1 debater who said his sanction was "Danny," pressed Peterson connected his knowing of Catholicism, arsenic Peterson reportedly attends a Catholic Church with his wife, who converted to Catholicism past year.

Famed world Jordan Peterson debated 20 atheists connected claims astir Christianity and atheism successful a viral video published Sunday connected YouTube. (Screenshot/ Jubilee connected YouTube)

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When Peterson asked Danny wherefore helium was asking him astir this, Danny responded, "Because you’re a Christian."

"You accidental that. I haven't claimed that," Peterson replied.

His reply drew laughs from the atheists. Danny retorted, "Oh, what is this? Christians versus atheists?" referring to the rubric of the debate.

"I don’t know," Peterson responded.

"You don’t cognize wherever you are close now?" Danny mocked, with Peterson chiding his debater to "not beryllium a smart—."

"Either you’re a Christian oregon you’re not," Danny said. "Which 1 is it?"

Peterson refused to reply his question, replying, "I could beryllium either of them, but I don’t person to archer you. It's private."

Jordan Peterson refused to reply an atheist debater who questioned him astir his content successful Christianity. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Danny told Peterson helium was invited to statement a Christian and that Peterson indispensable beryllium successful "the incorrect YouTube video."

"You’re truly rather something, aren’t you?" Peterson retorted.

"Aren’t I? But you’re truly rather nothing, right? You’re not a Christian?" Danny scoffed.

Peterson ended the statement with Danny astatine this point.

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A clip of the speech has since attracted implicit 7 cardinal views.

The idiosyncratic who posted the clip wrote successful the caption, "During a statement titled ‘One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists,’ Jordan Peterson was pressed to place himself arsenic a Christian but awkwardly refused.."

Peterson did not instantly instrumentality Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson has been pressed astir his religion successful God earlier by state euphony vocalist John Rich. (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship )

Peterson, who wrote a publication past twelvemonth titled, "We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine," has faced questions astir his religion travel implicit the years.

During an interrogation with state euphony vocalist John Rich successful 2024, Peterson admitted helium "loathed" talking astir his idiosyncratic religion beliefs successful nationalist due to the fact that helium didn’t privation it to beryllium a spectacle.

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