When You Cannot Rescue Your Father From the Belly of the Whale

[@kal2487]

I had never considered that one of the roles of higher education is to introduce people to exemplars of "fathers" (or mothers) outside of their own. Brilliant insight!

[@hhptbt]

Yeah it's the spirit of the people whom you admire.

[@terrygain1343]

@kal Muslim lover Peterson should work on saving himself from his love for the adherents of a conquest ideology. He’s lost all credibility.

[@mainquest_official]

@@terrygain1343 You seem quite lost. Hope you find your way back to sanity.

[@jorgegarcia3315]

College has certainly steered me in this direction.

[@user-bf1md8xv1p]

My father was an alcoholic. I had other men who helped me to understand a good father. My friends and neighbors father's gave me understanding. My neighbors father took me fishing, but my father never did. My neighbors father took me swimming with his son at the beach. But my father did hire a tutor for me. I was not good at math.

[@hanswoast7]

It took me 15 long years to finally let go of my dysfunctional biological father, get a grip of the image of the spirit of fatherhood and then try to embody it myself. I basically became my own father - from a spiritual point of view. That one is weird to me, but after all those years of turmoil it is finally feeling right.

[@joseph8468]

Wonderful to read your comment. Thank you.

[@Puss1man]

xd

[@No_Ghosts]

if you're dad is messed up the best thing you can do is make sure you don't pass it forward --- it stops with you, your kids don't even know it was a thing

[@hiroprotagonist525]

My father was a violent man and a self-centered one and as you might expect, we never had a close relationship. In my early 30's I became a step-father and even accepted to become legal guardian to the son of a then-girlfriend-now-estranged-ex. Not because I was trying to be a father myself (I never had any kids of my own), but because he was the only child to a single mother and I had seen what can happen to kids like that growing up, because there were a few kids who's mom was a drunk etc, and I didn't want that to happen to this little boy. We developed an amazing relationship which still exists today, I am now in my mid 50s and he in his early 20s. My father never understood the harm he caused and it's taken me the better part of a life to patch myself back up into something approximating a competent man and what I can say to this is don't wait around for people to become worthy of you, if they are not, move on and go be good on your own.

[@g3nj1]

This is a perfect example of why I say don't focus on your actual father, but the part of you that is a father. Thanks for sharing.

[@kal2487]

❤❤ I loved reading this. My relationship with my own father was similar to yours and I try to be a better "parent" to others then the ones I had.

[@jaymejibbs4305]

You seem like a good guy, thats a great thing you did. Hats off to you! ❤

[@g3nj1]

@@DudeNamedDuncan I agree. I would never consider dating a woman that has children already... Then again my ex-marine Grandfather did just that for my Grandmother that had 4 children already, and I have no idea where my family would be without him... So I really don't know what to think about any of it.

[@g3nj1]

@@DudeNamedDuncan I completely agree. Like I said, I wouldn't. If more men, REAL men, stopped even considering a single mother to be an option, then maybe women would start taking marriage and having children a lot more seriously, and picking men they stay together with for their lives. Then men would have to strive to be worthy of women of that caliber. It would be a positive feedback loop. Society is so messed up though. Corrupted for over 100 years. As women, if you have a child with a man, you had better stay with that man, so you had better pick wisely. Not for the man, not for the marriage, but for the children and the future of humanity.

[@jyrueta]

Great question. Young, fatherless boys need to hear this.

[@jeffreyoneill6439]

I did get to save my father from the belly of the beast. Truly I did. A very joyful period of our lives.

[@martinkipikasa4886]

I needed to hear this right about now, but my father is too stubborn to see what I’m becoming and even the love he preaches to me won’t be enough for him to overcome the stubbornness. I have other men I look up to, like you Jordan, that have shown me a positive way forward. And hopefully before it’s too late, my father can escape the belly of the whale.

[@g3nj1]

Don't worry about your actual father, just worry about the aspect of you that is a father.

