Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson joined Leigh Sales on the 7:30 Report to discuss the role of political correctness and self-help in modern life. Courtesy: ABC
Jordan Peterson on self-help and political correctness
CANADIAN professor and cultural critic Jordan Peterson has a dire warning: “our universities are so far gone they can’t come back” after years of political correctness and social justice warfare.
In the second part of an in depth interview with Miranda Devine’s online radio show Miranda Live, Professor Peterson took aim at universities for furthering radical Marxism instead of teaching young people facts.
Jordan Peterson says our universities are broken. Picture: Sarah MatrayThe Canadian academic stopped by as part of his already sold out Australia lecturer tour. He’s been a vocal figure back in his native country about universities pushing politically correct agendas.
The foe of political correctness Professor Peterson also took aim at Aussie airline Qantas, which has recently implemented a range of PC guidelines, including banning the word “guys” and phrases like “mum and dad” in fear of offence.
Dr. Jordan Peterson has also taken aim at Qantas’ new PC guidelines. Picture: Getty Images“You’re a complete bloody fool,” he said, of the Qantas political correctness.
“People who are doing this at the corporate level will rapidly get the comeuppance.”
Like Jesus cast out the merchants from the temple in Jerusalem, we should drive the desire for personal gain and advantage from our hearts, replacing it with love, Pope Francis said Sunday.
VATICAN CITY - Like Jesus cast out the merchants from the temple in Jerusalem, we should drive the desire for personal gain and advantage from our hearts, replacing it with love, Pope Francis said Sunday.
“We are called to keep in mind those strong words of Jesus: ‘Do not make a market of my Father’s house.’” “They help us to reject the danger of making our soul, which is the abode of God, a marketplace,” the pope said March 4, “living in continuous search of our personal profit, rather than in generous and supportive love.”
Speaking before the Angelus, Francis noted that “this teaching of Jesus is always relevant, not only for ecclesial communities, but also for individuals, for civil communities and for societies.” Recounting the day’s Gospel reading from John, he said that it is a common temptation to want to take advantage of some good and necessary activity in order to cultivate “private, if not even illicit, interests.” “It is a serious danger, especially when it exploits God himself and the worship due to him, or service to man, [who is made in God’s] image. So Jesus used ‘strong ways’ that time to shake us from this deadly danger,” he explained.
The pope also pointed out that when Jesus drove out the merchants and moneychangers from the temple, it wasn’t considered a violent act by those who witnessed it, but a typical action of prophets, who would often denounce abuses and excesses in the name of God. That is why in the Gospel passage the Jews ask Jesus: “What sign do you show us to do these things?” They are asking what authority Jesus has to speak and act in the name of God. The “sign” that Jesus will give as proof of his authority is his death and resurrection, the pope continued. Jesus said, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up,” and as the evangelist notes: “He spoke of the temple of his body.” “The attitude of Jesus recounted in today’s Gospel passage urges us to live our lives not in search of our advantages and interests, but for the glory of God, who is love,” he said.
“May the Virgin Mary support us in our commitment to make Lent a good opportunity to recognize God as the one Lord of our life, removing every form of idolatry from our heart and our works.”
