Atheist philosopher challenges Jordan Peterson on God

On June 18, 2024, I had the opportunity to attend Jordan Peterson's lecture, as part of his book “We who fight with God” tour, which took place in São Paulo with an audience of five thousand people. As part of the VIP "Meet and Greet" group, after a talk, I asked a provocative philosophical question to the psychologist and best-selling author who's been disseminating biblical stories and theism based on his psychological interpretations of Christianity and Abrahamic traditions.

My question was the following: even though reality has a metaphysical structure, why does he assume a theistic God instead of just the structure itself as a self-existing eternal realityl? The Canadian thinker considered my question good and agreed with me that the biblical scripture is implausible, but he said I would have to wait until his new book “We Who Wrestle with God” to get a satisfactory answer, given the complexity of the issue. He added, however, that his option for theism has to do with the centrality of sacrifices for the functioning of society.