[@xenohart3891]

As my father left when I was 1, and mom married different idiots, I never really had a dad. Like Dr Peterson says, I assembled my father from TV, role models, teachers etc. The problem is... when I felt betrayed by them (my own perception as I was a kid & they weren't really my dad), it built up passive aggressiveness over the years while also crushing my ego & stunted my emotional development & manifested very negatively as an adult. When I became a dad, it did serve to teach me to want to always be there for my son... but i had to fight the messed up "kid" vs the devoted "father" vs the terrible boyfriend and a mish mash of immaturity & victim stance (& not even knowing how to make friends). It took harsh lessons for me to finally start to grow up... but I got lucky & had God on my side... and finally recognized Him as the only Father who has ever been there, which is a conundrum in & of itself. Tricky subject. I appreciate the doc addressing this! 👍👍

[@evelynchew9590]

God bless you. Thanks for sharing your story. I'm so impressed how far you've come in personal awareness and maturity. You are breaking the cycle, and I believe your kid one day will recognise what you've done to be there for him.

[@thomasjorge4734]

So many fathers have failed us that we wind up rejecting fatherhood and thus do not mature, accept responsibility, make commitments, have children, defend our country or worship God. We are lost and need s map of meaning. Thank you Doctor Peterson for orienting us and defeating Doctor Spock.

[@g3nj1]

Don't try to rescue your actual father from the belly of the whale... It's your inner child that needs to rescue the part of you that's the father. I'm trying to say, focus on yourself. Focusing on anything external is just running from that.

[@ryanhutchins2634]

The advice about rescuing one’s own dysfunctional father at the end of this video is absolutely brilliant. To summarize: for those with dysfunctional fathers, reconstitute the spirit of the father from its presence in family, community, and culture. Use that reconstituted father to guide your moral growth and conduct so that you become the sort of person who is a role model to your own dysfunctional father and see if it helps him to change. I’m floored. It’s brilliant, and I do think it’s the best the son could possibly do. As usual, thank you Dr. Peterson.

[@ThinhNguyen-md6hu]

You can't imagine how important and rightly timed this video is to me at the moment. I'm going through a rough path and is struggling with putting my life together and potentially my surroundings. My father's father died in the Viet Nam - US war when he was 3 years old. My mother's mother died of leukemia when my mother was 13 years old and she was left with a neglective father figure + 2 siblings whom she put through university. It's a miracle how my father survived all those years as a runaway kid since he was 16 surviving opium addiction with half of his friends now either died from alcohol abuse or cancer in their 40s and 50s. With out a doubt we are a very messy group of 4 people with many of our problem now clashing on a fairly regular basis. But I did find Dr.Peterson's work and others similar to him helped me tremendously in mediating and negotiating internal conflicts as well as putting my life in order (which I am guilty of failing miserably by my own standard). Growing up I learned quickly not to lie to either of my parents even at my own peril and the sense of impending danger from lack of discipline haunted me even as a child. I was one of those boys who was failing academically, slowly at first then all at the same time. Then depression hit me like a truck and I can remember the days when I couldn't differentiate day time from night time, it was truly horrible and I don't wish it on anyone. Recently I realized from your work that my life is a multi generational "project" and I am in deep pain upon this realization. It is now 5am and it has been a while since I could go to sleep early. I must admit to have almost given up on trying to fix my tendency for chaotic behavior born out of fear of the unknown. I would be greatful if you can consider "trying" out the "Conversations with god" book series by Neale Donald Walsh (for lack of better word). This book series have helped my through my toughest time before I get to know your work more seriously. It to me represents how the new age movement and perhaps the postmodern movement could have been in great detail and how the post modern movement have warped these values to their worst versions in contrast. And I really like psychology btw, people around me said it is as if "my calling", of which I am very skeptical about. Have a nice day Dr.Peterson and his team, family. Sincerely from VietNam. P/s: eagerly looking forward to the debut of Peterson Academy.

[@ThinhNguyen-md6hu]

man my writing really sucks

[@dargossss]

@@ThinhNguyen-md6hu it's bearable, don't worry too much about it.

[@jackcoleman5955]

Your writing most definitely does NOT suck. Very well stated. Is English your first language? If not, you should be quite proud of your erudition.

[@jayjaychadoy9226]

@@dargossss I agree that you put forth your ideas very well. Sometimes grammar is not as important as what you are actually saying. Good effort and good work. Keep going forward.

