The Youngbloods Podcast

Segment 1 – Why Church?

Moderator: Why do people go to church?

Jordan Peterson: Why should they…

M: Right

J:Because that’s a discussion…so lots of modern people say ‘well I don’t go to church because I don’t believe that. It’s like…who cares what you believe, like who the hell are you anyways? Do you even care what you believe? How’s that working for you, this belief set that you theoretically have? How sophisticated is that?  Are you Plato or what? ‘Well here’s the church and here’s me and I’m right’ and it’s like well no you’re not, first, and second you don’t even want to be because that’s a great place to be, like a pinnacle of brilliant wisdom…

M: (laughs)

J:…completely solipsistic, and even if you are right that the bloody institution is chaotic and decadent in some fundamental sense, well it’s like ‘good, there’s something for you to do, well if the church is broken and you’re the genius to see it, why don’t you go fix it?’ Well then you might say ‘Well then we’ll just abandon it’ and it’s like ‘OK, well fine, you’re gonna get rid of that, eh, you’re gonna get rid of marriage, you’re gonna get rid of funerals, you’re gonna get rid of Christmas, you’re gonna get rid of sense of sacred time…How far are you willing to go with this? And believe me, that question is right in front of you…

-Jordan Peterson

(Theme music plays, pencil scratching in the background) 

in a whispered tone P: Transcripts 

D: (laughter) OK

F:Wow

D:Mr. Jordan Peterson

F:He..

D:Mr. Jordan Peterson

F:That’s one of the most Deerect, deerect? …direct um, and blunt 

individuals I have ever heard.

D:It’s one thing, I so I’ve never met the guy, I’ve, that’s, that’s a bucket list thing, to meet Jordan Peterson…

F:To meet Jordan Peterson?

D:Yeah, and actually have him on a podcast

F:Can I be on a fly , be a fly on your shoulder

D:If, If I could have him on a podcast that would actually be more amazing too, but yeah, ok (laughter)

F: (laughter)

D:Uh, that’s a lot

F:So we’re really gonna talk about this…

D:I mean, yeah

F:Church, religion

D:Why…

F:Hello listeners…

D:Why go to church was the question…

F:Right.  And actually it wasn’t why do you go to church, He then changes it…the real question is why should you

D:Yeah, Yeah, so, that was Jordan Peterson, he says why should you…um…here’s the thing: Everybody needs a belief system.

(1:42)

F:Of some sort, yes

D:Doesn’t necessarily mean, um you need to be religious…He’s trying very hard…

F:Yes, he is

D:Guys, we have a dog in the room while we are recording and he literally thinks that we should be playing with him all the time.  He feels very neglected, but, yeah, anyway, we digress…Back to, but I mean, so, 

F:And, And that belief system it, it, it obviously varies

D:Well, ok, so for me…I was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, not in Utah, Now, we are recording this while we are in Utah, but I was raised in that church. So, I, I know a lot of people , I got friends and relatives, that are baptist ministers, Methodist ministers, um, you know, you name it, and I can say growing up in the church outside of Utah is different.

F:I will agree with that because I, too, was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but in Arizona.

D:OK

F:I mean my, my…

D:Different dynamic, different paradigm though

F:Exactly

D:Because you do, even in Arizona you do have a little bit of the runoff, my opinion, you correct me if I am wrong on this, you have, you have the runoff of, um, you’re close to Utah, so there is a bleed off of the bubble, if you will

F:Correct, the Mesa, the Mesa Arizona area

D:OK

F:I guess

D:Where me…people look at ya and they’re like ‘You, You’re part of that cult, OK

F:I never got that, so I’m ok

D: (laughter) Right, because growing up in the Bible Belt, that’s what you get, you get this is God, this is Jesus, this is how it’s all done, and without this you are gonna go to hell…

Preface  

(0:00) (Audience laughing in the background) “What happens if you say that and someone gets offended? Well, they can be offended. What’s wrong with being offended? When did ‘sticks and stones may break my bones’ stop being relevant?”

-Steve Hughes

(Theme music plays, pencil scratching in the background) 

in a whispered tone P: Transcripts 

D: There we go

F:Are you offended?

D: (laughing) I don’t get offended

F: (laughing) Hey, so that’s Devin over there

D: And this is Justin F

F: (Whispered) That’s right

D:We focus on the F.  F stands for focus

F:Sometimes.  Sometimes other people use it for other words, and guess what…I, I actually got offended

D:Well…

F:Because I was younger and a little, a little less wiser than now

D:That’s a choice

F:I’ve learned that now

D:Yeah, well

F:Actually I learned that awhile ago, but

D:It happens

F:because, quite frankly, I don’t give an F

D:Very true

F:I keep it for myself

D:You should

F:That’s right

D:The F is yours, no one else’s

F:It’s just an F

D:Just an F…Anyway, welcome to Transcripts everybody! This is the Preface. It is.

(1:20) 

F:It is the beginnings of where we came from, why we are here, and what you are about to get…

D:So, what we are, we are, technically I’m, I’m gonna call this a book, it’s a , I guess it is a podcast but I am gonna call it a book

F:Sure, is this like an anthology kinda…no, I, I mean thats in, that’s in music, sorry

D:Could be, I guess, if you want to consider it that way, but I mean, ugh, this is the ramblings of a madman with his best friend (scoffs and laughs) Well the thing is, is so…

F:(laughing) So who’s the madman and who’s the best friend?

D:Yes, that is where I was going with that one…well, I mean, so, so what this is, this is simple, this is a…audio version of the book, I guess we will call it that way, where, but it is uncut, it is unedited, it is what it is…

F:It’s raw

(2:04)

D:…and we discuss the things that piss people off, and make people feel good, and discuss the things that give people the opportunity to better their lives and think, maybe, their truth is not actually truth

F:Exactly, and, and it is not one of those things, we’re not, we’re not seeking to piss people off. We are seeking to provide more of the education that we have received 

D:Well, and, and that’s what it comes down to, it’s all about education and I think that is where we have gone wrong in our country and have gone in our world.  Everybody wants to say things, and…make their…everyone wants to be validated, and they, when they wanna be, but they also want their validation to be the end of everything

F: Well, and they are also seeking to have their validation be for their manner of thinking 

D: Well, if we disagree, we just disagree

F: Correct

D: And we can still be friends, we can still talk about things, but that’s, that’s where we’ve I think as a society we have forgotten, and I think that’s what this whole Transcripts thing is where it is coming into play.

F:And I agree, and the, the thing to think about is, kind of, so, yeah, in a, in a nutshell kind of thing, and we’re not on video so you can’t see us in a nutshell

D:That’s coming, That’s coming

F:Oh, That’s coming

D:But not the nutshell, the video part

F:laughing…um, where did you come to get to this point

D:I’m an old fart

F:No,…(laughing)

D:(Laughing)

F:You can’t say that because I am older than you

D:Well, so…that means you are an ancient fart

(3:41)

F:Whew…that gives me more value…ancient versus

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