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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
For some people it is. Others are drawn to his pseudo-Jungian views about what makes "the good life". I'd go so far as to say the people who are most into him are into him as a cultish life coach sort of figure, not as a public intellectual talking about politics.
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I think it is simpler than that and slightly less sinister than your implication. Harris had a good summary when he said that Peterson has really highlighted the need for meaning within the atheist community and that is what people seem to be latching on to with him.
I think he is right, people are giving up religion without fully understanding all the other aspects of it that go along with it. Things like culture, community, ritual and structure. While I fully endorse a society that moves further away for religion, I think there are some unintended voids that need to be addressed or filled - things that atheism will never fully be able to fulfill.