[@ThinhNguyen-md6hu]

@@jackcoleman5955 thank you. English is my second language, I was lucky enough to have cable tv when I was 3 or 4 and I loved western cartoons and movies. I kept reading the subtitles as the grammar "matrix" naturally flows to my subconcious mind and after awhile of mimicking what they were saying I was able to speak basic english like an american myself!

[@airman20012001]

I grew with by the fragmented father and have worked hard so that if need be I can save my son, U can't imagine being the father needing saved

[@sethspence5552]

My father was a meth head that got my brother hooked so I looked up to my uncle who was a cowboy and my grade grandfather who was in the Army during WW2. Grateful to know them both 🙏

[@artemouse2007]

Man, thats some clarification i really needed to hear. Many thanks

[@HenryBenedictUSA]

Jordan described the character of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. The way Luke was able to rescue Darth Vader was by showing him what it meant to be good in the face of evil.

[@Lucromick13]

I saw my father probably about 4 times in my entire life when I was a child and he then died in a car crash when I turned 16. This issue is quite difficult for me, but I enjoyed Petersons' take on it.

[@mariofox8377]

Why is it difficult? You don't have to rebuild the image of a father from yours... It can be any male father- like figure ( that's why J.P. is the father we all don't have) but I agree it's easier if you know the person in real life. It can be an uncle, a teacher, a family friend... Your Boss?? Idk ! But these people exist 😅 they are out there. Good luck.

[@proudatheist2042]

​@@mariofox8377people struggle when the people who are most likely based on biology and genetics to be there for you aren't there at all. I am sure the OP has struggled in life to find noble male mentors and role models to live successfully. Even with absent parents, people's perceptial embodiments of live, wisdom, and authority can be terribly skewed.

[@josesabogal863]

Thanks for everything you have done, you are a great men, the day i have children i will teach them the same way you do with the thruth, thanks again jordan. I hope a can shake your hand one day

[@radnat5]

This didn’t exactly happen with my father- but more-so my mother. I came to a point where I had more mother figures who were there for me and protected me as a young woman than my biological mother ever did. The second I separated myself from her with the restrictions of only seeing her and allowing her in my life until she sought help- my life improved beyond comprehension.

[@kevinmarshall59]

Having a conversion to catholicism helped me let go of my father and embrace the person of God the Father. It has changed my life

[@zion174]

Dam this hit home hard for me😢. My dad seams to be depressed. He is like every bad aspect of stoics that you should not hold. He does not like to show emotions, and he is always distant in conversations. He works a lot. When he does not work he lays around most of the day, if he is not exercising. He rarly talks, and when he talks it is usually smal talk. Most people have given up talking to him because, he does not bother to remember what people tell him. For most of my life he has forgoten what i am doing, from the very little he knew about my life. A month ago i stopped starting conversations. He did not send any messages or call me. I was over at his house, but he did bot try to talk to me. I feal he does not care.

[@zion174]

No he has no mentall disabillity, except add.

[@g3nj1]

That doesn't sound like the "stoic" in the greek philosophy. Don't worry about him, just worry about yourself.

[@zion174]

@@g3nj1 i might not have stated it well enough. But the thing my father adopted is a bad version of stoicisme. He is bundeling up all the emotions inside himself.

[@g3nj1]

@@zion174 what I'm saying is that's not real stoicism. I think you're using it as replacement word for something else. I don't know what word I would use either. Just quiet and weak? That's the opposite of stoicism. Silent and strong, but with the ability to act when needed. Like having a sword, but being wise enough to keep it sheathed. You have to be able to use it though. Like Nietzsche saying if you can't then you're just declawed and useless.

[@patricathomas6155]

He sounds like Alzheimer's, have him checked out with a doctor you trust. People who have this don't recognize their own people. Prayers. It's harder on you because you remember the way he was. Let me know if this helps.

[@PsicoReligión]

Ive been proved being more a man than my own father at 20 by conducting myself with integrity and raw honesty about the poor way he treated me when we had disagreements, while i was very respectful and truthful, the grow man was going straight to my neck with his teeth to defend his self perception of virtue and goodnes. And he never recognised a flaw, while defending malicious narcissistic partner and making differences on treatment between me and her while living all together. He lost me for good. Its shocking and sad how people defend their hell in order to protect their egos .

[@pacnite]

i tried to rescue my father and he drowned me along with himself. i’m now rebuilding my life piece my piece

[@hhptbt]

What he says is not in the sense of rescuing your real father. It's reviving the spirit of the benevolent father in a son who went astray. If you didn't go astray then it's not the story of Pinocchio he's talking about.

[@pacnite]

@@hhptbt yeah i’m well versed in JBP. for my personal experience and family situation that also meant rescuing my actual father but it didn’t really go to plan :(

[@zion174]

I feal you. My dad is depressed, and it really gnaws at me. The problem is that i can not take his problem on my sholders. Because it will make me fall back in school. At the point where i am in school. It is so that my next three years will make up my grades, for college.

[@g3nj1]

This is EXACTLY why I'm saying not to focus on your actual father, but yourself.

[@jackolantern6172]

Just went through this at 30. I planted the seeds of Peterson’s messages and disowned them all. I can’t have that mental and emotional burden destroying me anymore. My hope is that my cousins and brothers take up the fight but I’ll never know. I can’t. It’s poison

[@jamescarberry-todd4515]

My friend and I are travelling to see you in London tomorrow. We are really looking forward to seeing you. It'll be my second time I am excited for your articulated wisdom!

[@janetc9624]

I am so greatful I found Jordan Peterson lectures.

[@juliemauger6183]

Spot on Dr JP. I had a father who abandoned me, and it took me years to forgive him and understand that he suffered from significant inter-generational trauma himself. Unfortunately it was long after he died that I realised this. Anyhow, I have realised I have a tendency to hate men, to classify them all as rapists, liars, cheaters, weak-willed, users, paedophiles etc. I must thank you and other brilliant men like the late Dr Frances Schaeffer for unwittingly becoming such great father-figures to me, for modelling what men can and should be like. And yes, this admiration for certain men extends to the greatest "Abba" (Hebrew for "daddy") there is: the good Lord Himself.

[@vaggelis124]

Thanks dad

[@AnnonymousPrime-ks4uf]

My intepretation of what he just said is this: (1) the father and the spirit of your father are different (2) the spirit of the father represents an archtype that your father may not possess (3) if your father doesn't possess that archtype then you have to shape and make it yourself by contact with those from where you can extract it (4) after you did that you can project it unto yourself and embody that (5) by embodying it you then became yourself a role model with that "spirit" (6) if you then have acquired that "spirit" and are a role model your father can be saved from the belly of the beast Now the way I'm gonna interpret father as opposed to mother is that the father represents begeting in its etymology. He then makes a reference to the great father which is god and is the king of kings. King etymology has to rule. Now the way kings ruled things was through a principle. Hence you can view each king as representing a principle of governance. You can see then how each king moleded his society different according to the principle of governance that he used to mold it. A king of kings here by analogy would be the principle of principles or the first principle. Such as first order principles for instance. Now if father represents begeting and it's connected to god that's also a king or the one who uses a principle of governance then from this it follows that father may represent the birthing or begeting of that principle. So father would essentially be the originator of the principle or archtype. By analogy based on everything I have said so far it means this in a simple way. (1) your father may not have developed that principle (2) extract from those that have parts of it to develop your own (3) adopt and embody that principle (4) by doing so your father may adopt it too However I'm still not quite sure what the beast or whale represents here in this instance.

[@greatwar4916]

I trust you my friend and my commanding officer. If you are so generously inclined to nurture and guide me. I will follow. I will listen with open ears and my best competence to challenge and apply what ever it is you wish to teach in the best and most beneficial way that I can.

[@gino2868]

You described my relationship with my father so accurately thet kts actually scary. You're brilliant Dr Peterson

[@shannonmakhanian1365]

I just wanted to say I am grateful for your existence.🙏

[@aaronjohnson8713]

Luke redeemed Vader. It’s a funny example but a popular and appropriate one.

[@kal2487]

I'm a father's daughter and I had a strong quest for most of my life to redeem my father and specifically had Luke and Vader in mind. It was ultimately a failed quest. When someone has made themselves into such a morally corrupt person, it's hard to bring them back, even if they have moments of goodness or clarity. But I don't want to stop anyone else from trying, maybe it will work for someone...

[@aaronjohnson8713]

⁠@@kal2487 That is a painful struggle you are living with. I can relate; my father has done many terrible things to many people but refuses to change course. The good thing for both of us is it's not our job to redeem anyone. But you tried, and there is a specific type of redemption in doing that. I respect you for it. But that doesn't make the struggle any easier.

[@SharlaMontgomery]

Thank you Dr. Peterson. You've helped me more than you know ❤💐

[@BungoPH]

My father, unfortunately, was a victim of past bad decisions of his parents and his grandparents. He tried to impose the same hatred that he felt towards them to us, but my mom, for some reason, saw this coming and intervened. She basically threw herself under the bus to save us from what my father tried to bring to us. My father is now dead, and my mom is still alive. The battle that my mom had to go through, I could not imagine. I saw her cry. It made me hate my dad. My mom said to forgive. I remember Jim Carey's speech about salvation. He said suffering leads to salvation. When we are at that crossroad, we either choose to forgive, which leads to healing, or we can choose hatred, which leads to vengeance, and quite possibly hurting others. Long story short, after hearing what JP said, I think I am a better man compared to the past generations. I do not blame them. I see it as if they offered their lives to set an example hoping that someday, one of us will see what they have done and take that as a life lesson so that we won't have to repeat the same mistake.

[@JamesHill-vs4kn]

Thank you.

[@medahenderson3055]

You can do this with a mother as well… I never had a mentally stable mother- so I looked around for mother figures…

[@jayjaychadoy9226]

Me too

[@brianreagan1349]

Today ,I really learned something. Excellent content with all stuff.

[@ahmedsamy6798]

Thank you Dr Peterson

[@cx3268]

Too many just don't want help or think they need help or consider themselves beyond help.

[@user-qr4nm5sk2v]

I didnt even realize that I have been subconsciously doing what Mr Peterson is describing. Ive found the spirit of the father in my blood, through all my forefathers, and used them as a guide, as well as our biblical forefathers and the ultimate father, Yahweh God. In order to become a better father than my own father, and to lead by example, knowing it may be hard for a father to take advice from his son. So I press on trying to be a better man in order for my father to see and be inspired to become a better man himself.

[@tbg750]

This. A deeper level of analysis to a previous popular (often repeated and duly appreciated) idea. It's been maybe a couple or more years since I've seen you on path in your uploads to KZbin. It's just I know this was a fleeting upload. I wonder if you'll read this, if you'll rewatch it, and try to understand what truly your fans have wanted next

[@mosin9105]

Thanks

[@justarandomdude.9285]

exactly what I needed to hear.

[@Razear]

If your biological father is out of the picture, you could always hunt for a trusted mentor that is willing to take you under his wing. It won't be a 1:1 replacement, but better than having no father figure at all.

[@Forheavenssake1ify]

JP is proving scientists can have more morality than politicians born to rule.

[@meganm4350]

My father has issues that I've inherited and they're things that I've done well to overcome but I can't be around them. So the question arose, well can I be around my father at all then because he seems incapable of not bringing the issues along with him. But to the contrary, because there is a lot of love there still, when I raised this concern with him he managed to change at least when he is around me to not bring those issues into my life when we see eachother. I don't know if that has resulted in any great benefit to him when we're not together, but I think it has helped to show him there is another way to be.

[@c.galindo9639]

An interesting concept to grasp but has to be well thought out, analyzed, executed once all the pieces of such a complexity to the Father is ascertained to be achieved. A very great food for thought to take upon one’s self to self reflect on their own experiences to make a Father and maybe help out their own actual father to father figures in a way to nog only save themselves from turmoil and damnation but to persevere to become tge savior needed into their lives for a much greater purpose they have intended themselves to strive for, for a much greater relationship to spread amongst the world to begin to manifest amongst humanity. Great video made Dr. Peterson. You’re the man, man lol Really great work though :)

[@MegaVince09]

Good one doc❤️

[@realphillipcarter]

My own father was a deeply abusive and childish person. Luckily, I had my grandfather as a role model, as well as access to the internet and books. I would read Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and watch David Bowie interviews (he always conducted himself decently under pressure)

[@GauravJain108]

Just brilliant as always!

[@travisvollmer2907]

Well said mr p

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

Nothing makes me more depressed than thinking about the state of Humanities in higher education. As a writer, you can't get new GREAT stories if you don't understand ( even know) the stories that came before you. How many writers in today's Hollywood do you think have read 100 or even 50 books from the Western Canon of literary works. How many have read even a few from the Eastern Canon? Today, the people who guide us into the literary world of the unknown know just as little as the rest of us and are given hundreds of millions of dollars to teach us just how little they know.

[@Svensk7119]

Ah! To pull a Luke Skywalker! Now I understand.

[@sarahpersonalexcellenceguide]

Youre not saving your father... You're saving yourself.

[@FoundingStockNZ]

I grew up (or just got older 😅) without a father from the age of 2, but thanks to evil Hollywood I had a plethora of great fathers and men of all backgrounds to emulate until I was able to "take the reigns" myself. Thanks.

[@FranciscoJimenez-mj4mq]

Este comentario ayuda mucho personas q se criarion sin sus padres naturales, con familia como tios , adoptados y no han tenido imagen de padre...igual sus hijos tienen q madurarles esa parte...pero lo q no se recibe , no se puede dar...

[@keithjohnsonYT]

SNL, did a great bit about weights and measures last weekend.

[@101RealTalker]

Sounding extra Kermity at the beginning there, lol

[@poncemaciasalanfernando7896]

What can i do if my father says that we (me and my brothers) have to go to him always, but he does not try to do the same with us. Sorry for the bad english.

[@FranciscoJimenez-mj4mq]

Muchas gracias compartir eso. Un libro me ayudó mucho, sobre hijos y padres, relaciones padres -hijos y sobre la autoridad. Un libro " El corazón paternal de Dios" Floyd macclung

[@Aakash30794]

My father is a habitual daily drinker, who's been through alot in his life lost his wife (my mother) , lost his mother, been financially uprooted, had many failed businesses, however he looks to alcohol to give him peace what do I do to motivate him out of this as i can see he suffers frim extreme loneliness amd sorrow

[@dragonmaster909]

Wow, he said all of that in under 3 minutes

[@cybergeek9152]

What the heck is he babeling about 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@What-he5pr]

What is the rescuing then?

[@Sincerely_SweetAesthete]

Ironic you post this today. I was scared to tell my mom of her narcissist father/- I found out he passed away a month ago. He's not been in our life for years, my brother and I were not in the obituary. She so far is ok. She laughed at how she's put up such a wall years ago. She told me more details of how crappy he was. You do enough damage to strong people they can cut you out no problem. Blood is not family

[@youngpoet44hunnies]

I saw u dancing

[@johncondon4647]

To become a Saint, one must be elected. Ah.... but to be numbered among the Righteous... yes... that is what you achieve through your own actions. Unnoticed and unsung Glory. I would think the endeavor of rescuing your father from the belly of the whale to be a Righteous act indeed.

[@tjrrind1452]

How do I rescue my brothers?

[@theoriginalJP]

My father called me to lift his father.... Idk how more literally the universe could talk to me.

[@dersolipsist3079]

As played out in return of the jedi

[@Jimmy-jm1ol]

Mr. Peterson, what you have said makes no sense, and we are all the stupider for it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@neonninja5049]

Try not to stress yourself out ❤with the world’s problems but we love you. No he just becomes more jealous instead an hates him because he can never be him.

[@a.r.greene]

🙏

[@jimmcfarland9318]

My great happiness is that I led my father to the recognition of the Divinity of Yeshua the Messiah. In a very real sense, I was led to rescue my father from the abyss. Praise G0D for the opportunity!

[@adamosman7284]

Pappaiiiii

[@jasonuerkvitz3756]

Indeed, one should strive not to go too far astray that they impel their father to risk life and limb to save them and in so doing find themselves in said whale's belly. Instead, one should test the outskirts of the perimeter presided over by their father's auspices and test their skills, however limited, in exploring the neighboring frontier. Doing as Pinocchio did is ill advised. If your father loves you, he will certainly get swallowed by the whale of legal fees bailing your horrendous ass out of jail.

[@malcolmwatt7386]

I'm sorry I'm a dirty rotten bastard towards my father who sought out the belly of the beast to dwell. I cannot rescue him nor do I desire to. He sold me to his father the Devil. It's been the bane to me for all my days.

[@jayjaychadoy9226]

You write well. It appears you don’t need to really rescue your own Dad, but the Father you become.

[@nb4749]

When we have to parent our own fathers, how disappointing!

[@jayjaychadoy9226]

It’s you that you’re rescuing, not your read father.

[@rocketta.chique5761]

What are you supposed to do if your beloved father died when you were a child, “fathers” you reach out to only want sex from you, and God is silent? I’m so lost and I don’t know how to solve this. Attractive orphaned women are alone in this world, perhaps except for their religious communities. And even there, beware. It’s a miracle I’m still a virgin, given all the people who have tried to take advantage of me from 13 years old on to now, my early 30s. Appreciate you Dr. Peterson, have done so since 2016. But not all of us have this luxury. I don’t know what is left to do for people like me except to die.

[@huhhuhhuh4069]

I have no interest in saving my father. He lived his life and made his choices. His life has already played out to whatever it is.

[@FisherOfMen705]

If there's such a thing as intellectual cocaine he's on it

[@martymoo]

"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name" ... I'm an agnostic atheist, btw

[@redtobertshateshandles]

My father's a great dad, but he's not perfect. I'm 60 now , and try not to get emotionally involved with his crap. I guess there's the non caring dad, and then there's the controlling dad. I'm 60, and just live my (successful) life with my wife of 40 years, ignoring the advice. I guess a person will project their own faults and weaknesses onto others.

[@No_Ghosts]

Ha! I love this comment. I guess in some ways we never grow up, dad's always dad. You're lucky he's still around!

[@sandraotalora2745]

Mateo 7:9-11 TLA »Nadie le da a su hijo una piedra, si él le pide pan. Ni le da una serpiente, si le pide un pescado. »Si ustedes, que son malos, saben dar cosas buenas a sus hijos, con mayor razón Dios, su Padre que está en el cielo, dará buenas cosas a quienes se las pidan. Dios es tu Padre y la Santísima Virgen María es tu madre y siempre están contigo.

[@foxfriendzanimaltown9859]

Oh it's pretty silly, if it really happened I'm sure that the guy was picked up by a UFO or something that primitive man lacked the understanding to describe, you know Nostradamus described his interpretation of our times from visions projected in midair but did this primitive man really understand what he was seeing, it's the same with the mark of the beast, who knows what the mark or the beast is supposed to be, everything would look like magic or monsters or beasts to these primitive Wizards!

[@easternhealingarts33]

Saturn . My dad and me.

[@RoofWithAFloor]

I'm beginning to see what dawkins meant by drunk on symbols....

[@RoofWithAFloor]

Or was it matt? I don't remember...

[@regpharvey]

@@RoofWithAFloor WGAS?

[@g3nj1]

The problem is people misinterpret symbols. It's simply a way for your subconscious to communicate. Don't ignore the symbols because they are real and useful, but try to actually understand them on a fundamental level that is related to only you. The way to do that is just observe how they make you FEEL.

[@gjtv8293]

Anyone else using Dr. Peterson as a father figure?

[@GamePuppa]

Why is my father in the belly of a whale in the first place!? Seems like a pretty easy situation to avoid. Dumb dad.

[@JSabh]

The truth seems to be that, in order to save anyone from any situation or pattern is to first save yourself. Instead of starting by assembling a father figure among human examples, seek God first and then go from there. Not the other way around. Humanities should be replaced with a course on God and the word of God. After all, Harvard and Yale were religious institutions before the introduction of secular subjects like humanities and liberal arts. Both humanities and liberal arts replaced God and the evidence shows it was the wrong way to go, priority of oneself and ones own ideas is wrong. Set the path first, then learn in humility. Never forget, " A man has a way that he THINKS is right, but leads only to death." Sincerely, Jesus.

[@tinakohf]

The Father of God and Jesus, anyone? There is no great father than the Father.

[@kellyash45]

Jordan, I would LOVE to see you do some reviews on the clothing you've begun wearing. I just watched your "music video" :D and think you should really branch out in different arenas, clothing specifically. Loving the tweed brother!

[@JackShepN7]

What Jordan is talking about it seems to me, are fathers that actually give a fucking shit. I consider myself luckier and luckier each year passing man... Wish i had this knowledge growing up.

[@keithjohnsonYT]

SNL, did a great bit about weights and measures last weekend.